Send and receive homework for students 30 kilometers a day

If the student does not understand something, he will explain it on the spot.

Wang Jinliang handed homework to students.

Wang Jinliang departs for the students' homes at more than 5am every day.

  The 58-year-old rural teacher insisted that 37 years of teaching habits were changed by the epidemic, but what he could not change was his determination to protect the children's future. As a result, the red backpack became his "equipment". He went out at 5:30 in the morning and ran for 30 kilometers every day for more than 40 consecutive days. Behind this insistence is an ordinary village teacher's sincere care for students.

  Trainee reporter Ai Luqi

  Yang Yi Evening News / Ziniu News reporter Guo Yipeng

  Meet new challenges

  Only about half of the students hand in homework, and the quality is not good

  Wang Jinliang, 58, is a native of Shuangxikou Village, Huibu Town, Changshan County, Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is currently a sixth-grade Chinese teacher at Songfan Central Primary School Donglu Branch and the principal of the branch. The size of the school is small, with only 152 students in total, and the sixth grade has the most children with 35 students.

  As a rural teacher who has been teaching for 37 years, Wang Jinliang has long been accustomed to standing on a three-foot podium every day to read texts and explain new words to students. However, affected by the epidemic, starting from February 10th, the primary school students in the district of Changshan County are all teaching online at home, which is undoubtedly a new challenge for rural children and teachers.

  Because of the limited conditions, the online courses of the schools in the jurisdiction are interconnected by the Changshan County Education Bureau and local TV stations, and the famous teachers in the county are invited to record the courses of different grades uniformly, which are broadcast on TV according to the school ’s curriculum, and the children pass at home TV learning is called "air classroom". Teachers such as Wang Jinliang will watch the program at the same time, and then assign homework to students according to the content of the online class, but within a few days, he found difficulties.

  "Only a dozen of the 35 students can hand in their homework, and the quality is not good. There are many mistakes." Wang Jinliang told the reporter of the Zizi News of the Yangzi Evening News. Usually in school, a text will teach 2 to 3 hours. It needs to be more detailed, and students can ask questions in time if they do n’t. But in the online lesson recorded on TV, one lesson of a text is finished, and the child can't keep up. "The teaching speed is relatively fast, the students are not very comfortable, and I can't find out where they are lacking in time."

  In addition, most of the children in the village are left-behind children. Some parents went to work before, because the epidemic stayed in the field and had no time to take care of their children's studies. Grandpa and grandma use the "old man machine" and will not upload homework, nor do they know how to tutor their children.

  Use the "stupid approach"

  Every day at 5 o'clock in the morning, go out more than 30 kilometers to send and receive homework

  "Even I don't know much about computers, and it is not very convenient to change homework on a mobile phone, let alone these elderly people." But the sixth grade is very critical. The children in the graduating class cannot be delayed, so Wang Jinliang decided to use the most "stupid" method- -Come home and send homework to students every day.

  Wang Jinliang has calculated that 35 students are distributed in 4 administrative villages. Starting from his home, he walks around 4 villages for about 15 kilometers. At his speed, he has to walk for two hours. Two trips a day is four hours. "It's not difficult. My home is about 5 kilometers away from school. I usually walk to work, I am used to it."

  February 28 was the first day when Wang Jinliang went out to send and receive homework. In order to save time, he chose 7 "sending and receiving points" for homework from his classmates. You can focus on the knowledge points that everyone does not understand.

  At 5 a.m. every day, before the day was completely bright, Wang Jinliang got up and checked what he needed to bring out: a red backpack with 35 homework assignments revised last night. He will leave at 5:30 and go to the home of the first student Xu Jibang. A thick stack of homework is not cost-effective, but Wang Jinliang carried it on his back but walked vigorously. "The village roads between the villages are not difficult to walk, and now they are all cement roads or asphalt roads, which are very smooth."

  At 6 o'clock, student Xu Jibang was waiting at the door on time. His home was the first stop for Wang Jinliang to send homework. After taking over his homework book from the teacher, Xu Jibang saw that he needed to make corrections. Wang Jinliang also made notes on the difficulties in the book. If time is too late, he will ask Xu Jibang if there is anything he does not understand and explain it on the spot.

  Speaking of why he chose to walk, Wang Jinliang had his own ideas. "I don't know how to drive. Although I have a battery car at home, I prefer to walk, not only to set a good example for students to exercise, but also to greet fellow citizens along the road and deepen their emotions. In addition, I also want to establish a concept of time for students. Wang Jinliang told Ziniu News reporter that the winter vacation took a long time, and he found that the students were not in good condition for online classes at home.

  "I used to be supervised by the teacher when I was in school. Now at home, the child will be lazy, thinking about sleeping more. When I go to send and receive homework, I will also see that my grandparents are helping to get the homework. This is not very good. Now I will go to the student ’s home every day, so that everyone is gradually familiar with the time when I arrive, and the parents will help to supervise. ”Seeing Wang Jinliang coming, some parents will prepare fruits and tea in advance and let him take a break. "Ms. Wang walked so far every day to send and receive homework and supervise the children's learning. It was really hard work, and we felt sorry for it," one parent said.

  At 7:30 in the morning, Wang Jinliang returned to his home, and after a short break, he began to watch "Aerial Classes", followed the county teachers' classroom teaching to take notes, and prepared homework for the day. At 3:30 in the afternoon, he carried his schoolbag again and went out to collect the students' homework. When he returned home again, it was dusk. During the epidemic, there were very few people going out in the village. Often, only Wang Jinliang was walking on the country road with a cartoon-like red backpack. Occasionally, villagers greeted Mr. Wang. At six o'clock in the evening, Wang Jinliang began to correct students' homework at home, marking the key points. At eight o'clock in the evening, the day's work was all over.

  The effect is obvious

  The children's homework quality is much better now, and their attitudes are more serious

  From February 28 to April 13, a total of forty-six days, during the period, except for the sudden gout attack, Wang Jinliang rode the battery car under the persuasion of everyone, and always insisted on walking to send the students to the homework.

  Starting from April 13th, the school requires teachers to return to school at 8 a.m. every day to prepare lessons, and in the afternoon to teach the children according to the situation. Wang Jinliang discussed with the other three subject teachers in the sixth grade. Everyone decided to follow the "point-in-teaching" approach and chose the home of four classmates as the class point. Seven or eight students were arranged at each point. Go to class for students to help them gradually adjust their status of studying back to school. Wang Jinliang was gratified that the children's homework quality is now much better than at the beginning, and their attitude is also more serious.

  The teachers of Songlu Central Primary School Donglu Branch in Changshan County admire Wang Jinliang's efforts. The teacher Ye of the school told the reporter of the Zizi News of the Yangzi Evening News that Wang Jinliang is a very simple teacher. "He joined the Communist Party of China in December 2006 and served as class teacher for 28 years. He was awarded the honorary titles of" the most beautiful teacher "and" advanced individual in moral education "in the education system of Changshan County. In September 2019, he was awarded the title of" National Excellent Teacher. " The teacher has always adhered to the front line of rural education and is a model teacher in the eyes of teachers and students and parents. "

  His voice

  Children can't live up to this expectation by learning to change their destiny

  In another two years, Wang Jinliang will reach retirement age. After many years as a teacher, he has nostalgia and respect for this profession. "In July 1983, I first walked into the classroom to get in touch with teaching, not from a professional background. At that time, there were few teachers in the village, and I was educated, so I was hired by the school leaders to take the place of the teacher. After standing on the podium, the students I wanted to learn too much, I discovered the importance of knowledge, so I went to the self-study exam, read the undergraduate diploma, and became a real people's teacher from a substitute teacher. "

  From his home to school, to the home of every student, Wang Jinliang is very familiar with every inch of land at his feet and the surrounding scenery, and he also understands the difficulties of rural children studying. He has always been stubborn in his heart and must be worthy of each. Teach children and their parents. The reporter of Zi Niu also learned that it was precisely because of the love and Chicheng that Mr. Wang Jinliang guarded the students that Alibaba Tiantian Zheng Energy specially awarded him the Tian Tian Zheng Energy Special Award.

  For rural children, the outside world contains much more knowledge than books, and the teaching environment and quality in the village are relatively backward compared to cities. It takes a lot of effort and time to go to a good junior high school. It is more difficult to face Knowledge is not left behind.

  "I was born in the mountains, I grew up in the mountains, and I studied in the mountains. Some of our children have poor family conditions and live in mud houses. Their knowledge and knowledge are not rich, and their parents are working outside. Stay by my side. These children all hold the expectation of going out of the mountains and change their destiny by studying. I can't live up to this expectation. "Wang Jinliang said with emotion.