The Suzhou School for the Blind and Deaf has a "special" class. In the class, seven students are attentively "watching" the teacher showing them how to make coffee.
These seven students all suffer from hearing impairment and can only learn by looking at the sign language teacher's interpreter.
The teacher who teaches in this "special" class is Zheng Ruoyi. She was born in 1992. She has been involved in skills training for the disabled since six years ago. She has guided more than 50 disabled students to learn coffee making skills and helped them achieve more. Life dreams.
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Participating in skills training for people with disabilities to enrich her life
"In the beginning, a senior in Nanjing asked me to help participate in the production of some theoretical topics and make some evaluation forms. Later, I gradually came into contact with the coffee skills training part of the work." When asked about the opportunity to participate in training for the disabled, Zheng Ruoyi told reporters that it was this enthusiastic predecessor who led him into the field of skills training.
At first, Zheng Ruoyi was engaged in the work of making pastry desserts. Later, she learned coffee making and served as a coffee teaching teacher at a pastry school in Suzhou.
Since then, Zheng Ruoyi has been responsible for skills training, competition refereeing, guidance, etc. for the disabled. He has also served as the chief referee for the barista project of the professional skills competition for the disabled.
Zheng Ruoyi said: “Before six or seven students with disabilities wanted to see me demonstrate coffee making skills, so I made a few cups of coffee and shared an experience. During the sharing process, these students carefully recorded the appearance. I feel that they are very eager to learn new skills." Zheng Ruoyi believes that participating in skills training for the disabled is a perfect experience in her life and it is very meaningful.
Communicate with deaf students through sign language teachers
On the morning of October 26, the reporter came to the coffee making class of Suzhou School for the Blind and Deaf. In the class, teachers and students gathered around the making table.
Zheng Ruoyi explained the coffee making process and points of attention in detail. The sign language teacher of Suzhou School for the Blind and Deaf was responsible for sign language translation.
While watching the sign language interpreter, the students watched Zheng Ruoyi's operation demonstration, and sometimes communicated with each other in their eyes and sign language. Although there was only Zheng Ruoyi's voice in the class, the atmosphere in the classroom was very warm.
"When making coffee, it must be clean and hygienic, and any spilled items must be wiped clean immediately." "Move fast when frothing milk, or you will miss the best temperature and state of coffee." "Towels must be rolled up and wiped. Don't rub the outside part when carving the needle." Zheng Ruoyi instructed the students one by one.
Not long ago, Zheng Ruoyi's student Xue Yonggang won the first place in the barista project of the Jiangsu Vocational Skills Competition for the Disabled.
Zheng Ruoyi believes that the secret to winning is to pay attention to the details in the production process.
From the cleanliness of the cups to the different flow speeds when pouring the milk, Zheng Ruoyi knows everything in his teaching. It is this kind of striving for perfection that has trained a capable barista player.
Through skill training, give disabled children a choice in their lives
Zheng Ruoyi told reporters that when he first started doing skills training for people with disabilities six years ago, he had to talk about a problem several times or even a dozen times.
Now I realize that everyone’s ability to accept is different, so I have more patience during the teaching period.
The Suzhou School for the Blind and Deaf offers this coffee teaching course with the purpose of letting disabled students possess a skill and create value with their own hands.
Through more professional vocational skills training, these hearing impaired students can have one more choice.
"I teach them all of my experience, hoping that when they come to work in society, they can make others feel that although they cannot hear and cannot express in words, they have very professional skills. However, what kind of results they ultimately achieve depends on them. Myself." Zheng Ruoyi said.
21-year-old Jiang Jianjian was very active in Zheng Ruoyi's class.
He has only started to learn coffee making since this semester, but he has developed a keen interest in coffee making.
Looking at the students in the classroom, Zheng Ruoyi said: "Students learned skills from me, and I also learned strength from some students." She showed the reporter a photo of a group of contestants in the disabled skills competition. The center of the photo was two people sitting. Wheelchair player, Zheng Ruoyi pointed to the coffee making station and said, "Ordinary people always stand while making coffee. They have to walk around here and operate various appliances. They pay so hard, I feel particularly inspired."