【Practice the spirit of the general secretary's reply to the letter and deeply implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents in the new era】
Guangming Daily reporter Luo Xu Geng Jiankuo
"A wind and sand will 'blow away' a few teachers."
What would this be?
This is said to be the last county of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, where "yellow winds whistle and roar stones walk wildly" all year round. Located in a remote area with a harsh climate, the schools here were once badly drained.
In August 2000, 15 graduates of Hebei Baoding College responded to the call for the development of the country's western region and took root to teach with their hukou, which immediately alleviated the shortage of local secondary school teachers.
Year after year, the leaves of the poplar trees are green and yellow, and these young people have been sticking to the end, using youth, dedication, and sincerity to support a shade and guard the local children's path to school.
Good sons and daughters are determined in all directions, and those who have aspirations struggle without regret. On the eve of May Fourth Youth Day in 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote back to the representatives of the western branch of Hebei Baoding College, stressing: "I hope that more and more young people will follow your example, go to the grassroots and the people to make contributions, let the flower of youth bloom in the place where the motherland needs it most, and write a different and wonderful life in the great practice of realizing the Chinese dream." ”
Affectionate entrustment turned into a surging driving force, inspiring young children to rush to the frontline of the grass-roots level in the western region. Taking root downwards and growing toward the sun, colleges and universities across the country have sent graduates in different forms to serve the western region and build dreams on the frontier, rewriting the local development outlook and achieving a regret-free life for young people in the new era.
Yan Junliang (front row, second from right), a graduate of Baoding College in Hebei Province, has been rooted in Nanmulin County, Tibet, for 20 years. Profile picture
1. Youth has always been a home country
The new school year is about to begin, and 6 of the 7 classes in the first grade have not yet landed. In the spring of 2000, Duan Jun, the principal of the No. 2 Middle School in The End County, was sad all day.
The Education Bureau of Xinjiang's Zhimu County, which is thirsty for talents, has recruited talents in many schools in the interior, but few people have responded.
"When they came to Baoding College, it was the school that mobilized the graduates and called on everyone to serve the country and actively participate in the large-scale development and construction of the western region." Hu Lianli, secretary of the party committee of Baoding College, introduced, "As a result, hundreds of graduates of the whole school signed up on the same day, and finally after selection, 15 graduates went to the end of the teaching. ”
The figure of the forerunner has become the flag of hunting and recruitment on campus, stirring the hearts of every student in school. In 2002, when the Tibet Shigatse Education Bureau came to Baoding College to recruit teachers, the same scene appeared again.
Hundreds of students rushed to sign up to take root in the snowy plateau. "In the end, 10 graduates were selected to teach in Shigatse, Tibet." Hu Lianli said that in the past 22 years, more than 300 graduates of Baoding College have successively worked in the grass-roots frontline of Xinjiang, Tibet, Chongqing, Guizhou and other western regions.
The knife must be sharpened on the stone, and the man must be trained in things. These graduates of Baoding College have taken root in the western land, like poplar trees and Gesang flowers, they are tenacious, willing to endure hardships, struggle and dedication, and bring endless vitality to the vast land. Among them, many have become backbone teachers and discipline leaders, and many have been awarded honorary titles such as "Excellent Communist Party Member", "Excellent Teacher", "March 8th Red Flag Bearer", "Advanced Individual of National Unity" and so on.
"In 2014, more and more students went to work in the western region, and everyone wanted to report to the general secretary about the situation of teaching in the western region." Yang Guangxing, one of the letters to the general secretary at that time and vice president of the party school of the last county party committee, recalled, "I did not expect to receive a reply from the general secretary, and everyone was very excited." ”
Members of the Qinghai Huangzhong Branch of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Tsinghua University discuss their work. Profile picture
I would like to make other places my hometown, only because youth is a homeland. "As grassroots teachers, we are doing the most ordinary work, but we have been affirmed and encouraged by the general secretary, which has greatly strengthened our determination to continue to take root in Tibet and teach and educate people." Yue Gang, who went to Tibet in 2002 to teach at Nanmulin Middle School in Shigatse, said.
Today, General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply letter was engraved in the most conspicuous place of Baoding College. "Groups of students take the oath of admission here and leave from here." Hu Lianli said, "More and more graduates firmly choose to take root in the west, work with the party and the country, and let the youth glow with a different kind of wonderful." ”
2. "Reading China at the Grassroots Level"
The class bell rang, and in Huangzhong No. 1 Middle School in Xining City, Qinghai Province, the tall and handsome Guo Kuixing walked into the classroom with a book, and more than 50 children happily welcomed the "male god" teacher in their hearts.
Huangzhong is more than 2,600 meters above sea level, and even in early July, the temperature will drop below 10 degrees Celsius after a rain, and the house will even have to turn on an electric heater.
As the leader of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Tsinghua University, Guo Kuixing and his classmates have been teaching in Huangzhong in Qinghai for nearly a year.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep love and earnest hope, the continuous training and support of colleges and universities across the country, and the achievements and forging of the vast world in the western region are becoming the rallying cry for groups of students to rush to the western region and take root at the grassroots level.
"As early as 1998, Tsinghua University set up a graduate student support group." Yu Xiaoxiao, secretary of the Youth League Committee of Tsinghua University, introduced that for more than 20 years, a total of 392 volunteers from the graduate student support group have gone to Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan and other places to relay education and poverty alleviation. In 2020, the Qinghai Huangzhong Branch of the Tsinghua University Graduate Student Support Group won the 24th "Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal Collective".
The vast land of the west is becoming a broad stage for more and more young people. Xinhua News Agency
The new year of the plum tree, flowers on all sides. At Peking University, more and more graduates are turning their attention to the vast grassroots world. Since 2010, more than 3,000 selected students from Peking University have gone to the frontline of the grassroots level to write life papers in urban and rural areas. In 2021, the number of selected and transferred students signed by Peking University reached a new high, covering all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country.
Peking University graduates go to work at the grassroots level, is it "oversized"? "Young people must understand the real China." As one of the first batch of selected students in Ningxia, Zong Lidong, a 2013 master's graduate of the Department of Chinese And Literature of Peking University and the secretary of the Shapotou District Party Committee of Ningxia Zhongwei City, gave a sonorous answer: "Only by reading China at the grassroots level, increasing talents and gaining trust can we better realize the value of our lives." ”
"Working hard with the people, advancing together with the motherland, serving the people and dedicating ourselves to the motherland is the correct direction for the youth of contemporary China." The teachings of General Secretary Xi Jinping have become the action guide for the growth of more and more college students.
3, life is brilliant because of grinding
"The stars hiding in the corners also shine, just as we who were born in poor places can also shine." At Wangmin Middle School in Wangmin Township, Xiji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia, a student who was not good at words wrote such a text in his diary.
"Without the help of Fudan University's volunteer teachers, I would have dropped out of school, and I wouldn't have been able to have the same person I am now." Shao Qianshun, a graduate of Wang Min Middle School who is now an assistant researcher at the Guyuan Branch of the Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, said with emotion.
Since 1999, Fudan University has sent students to many schools in many parts of the country every year to support poverty alleviation. Wangmin Middle School is the longest school to receive Fudan students to support teaching, a total of 51 Fudan students teach here, rewriting the lives of many children in barren mountain passes.
The university student volunteer teaching group has guarded the dreams of many Xinjiang children. Xinhua News Agency
Spring wind and rain, all things are born. At the end of the year, the persistence and dedication of baoding college's teaching graduates have greatly optimized the local education ecology and social ecology. More and more local children are entering universities, and more and more college graduates are coming and participating in construction.
"Volunteer teachers are like lamplighters, with fire in their hearts and lights up the lamp of their dreams." This is our happiness. Yue Gang, who has grown up to be the vice principal of the second middle school in Nanmulin County, Tibet, said.
But the path of the way is concerned, and the sky is green and green. "After arriving in Qinghai, I had a deeper understanding of the general secretary's reply." Guo Kuixing said, "Only when college students really go to the field, in the process of serving the masses and overcoming difficulties, will the pursuit of life be more firm and their love for the country will be deeper." ”
When he was a teenager, he lived up to Shaohua's behavior and knew. In 2019, Yu Yu, a doctoral graduate of the School of International Relations of Peking University, refused the invitation of the enterprise with an annual salary of 2 million yuan, chose to temper himself in the most basic position in southern Xinjiang, and served as the deputy secretary of the party branch of Tijian Village in Azak Township, Artush City, Kyzylsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Driven by him, Tijian Village quickly "prospered", and 22 enterprises settled in succession, solving the problem of employment of thousands of villagers nearby.
"When the heart is small, all the little things are big; The heart is big, all the big things are small. Yu Yu, who has now been transferred to the deputy secretary of the party committee of Azak Township, said, "Born in a prosperous world, I should serve the motherland." I firmly believe that choosing the grassroots is to choose the times, and choosing the frontier is to choose the motherland. ”
Guangming Daily ( 2022-07-07 edition 15)
Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily