"A good education should produce lifelong athletes, responsible people, problem solvers, and gracious people."
This speech not only became the golden sentence of the second plenary session of the country in 2021, but also made Tang Jiangpeng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the principal of Xishan Middle School in Jiangsu Province, "burn" in circles.
How does the understanding of "what is education" relate to his own experience? What are their thoughts and insights on education?
A CCTV program once interviewed this "Internet celebrity leader". Let's take a look at what golden sentences Dean Tang Jiangpeng said in the program, right?
"I'm talking about common sense, why is it so popular?"
Tang Jiangpeng also thought about "popularity", why is he so popular?
Tang Jiangpeng: I just said common sense, why is it so popular?
Tang Jiangpeng said that scores are an inevitable and important part of education, and the college entrance examination is the basic system for the state to ensure the fairness of talent selection. Schools are not responsible if they do not focus on grades and improve students' academic performance.
But the main purpose of education is to promote human happiness. A good school that citizens expect should not only allow children to have good academic performance, but also to let children grow up well. If you can't have both, something must be wrong.
Good grades, but poor legs and feet did not get into college
Fall into the abyss of life
His deep understanding of "what is education" comes from Tang Jiangpeng's personal experience.
In the 60s of the 20th century, Tang Jiangpeng was born in a remote mountainous area in Shaanxi. In 1979, 16-year-old Tang Jiangpeng took the college entrance examination at Lingkou Middle School in Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, and his results were the best in the local area.
His original wish was to study law at Peking University, but polio made one of his legs immobile, so he reported to the library department of Peking University instead. Later, many students with poor grades like himself received admission notices one by one, but Tang Jiangpeng, who had good grades, was not admitted in the end.
Tang Jiangpeng: If my grades are not good enough, I still have to work hard. But my grades were the highest in the province and I couldn't go to college for physical reasons. I do feel a lot of pressure.
Tang Jiangpeng tried to pass the gloomy days by playing the erhu and playing the flute. Some friends who failed to rank also came to comfort him, which gave Tang Jiangpeng a chance to get out of depression.
was "tricked" into the podium by a handful of raisins by the principal
Tang Jiangpeng began tutoring friends who were not selected to do homework. As a result, many of my friends were accepted to good schools the following year. As a result, Tang Jiangpeng attracted the attention of the old director of the local education department.
Under the arrangement of the Education Bureau, Tang Jiangpeng, who was only 17 years old, entered Shaanxi Luonan Middle School and became a tutor with a monthly salary of 28 yuan.
After six months of "companionship", one of the school's language teachers fell ill. In the evening, when the teachers went out to watch the puppet show together, Tang Jiangpeng secretly taught the students. As a result, as soon as class ended, he was called to the principal's office.
Tang Jiangpeng: When the principal came to my class, he listened to my class, and then the principal wanted me to be the first. Since I wasn't qualified to be a teacher yet, I kept refusing. Then he opened the drawer and took out a raisin and put it in my hand, "Good things for students, go to class after eating." "I was just joking with the principal that I was tricked into coming to the podium by a handful of raisins.
In this way, the "cornered" Tang Jiangpeng became a private Chinese teacher. Tang Jiangpeng said that he really can't teach, and all he knows is to share his learning experience with students. At that time, the purpose of teaching was to enable students to achieve high scores in exams.
In three years, Tang Jiangpeng studied courses on his own at the University of Electrical Engineering and obtained a bachelor's degree in Chinese. Later, he studied at Shaanxi Institute of Education for two more years, earning a bachelor's degree in Chinese.
I was touched by a photo from 80 years ago
"Whoever the principal focuses on, education will focus on that place"
In 1993, Tang Jiangpeng decided to go south. After applying for a job, he became a Chinese teacher at Xishan Middle School in Jiangsu Province. The famous schools in the East allowed him to see different educational concepts and teaching methods. Tasks other than teaching inspire us to think about the goals of education.
Coincidentally, Tang Jiangpeng was attracted by this photo when preparing the school history materials.
Tang Jiangpeng: This is a single photo of a young boy with the words "a person who has not missed school for more than one school year." This is a photo taken more than 80 years ago. At that time, taking pictures must be a very important thing. Why should school administrators remember children who have not missed school for more than a year?
This photo had a great influence on Tang Jiangpeng. He said that from this old photo, he saw a kind of simplicity and kindness, as well as care and love for the development of all people.
Tang Jiangpeng: Whoever goes to the school to take pictures shows the value of pursuing the school. Today, there are many photos of students hanging in our school, but these photos may be photos of college entrance examination champions, photos of students admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University, or photos of students who won the competition. I often think that education will focus on whoever is the focus of the lens.
In 2006, Tang Jiangpeng began to serve as the president of all century-old famous schools. They set up a special award for principals to highlight educational priorities.
Tang Jiangpeng presented awards to students who insisted on walking every day, even if their grades were not outstanding. Tang Jiangpeng presented the dedication award to the children who call their parents every day. He said that parents are very successful in raising happy children.
"Now the teacher is stricter"
Like many principals across the country, Tang Jiangpeng is also facing the pressure of the college entrance examination.
He still insists that students can develop in all aspects. Students at Nishiyama High School take physical education classes every day and art classes every week. The course will last until the college entrance examination is suspended.
In Tang's view, education does not need much reform, as long as accepted common sense remains.
Tang Jiangpeng: Compared with the teachers at that time, today's teachers are more difficult. In the era of rapid economic development, people's huge anxiety about the decline of social status in the future has turned into group education anxiety and anxiety about the future of children. If we want to change this anxiety quickly, we have to put in a considerable effort.
What teachers can do now is to protect the growth of students in a kind way, dedicate good deeds, and make the world a better and warmer place because of our efforts.
Because of the word,
Tang Jiangpeng became the "chief Internet celebrity",
In the "educational world" it became popular.
Education needs such "Internet celebrities".
Children need such "influencers".
The country needs such "Internet celebrities"!
Principal Tang relied on his "traffic",
Encourage more people to pay attention to education,
Think about education.
I've been teaching for decades
What else does Principal Tang think about teaching?
How about a unique look?
"As a living being, people should pay attention to relaxation and relaxation, and even in the third year of high school, I think we should maintain such a basic rhythm. Run when it's time to run, ask when it's time to run, sleep when it's time to sleep. "It's time to sleep."
"Scores are not the whole content of education, let alone the basic purpose of education."
"There are two important choices in life, one is to choose a major in college, and the other is to choose a life partner. Both choices have a supreme principle and are based on love. ”
"In addition to performing teaching functions, schools also perform the functions of social education and emotional education, which is a problem that schools and teachers should think deeply about."
"If we don't talk about it, we don't exist now, but if we only talk about it, our country will lose tomorrow, if we don't talk about it, we won't have status, but if we only talk about progression rates, our education is meaningless, and if we don't talk about interest rates, we won't move forward." But in terms of progression rates alone, our education is not far away. ”
"High school can have another form of teaching, students can increase their intelligence through deep learning, rather than just brushing questions to improve their memory and get cold grades."
"We should at least try to get some children to learn for the sake of hobbies."
"We need to believe in the power of time, as long as we move in the right direction and make small changes, in a few years, we will definitely find the value of these small changes in history."