China News Service, Ordos, October 22nd, topic: "Post-90s" top students from northern Qing Dynasty who choose to return to their hometown to teach

  China News Service reporter Li Aiping

  At 6 in the morning, Han Caoyu, who had washed up, drove to the Yijinhuoluo campus of No. 1 Middle School in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 10 minutes later, he would appear in the morning self-study class on time.

  As the head teacher of the first grade of the school and the math teacher of the two classes, every time Han Caoyu sees the "junior students" in the audience, he will think of the 6 years he spent in the city's No. 1 Middle School. middle school time.

The picture shows Han Caoyu in class.

Photo by He Long

  Han Caoyu is a "post-90s" youth. At the age of 31, he broke into the public eye with the golden sentence he said in an interview with his hometown media "Ordos Daily" a week ago: "After graduating from Tsinghua University and Peking University, choose to return home. Teaching is an honor." "The key is to witness and participate in the construction and development of education in my hometown."

  On October 22, he still held the above point of view in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com. He did not think that he returned to his hometown to teach for the sake of salary. "I was working in Beijing at that time, and my income was also considerable."

  Han Caoyu, who returned to teach at his alma mater, told reporters that after working for more than a month, he has thoroughly felt the infinite charm of the "three-foot podium".

  He recalled that when a freshman in the school heard that a teacher who graduated from Tsinghua University and Peking University came to his class, he took the initiative to run up to hold his hand, and kept calling "Mr. Han, Teacher Han". In the eyes of these students , he is an amazing person, and he is often called "a master teacher" by his students.

  "Class", "Stand up", "Hello classmates", "Hello teacher".

  Han Caoyu said that every time the class time came, when he walked into the classroom with a book and saw the eyes of the children eager for knowledge, he would feel that this was the most important thing in his life.

  In September 2009, when Han Caoyu was admitted to Tsinghua University majoring in energy power system and automation with a high score of 672, he never expected to appear on the podium of his alma mater one day.

  Han Caoyu told reporters that in July 2013, after graduating from Tsinghua University and being recommended for graduate study at Peking University, he came to work at the National Development and Reform Commission in 2016. , but the education dream in my heart has always been pulling me, and I want to go back to my hometown to develop."

  After working until 2020, Han Caoyu finally convinced himself to return to his hometown for development.

After resigning, he first served as a math Olympiad coach in a middle school in his hometown. Two years later, he officially returned to his alma mater and boarded the "three-foot podium".

  Han Caoyu gave the reason for choosing to return to his hometown for development: when he was in Beijing, he really felt that children in big cities, even in primary and secondary schools, could have access to high-quality expert lectures and high-level online lectures. Teaching and high-quality books made him think of returning to his hometown to engage in education again and again.

  "Looking back on my own learning experience, I once went to bookstores in small towns to buy a book, and I was full of envy for Beijing's resources. At the same time, I was more eager for children in my hometown to have the same opportunities." "From the vast ocean of information , filter to find and use these teaching resources, you can also have the same opportunity to improve yourself." Han Caoyu believes that this is another reason for him to return to his hometown to engage in education.

  As a top student in Qingbei, Han Caoyu's return to his alma mater is also related to the emphasis on education in his hometown in a sense.

  In November 2021, some media gave heated discussions on "Ordos recruits primary and secondary school teachers with an annual salary of 600,000 (RMB)". At that time, Fu Ze, who graduated from Peking University and taught here, said in an interview with the media: "This city seeks If you are thirsty, you can feel the local determination to vigorously develop education.”

  Unlike other Qingbei top students who came to this teaching center, Han Caoyu attributed his return to teaching in his hometown to the inspiration of a head teacher, "My head teacher has been here for more than 30 years and will retire next year, but the teacher's perseverance has always been It moved me and I deserved to do better.”

  "Since I have chosen, I have to go on. I have no regrets, no regrets." Facing the confusion of the outside world, Han Caoyu always smiled lightly.

  In his opinion, maybe a bunch of candlelight can only illuminate a little space, but he is willing to make a modest contribution to the education of his hometown and the development of his alma mater.

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