Retired soldier Xie Binrong took root in Daliang
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drag the child back to class and send out the mountain
Zaganluo Village, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan is located on Longtou Mountain at an altitude of about 3,000 meters.
The road up the mountain is close to the cliff, winding and winding. On a relatively flat open area half of the hillside, there is a mobile classroom, a long and narrow open space as a "playground", a five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, and an adobe dormitory. This is almost all of the primary school in Zaganluo Village.
This is not even a primary school, but a teaching site in Zaganluo Village. Xie Binrong, 50 years old this year, is the only permanent teacher in this teaching site.
Xie Binrong was a senior engineer in a certain part of the Air Force, with the rank of colonel. After retiring in 2013, she plunged into the Daliang Mountain from the Gobi Desert in Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, where she worked for 20 years.
Taking off his uniform and standing on the podium, Xie Binrong, who originally only wanted to support teaching for a short time and realize a "teacher dream", persisted year after year.
She brought the children back to the classroom one by one. In this Yi village of 45 households with more than 200 villagers, the number of children going to school increased from less than 10 to more than 30.
Xie Binrong is a reliable teacher Xie in the eyes of parents, and also a "mother Xie" in the eyes of children.
Xie Binrong wants to keep more children out of the mountains through education. She said, "This is a very happy thing."
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To bring the children back to class one by one
The Beijing News: What made you determined to choose to support education after retiring, and persisted for so many years?
Xie Binrong: My university is Sichuan Normal University. If I don't join the army, I will become a teacher, and I am happy to be a teacher.
My father was a veteran who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He returned to his hometown and became a primary school teacher after he retired from the army. This touched me deeply. I think I can also go to support teaching after retiring, which is a "teacher dream".
At the beginning, I only planned to be a volunteer for one semester, and it was enough to fulfill my dream.
But what allowed me to stay in the end was that I saw the lack of teachers and the children with little education in the local area and couldn't bear to leave.
Beijing News: What was the situation like at that time?
Xie Binrong: I started teaching in an elementary school near Xichang, the capital of Liangshan Prefecture, where the teaching conditions, the children's learning foundation and the education level were very poor.
When the teaching support was about to end, I was transferred to the local central school to supervise the exam. I found that many children had large blank exam papers, and some children couldn't even write their own names. I couldn't bear to leave.
Later, I went to Zaganluo Village, where teachers were even more lacking, and became a teacher at the teaching point in the village.
In 2015, when I first arrived in Zaganluo Village, there were less than 10 students in the entire teaching site, and these children could not come to class at the same time. They needed to feed cattle and sheep at home.
Classes start at 8 o'clock in the morning, and some children arrive at 11 o'clock.
Parents don't pay much attention to reading, especially girls. Parents think that their children will be married when they are teenagers. When they grow up, they will be grazing cattle in the mountains without going to school.
So the most important task I went to was home visits, doing work for parents, and bringing the children back to class one by one.
Beijing News: When did the changes begin?
Xie Binrong: When I stayed for nearly a year, more children came to class.
Because the parents saw that the teacher stayed and can continue to teach.
In the past, teachers were highly mobile, and children stopped when they started, and simply stopped.
A parent told me that you start classes later, and the children have to work too early and cannot come.
I don't agree. Children must come on time when they go to school. When they enter the classroom, they must knock on the door. The classroom is sacred.
At that time, in addition to Zaganluo Village, people from several nearby villages also came in, hoping that the children would go to school here. I said that as long as my classroom can be put down, they can come.
In the new semester of 2016, I set up a new first grade, which is a "mixed-age" first grade of more than 30 children. Some children are six or seven years old, and some are teenagers. Now they are in fifth grade and no children have interrupted. Studies.
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Education is to hope that more children can get out of the mountains
Beijing News: What do you teach children in class?
Xie Binrong: At the beginning, I focused on teaching them living habits, brushing their teeth, washing their faces, washing clothes, talking about hygiene, being polite, and the most basic life knowledge and skills. I told the children to speak Mandarin in school.
In the curriculum, in addition to Chinese, mathematics, ideological and moral character, art, sports, music, these must be included.
In the past five years, I have taught them 4 sets of radio gymnastics.
There is a book corner in the classroom. The children have books to read. I will take them to watch movies and play chess.
We will organize art performances on Children’s Day on June 1st, and take the children to make rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival.
There will also be other support teachers coming for a few months or a semester to bring fresh knowledge to the children.
The Beijing News: Why are there many extra-curricular activities in addition to cultural classes?
Xie Binrong: Although this is a teaching site in the mountains, I think other children can learn the knowledge they can learn, and they should also have the sense of ritual.
In the past, children only had cows and sheep, hillsides, and dirty kittens at home.
Childhood should be colorful, and I hope that through this way, their souls can be enriched as much as possible.
I'm not from a major, and I don't necessarily teach so well, but I want to use my enthusiasm to drive them. My love is in them.
Beijing News: What has changed in the past five years?
Xie Binrong: There is a saying in our army, "It's not a single person fighting."
The economic environment and social environment have improved. The country is very strong. After targeted poverty alleviation, the road has been repaired and the villagers have moved to new houses.
People's thinking is also changing subtly, and at least parents pay more attention to education.
But education is a flexible thing, unlike a house that is repaired, it can live for 70, 80 years or even longer.
If education is not guided continuously, it may be disrupted, so education must be continuously supported.
Moreover, education is the fundamental way to stop their poverty, which is neither anxious nor waiting.
A student in my class has excellent academic performance and has skipped twice in a row. I can see that it is a good seed for learning. I and the organization proposed that the child go to Chongqing Minzu Middle School, and the organization is particularly willing to give the child this opportunity , And now she has read the first grade in Chongqing.
I am very happy to be able to bring my children out of the mountains, and education also hopes that more children can get out of the mountains.
The Beijing News: Does your own military experience affect the children?
Xie Binrong: The children in Daliang Mountain are like mountain breeze. They are free to herd cattle in the mountains.
And I usually stand upright, walk vigorously, the room is neat and clean, and the quilt is folded straight.
They all saw this in their eyes and gradually became aware of the rules.
This is the same as the requirement in our army, to be "united, tense, serious and lively."
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It’s a very happy thing to keep doing it
Beijing News: What did you gain in this process?
Xie Binrong: It has always been said that I paid for them. In fact, the children are also teaching me how to deal with life and how to integrate with nature. My children and I encourage each other and grow together.
At the beginning of this year, it snowed heavily in the mountains. I sent a few children home from a long distance. The roads were slippery in the snow. The children who often ran in the mountains knew the road conditions and were smarter than me. They took care of me and cared for me along the way. I'm afraid that something will happen if I slip and fall.
Another time, when I came home carrying a child who was unwell, she yelled "Ama" ("Mom" in Yi) on my back, and my heart melted.
What they feedback is the kind of love I can feel quietly and without fanfare.
Beijing News: How often can you go home and how much time do you spend with your family each year?
Xie Binrong: I have rarely accompanied my daughter since she was a child. I have been in the army while she was studying, and the opportunity to go home is limited. Now she is working in Shanghai.
I have been at home every winter and summer vacation since I started teaching, and every time for nearly a month, my family members are also very used to this.
Beijing News: Are there any plans for the future? Have you set a timetable for yourself?
How many years will I support teaching?
Xie Binrong: Before the Spring Festival this year, I fractured my ankle. I am still in bed for most of the time, but the children cannot be delayed in their studies. I have arranged some homework for them so that they cannot interrupt their studies.
I'm recovering as soon as possible, and I will go back to teach the children when I feel better.
I didn't set a timetable for myself. I only have one direction, but I won't be specific, because there are too many changes, so I just need to do everything right now.
As long as the children and parents over there have needs, and my own body allows it, I will continue to do it. It is a very happy thing to be able to do it.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Jingshu