At 23:59 on December 18, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Jishishan County, Gansu Province, China, which undoubtedly had a serious impact on the local area. Among them, Dahejia Middle School in Dahejia Town, which was more seriously affected, has attracted much attention. In the earthquake, more than 2,100 students and more than 190 teachers at the school were evacuated safely, and there were no casualties. However, a news about the school's teachers and students burning books in the playground to keep warm has sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
At noon on December 19, the school's principal Ma said in an interview with Red Star News that after the earthquake, all teachers and students evacuated to safety in a quick and orderly manner. That night, the lowest temperature was close to minus 20 degrees, and teachers and students took temporary shelter in the playground. Since there was no burning material around the school, some students set fire to the discarded and used books in the warehouse while they were heating. Principal Ma explained: "The lowest temperature at night was close to minus 20 degrees, and there was no burning material around the school at that time, so it could only be heated temporarily. Fortunately, in the later stage, (they) found firewood and burned it. ”
Regarding this situation, Mr. Wu of the school also said that he learned that the books burned by the students were some waste books and old books, which were originally placed in the warehouse and did not affect normal teaching activities. He also revealed that after the earthquake, the school immediately activated the emergency plan, and all teachers and students were evacuated in an orderly manner, and there was no panic and panic. On the premise of ensuring the safety of teachers and students, members of the school team stayed on duty to ensure the safety of the campus.
Although the earthquake caused a certain amount of damage to the school, all the teachers and students of the school worked together to get through the difficult time. In the aftermath of the earthquake, local authorities also quickly launched relief efforts to provide food, clothing and heating equipment to the affected people. It is understood that all the teachers and students of the school have returned home, and the school is also actively preparing for the restoration and reconstruction work.
However, the news on the Internet about teachers and students burning books to keep warm has sparked heated discussions. Some netizens expressed their understanding of this behavior, believing that in an emergency, heating is the most important thing, and burning books is to save their lives. Another part of netizens expressed concern, believing that burning books would affect students' academic Xi and growth. In this regard, President Ma said that the earthquake was an emergency, and all teachers and students took measures under the premise of ensuring safety. Afterwards, they also reflected on the behavior of burning books, and said that in the future, they will pay more attention to cultivating students' awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and improving their ability to respond to emergencies.
Although the behavior of teachers and students in the playground to burn books for warmth caused some heated discussions, we saw that in the face of the disaster, all teachers and students united to tide over the difficulties together. This has fully demonstrated the perseverance and unremitting spirit of self-improvement of the people on the mainland. At the same time, this incident has also sounded the alarm bell for us, reminding us to always pay attention to disaster prevention and mitigation and improve our ability to respond to emergencies.
In this earthquake, we would also like to praise the local government departments for their swift rescue. They interpreted the concept of putting people and life first with practical actions, and provided timely help to the affected people. Let's work together to get through this and rebuild our homes. The people in the disaster-stricken areas will surely overcome the disaster and rebuild their beautiful homeland.
In addition, we should also pay attention to the damage caused by the earthquake to schools. In this disaster, the facilities and equipment of the school were damaged to a certain extent. In order to allow the children to return to normal school and Xi life as soon as possible, we hope that caring people from all walks of life can lend a helping hand and donate money and materials to help them get through this difficult period. I believe that with the joint efforts of everyone, the people in the disaster area will be able to rebuild their homes and usher in a better tomorrow.
In short, during this earthquake, all teachers and students showed a high degree of unity and self-help, which deserves our praise. At the same time, we should also draw lessons from this experience, strengthen disaster prevention and mitigation work, and improve our ability to respond to emergencies. Let us work together to tide over the difficulties and rebuild a better home for the people in the disaster-stricken areas.