Teaching is a "graduation" trip about growth
Lai Chengyang
My name is Lai Chengyang. I am a 2017 graduate of the w88 casino of Finance of the w88 casino. I am the leader of the 19th graduate student support teaching group of the w88 casino. I am currently serving in the No. 1 Middle w88 casino of Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, serving as a political teacher for more than 200 students in four classes in the first grade.
When I chose to come to Mengla, a border county, to support teaching, I mainly had the following thoughts: First, I wanted to teach and fulfill my dream of supporting teaching; second, I wanted to see how the frontiers of the motherland were being built, and go to the grassroots of the motherland; third, I wanted to experience the different culture and customs in the tropics, and have an unknown and unplanned "graduation" trip. Precisely because we have no plan and rely entirely on our own exploration, some people and things we encounter unexpectedly during this year, and even some emergencies, become so precious and give us growth.
First arrival in Mengla
2017At the end of July 2019, the four of us volunteers took a sleeper bus for the first time in our lives and traveled fifteen hours from Kunming to Mengla. At that time, the new expressway had not yet been built. There was a long stretch of winding mountain road where we had to tie ourselves to the car with seat belts. We felt like we would be thrown out at any time. After getting off the bus, I still had some skin allergies, but fortunately we arrived at the teaching site safely.
Mengla is located in the tropics, and Mengla County No. 1 Middle w88 casino is on a hillside. Behind the place where we live at the w88 casino is a rubber patch, which is very suitable for various insects to live. Therefore, senior students who have come to teach in the past told us that this place is like an "animal world." On the first day we arrived, we felt the warm welcome from our friends in the animal kingdom. When we opened the room, we saw our roommate for the next year - a gecko. I was bitten quickly by a mosquito-catching physique. There were also many spiders on the roof and outside. The nets indicate the existence of their owners. When the lights are turned on at night, moths will cling to the windows. The next day after it rains, the window sills will be covered with dense creatures called "flying ants" by the locals. There are even palm-sized beetles that suddenly fly towards your face from the window. The discomfort of the environment made us feel the difficulty and difficulty of supporting education from the beginning.
Three-foot podium
The task assigned to me by the w88 casino was to teach political courses to 200 students in four classes of first-year students. The workload was the same as that of local teachers. This trust from the w88 casino made me a little scared and even a little nervous. First, I wanted to awaken the memory of high w88 casino knowledge from four years ago. Second, as a person with no teaching experience, I was afraid that I would not be good in class when I first came to teach so many students, but I still accepted the challenge.
I still remember the scene when I taught the first class to students: I entered the classroom five minutes early, kept my head buried, flipping through the book and the textbook, clenching my hands and then releasing them, doing this repeatedly to hide the nervousness of the first class. The moment "Class! Stand up!" was shouted out, I knew that I had finally become a teacher.
However, teaching was not as smooth as I imagined. While I was trying hard to imitate my high w88 casino teacher’s teaching style and teaching methods, I was thinking of some examples close to the lives of the students here to help them understand. I thought the students would understand naturally. Until one night, a WeChat message from the department representative broke my illusion: “Teacher, you spoke very well, but I think you spoke too fast. , and there are too many economic terms used, and we can't keep up. "At the same time, I found that although I teach high w88 casino students, they don't know what the meaning of learning is. They are more interested in playing than studying, so whispering in class, not taking notes, not turning in homework or plagiarizing are common, let alone reciting and memorizing after class. This characteristic of students gives me a headache, even a little helpless, and a sense of loss that my efforts are not being responded to.
Although there are many difficulties, since I have chosen to come to the west to support teaching, these setbacks are the hurdles that I should go through, and I cannot escape. So, I started thinking of a way. In addition to changing teaching methods, I will focus more on communicating with students. After each exam, I will ask them to write a learning summary, and then I will respond to each person in a targeted manner to solve their learning confusion and be their "intimate" brother. I will use the evening self-study time to communicate one-on-one with students who are lagging behind more, hoping to impress them with this caring approach. As the saying goes, no pain, no gain, hard work is not in vain. There were 28 students in my class with low scores in the first monthly test, accounting for one-third of the low scores in the whole grade. By the time of the final exam, the total number of low-scoring students in the four classes was only 9, accounting for only one-sixth of the low-scoring students in the entire grade.
Be a close friend of students
Of course, in addition to imparting knowledge, I also often tell some stories about the university and some current affairs hot topics to the students. The students also like to tell me some of their inner thoughts. One night a student asked me:"Is the teacher here? I want to hear your opinions as a college student. How about going to a vocational w88 casino?" This question suddenly made me a little overwhelmed. After all, I don't know enough about vocational schools. She also told me that she wanted to drop out of w88 casino and go to a vocational high w88 casino because her dream was to sing. She wanted to go to a vocational high w88 casino to study singing and then make her debut. This was the first time that I had to guide someone else's life path. Although I was very upset, I still had to help her analyze it carefully from the perspective of a teacher. I consulted various elders and friends who knew the situation, and then told her that art and technology are different. To succeed in learning art, you must first be financially well-off. In addition, learning singing is really difficult. If she really wants to learn singing, she must get the full support of her family. I have never heard her sing, but I think her current idea of dropping out of w88 casino is immature. I can only advise her to study hard first and leave more paths for herself. I told her: "You should study hard first, go to high w88 casino normally, stick to music as your hobby, and wait until you are in college or vocational college to participate in w88 casino or social singing competitions. If you really want to make a debut, you must pass the college entrance examination and art exam. If you go to an art w88 casino, you will have a better platform. It is difficult to find a way out if you drop out of w88 casino now."
This is just an example. Some of my students want to learn broadcasting, some want to learn modeling, some want to study medicine, some want to be soldiers, etc. They all come to me and ask me, as if I can give them a light. But these questions made me, a liberal arts student studying finance, very embarrassed. But looking at their eyes eager for you to guide them, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and contact one friend after another to inquire about related matters, and then give them answers one by one.
In fact, I have been teaching for one year. Sometimes I envy the children here. Compared with many students in big cities, although their grades are not particularly outstanding, they have dreams and dare to pursue their dreams. This is amazing.
I have been thinking about the meaning of teaching,Perhaps we cannot change the reality that many people cannot go to college in one year, but we can change the life trajectory of some of them through some of our small actions, a heart-to-heart talk, or an encouragement. Although I often get angry because I hate iron, I can't help but be moved by some of the students' actions. After the first semester of high w88 casino, the students sent a message: "Teacher, you can still teach us next semester. I chose liberal arts because of you." At the end of the semester, a student said: "Teacher, you have worked hard this semester. Thank you for your hard work. We often make you angry." Students often say: "Teacher, can you teach us to wait until the end of our senior year?" It is these touches that make me get up again and again after being frustrated, and not give up on each of the students, and strive to be a light in their studies.
Targeted Poverty Alleviation
2017In November 2017, I was fortunate enough to participate in a targeted poverty alleviation project with teachers from No. 1 Middle w88 casino in Mengla County. We went to a small Lahu village on the border to conduct poverty alleviation research. It was the first time we went to the grassroots level in a real sense since we started teaching. We were very surprised. We didn’t expect that there were still people living in such a poor environment.
We encountered many obstacles just entering the village. The government spent 3 million to build the road, but the road is not completely open. We started driving at 7 a.m. and entered the village at 4 p.m. During this period, we walked about 3 kilometers and crossed a small river that had to be crossed on stones. After entering the village, I found that the government was building houses in this small village, but they were not completed yet.
This Lahu village has a total of 12 families with about 60 people. When we went there, the young and middle-aged people were carrying wood to build a chicken shed, the women were preparing dinner, and the old people were sitting on the hillside chatting. We also sat with them to understand the specific situation of this village.
The education level of most people in the entire village is primary w88 casino or even illiterate. They cannot speak Mandarin. Children aged six or seven were sent to primary w88 casino before, but some of them no longer attend. People in the village live a collective life. They go to work together with dry food at nine in the morning and come back to eat together at four or five in the afternoon. They only eat two meals a day. There are some mud houses built in this village two kilometers away, with water and electricity. If they don't need to do farm work, they will go there to rest, but they usually live in this small village deep in the rain forest. It is better to say that it is a small village, but it is better to say that it is a few small houses. There is no water or electricity, and there is air leakage everywhere. Dozens of people have to sleep crowded in these leaky houses. Fortunately, Mengla is located in the tropics and will not be cold. Fortunately, the house built by the government will be completed soon, and they will have a "home" sheltered from the wind.
My job that day was mainly to assist the teachers in County No. 1 Middle w88 casino to compile some data, which also gave me a rough sense of what "accuracy" means. How many chickens, how many pigs, how many acres of land does each household have, what crops are grown, how many laborers are there, and what causes poverty. Even who is getting married and whether their children are in w88 casino must be investigated clearly. They must be reviewed every two or three weeks. If they do not have a household registration, they must be personally taken to register for household registration. They must be provided with some crops to grow, animals to raise and even technology, and they must always pay attention to their developments.
It was also my personal participation in such targeted poverty alleviation work and going down to the grassroots level that made me feel how meaningful it is for the people to realize a moderately prosperous society in all respects! It is this kind of "targeted poverty alleviation" that makes me full of confidence in the motherland. Seeing the changes in this village makes me truly feel the power of the country! When I think that there are many students among my students who have the same difficulties as this village, I deeply realize my responsibility as a college student and a young volunteer. In addition to studying hard, you should also use your knowledge and talents to contribute more to the society and help those in need.
Harvest and Growth
“Teach for one year and educate yourself for a lifetime.” One year is like a journey, with too many stories and too much growth. After experiencing the test of life of "firewood, rice, oil and salt" and experiencing the difficulty of being a teacher, I cherished my postgraduate study career even more and understood how to become a better student. Coming to the border to teach and feel the changes in the border not only made me proud of my motherland, but also made me understand that I must work harder to make the entire society a better place.
"I want to pick a piece of green leaf; I want to write a little poem, a little poem. Tell you, tell you, there is always a feeling of forgetting to return home in Xishuangbanna." This is a song sung by everyone in Xishuangbanna - "Let me understand your language".When the day comes that I leave, I will be reluctant to leave the beautiful natural scenery of Xishuangbanna, the harmonious multi-ethnic life here, my 200 students, the three comrades who have experienced hardships with me and share the difficulties with me, and everything I have experienced this year!
I am lucky. At my best age, I had the opportunity to go to the frontier of the motherland to teach for a year, dedicate my youth and hone myself. The experience of this year will be the most valuable asset in my life. And this journey has also made me understand the responsibilities on my shoulders. In the days to come, I will not forget my original intention, forge ahead, and live up to my youth and myself!
