Not long ago, some netizens photographed Fan Meizhong, an old man who "became famous" in the Wenchuan earthquake, actually drove a luxury car and traveled with his whole family.
Even after 15 years, Fan Meizhong's every move will still arouse heated discussions among netizens.
Some netizens commented that although Fan Meizhong was criticized and discredited at that time, but now, he has taken advantage of this public opinion and seems to have become a winner in life.
Compared with the sharp criticism 15 years ago, netizens don't seem to have so much sarcasm about Fan Meizhong now, and some people also said that they have understood him.
So, what did Fan Meizhong go through? Let's review how he, who was originally an ordinary teacher, was pushed to the public!
Fan Meizhong was born in 1972 in a poor family in Sichuan, and before him, the family had five children, but the family was less warm and more violent by his father.
Fan Meizhong's father is a gambler, and it is normal for him not to go home for a few days and nights, and the responsibility of taking care of the family falls on his weak mother.
The mother not only worries about the family's food and daily life, but also is often beaten and scolded by her husband who is in a bad mood. Whenever the father's fist hit the mother's thin body, the other children did not dare to come forward, only Fan Meizhong, who had a rebellious personality, dared to protect his mother.
However, he was young at the time, and although he stood in front of his mother, he was also beaten and scolded while waiting for him. The special family environment gave Fan Meizhong the idea of rebelling and staying away from home.
As a child from a poor family, Fan Meizhong wanted to get out of the mountains, and the best way out was to study, so he worked extra hard in his Xi and was successfully admitted to the history department of Peking University
But after entering Peking University, Fan Meizhong was not happy, he did not follow the rules and study Xi steadily, but became a thorn, and even published articles to publicly comment on the teachers of the history department.
It stands to reason that Fan Meizhong, who is studying in the Department of History, should continue his studies after graduating from his bachelor's degree, but he did not do it, but turned around and became a history teacher.
However, Fan Meizhong's career path can be described as "bumpy", and during the eight years he taught after graduation, he changed schools successively.
The reason begins with his "anti-bone" character. In class, Fan Meizhong does not follow the syllabus at all, but teaches some of his own radical ideas to his children, and often instills in the students the Western values he has been exposed to.
The parents panicked and complained directly to the principal, but in the face of the principal's reminders and warnings, Fan Meizhong didn't take it seriously at all and still went his own way, so he was dismissed from seven schools one after another.
It was not until 2005 that Fan Meizhong found a school that matched his educational philosophy and values, which was Sichuan Dujiangyan Guangya Middle School.
Here, Fan Meizhong was not only unconstrained, but also popular with the students because of his teaching style, so he worked for three whole years.
It's just that Fan Meizhong didn't expect that he would "become famous" in this school, and even become the object of attention from netizens across the country, but this "running and attention" is absolutely negative.
It all started with the devastating earthquake that struck on May 12, 2008. After the earthquake, Fan Meizhong was teaching "Dream of Red Mansions" to students, but in the middle of the class, he and his classmates felt the school building shake a few times.
At first, Fan Meizhong thought it was a small earthquake, and comforted his classmates and said, "It's okay, continue the class!" However, as soon as he finished speaking, the teaching building began to shake violently, and he realized that it was a major earthquake.
Fan Meizhong's first reaction was not to shout at his classmates to run together, but to rush out of the classroom first, and he was also the first in the entire school to rush out of the classroom that day.
When the students saw the teacher running out, they were a little stunned for a while, and finally ran to the playground under the guidance of other teachers, but fortunately there were no casualties.
In that special environment at that time, the news that Fan Meizhong left his students and ran out of the classroom alone was spreading, and all kinds of criticism awaited him.
Ten days after the earthquake, Fan Meizhong wrote an article titled "The Moment the Earth Shakes" and began to justify his actions, which directly pushed him into the whirlpool of public opinion, and even relatives and friends called him to accuse him.
In the article, Fan Meizhong emphasized her "sense of crisis" and wrote: "When a disaster occurs, even your own mother will not save her own children except for her own children!"
This remark completely angered netizens, and everyone accused: "You can save it, but at least shout, after all, in the face of disaster, sometimes a second can decide life and death!"
Some official media also publicly criticized Fan Meizhong's "selfish" values, calling him a "coward", and accusing him of "being a teacher in vain and having no teacher morality", and netizens also named him "Fan Ranran".
With the fermentation of the matter, Peking University also came forward to respond and directly removed him, and at the same time, the education department canceled his teaching qualification certificate at the request of the majority of netizens, and his identity as a teacher was completely denied.
Netizens also put pressure on the school to dismiss Fan Meizhong, although the principal admired Fan Meizhong's talent and unique teaching style, but under heavy pressure, he still announced his dismissal.
In fact, the school did not let him leave, just to silence the outside world, and in the next few years, Fan Meizhong still taught at Guangya Middle School.
During this period, public opinion still did not let Fan Meizhong go, but he still maintained his original attitude, and even publicly stated on the TV show: I am putting myself before others, not others before myself.
However, everything is a double-edged sword, although this incident made Fan Meizhong lose his reputation, but from another point of view, he has indeed become a winner in life.
After teaching at Guangya Middle School for several years, Fan Meizhong chose to resign, and this time he walked out of school, instead of continuing to look for a job, he chose to start his own business.
Fan Meizhong settled in the suburbs of Chengdu with his family, and they set up a "special" educational institution, whose unique teaching philosophy attracted a group of parents.
In this school, grades are not the most important thing, but to make students happy to learn Xi, which is quite similar to the Western education concept, because it is an independent school, Fan Meizhong's income is also rising.
In addition, Fan Meizhong also often broadcasts live, because the popularity has always attracted the attention of many people, and it has also brought him considerable benefits.
Fan Meizhong, whose economic conditions have improved, has changed his family to a luxury car and lived in a bright and spacious house.
However, after more than ten years of baptism, Fan Meizhong has also become a lot calmer, no longer entangled with netizens, and at the same time, he also joked that he is now a "family cook", in addition to work, he is to accompany his children.
And netizens seem to be more tolerant of Fan Meizhong, bluntly saying that he just said something that most people dare not say, we can criticize him for not being worthy of being a teacher, but we can't say that he is heinous.
Some people also say that if everyone is like him, there will only be "self" and "indifference" left in this world, especially if he is a teacher, he should be responsible for his students, instead of escaping alone and causing students to live and die.
Therefore, when disaster strikes, we can care for and help each other, instead of taking care of ourselves, and then we will also become victims.