Entering Suide Experimental Middle School in Shaanxi Province——
"You can sing Xintianyou in the classroom!" (Prosperous China)
Our reporter Ye Xiaonan and Zheng Na
What does the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation depend on?
It depends on our nation's highly civilized spiritual literacy, which is based on education.
The foundation of five thousand years of Chinese civilization also lies in education.
For the prosperity of a great country for thousands of years, education is very important.
——Xi Jinping
"The strong country is me, and the 'I' is obliquely hooked. Let's see how to write it better?" In the classroom of the Sinology Club of Suide Experimental Middle School, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, Du, the second class of the ninth grade, who is practicing calligraphy Hope, look up and ask the teacher Wang Yongping.
On the antique table, the pen holder and the inkstone are neatly stacked, and the students' calligraphy works are posted on the wall, and the fragrance of ink is overflowing.
A few months ago, on September 14, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Suide Experimental Middle School. He walked into the classroom and the playground successively, watched the calligraphy practice and physical exercise of the students, and communicated cordially with everyone.
The general secretary said: "What does the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation depend on? It depends on our nation's highly civilized spiritual quality, which is based on education. The foundation of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization is also education. The prosperity of the great country for thousands of years , education is crucial.”
It was the most unforgettable day for all the teachers and students of Suide Experimental Middle School.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep concern and earnest entrustment have always inspired and inspired them.
"I will remember Grandpa Xi's words, cherish the time, study hard, exercise, and be a useful person to the country, the people, and the society in the future." Du Pan said.
"Seeing the dolls being praised by the general secretary makes me happy."
Founded in 2001, Suide Experimental Middle School is located on the former site of the former Shaanxi Provincial Fourth Normal School.
In 1924, the then-principal Li Zizhou put forward the school-running philosophy of "don't forget to save the country while reading, and don't forget to read to save the country".
Today, these 12 characters are made into red plaques, shining brightly above the teaching building.
In this beautiful campus, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to fully implement the party's educational policy, implement the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, cultivate feelings of love for the party, the country, the people, and socialism, and strive to cultivate morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and beauty. The socialist builders and successors who are working in an all-round way.
As a school with red genes, Suide Experimental Middle School adheres to the school-running philosophy of "lighting up happy education with the flame of revolution", and has now become a model school for quality education in Yulin City, a model school for party building work in Suide County, and a practice base for red education .
"Look, there are a lot of photos of our school's red education activities." Liu Hongxiong, the vice-principal in charge of moral education, showed reporters a mobile photo album, "We implement the spirit of the general secretary's important instructions, pay more attention to inheriting the red gene, and cultivate newcomers of the times. "
"Grandpa Xi is very kind! Grandpa Xi came to me to watch me write, and asked me what I wanted to do in the future. I said I wanted to be a psychiatrist, and Grandpa Xi encouraged me to continue working in this direction." Du Pan's little face Red fluttering.
"Seeing the dolls being praised by the general secretary makes me so happy!" Wang Yongping's eyes were full of smiles, "I want to teach them to practice Chinese characters and promote traditional Chinese culture."
"The general secretary's visit to our grass-roots school reflects the deep concern of the Party Central Committee for basic education," said Li Jie, vice-principal.
Principal Wang Junning told reporters: "The general secretary came to our school for inspection and gave everyone the best first lesson. We will keep the words of the general secretary in our hearts and strive to make Suide Experimental Middle School an all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor. A model school that allows teachers to teach attentively and students to learn happily.”
"The organic combination of the first class and the second class makes the children more energetic"
"Tell me about a family that is famous, and my family lives in Thirty Mile Pu Village, Suide..." The morning light shone into the teaching building through the window, and the reporter heard the northern Shaanxi folk song "Shirty Mile Pu".
The singer was Cao Zhe, a student in Grade 8 and Class 9. He was wearing a small jacket printed with paper-cut patterns, and he sang folk songs in a graceful manner.
"You can sing Xintianyou in the classroom!" Cao Zhe said.
As a member of the school's folk song club, Cao Zhe and his classmates learned to sing Xintianyou with Teacher Lu Xin.
Every club activity class, bursts of clear singing make people seem to have come to the ravines on the ridge.
Since it took the lead in establishing clubs in the county's junior high schools in 2011, Suide Experimental Middle School has opened 26 characteristic clubs, covering art, sports, language, technology, handmade, non-genetic inheritance, etc. The highlight has won many provincial, municipal and county awards at all levels.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection at Suide Experimental Middle School that the purpose of our education is to improve the overall quality of the people, promote the all-round development of the people, enhance the level of social civilization, strengthen cultural self-confidence, and enhance the creativity of the whole nation.
In the past, Suide Experimental Middle School only had club activities classes every Friday afternoon, and each student could only choose one course.
Starting from the second semester of 2021, the school will implement the "5+2" model, that is, two classes will be delayed after school every afternoon from Monday to Friday, one homework tutorial, and one club activity; each student can choose two club activity classes .
This time, there is less homework and more activities.
From winter to spring, after 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the campus of Suide Experimental Middle School was full of laughter and laughter.
On the playground, shooting, shooting, swinging... the students of football, basketball, table tennis, badminton and other sports clubs are all ruddy and energetic.
Recitation, textbook drama, dance, calligraphy and other community classrooms have another scene. Some books are loud, some dances are graceful, and some pen and ink are fragrant... The most characteristic of northern Shaanxi is the paper-cutting class, where sheets of red paper are The children's hands turned into beautiful and unique paper-cut works.
"Now, the dolls no longer carry heavy schoolbags, but go to school with drawing boards, chess boxes, footballs, and badminton rackets; 10 minutes between classes, they have to race against time on the playground." PE teacher Yuan Guowei He told reporters, "Have you seen the medals in this office? In football games, our school won all the first-place medals."
As the second classroom of school teaching, community activities are the extension, supplement and development of the first classroom learning, and are also an important carrier for implementing quality education.
Today, in class, children listen carefully and speak enthusiastically; after class, children happily paint, play chess, play guitar, knead clay sculptures, and practice martial arts.
Li Jie said: "The organic combination of the first classroom and the second classroom has made the children more energetic."
"This kind of progress does not mean that the grades have increased by a few points, but the improvement of the overall quality."
Recently, at the community achievement acceptance activity, several students from the reading community performed the program "Chinese Dialect" to share the learning results of the semester.
The children's confident and generous appearance surprised Chinese teacher Huo Xiaoyuan: "At the beginning of the class, some children were shy about even the most basic self-introduction, but now they can show themselves boldly. Reciting not only exercises the children's expression ability, but also Enhance their interest in language learning."
In Suide Experimental Middle School, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to deepen the reform of education and teaching, strengthen the role of school education as the main front, comprehensively improve the quality of school teaching, truly reduce the excessive academic burden and off-campus training burden, and run a satisfactory education for the people. .
General Secretary Xi Jinping's affectionate entrustment and earnest expectation have become the fundamental guidelines for the reform and reshaping of China's education, and the source of strength for teachers and students to forge ahead and continue to move forward.
"We build happiness education in accordance with the requirements of the 'double reduction' policy, create a variety of courses for students, and comprehensively improve students' comprehensive quality." Wang Junning said.
Not only Suide Experimental Middle School, but also primary and secondary schools all over the country are taking action to implement the "double reduction" policy, opening up a new world of campus life for students.
Many teachers, students and parents are feeling the joy brought by the reform of education and teaching.
"Increasing the after-school delay means not allowing students to take home difficult homework. After a period of practice, parents found that their children's homework was less, but their condition was better and progress was made. Parents' doubts were gradually eliminated." Huo Xiaoyuan Said, "This kind of improvement does not mean that the grades have increased by a few points, but the improvement of the overall quality."
Li Yueying, the mother of Ma Zihan, eighth grade, eighth grade, tasted the sweetness of "double reduction".
My daughter has more leisure time at home to read extracurricular books. She has read "Entrepreneurship History" twice in the past year, and is currently reading "Red Star Shines in China"; after school, her daughter will also watch cultural programs and popular science documentaries, which expands her knowledge. .
"The baby is very happy. She likes calligraphy and badminton, and has signed up for these two clubs. Her academic performance has not been affected, and her physique has become stronger than before because of physical exercise," she said.
"The children all feel that this semester has a richer curriculum and more energy to study." Wang Junning said looking at the playground in the distance.
Under the tall poplar trees, a group of children are running freely on the playground, dribbling and passing the ball quickly.
"Come in! Come in!" High-fives and laughter echoed on the loess plateau.