Chapter 498: All Stars Supporting Education Alliance
Wednesday and Thursday are the monthly exams again.
Students from Class 9 walked into the examination room with confidence.
Thursday afternoon.
Xu Jie took advantage of the free time when he did not have to invigilate the exam and left the campus.
He made an appointment with someone to talk things over.
In a cafe not far from Zhenzhong, Xu Jie met the person he had made an appointment with.
He was a young man dressed simply, looking about thirty years old.
He is of medium height and has dark skin.
A pair of eyes, unusually bright.
"Hello, are you Teacher Wen Minghaowen?" Xu Jie walked up.
"Hello, I am Wen Minghao, and you are Teacher Xu Jiexu?"
Wen Minghao stood up, smiled and shook Xu Jie's hand.
When shaking hands, Xu Jie was quite surprised.
Wen Minghao's palms were extremely rough, like those of someone who had been doing farm work all year round.
But when he thought about Wen Minghao's identity, Xu Jie felt that he shouldn't be surprised.
Wen Minghao is a volunteer teacher in Mantianxing Support Education Alliance.
He teaches in mountainous areas in the central and western regions all year round.
The Gypsophila Support Education Alliance was selected by Xu Jie from many domestic public welfare organizations during this period, and he planned to cooperate with it in the future.
This is an alliance formed spontaneously by many young people.
The purpose of the alliance is just like its name.
Like the stars in the sky, they are scattered across the land of the motherland, sending the knowledge they crave to children in under-educated areas.
In this impetuous modern society, not everyone has lost their ideals.
Some people always exude the glory of ideals.
This is the case for these young people from the Starry Star Supporting Teaching Alliance.
After sitting down, Xu Jie saw that Wen Minghao had not ordered anything to drink, so he asked: "What can I drink?"
Wen Minghao smiled and took out a thermos cup from his backpack.
"Teacher Xu, just order your drink and don't worry about me."
"I'll bring it myself."
"I'm used to it, Teacher Xu, don't mind."
Xu Jie was stunned.
But when I think about the career that Wen Minghao has been engaged in, I quickly feel relieved.
People who can endure the hardships of teaching in mountainous areas naturally lead a frugal life.
They are the kind of people who have a very rich inner world.
Wen Minghao didn't drink coffee, so Xu Jie asked for a cup of boiled water.
If the owner of the coffee shop hadn't known that Xu Jie was Zhenzhong's teacher, he might have kicked them both out.
"Teacher Wen, why did you choose to teach in the first place?" Xu Jie asked with a smile.
"Teacher Xu may not believe it if I tell you."
Wen Minghao smiled and said:
"Actually, I went to teach in the first place just because I was angry with my parents."
"I didn't like the life they had arranged, so when I was in college, I started trying to teach in mountainous areas."
Wen Minghao fell into memories.
"But when I, a child who grew up in the city, went to the school where I taught in the mountains for the first time."
"My whole soul was greatly shocked."
"One primary school, two classrooms, one teacher, 12 students."
"There is no playground, no canteen, no library... nothing."
"Before that, I never thought that there is such a place in our Yangyang Dragon Kingdom?"
"But such an extremely simple school is the only elementary school within dozens of kilometers in the mountains."
"It's like a little firefly in the endless darkness."
"Although it is insignificant, it is the only light in the darkness."
"That time, I only stayed there for a month."
"Because I was not accustomed to the acclimatization and the environment was difficult, I fell seriously ill before I lasted even one semester and returned to the city early."
"From then on, I started my journey of teaching."
Xu Jie was deeply moved when he heard Wen Minghao's story.
When most people encounter this kind of situation, they would probably sneak back to the city and not continue.
But Wen Minghao once again embarked on an arduous journey and persisted.
The fire and persistence in his heart put even Xu Jie to shame.
"Teacher Wen, don't your parents object?" Xu Jie asked doubtfully.