No one can be less on the road to growth.
Primary school teachers and students have been loving and guarding special students for 6 years.
Photo by reporter Chen Xiaotong
On the morning of January 12, the school bell rang, and Class 6 (3) of Jintan Primary School in Huangpi District suddenly became noisy.
In the first row of the classroom, several children gathered around to play a clapping game and laughed constantly.
Among them, a boy smiled brilliantly. If you don't pay special attention, you can't see how he is different from other students.
The boy's name is Xiang Andrews. He is 13 years old. He has been suffering from bone fibrosis since childhood.
In the past 6 years, under the guardianship of the teachers and students of Jintan Elementary School, he has excellent grades, is optimistic and cheerful, and this caring class group has become a good story circulated throughout the school.
He has limited mobility,
Never late for 6 years
In the first grade, Xiang Andrew could also walk with crutches.
As he grew older, his bones became more and more deformed, and he could only travel by wheelchair in the fourth grade.
Due to the need for personal care, her mother, Tian Yanli, quit her job very early. The family relied on her father's monthly salary of less than 3,000 yuan to make ends meet.
Perhaps he wants to make up for his body's shortcomings, and Xiang Andrews has an almost paranoid persistence in learning.
His home is less than 3 kilometers away from the school, and his mother rides a tricycle every day to pick him up and down. It takes 20 minutes for each trip.
Although class only started at 8 am, the whole family got up at 6 am to prepare and set off on time at 7:10.
"He doesn't allow himself to be late, so we try to leave as much time as possible. If one day is a little late, he will go out without even having breakfast." Tian Yanli said.
For patients with osteofibrosis, fractures are common.
When he was in the second grade, Xiang Andrews dropped down on the toilet and dropped out of school for half a year.
In order not to repeat the grade, he went back to school every afternoon after his condition stabilized. Teachers of various subjects took turns to make up lessons for him, and finally passed the final exam and went to school smoothly.
During the epidemic prevention and control period, he fractured again, but still insisted on punching in online classes.
He loves to read books, but his family conditions are limited and he cannot afford too much book fees.
On weekends when the weather is fine, parents push their wheelchairs, and the whole family takes a bus for nearly an hour to rent books at a bookstore in Hankou.
"I like to read nature, science, science fiction books, I can't go too many places, I can only see the bigger world from books." Xiang Andrews said.
"We help him,
He also inspires us"
In the class, Xiang Andrew has a special "attraction".
During class, he is often surrounded by a circle, and everyone gathers to chat and play games.
The student next to him went to collect the water, always taking his cup.
"The thoughtfulness of the children made me very touched." He Xiuying, the class leader, introduced that in the past 6 years, all students in the class have taken special care of Xiang Andrews, and he is also like a glue, so that Class 6 (3) has stronger cohesion, whether it is Achievements or other aspects, are in the forefront of the school.
He Xiuying said that despite the inconvenience of legs and feet, Xiang Andrews has not been late for one time in the past 6 years. She is among the best in performance and is a standard model student.
His essays and exercise books are often used as templates to circulate throughout the class.
"Their enthusiasm for Android is not only out of goodwill, but also because of the admiration from the bottom of their hearts. This kind of perseverance and perseverance makes him a role model for the whole class."
"We are just helping him with some small things, and he is constantly inspiring us." said classmate Dong Siyi, "he has endured a lot of pain, but he is still so optimistic and hardworking, which made me also learn to grit my teeth and persist in the face of difficulties. ."
School new campus
Build barrier-free access
Jintan Primary School was originally a factory primary school. It has always belonged to a school with relatively weak Huangpi and poor hardware facilities.
In order to welcome the admission to Android, the school specially installed toilets and reduced tuition fees and custody fees for him.
In order to help his family reduce the financial burden, the principal Duan Xiumei also arranged for Andrew's mother Tian Yanli to do cleaning at school. Due to long-term labor, Tian Yanli had to give up this job due to physical reasons.
In 2018, Jintan Elementary School moved to a new campus. All entrances of the school's teaching building were designed with barrier-free passages, and elevators were installed in the main teaching building. All floors have “barrier-free toilets”.
"Every child is important, and no one is missing. It is the responsibility of the school." Duan Xiumei said that the deeds of self-improvement to Andrews moved the teachers and students and set an example for the children.
"Xiang Andrew is about to graduate, and we are also actively preparing for his higher education, so that this child who loves to learn can continue to realize his dreams."
Reporter Chen Xiaotong Correspondent Cai Yuping