"carrying forward the spirit of educator·rural teacher's diary" xie genwen: learn to be a good teacher throughout your life
2024-10-05
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xie genwen is instructing students. photo by huasheng online all-media reporter zhou ti
【figure】
xie genwen, male, born in 1971, is currently a teacher at central primary school in dayi town, leiyang city. he started working in 1991 and has been quietly working in remote mountainous areas in rural areas. in the 33 years since he has been teaching, he has always maintained his original intention, loved every student, unswervingly fulfilled his educational mission, deeply integrated new curriculum standards and teaching practices, and had the courage to pioneer and innovate, winning unanimous praise from teachers, students, and parents.
【log】
october 1st, national day!
it happened to be my turn to be on duty today. after finishing my chores, i walked around the quiet campus alone and unconsciously stopped under the bright national flag.
the five-star red flag fluttered in the wind, and my thoughts suddenly wandered. when i first started working 33 years ago, my father, who was also a teacher, warned me sincerely: "you must be loyal to the cause of the motherland. you must not only be a 'teacher', but also a 'big man'."
i was only 20 years old at that time. i was thinking: how can i become a "big man" in such a small mountain village?
but i do feel very emotional about this place. such a place may be said to be small, but it is also so big that i spent my entire childhood here.
i picked up the pointer and chalk and walked onto the three-foot podium. i was trembling at first. my father told me: "if you choose to be a teacher, you will learn to be a teacher all your life."
i have been in awe of my father since i was a child, so i began to imitate him and my predecessors. i wrote neat blackboard writing, prepared complete lesson plans, and showed my true feelings of educating people every stroke.
the "village" is very small. at that time, everyone said that "no one can be left behind", but the reality was not like this.
"teacher xie, don't worry! she can do whatever she wants. forget it if she doesn't want to read, i don't want you to be responsible..." during one home visit, xiaoyu's father shut me out with a wave of his hand.
"xiaoyu told me that i must pass the exam. what happened?" i muttered in my heart and insisted on entering the house.
the three of us sat together and chatted for a long time that day, and i suddenly realized: it turns out that the girl was deliberately stupid and wanted to drop out of school voluntarily so as not to burden the family!
i am speechless - if the children who are thirsty for knowledge have to be trapped in a barren land due to poverty, and if the parents who face the loess are willing to lose to an unbearable fate and give up hope, then how can education develop, and how can civilization develop? why pass on?
i persuaded her for a long time and secretly paid her tuition. i remember it was 90 yuan.
i am not well-off, but i still remember that she came back to see me when she was admitted to the mountain village to go to middle school in the town. she cried and thanked me for "not giving up on her" and said that i helped her "change her life."
"the person who changes your destiny is always yourself." i'm not good at words. but she didn’t know how excited i was at that time! because for the first time, i felt the significance of the existence of a rural teacher to a rural child.
the days that followed were uneventful, and the concept of "teaching with true feelings and educating without end" took root in my heart. i went around six village primary schools, and in 2023, i reached the complete primary school i am today.
in fact, many people have said that i am "stupid".
over the years, i have had many opportunities to "go out", go to towns, and change careers, but i rejected them all.
"study hard and you will be able to get out of the mountains in the future." this is my expectation for all students. but if everyone flies outside, leaving only an empty mountain, who will lead the development of their hometown and continue rural education?
others laugh at me for not being able to see through it, but few understand how deeply i love the profession of "teacher".
what to love?
love sees the children's curious expressions when imparting knowledge; love feels the simple but smart breath of the dolls during recess; love discovers their little changes after teaching others; love harvests the most simple and sincere pure affection when educating people... …
i feel more and more that the more we need to "educate people", the more we need to "be a good person". to put it more broadly, it may be called "speaking as a scholar and behaving as a model for the world".
our rural teachers are actually the “first mirror” that helps children in rural areas open their eyes to see the world. because what we look like determines what our children will grow up to be in the future; the breadth of our vision determines how wide the child's understanding of the world will be.
nowadays, the teachers in our school include both those born in the 1960s and those born in the 2000s. i like this layout very much. i followed the footsteps of my predecessors and worked hard. i also learned a lot of new teaching knowledge from young people and was infected by their youthful vitality. many children and colleagues say that my teaching is getting better and better, and it is becoming more and more "fashionable".
from being green to being dyed with frost on the temples, from being ignorant to being steady. it has been 33 years, and i have indeed been changing. the only thing that remains unchanged is my determination to be a teacher for the rest of my life, and my original intention to follow my father's wish to "learn to be a teacher for the rest of my life."
a while ago, i read a novel that was very educational for me. it was "country teacher" by liu cixin. i found that "darkness and firelight" constitute the artistic conception of the novel.
isn’t this a symbol of rural teachers?
the work puts teaching and educating people in the context of modern science fiction, and actually connects remote villages with the interstellar wars in the milky way - one represents the "closed ignorance" of the past, and the other represents the "super civilization" of today. in the context of the universe, the power of teachers and knowledge is infinitely magnified.
and isn't this what inspires each of our ordinary teachers to always keep their mission in mind - to strive to change poverty and numbness, and to tenaciously summon perseverance and awakening.
i can't be called a "big man", but i am very glad that i chose to regard teaching as my lifelong career. now i still stick to the three-foot podium, holding textbooks and chalk in hand, writing down notes on knowledge, and teaching the essence of morality.
this is just like the meaning of the name my father gave me - rooted in this place, culture transforms people.
today, i watched the small but warm campus in front of me for a long time. in addition to spacious classrooms, we also have a beautiful dance studio, a library, and a swimming pool that is rare in rural schools...
that's great! i'm getting older, but also getting better. and the rural school where i am located is also facing the new sunrise every day, constantly changing its appearance and giving rise to new hopes.
(compiled by huasheng online all-media reporter zhou ti)
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