In order to make up for the shortcomings of the quantity and quality of teachers, and attract more outstanding young people to teach at the grassroots level, my country has implemented free education for normal students in six normal universities directly under the Ministry of Education since 2007. In 2018, "free teacher students" was renamed as "publicly funded teacher students".

　　Over the past 13 years, more than 3,000 national and local public-funded teachers and students (hereinafter referred to as public teachers and students) have been sown to various parts of Ningxia like seeds, becoming an important force in promoting the development of basic education. At the same time, the Banyue Tan reporter's investigation found that in the county high schools, some public teachers and students who are enthusiastic about education and determined to use their knowledge to bring vitality to local education have suffered a serious loss of high-quality students and have repeatedly run into new teaching concepts. It is difficult to appraise a job title in the face of real difficulties, and it becomes "painful when it comes to ideals."

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"Catfish" to activate county education

　　Unlike the most populous province in the south, in Ningxia, where the permanent population is less than 7 million, the county high school has become the most basic high school. But with the constant loss of high-quality students, even teachers in county high schools are in an increasingly embarrassing situation. "Now the performance of the students in the key classes is only equivalent to that of the students in the ordinary classes in 2012." said Zhang Wei, a history teacher at Xiji Middle School in Xiji County, Guyuan City. The teacher's sense of accomplishment is indeed rather weak if you only look at student performance.

　　Under the general environment of weak grassroots high school education, public teachers and students who graduated from a normal university directly under the Ministry of Education, received several years of professional education, and have strong educational feelings have become "catfish" that activate the vitality of grassroots education. Local education departments, school leaders, and colleagues all recognize public teachers and students and believe that they have a demonstrative effect in the application of educational technology and teaching concepts.

　　Good steel is used for the blade. In Ningxia, national publicly funded normal students are basically sent to the best high schools in the county.

　　Feng Xiaobing, a geography teacher at Xiji County Senior High School, is the first free teacher student. He was born in poverty and he firmly believes that “helping the poor first helps the wisdom”. When he first joined the company, he served as a normal class teacher. Facing the students' lack of motivation to learn, he actively helped them. "The congenital conditions are much worse than that of the children in the city. 80% of the students have never been out of the county. The children are also very hardworking, but they are hit by their grades time and time again, and the parents don't care about it, so they will inevitably give up on themselves."

　　For this reason, Feng Xiaobing has cultivated a class culture of hard-learning and thoughtful thinking in his class since his first year of high school, and used new media equipment to show the outside world to students, so that students can germinate the ideal of "getting out of the mountains through hard work". Feng Xiaobing also used the evening self-study time to chat and talk with students one by one, and provided one-on-one guidance on filling in volunteers and career planning. In his hands, the college entrance examination scores of ordinary classes surpass those of key classes.

　　Tian Guangwen, head of Yanchi County Senior High School, said that public teachers and students have excellent comprehensive qualities and abilities, and they will be able to stand firmly on the platform after one year, and will not lose the old teachers. The school has also increased the benefits of public teachers and students year by year, and signed public teachers and students can now enjoy 50,000 RMB 100,000 for household expenses and a set of public rental housing for 6 years of service.

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Ideals are being worn away, and the mentality of "salted fish" is getting stronger

　　Although the local education departments and schools in Ningxia have tried their best to improve the treatment of public teachers and students, many subjective and objective realities have made it difficult for outstanding publicly-funded teachers and students to "root", and the enthusiasm of some young people left behind has gradually faded. "Fish" mentality.

　　——The pressure to enter a higher school is so high that the county high schools dare not boldly reuse young teachers and students. The loss of high-quality students is serious, and the pressure of entering high schools in the county is even greater. In order to stabilize the college entrance examination results of the whole school, schools generally leave the opportunity to teach "good classes" to experienced teachers. Public teachers and students often only teach ordinary classes. This ambivalence of eager to introduce but dare not to reuse is more common in county high schools.

　　"I have been teaching for 10 years and I have never brought a key class." A public teacher and student who teaches at Xiji Middle School said that for teachers, a sense of accomplishment is very important, but ordinary students are not motivated to learn, and the teacher teaches There is no enthusiasm. "The general environment is to teach courses according to the script. My current teaching mode is not much different from the old teacher."

　　——The job title evaluation is difficult, and the enthusiasm has faded in terms of seniority. Some public teachers and students reported that there are limited quotas for basic-level teachers' professional title evaluation, and coupled with the high level of seniority, it often takes more than twice as much time for public teachers and students to upgrade from junior professional titles to intermediate professional titles than high schools in large cities.

　　Some people find it difficult to survive this long "cold winter" and have to choose to "go higher." After passing the entrance exam from a county high school in the mountainous area of ​​Nanning to a key high school in Yinchuan, less than six months later, Li Yiwen was awarded the intermediate title. "In this school now, as long as the teaching experience is at least 5 years and the assessment is up to the standard, you can apply for the intermediate level. The county high school has at least 12 years, which is too boring."

　　——The new teaching concept is difficult to implement, and public teachers and students fall into self-doubt. Some public teachers and students report that their cutting-edge teaching concepts have been applied to urban students very well, but in county high schools that are dominated by rural students, they have repeatedly run into walls and sometimes have fierce conflicts with old teachers.

　　A teacher and student in a county high school said that the teaching method of "being friends with students" works well in large city schools, but in county high schools, doing so will only make students think that the teacher is good for bullying, and the old teacher’s "stick education" "Obviously it is more helpful to classroom management. "But if we compromise and teach according to the old rules, what is the value and significance of our existence?"

　　——There are few opportunities to go out for training, and the vision becomes narrower, and it is difficult to improve the level. Due to the shortage of staff, teachers are basically "a carrot and a pit". Once public teachers and students who undertake heavier teaching tasks go out for training, school teaching may be difficult to run. Therefore, although the local education department provides many opportunities for out-of-home training, schools often do not let them go. As a result, forcing teachers to check in for online training courses has become a helpless move.

　　"In Hunan, I went out for training 4 times a year, and there are various teacher team building activities on weekends, but I haven't gone out once in the past 5 years." A person was transferred from a key high school in Zhuzhou City, Hunan to the mountainous area of ​​southern Ningxia due to family reasons. Teachers and students of a high school said that going out for training is very important for improving skills and vision. The lack of training now makes him feel "very at a loss."

　　"When I first came back to teach, I was full of enthusiasm and wanted to change the backwardness of education in my hometown. But after a few years, I felt that I was more and more assimilated by the environment." A public teacher and student lamented.

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Make efforts inside and outside, don’t make “catfish” become “salted fish”

　　The grassroots educators interviewed called for efforts to help public teachers and students solve the real difficulties and protect the flames in their hearts.

　　On the one hand, county high schools must "dare to reuse" public teachers and students, and put them in key and important positions so that they can give full play to themselves. At the same time, work hard to solve the problem of professional title evaluation, by awarding honors, improving treatment, helping to solve marriage and love problems, etc., to effectively improve the sense of belonging and happiness of public teachers and students, so that more outstanding public teachers and students can stay at the grassroots level.

　　"I came back to teach for 3 years, but I never thought it would be a problem to find a target. If the 6-year service expires and I still haven't found a target, I must consider going to Yinchuan." A young man who teaches at a high school in Longde County, Guyuan City, Ningxia The female teacher said that the choice of grassroots is too narrow.

　　On the other hand, the education department should give each school a certain degree of autonomy when organizing training, and discuss the length of training according to the actual situation. “Improve the pertinence of training to prevent schools from being unable to let teachers go due to too long training time.” said Wang Zongyi, director of the Teacher Development Center of the Education and Sports Bureau of Xiji County.

　　Some public teachers and students who have entered middle-level positions in county high schools believe that inner motivation is the strongest motivation to maintain the enthusiasm for teaching, and basic public teachers and students should also seek "breakthrough" from themselves.

　　"Education should be regarded as a career, and work hard day after day." Feng Xiaobing said, it is inevitable that there will be a psychological gap when you first arrive at the grassroots level, and there will be more factors to kill your fighting spirit later, but as long as you maintain perseverance, listen to the voice of each student and Treat them with your heart, and you will eventually get a sense of accomplishment from teaching.

　　Half a month to talk about reporters: Ai Fumei Ma Sijia