Ren Pingsheng came over this time, in addition to bringing back Xiao Yanpo, but also brought a lot of books and stationery to the children of Mengla Town Central Primary School, when he and Shi Xiaolian returned to school, those books were still a lot, the children took away their favorite storybooks and comics, but there were still a lot of extracurricular tutoring books, Ren Pingsheng had to leave them to the Central Primary School, I hope the teachers can use it one day.

"Nowadays, children don't like to read books about learning. ”

Seeing this situation, Ren Pingsheng frowned.

"Well, almost. ”

Shi Xiaolian nodded, with a look of regret on her face.

After more than a year of volunteer teaching, Shi Xiaolian is not only accustomed to the living environment and teaching methods in Mengla Town, but also familiar with the students she educates.

Although Shi Xiaolian's teaching method is lively and the quality of teaching is very high, students love to listen to her classes and treat her as their bosom sister, and they will revolve around her outside of class.

The simplicity and kindness of these Thai children also touched Shi Xiaolian very much, she has fallen in love with this place and these lovely children.

But with the deepening of teaching, Shi Xiaolian gradually felt that these children have a hard time learning things, mainland children can generally finish the content of the fifth grade at the age of 12, and the local children can only read the content of the third grade at the age of 12.

Shi Xiaolian is a very docile and good-tempered teacher, so she has always been able to teach her students tirelessly, but no matter how hard she tries, the progress of these children is very limited, as if reading is a very hard and difficult thing for them.

In her spare time, Shi Xiaolian also communicated with the older teachers, and they all told her in a tone from the people who came over that these Thai children have been wild since they were young, and most of their parents have not received primary school education or above, and they don't even have a book at home.

These older teachers also advised Shi Xiaolian to do their job well, don't bother too much to teach, these children's talent is so little, no matter how hard they try, it will be in vain.

Shi Xiaolian was puzzled, she always felt that teaching was a very noble thing, bringing knowledge and education to the children in the mountains, so that they could grow better, let them change their destiny, and change the living conditions in the mountains.

But since she volunteered, the current situation of Shi Xiaolian's contact and feelings is too different from what she expected.

More children choose to abandon school in the fourth and fifth grades, either to work in the city where their parents live, or to be lured by criminals to sell drugs, and even more at a young age, they are exposed to drugs and become young poisonous insects.

For this phenomenon, Shi Xiaolian saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

She wanted to do something for these children, and she helped many children through the local government's "Care for Tomorrow, Grow Together" campaign, but it did not achieve much, which was very annoying to her and filled her with frustration.

Because of this, Shi Xiaolian didn't go home during the Spring Festival last year, and has been busy with these useless efforts.

Listening to Shi Xiaolian's troubles, Ren Pingsheng felt the same way.

With the development of social economy, the gap between various strata is getting wider and wider.

Although the official does not admit it, in fact, there is a clear class gap around us.

These children in the mountains, they have been far behind the children in the city at the starting line since they were born.

For children, the quality of their parents, the nurturing of the family, and the nurturing of the environment are all very important for their future growth.

Compared with the children in the city, the children in the mountains are basically left-behind children, their parents work in the city, only the elderly and ignorant grandparents can accompany them to grow up, there are no libraries, museums, art galleries and other cultural facilities in the mountains, their lives are only fences, streams and dogs, they do have a carefree childhood, but they are destined to grow up far behind the children in the city.

These gaps cannot be made up by school education, nor can they be caught up by the efforts and dedication of one or two volunteer teachers.

Even if some children pass their studies and are admitted to middle school and university, their future fate is not optimistic, because they still have to face more fierce competition for jobs and deal with the huge pressure of urban life.

For countries that are still in the development stage, the fate of children in the mountains is like a Möbius ring, and they can never escape the mercy of fate.

No matter how many volunteer teachers are sent to the mountains, or no matter how many schools are built in the mountains, this situation cannot be changed.

Ren Pingsheng's frank and straightforward views made Shi Xiaolian fall into a deeper confusion, she has always wanted to help others through teaching, and wanted to change the world through her own actions, but Ren Pingsheng told her that your actions can't change anything, and the world won't change for the better.

Although Ren Pingsheng's logic is interlocking and has a convincing rationality, Shi Xiaolian's emotional heart is difficult to accept such cold logic.

Looking at the girl's contradictory and tangled expression, Ren Pingsheng sighed, he didn't know whether he was right or wrong to say this, but since he had already said it, he could only continue to explain:

"Volunteer teaching is a kind of self-ideal practice, an attempt to repay the society through one's own behavior, this is just a personal behavior, volunteer teaching can not change too many things, I think you take the results too seriously. ”

"But these children really need help, otherwise their future is not very optimistic. ”

Looking at Shi Xiaolian's puzzled eyes, Ren Pingsheng continued:

"In this world, you don't have to pay off. There are many things that you don't do, and there will definitely be results. If you have been struggling with whether volunteer teaching can change the reality, then your volunteer teaching will be in vain. ”

"Why? Isn't it right to do good deeds and help others?"

Shi Xiaolian raised her face, and under the thick lenses, the pair of eyes seemed to become bigger, darker, and more vivid.

Her question is a question of great general significance, and it is also many people's intuitive understanding of goodness, Ren Pingsheng decided to answer her with 12 points of seriousness to help this girl answer her questions.

He nodded, shook his head again, and said:

"The Buddha said: There is no cause for great compassion, and there is great compassion for the same body. Kindness and compassion are derived from compassion and are a unique human empathy. When we see others suffering, and when we see others suffering, we think of our own situation, and we want to reach out to help them. Because in our hearts, helping others is equivalent to helping ourselves, because everyone has the possibility of suffering, and we all hope that we can get help from others when we are suffering, and this is the root of goodness. ”

"As Kant said: the good is the basic requirement of human nature, the categorical imperative. The reason why we do good deeds and do good deeds is not because of what we can gain or change by doing these things, but because doing these things is the instinct of human beings, and it is a manifestation of our human nature that distinguishes us from animal nature. ”

"We do good because in the process of doing good, we can get moral satisfaction, we can get peace of mind, we can get rational pleasure, that's all. ”

"If you are thinking about the results and the gains and losses in everything, then you have lost the original intention of goodness. ”

Ren Pingsheng's words, Shi Xiaolian listened very carefully and was very engrossed, her eyes were no longer separated from the man in front of her, and she couldn't help asking:

"What is the original meaning of goodness?"

Ren Pingsheng raised his head, pointed to the deep night sky above his head, and said:

"Do you see those little stars?"

Shi Xiaolian also raised her head, and the two looked at the stars in the sky together.

The night sky in the border town is far from industry and pollution, there is no haze, no dust and smoke, and excellent visibility makes the stars in the sky more bright and shining.

"They never fall, they don't give up shining, no matter the vicissitudes of the sea, the world changes, they are always there, shining their light, this is good. ”

Shi Xiaolian looked at the brilliant stars in the night sky with emotion, as if she was intoxicated by Ren Pingsheng's words, she said quietly:

"So what should I do?"

Ren Pingsheng looked at her side appreciatively and said softly:

"Love what you love, do what you do, listen to your heart, and ask no questions about gain or loss. ”

Shi Xiaolian turned her face, her gaze had never been so determined, like the brightest star in the night sky.

。 Sogou