Chapter 119 John, the volunteer teacher, fell deeply in love with this place!

He used a shoulder pole to carry learning and living supplies for the children from outside the mountains, and also brought hope for the children to get out of the mountains!

Even if it costs my life, I will run the school well and send the children out of the mountains!

Since no one was paying him wages, he took out his own savings.

Since no teacher was willing to come, he took charge himself.

I do everything myself.

Thanks to his unremitting efforts, finally one of the students walked out of the mountains!

After graduating from university, the student gave up the opportunity to work in a high-tech job and stay in the big city, and resolutely chose to return to the mountains and became a teacher in the school.

Together with the old principal, I took on the responsibility of teaching and educating.

He wanted to give his students a pair of wings and help them fly out of the mountains!

Later, the country took notice of this mountain village school.

Funding and the assignment of volunteer teachers provided a lot of help.

More and more students are admitted to universities and leave the mountains.

But most of them chose to return to Shihe Village after graduating from university and use what they learned to help their hometown get rid of poverty.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, Shihe Village is getting better and better.

An asphalt road was built and a larger school was constructed.

But without the old principal's efforts, there wouldn't be anything we have today.

The old principal is highly respected and loved by the villagers.

Even though he is old and sick now, he is no longer the principal.

But when the villagers meet him, they will still respectfully call him "Principal"!
And he is just a microcosm of countless rural school principals.

In other places, there are also people who are as selfless and dedicated as the old principal.

It is precisely because of their existence that China's illiteracy rate has dropped rapidly.

When China was first founded, the illiteracy rate among the country's more than 80 million people was as high as %!

At that time, there were illiterate people everywhere.

But in just a few decades, the illiteracy rate dropped to 2%!

This certainly depends on the country's vigorous literacy campaign, but the efforts of these grassroots educators cannot be ignored!
[Oh my god, is there really such a great person in the world? ]

[Walter? Not only does he not have anyone to pay him, but he also has to use his own savings to run a school. Is he a fool?]

[I want to know what he wants? He obviously won't get a penny from it! ]

[I think what he said is too exaggerated. It is impossible for someone to be so selfless! ]

Foreigners have raised doubts and do not believe that such people exist.

Are you a human?

This is Jesus Christ!
Anna believed what Chen Lu said.

During the time she has been in China, she has discovered that the Chinese people are truly great.

Especially during that flood, the People's Liberation Army risked their lives to protect the safety of the people.

You won't see such a scene in any other country.

They are willing to give up even their lives, let alone other things?
All I can say is that these people have faith in their hearts!

Everything they do is for the belief in their hearts!
As we were talking, we had already arrived at the rural school.

The school is located on the edge of the village, surrounded by fields and hills.

There are four big words "Rural School" written on the gate.

A wide cement road leads to the teaching building. On both sides of the road are flower beds planted with various flowers and plants.

A breeze blew, the flowers swayed gently, and the leaves rustled.

Birds are singing softly on the branches, and strolling around the campus, you can feel the inner peace.

This rural school is not much different from a city school except that it is not very big. [You call this a rural school? It is almost the same as the ones in our city! ]

[It’s also very quiet here, without all the noise and pollution from cars. ]

[This school looks good, where is the shabby place? ]

[Are you smearing China again? Just based on these conditions, they are countless times better than the poor schools in other countries! ]

The students were holding a flag-raising ceremony and Chen Lu did not go forward to disturb them.

Accompanied by the national anthem, the five-star red flag rose high into the sky and fluttered in the wind. The children raised their right hands to salute as the Young Pioneers and stared closely at the national flag.

After the flag-raising ceremony, the students ran back to the classroom for class.

The teacher suddenly called a little kid over and said, "Wait a minute! Xiao Ming, your red scarf is tied incorrectly."

Chen Lu took a look and found that something was wrong. The red scarf was tied to the shoulders.

Where is the red scarf?

It’s more like a red shawl!

The teacher squatted down and helped him tie his red scarf again.

"Remember, the red scarf is dyed with the blood of martyrs! The red scarf should be folded three times. The first fold is to honor the martyrs, the second fold is to honor the motherland, and the third fold is to honor the future! The triangle at the back should face the spine, which means to stand up straight and be a man!"

"Teacher, I understand..."

[It turns out that there are so many things to pay attention to when wearing a red scarf in China. 】

[It really should be worn on the chest, so that it fits the name! ]

[What? What's wrong with draping it over your shoulders? Our little Sakura also ties her triangular scarf like this, it's so pretty! ]

[I can only say that anyone who proposes to wear a red scarf on their shoulders is either an undercover agent or a spy! ]

[Wait a minute, this teacher seems to be European. Is he here to teach as well? ]

[How can a foreigner know so much about Chinese culture? ]

"Hey, John!"

"Chen? My friend!"

Chen Lu walked forward and hugged John.

"This is my girlfriend, Anna."

"Hello, my name is John."

He is a volunteer teacher and came to Shihe Village five years ago.

He originally wanted to stay for only one or two years, but he was deeply attracted to Shihe Village and fell in love with this place.

As a result, I stayed here for five years and had no plans to leave.

Is he really European?

[It should be the kind with low academic qualifications. I heard that as long as you can speak English, you can go to Huaxia to be a foreign teacher! ]

[Yes, that’s right. He probably fled to China because he couldn’t live in his own country anymore.]

[Is this true? I want to go to China too! ]

[Who would go to the rural areas of China? Isn't it better to go to a big city like Shanghai? ]

Anna couldn't help but ask this question.

John just smiled faintly: "I graduated from Harvard, have an MBA, and a PhD in finance from Stanford."

Foreigners were all shocked. With such a high level of education, one can easily enter Wall Street and find a job with an annual salary of over one million US dollars!
How desperate must one be to come to a rural school in China?

John didn't answer the question: "Let me show you around the school."

Anna was deeply impressed by the bright and clean classroom, textbooks for each student, the expressive teacher, and the children who listened attentively.

This is really different from the school in Chenlukouzhong more than ten years ago.

John said, "I originally planned to stay for only one year, but I fell in love with this place. Whether it's the people here, the old principal or the children, they all touched me so much."

(End of this chapter)