【Commentary】The person in front of him waving his hand, smiling, leaning over and squatting at the school gate to high-five the students is Chen Hongqiang, the principal of Hohhot Jianhua School. For three years, he insisted on coming to the school gate early every day, saying "good morning" and giving a high five.
【Contemporaneous】Student Li Haoxuan
In order to be able to high-five-five the principal grandpa every morning, I woke up early every day and rushed to school with my classmates. When I first met Grandpa Principal, I thought he was a little serious, but through the morning high-fives, I thought he was funny, very warm and kind to us.
Chen Hongqiang told reporters that at first this was done to encourage "families who have difficulty getting up" to arrive at school early, and later, he also hoped to infect students with his actions, so that students could enter the school happily and start a day full of vitality.
【During the same period】Hohhot Jianhua School Principal Chen Hongqiang
Because parents may have some small conflicts with them, some cry when they enter the school, and some are unhappy. Then I gave him a high five, even a hug, and (the student) came in happily. So in fact, every morning when the children enter the school, that smile is very important.
The reporter learned that this year is the 25th year of Chen Hongqiang's teaching career, and he has been standing on the three-foot platform for <> years. His students are all over the world, but what makes him proudest is that many students regard him as a close friend. Until now, some students still fly in from other places to stay at Chen Hongqiang's home and talk with him all night.
Although he is now engaged in an administrative position, Chen Hongqiang will still walk out of the office, go to the playground and classroom, attend classes and play with the students, chat and complain with the students, and even keep little secrets for them, and the students affectionately call him "Grandpa Principal".
【Contemporaneous】Student Duolan
When the principal grandpa and we were in art class, he would do handicraft painting with us, sing with us during music class, and exercise with us during physical education class, feeling that he was a trusted big friend around us.
【During the same period】Hohhot Jianhua School Principal Chen Hongqiang
I would love to hear them call me Grandpa Principal, very kind. In fact, children are more often not saying that they do not want to listen to adults, in the process of getting along with children, more about making friends with them, that you have to make real friends, you really have to think from their point of view, then the child can feel that someone really understands me.
Chen Hongqiang believes that education is an elegant and slow process. In his dictionary, there are never "bad" students, and what teachers have to do is to really go to the hearts of students, think differently, fully understand and respect students, and effectively solve problems for students, so as to make students more confident, sunny, and grow better.
【During the same period】Hohhot Jianhua School Principal Chen Hongqiang
Smiling at every day, the children clapped me and he smiled. In fact, I say this is a bit, or this is a microcosm, or just one of many things we have to do, and we will continue to work hard, keep learning and improving. Every child's personality development and school development should be combined, so that children will be brighter, more confident, more capable in the future, and can become useful people who contribute to society in the future.
Reporter Chen Feng reported from Hohhot
Responsible Editor: [Luo Pan]