I've been here once before, so Tang knows the way.
Although the school is also very dilapidated, but compared with other buildings around, it is still complete.
On the uneven land, there are several wooden sheds built high and low. The walls are built with sticks and iron sheets, which are dilapidated. This is the classroom of the school, and a small circle of open space in the middle is the playground of the school.
As soon as he came, a young man dressed as a local welcomed him.
He politely smiles at Tang wanwan and introduces himself, saying that his name is Allen and he is a teacher in this school.
In order to welcome her arrival, two grades of children, are waiting in the classroom.
"Two grades?"
"Yes, I'm not afraid of your jokes. We don't have many educated people here. The salaries of teachers are all put together by everyone. Sometimes they can get a few hundred yuan a month, sometimes they can't get a cent. People from outside can't come in to teach at all. Those who can learn a little also go out to make a living. Therefore, the whole school has only one family I am a teacher
Alan felt his head in embarrassment and let don in.
The door, in fact, is just a piece of iron covered with patches.
Go in through the door and it's the classroom. However, the so-called classroom, in addition to simple, even the light is very dim.
Reading and reading, but all need to use the eyes, children are in development, so dim light, for children's vision, will certainly have an impact.
Allen explained that the wooden shed here is already the best building in the slum. Anyway, there are still two small windows. Most of the families here have no windows. Even in the daytime, if they don't open the door, it's dark inside.
There is no electricity here, and naturally there is no electric light, so when children write and read, they borrow weak light from both sides of the wooden shed.
Now just after the rain, there is no sun, it seems that the whole room is very dark. Just, so two small windows, even if it is sunny day, just afraid of the light inside, not much better.
And such, less than 10 square meters of house, actually accommodate two grades of children, in class.
According to Allen's introduction, because he is the only teacher in the school, he is lack of skills, so he will bring the children of the next two grades together in class. First he will talk about the content of the lower grade, then he will explain the part of the higher grade, and finally he will watch the children study together and finish their homework.
"Children are easy to learn, because they know that the only thing that can change their fate and help them out of the slums is learning, just..."
Speaking of this, Allen sighed, "it's just that I don't have a lot of culture myself. I can teach them a lot..."
Alan grew up in this slum. What he learned was taught by the teachers in the slum. What he could teach the children was just Renren characters, doing simple calculations, and he could not do anything else.
"Thanks to you, these children can finally see hope."
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According to the original plan, Tang wanwan first tried to teach the children a lesson in the classroom. In fact, he didn't teach much. Most of it was to understand the children's current level of knowledge.
At the beginning, in the face of this new teacher, the children were still a little timid and didn't dare to speak. More often, Tang wanwan asked a question, everyone's big eyes were waiting for small eyes. You look at me, I look at you, but there was no response. Fortunately, Tang wanwan had been prepared for this. She took out candy from her bag as a reward. All the children who bravely raised their hands to answer questions could get a piece of candy. With the stimulation of candy, we are finally slowly active.
As expected, they didn't learn anything at all, and many children can't even write their own names. Two digit addition and subtraction has been thinking for a long time, let alone multiplication and division.
And Tang wanwan gradually found that the children raised their hands enthusiastically and spoke actively, not to answer questions at all. All their concerns were on the candy in Tang wanwan's hands.
"Most of the children here are hungry and full. If they can eat a piece of oil cake every day, it's very good. Where have they eaten sugar?"
Alan sighed behind him.
"Do you see the little boy sitting in the corner?"
Along his line of sight, Tang wanwan looked in the past. Sure enough, he saw a small boy sitting in the corner. His eyes were a little timid. His eyes kept sweeping around the child who had won the candy, but he didn't dare to answer the question.
Alan whispered in Tang wanwan's ear.
"His name is Arnold. His mother is a widow, and he has a brother in his family. He is five years older than him. A few years ago, when the economy was depressed, the whole country had a hard life. The slums suffered and many people starved to death. Arnold's mother, like everyone else, leaves the house almost every day to look for food. But she is a woman, how can she rob a man? The two children are so hungry that they almost lose their breath Because of hunger, Arnold's brother took her... "Alan said half of it, but he couldn't go on.
Tang wanwan was just curious about what happened to Arnold's brother. Before he asked, he saw Arnold turn his head and his heart trembled.
I saw that Arnold had no ears on his right side
"Arnold's ear was eaten by his brother because he was hungry They haven't eaten for a long time. The elder brother is so hungry that he turns into a wild animal and eats his own brother's ears... "
My brother ate my brother's ears!
God, this is cannibalism!
Tang wanwan only felt that his heart was stabbed by his life, his nose was sour, and his eyes were moist.
No wonder Arnold compared to other children, more timid, shrinking, the original little she, had such a bad experience.
Originally, she was supposed to spoil herself and protect her brother, but she jumped on her like a wild animal and treated her as food. Such a scene will surely leave indelible harm to her young and weak
Tang wanwan walked out of control towards Arnold.
The other children are excited to turn their eyes to Tang wanwan, praying that she can give them candy, while Arnold realizes that Tang wanwan is coming for himself, with his eyes flashing, only panic.