On May 12, 2008, Wenchuan, Sichuan Province experienced the largest earthquake since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it was a day that the people of the whole country could not forget the pain.
In that earthquake, the teachers risked their lives to save the students in their class, but this teacher, who almost immediately left the class and ran to the stairs, was the first person in the school to reach the football field safely, leaving a group of overwhelmed children to face the sudden earthquake alone.
He is the teacher of Sichuan Guangya Middle School - Fan Meizhong.
Ran in the earthquake and became famous
On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, the temperature was unusually hot and muggy, so Fan Meizhong opened all the windows in the room and started a Chinese class for the students.
Just as he was talking energetically, the desk in the classroom suddenly shook, and Fan Meizhong thought it was a slight earthquake through his previous experience, so he comforted the students: "Don't be afraid! It's an earthquake, don't panic yet." As soon as the words fell, the entire classroom building shook violently, accompanied by a terrifying loud noise.
Fan Meizhong's head buzzed! Almost subconsciously pulled his legs and ran! He ran out of the teaching building as fast as he could, and rushed to the center of the football field next to him!
Immediately afterwards, Fan Meizhong saw the football wall in the distance collapse in a few seconds, and then many students ran out, some did not wear shoes, some only wore big pants, everyone gathered in the playground, the teachers began to count the number of students in their class, Fan Meizhong only then remembered his classmates.
He lifted his toes and looked around, and saw that only the students in his class had not escaped, but even so, he did not think of risking back to find the children.
Just when he was anxious, he was relieved to see his classmates running out one after another, but in the face of these children who had survived the catastrophe, Fan Meizhong did not immediately calm his emotions, but asked rhetorically: "Why don't you run away? How did you escape?"
The students said with a look of grievance: "At that time, we didn't react, but we saw that you suddenly ran away, and then the earthquake became more and more severe, and we were so scared that we could only hide under the table and wait for the earthquake to stop before running out." ”
Immediately afterwards, a student asked, "Teacher Fan, why did you run away by yourself and not take us out?"
In the face of a series of accusations from the students, Fan Meizhong actually said to the children with confidence: "I have always only cared about my own life and did not dare to dedicate myself, have you forgotten? I was the first to run out of the fire last time." ”
Perhaps out of guilt, Fan Meizhong took the initiative to help the management count the number of people, check the injuries of the students, and insisted on leaving the school until the end, it is not difficult to see that Fan Meizhong is not actually a cold-blooded and ruthless person.
Unfortunately, none of these can remedy his escape, and after the incident fermented, many netizens accused him of being a teacher in vain, "failing to fulfill the responsibilities of a teacher", "leaving students and running away by themselves is a coward!"
In the face of accusations from many netizens, Fan Meizhong wrote an article shortly after the earthquake, the main content of which is to write about the experience and feelings before and after the earthquake, one of which reads: "I am a person who pursues freedom and justice, not a person who has the courage to sacrifice himself, if his life is in danger, even if it is my mother, I will not care, only my daughter in this world is worthy of my self-sacrifice!"
He said that the students in the class were all seventeen or eighteen, and they were already adults, and at that critical juncture, he could neither carry nor hold them, and it was better to be able to run one by one than to die together.
It was this passage that aroused the anger of netizens, so the Internet started to abuse Fan Meizhong more violently and even cursed, and finally some netizens nicknamed him "Fan Ranran".
In the face of the overwhelming cyberbullying, Fan Meizhong became angry and said angrily to the reporter: "This is moral kidnapping! Netizens say that my behavior is immoral, and their vicious abuse and curse against me is moral? It is they who should repent the most, not me." ”
It's a pity that Fan Meizhong's remarks did not block the mouths of netizens, accusing his critics of being a big deal, and some people sarcastically mocked him for running faster than Liu Xiang.
Some netizens sarcastically said that since he ran so fast, it was better to be Nike's image spokesperson, but no one would have imagined that Nike would really invite Fan Meizhong to be the image spokesperson, and recognized Fan Meizhong's escape, thinking that he is a person who loves life and cherishes life, which is perfectly appropriate for their advertisement.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with people instinctively fleeing for their lives in the face of natural disasters, after all, people are small in the face of such huge disasters.
But don't forget, the reason why our Chinese nation was able to eliminate oppression and establish New China is because our predecessors all possessed the spirit of not abandoning, not giving up, and having the courage to dedicate themselves, whether it was the invasion of the Xiongnu, the Japanese invasion, or the invasion of Korea by the United States, every time! The ancestors did not run away, but threw their heads and spilled their blood on the battlefield! Fight for the homeland of their descendants!
Every time the mainland experiences natural and man-made disasters, there are always heroes who sacrifice themselves to save others.
During the Wenchuan earthquake, Teacher Tan Qianqiu, who died protecting four students with his arms, Teacher Xiang Qian, who sacrificed to save the students' bodies by being smashed into three sections, Teacher Wu Zhonghong, who returned to the teaching building to save the students, Teacher Tang Hong, who sacrificed several students with his flesh and blood, and Teacher Zhang Miya, whose body had stiffened when he was found, in order to save the child in his arms, the rescuers choked and sawed off his arm.
For the sacrifice and dedication of these teachers, Fan Meizhong thinks so.
"This kind of spirit should be worthy of our respect for them, after all, life is so important, they are willing to sacrifice themselves to save others, but I still hope that such noble things are avoided as much as possible, and repairing the house is the right thing, after all, reinforced concrete is not something that the body can bear, and there are many cases where even if the sacrifice fails to save the child, it can't be said that because individual teachers do this, it has become the general ability of teachers, and stereotypes about teachers, do you understand what this means?"
In fact, in some ways, I still agree with Fan Meizhong's words, he said, "I don't think teachers risk their lives to protect students' professional ethics, and the safety of students is not whether teachers dare to sacrifice heroes, but whether the quality of our houses is good enough."
Indeed, human beings are a complex species, and almost everyone has a selfish side, especially in the face of such disasters, it is a love to help, and it is a duty not to help, and no one stipulates who must help who saves whom.
Therefore, after this matter continued to ferment, different voices began to appear on the Internet, some people believe that although teachers are a great profession, they only come to work to support their families, and there is no need to take their lives, Fan Meizhong also has his own children's family.
There are also people who think that there is nothing wrong with what Fan Meizhong did, netizens are standing and talking without backache, if the netizens who criticize Fan Meizhong face this situation, they may run faster than him, this is moral kidnapping!
Some netizens accused Nike of recognizing Fan Meizhong's point of view, and took the Titanic as an example to question, when the Titanic was sinking, the young captain and crew on the ship chose to give the hope of life to women and children, which they all kinds of propaganda and praise, why did Nike in China, as a Western company, agree with this only teacher who left his students and ran away?
Lost his job due to the whirlpool of public opinion
The fact that Fan Meizhong left the students and ran away on his own was so controversial that the local education bureau and the parents of the students at the school began to exert pressure on Fan Meizhong that he was not qualified to educate their children, and it was no surprise that Fan Meizhong lost his job and lost his teaching qualifications.
Later, the media began to dig into Fan Meizhong's past, and learned that Fan Meizhong had worked in several schools before Guangya Middle School, and the strange thing is that he was dismissed after working for a while.
Later, the reporter learned more about it, although Fan Meizhong did not have a teacher qualification certificate, but he graduated from Peking University, so the school agreed to let him teach here, who knew that dozens of days later, several parents complained to the school, saying that Fan Meizhong always instilled extreme views in the students during class, and in order not to distort the students' values, the school directly dismissed Fan Meizhong.
The reason why Fan Meizhong has been able to work at Guangya School for so long is because this school is an international school, and most of the students will study abroad after graduation, so the school generally does not interfere with the education of teachers, which is suitable for Fan Meizhong, who is more Western-minded.
After Fan Meizhong lost his job, his alma mater, the history department of Peking University, published an article immediately afterward, the main content of which was to condemn Fan Meizhong and be ashamed of him.
Later, a secretary of Peking University even openly talked to the public: "The school expelled him for doing the right thing!" Fan Meizhong is notorious to them, because he was disobedient to discipline during his time at school, behaved and spoke rebelliously, and after graduation, he wrote a special article and scolded all the teachers who taught him!"
Peking University also said that no matter how high Fan Meizhong's knowledge is, he can leave the students and run away at a critical moment, and he is ashamed to say that even if he is a mother, he will not save him, and he has neither teacher morality nor teacher character, how can such a person call children with immature morals?
Although the Education Bureau revoked Fan Meizhong's teaching certificate, the principal of Guangya Middle School has been helping him in the form of a subsidy, keeping him to continue teaching and educating people at the school.
Later, Fan Meizhong's daughter gradually grew up, his wife gave birth to a second child, and there were more and more places to spend money, in order to support his family and no longer live separately from his wife, Fan Meizhong resigned, he decided to go to the sea to do business, three years later, Fan Meizhong, who was successful in entrepreneurship, directly replaced the previous two-room house with a four-bedroom and two-hall house, when he was not working, he would drink tea at home, study, or drive a luxury car to take his family out for a walk.
Now Fan Meizhong's income is several times that of an ordinary teacher, and many netizens said that Fan Meizhong lost his reputation and won his life, and for a while, almost all the words of accusation back then became recognition, and many netizens said that Fan Meizhong is at least a good husband and father, and a good son.
At that time, he said bluntly: "Even a mother will not sacrifice herself" is not true, because Fan Meizhong is extremely filial to his mother, and he also took his mother to Chengdu to take care of him.
Finally, for the controversial incident of Fan Meizhong, I can only say that it is not the profession that is noble, but the person who is excellent in the profession.