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"My last name is Shi. History, "Speaking of Texts and Interpretations" is also known as the chronicler. From and hold. This means that the chroniclers should be impartial and write straight. I want to treat everyone fairly in my teaching. ”
Shi Xin'an, a 23-year-old graduate student at Fudan University, looked into the podium with a pair of confused eyes. In the first lesson of the school, the dolls in the mountains suddenly remembered this volunteer teacher.
This is the Wangmin Middle School in Wangmin Township, Xiji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The long definite sentence explains the remote location of the school - nearly 2,000 meters above sea level and 30 kilometers from the county seat. The car travels at the western foot of Liupan Mountain, winding through the hilly areas of southern Ningxia. Above the dry mound, the sun is strong, the patches of corn grow tenaciously and crampedly, and the blue sky is full of yellow.
At the end of a country road is Wang Min Middle School. An old desk signed with the names of the teachers was placed in the school's chemistry lab.
Shi Xin'an (left), Lin Botao (right), and Xu Jing, teachers of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University, take a group photo at an old desk with the names of past volunteer teachers written on Wang Min Middle School (taken on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
Since 1999, Fudan University, as one of the earliest universities to respond to the establishment of the Graduate Student Support Group (Research Branch) by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Education, has sent students to many schools in many parts of the country every year to support teaching and poverty alleviation. WangMin Middle School is the longest school in Ningxia to receive Fudan students in 23 years, and it is also a microcosm of Fudan University's volunteer teaching and poverty alleviation. In the past 23 years, 51 Fudan students have become volunteer teachers at Wang Min Middle School.
"Yang Chen Haotong is from Inner Mongolia and is the captain of the 20th Research Branch; Ma Zhuangjin is from Shaanxi, his mother has come to see him, the water truck on the road can't come in, we sent him to the intersection; Huang Mingxuan is from Sichuan, especially serious, almost at any time can see him in the office to correct homework..." The old desk of the same teacher who is almost the same age has turned yellow, and the memory of Wang Yongming, vice principal of Wang Min Middle School, is still as good as yesterday.
The teachers of the 22nd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University ended their teaching support and participated in the farewell ceremony organized by the students at Wangmin Middle School (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
The starlight is faint but warm
" There's really a limit to the number of changes that everyone can make. But looking back 22 years ago, it may have changed a lot. ”
On the first day of the school year on September 1st, we came to WangMin Middle School and met the newly arrived 23rd Fudan University Research Team this year.
This is Wang Min Middle School in Wang Min Township, Xiji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (drone photo, taken on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
Rest assured of their own encounters, do not dare to relax on the dolls, this is the most intuitive impression given by the volunteer team members -
Shi Xin'an from Shanghai, is a 20-level master's student of the Department of Chinese, the major is ancient Chinese, most of the time is silent, a hoodie printed with the emblem of Fudan University is worn and worn, "easy to change and wash, buy a new same model is not expensive";
Captain Xu Jing is a girl, graduated from the Russian Department, the first English class with a pure accent to conquer the dolls, "I read in primary school in Suining County, Sichuan, middle school went to the city, high school to the provincial capital Chengdu boarding, the importance of the educational environment is very deep";
Ningxia boy Lin Botao is cheerful and handsome, keyboard guitar photography is all kinds of line, he values the rules, seriously requires the dolls to "take the initiative to greet the teacher", but also encourages the children to build self-confidence, over and over again prompt "bold point", "look up" and "don't be afraid"...
Teachers Shi Xin'an (middle), Lin Botao (left), and Xu Jing of the 23rd Graduate School Support Group of Fudan University prepare lessons in the office of Wang Min Middle School (photographed on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
Is life at Wang Min Middle School the same as I imagined? When it comes to this topic, the players always say two words. "No difference", "The conditions are very good, the dormitory has a separate bathroom" "Don't want to go home, come and teach with peace of mind".
Is there really no difference from the original life? Xiji County is a populous county in Ningxia and was once the last poverty-stricken county in Ningxia to be lifted out of poverty. "Xiji has three treasures: potatoes, potatoes, potatoes", a popular local saying, which shows the limitations of ravines, fragile ecology and water scarcity here.
"Without the help of Fudan volunteer teachers, I would have dropped out of school, and I would not have been able to have the person I am now."
Shao Qianshun, who is now an assistant researcher at the Guyuan Branch of the Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, still clearly remembers the joy of the arrival of the first branch group. "At that time, I heard that there were teachers from other places to teach English, or Fudan University in Shanghai, and we were happy for several days, hoping that they would come soon every day!"
As soon as xie fan, the first volunteer teacher, saw that the dolls were not well-off, he contacted Fudan students for funding. "I was sponsored by three girls from the same dormitory, who supported me until I graduated from junior high school." Shao Qianshun said that it is precisely like this that he no longer dares to neglect to study, he lights a kerosene lamp to read before dawn, and when he first entered junior high school, he still counted down, and his results in the second semester were already the first in the class.
Trickle streams, converging rivers. Only do it day by day, help little by little.
Li Jiamei, a member of the 3rd Research Branch Team, proposed to build Wangmin Middle School into a three-hearted school that "makes teachers work hard, let parents rest assured, and makes children happy"; Song Rachel, a member of the 5th Research Branch Team, fulfilled a wish with actions when she was about to end her one-year volunteer teaching- to help Students with Congenital Heart Disease of Wangmin Middle School to go to Shanghai for surgery; Liu Yanbo, a member of the 13th Research Branch, launched the "Warm Xihaigu" winter clothes fundraising activity to collect tens of thousands of winter clothes and winter pants for local poor students...
Set up the National Flag Guard, build the Rainbow Library, donate music equipment... The dolls have enriched their extracurricular lives, their mentality is cheerful, and they gradually have the courage to spread their wings and fly high.
"I want to look out of the mountains."
Yuan Xiumei, a junior high school student, realized this dream this summer! Including Wang Min Middle School, since 2014, Fudan University's "Inspirational Study Tour for Western Students" has invited a total of 142 students from the western region to Shanghai to participate in the study visit.
Xu Jing, a volunteer teacher of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University, answers questions for students at the evening self-study session (photo taken on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
Behind WangMin Middle School is a mountain. As night falls, the stars glow.
"The stars hiding in the corners also shine, just as we who were born in poor places can also shine." Even dolls who are not good at words will write such a diary.
Huang Mingxuan, a member of the 22nd Research Branch, also wrote in his diary - I sincerely hope to see the day when you shine your own light!
Vice Principal Wang Yongming, who has been working at Wang Min Middle School for 19 years, said happily that in this year's middle school examination, 85 people from Wang Min Middle School took the exam, and 41 people were admitted to ordinary high schools, with an acceptance rate of 48.2%, ranking the forefront of rural schools in the county.
Enrich each other's lives
——" Until now, I still dream of the sound of Reading in Lang Lang of Wang Min Middle School." This is our common memory of youth. ”
"A year ago today, I was still telling you that 'the road to the east of the old garden is long, and the sleeves of the dragon bell are not dry', talking about Cen Shan's strong homesickness. Today, a year later, I return here, and my heart is full of homesickness. ”
Xue Lu, a member of the 21st research team, returned to Wang Min in March this year and sent a thousand-word letter to the dolls. Word by word, it is the truest emotion in the heart.
A one-year term, leaving too many youth stories. Wang Yongming still remembers that when Ma Zhuangjin was leaving, he kept chanting to the dolls, "Don't worry, I will leave after eating this pear", and as a result, the pears were finished, and the dolls also saw the car driving out of the school gate, but Ma Zhuangjin did not leave. "I saw that he posted a lot of photos in the circle of friends, and it was clear that he didn't go outside the school gate."
Look back frequently, what do you love? Or can't you rest assured of anything?
Zhang Lielie, a member of the 2nd Research Branch Team, still has a memory of a doll who is "tall, tall, with poor grades, and can fight". "He may belong to a more stubborn student, but as soon as he sees us, he will stand up straight, say hello, and feel that he respects knowledge and culture, respects us, and treats us as distant guests." Although the foundation of the dolls is not very good, most of them have a strong desire to go out of the mountains. ”
Wang Kun, a member of the 9th Research Branch, has returned to Ningxia three times to visit students. "When I came back in 2009, I brought a class to take the middle school entrance examination, which was specially to encourage them; when I came back in 2011, it was another class of students who wanted to take the college entrance examination, and I also graduated from graduate school, and I also hoped to get some energy from the naïve children; in 2014, I wanted to go to the United States for further study, and before going abroad, I went to Yinchuan to see the students I brought that year, and gave them ideas for entering the society." I can't trust them. ”
For more than 20 years, the team members have been solid dreamers in the mountains. In the early years, there was no running water on the mountain, they walked miles to fetch water, and some team members set a "record" of not bathing for 56 consecutive days; now, they still have to walk dozens of miles to visit their homes, and they still eat the bowl of potato noodles that are not rich but fragrant in the canteen...
"In all these years, I haven't heard a single complaint from any volunteer teacher." Wang Yongming said.
Shi Xin'an, a volunteer teacher of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University, answers questions for students at the evening self-study (photographed on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
But the path of the way is concerned, and the sky is green and green. One year of volunteer teaching experience has made the team members love the motherland more, have firmer ideals, and do things more pragmatically.
"In school, students can talk about a lot of big things. But at the grassroots level, to a rural middle school, you only have to do it with real knives and guns, and you have to be pragmatic. Zhao Qiang, secretary of the Fudan University Committee of the Communist Youth League, said that only by really going to the field and comparing it with his own living environment will he have more understanding and deeper feelings for our country. At the same time, in the process of overcoming difficulties, the pursuit and goal of life will become clearer and firmer.
"I am very grateful for wangmin's teaching experience at middle school. I am a native of Tianjin and grew up in the city. Volunteer teaching allowed me to intuitively understand education in rural China and truly see our national conditions. We are also deeply touched by the spirit of the students who try to do everything they can to work hard. Wang Kun said.
Yu Meng, a member of the 12th research team, has now become a teacher. In order to let the middle school students in Shanghai feel the hardships of studying, he invited the students of Wang Min Middle School who brought him to Shanghai Pudong Fudan High School Branch school to share their experiences. "The purpose is also to let the children in the city know that the 'bitterness' you often say is still sweeter than the children in the northwest mountains."
Lin Botao, a volunteer teacher at Fudan University's 23rd Graduate Student Support Group, gives music lessons to students (photo taken on September 2). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
"Spend a year doing something that will last a lifetime." Talking about why he came to volunteer teaching, Lin Botao told reporters that this answer can be told overnight.
His parents were merchants in Ningmin, and Lin Botao grew up in Ningxia. He has watched the hit drama "Mountains and Seas", and the mountain village education on the screen has touched him deeply, and also attracted him to follow the footsteps of "Teacher Bai", see different Ningxia, and interpret different "mountains and seas".
"The educational process is a two-way street, we are both to be teachers and students. We will get inspiration and harvest from local dolls and teachers, and we can also experience the difficulty of the country overcoming difficulties to win the battle against poverty and create a better life for everyone. This is really worth our heartfelt feelings, and turn this feeling into practical action, and make our little contribution to it. Lin Botao said.
"I always felt like I was a kid. But when you are called a 'teacher', you have to take on the responsibility of guiding, helping, and cultivating students. I completed the identity and mindset change in a very short period of time. Xu Jing said.
Nurture the power to grow
——" Children cannot settle for the status quo, knowledge can never be too much, and fighting spirit can never disappear." ”
"Two mouthfuls of lettuce in a small bay of pumpkins."
Yao Po's potato bowl is large
Xionghong Ancient Castle Lei Jia Wan Xiu ha
The praise of the flower king sings..."
As this song "Flowers" sings, people's lives are getting better and better. On November 16, 2020, Xiji County, the last poverty-stricken county in Ningxia, withdrew from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties, marking the basic solution of the overall poverty problem in Ningxia and a historic farewell to absolute poverty.
"I heard that before the school went out, there were no street lights, and it was pitch black. In recent years, whether it is the accommodation environment, the teaching environment, or the township environment, it has changed a lot. Xu Jing said.
Speaking of these new changes, Vice President Wang Yongming was happy and thoughtful: "The living conditions have improved, but some dolls can't eat the pain of learning!" ”
Lin Botao (first from left), a volunteer teacher of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University, guides students in a practice queue on the playground (photo taken on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
For many years, dolls have treated learning very contradictoryly - they want to go out of the mountains, but their interest in learning is really not high; they want to study with peace of mind, but studying year after year seems to be less affordable than working to earn money?
Zhao Qiang also received feedback from the team members: now there is no need to go to fetch water, but some new troubles have arisen, such as local children's boredom. To find a solution, it is necessary to be more pragmatic and more down-to-earth.
In order to learn, you must first make up your mind.
In the view of the volunteer teaching team members, in addition to the textbook knowledge, the dolls most need to establish an interest in independent learning, the quality of lifelong learning, a healthy and confident mentality and a spirit of hard work.
"I learned that some dolls grow up either their parents don't talk about learning, or the elderly dote on them, and they lack encouragement and guidance. Even if they don't answer well enough, I will say that it is very good, and there has been progress. This stimulates their interest in learning and progressing. Xu Jing said.
The volunteer teachers tirelessly encouraged Shao Qianshun to impress.
20 years ago, Li Jiamei, a member of the 3rd Research Branch, convened a school-wide parent-teacher meeting, when Shao Qianshun was in the third year of junior high school. "This is the first parent-teacher conference in our father's and son's lives. My father was not good at talking, and when he came back, he said to me, 'Study well, your teachers see you very well!' I remember this sentence to this day. ”
"Although we have made progress in development, the villagers have also become much richer. But Sanriva still has a strong desire to change her destiny. Children cannot be satisfied with the status quo, knowledge can never be too much, and fighting spirit can never disappear. Shao Qianshun sighed.
"I work in finance in Shanghai, and I have colleagues and friends around me who send their children to international schools with expensive fees, and the children feel that it is natural to have a car and a house and eat a big meal. But the prosperity of the city can not blind our eyes, I hope that my children understand the real life, the real China. Zhang Lielie said.
"I studied finance and finance, and I once had the prejudice of 'teaching is useless', and even felt that it was better to spend this time than to earn more money to do charity, which was more efficient." But several social practice activities during college completely changed my view of volunteer teaching. After coming to Wang Min Middle School, I deeply felt that I had to infect the dolls face to face and let them grow their ability to face difficulties and open up their lives, which money could not buy. Lin Botao said.
Teachers Shi Xin'an (right), Lin Botao (middle), and Xu Jing, members of the 23rd Graduate Student Support Group of Fudan University, play songs in the dormitory cafeteria (photographed on September 1). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Peng
Imagining the parting a year later, Xu Jing and his party of three have begun to give up, and they are full of expectations——
"Although hard work may not be rewarded, I think the result is not important, just do your best";
"It's a lot of pressure to take over the baton from my seniors and I don't want to be worse than them. Learn more, see more, do more, and don't waste this year";
"I will definitely do my duty and sign my name on that old desk next August"...
The distant mountains are silent, witnessing the hope and prosperity of this youth.
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