"Education is not about filling a bucket of water and setting it on fire."
In the mainland, since ancient times, there have been some deep historical and cultural backgrounds of "respecting teachers and valuing the Tao", whether it is the ancient feudal society or today's new China, the respect for teachers has only increased.
Whether it is the various hometowns of the emperors and teachers, or various forms such as Teachers' Day today, it is a heartfelt expression of our gratitude to those who "preach and solve problems" for us.
However, the threshold for becoming a teacher, or perhaps a teacher, is very high in one sense, but not high on another level, and all this depends not only on the amount of knowledge reserves of the individual, but also on the heart of a person.
In recent years, every year there has been a selection of "Top Ten Moving Chinese in the Country", but in another year, a foreigner who did not appear on the final list made us moved by it and could not help but feel admiration.
This man was called Luanke, a young man from Germany, who came to China not to become a business wizard in the business world, nor to go to the white moonlight in his heart.
He came to China and lived in the depths of the mountains of China for a long time for a yearning for freedom and the purest yearning in the deepest part of his heart. What attracted him to China at the beginning was its long-standing culture.
As a country that has been "mixed in the historical long-distance bus for many years", the long-standing historical process of the mainland has created many beautiful and profound historical cultures, which are different from each other.
Each region has its own culture, and the food alone, in the same province of two counties, will have very big differences.
Not to mention other cultures, each with its own unique charm.
As an international friend from other countries, when you first arrive in the ocean of traditional Chinese culture, you will definitely be deeply infected by it, experience unique tenderness and do not want to leave for a long time.
Luanke is like this, the obsession with culture, let him this strange country, a different feeling, he decided to stay, and by chance, he met a group of children from the depths of the mountains.
The lives of these children are very different from the children in the cities he has seen, they are not addicted to modern technology such as computer games and mobile phone videos, they will run happily in the fragrance of flowers and birds, and the simple and shy smile is like a flying arrow, hitting Luanke's heart.
But at the same time, Luanke also noticed that these children from the depths of the mountains, for a variety of reasons, could not sit in the classroom with few windows like the children of other cities, except that the hardware was indeed lost.
The pitiful amount of teacher resources has also added a roadblock to the growth of these children.
Luanke decided that he wanted to stay, he wanted to contribute to the future of these children, he wanted to bring what he had seen and heard to these children, not to say that he could give them much professional knowledge, he hoped that he could grow up with them, swim together in this landscape and water, and avoid all kinds of unfair and meaningless quarrels in the world.
It confirms an ancient Chinese poem, "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the South Mountain."
This young man from a foreign land plunged his head into the mountains. This decision is also the reason why he was nominated for the "Top Ten Moving Chinese", but why didn't he have him in the final list?
Lu anke, who has just entered the children's world, still looks a little young, especially the lame Chinese, which often makes the children laugh.
In the face of this young man who looks different, the villagers in the same village are still very welcome, especially Lu Anke's cheerful personality, which makes him a pistachio for the grandparents in the village.
On summer nights, they would sit around and listen to Luanke talk about some of his time in Germany, and perhaps the industrial design aspects that Luanke was good at.
In addition to teaching the children, Luanke will also mention the international regatta that was a turning point in Luanke's life.
It was because of that competition that Luanke returned to the days of learning, in fact, before that, Luanke was also very naughty.
Especially for the rigid rules of the school, he also hates it.
Luanke will always draw such a line, telling some stories of the past in a colorful way, and in this way, he will use this as a guide to make some boring knowledge interesting and make it easier for children to accept.
And the children also like this big guy who is also a teacher and friend, like to play with him, and will test how he grows a small seed.
They would also hold him and tell him about their grievances, or one day be reprimanded by the elders of the family.
Such a simple and simple day and night together, once it is ten years, Luanke has never thought of leaving here, in addition to his desire to add a beautiful stroke to the future of these children, he is also touched by the simplicity and kindness here.
The people in the village saw Luanke as if they were seeing their own son, not only because he was the teacher of the children, but more importantly, Luanke had been eating a hundred meals for ten years because he was unpaid.
After Luanke's deeds were known to more people, he was invited by the "Top Ten Moving Chinese", and in the face of the warm invitation of reporters and staff, Luanke chose to refuse this invitation.
Perhaps in Lu Anke's mind, there was no plan at all, in the past ten years in China, although he has given a lot of help to these children in the mountains, these children have also given him a lot of things that cannot be exchanged for money.
For example, the tireless study, the kindness and friendliness to the people around you, or how the small seeds are carefully groomed into seedlings that can produce grain.
These may seem like insignificant little things in life, and sometimes they are ruthlessly ignored, but it is these easy to be ignored small things that shape Luanke today.
Whenever he sits alone on the edge of a cliff, perhaps he also misses his distant parents, and there will be some sadness, but when he looks back and sees the children running, he will be pulled to another world, a world that is truly indisputable.
The children would call Luanke a teacher, who not only taught them a lot of knowledge, but also let them understand the world they had never seen before, and gave them a yearning for the future.
For Luanke, the respect and kindness he felt from his children and his relatives made him more determined about the choices he made.
This fire is not only the fire that he lights for the children to illuminate the front, but also the fire of his life.