Chapter Ninety-Nine: Commendation Conference

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On the morning of September 9, the 10th Teacher's Day celebration meeting of Hushan Town was held in the auditorium of Hushan Town Government.

In addition to the secretary of the town government, the mayor and other major leaders attended, the director of the county education bureau and the deputy director of the education bureau of Hushan Town, as well as the secretary of the county Youth League Committee and the head of the school department, attended the meeting. More than 300 teachers from primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the education system of Hushan Town participated in the celebration (except for the teachers who stayed behind to care for students in each school).

According to the arrangement of the party and government office, 30 outstanding teachers in the town who were to be commended in the spring were seated in the first and second rows in uniform clothes. Spring is the first to speak on behalf of excellent teachers, so he is placed first on the left side of the first row.

In charge of arranging the venue was Zhang Laifu, director of the Party and Government Office of Hushan Town, that is, the middle-aged fat man who played cards he met in the Party and Government Office when he reported last year. Director Zhang seemed to have some impression of spring, and smiled and patted Chun's shoulder and teased him: "Young man, you have become an excellent teacher so soon? ”

Spring scratched his head and smiled, causing Wang Yichuan who was sitting next to him to roll his eyes.

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At nine o'clock, with the thunderous applause that erupted in the auditorium, the guests sat on the rostrum, accompanied by Yu Zaishui, secretary of the town party committee. Zhao Zhiqiang sat at the far edge of the rostrum, close to the speaker's seat. The meeting was presided over by Deputy Mayor Feng, who is in charge of education in the town government.

The first item of the meeting was for the audience to stand and sing the national anthem. **The majestic March of the Volunteers sounded slowly, and Spring hummed the national anthem softly to the tune.

“…… Get up, brave the enemy's artillery fire to advance, forward, forward, forward, forward!" The majestic sound of the national anthem seems to inspire young teachers in the new era of spring to work hard for the take-off of education in their hometown and for the revitalization of Hushan's economy! At this exciting moment, spring feels the greatness and pride of being a people's teacher, and tears of happiness burst out of his eyes.

Spring secretly resolved that as a new generation of cross-century educators, we must establish lofty ideals, and while striving to perfect and improve ourselves, we must go all out to train and educate our students, so that the students will become qualified successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor, and contribute to the modernization of Hushan Town and the economic development of mountain villages!

The second item of the meeting was a congratulatory message from the director of the county education bureau. Director Yang of the County Education Bureau delivered an enthusiastic speech, first affirming the efforts and efforts of the Hushan Town Party Committee, the Government and the County Youth League Committee in school construction and education, and expressing his gratitude to the Hushan Town Party Committee and the County Youth League Committee. Next, he praised the achievements of all kinds of schools at all levels in Hushan Town in education and teaching, and encouraged all teachers to make persistent efforts to achieve better results under the correct leadership of the town party committee and government and the town education committee.

Although Mr. Yeung, the Director of the Education Bureau, spoke mostly clichés, the teachers gave him a round of applause.

The third item of the meeting was that Zhang Yonghong, the mayor of Hushan Town, read out the "Decision on Commending the Outstanding Teachers of Hushan Town in 1994" issued by the Hushan Town Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Hushan Town People's Government. When Mayor Zhang Yonghong read out the commendation decision, he did not read out all the list of 30 teachers to be commended, but read "••• This made Spring very excited, and it was not until the audience burst into applause that Spring came back to his senses from the excitement.

The fourth item of the meeting was that outstanding teachers took the stage to receive awards. As soon as Deputy Mayor Feng, who presided over the meeting, finished speaking, Director Zhang of the Party and Government Office, who was responsible for organizing the venue and maintaining order at the venue, hurriedly came to Spring's side and motioned Spring to stand up and lead the winners in the first row to the rostrum. Spring hurriedly stood up, straightened the neckline of his white shirt, straightened his chest, and strode onto the rostrum, followed by Wang Yichuan and others. When Spring stood in front of Vice Mayor Feng and bowed deeply, Feng Gui held Spring's hand and said with a smile: "You are Spring, right? Your Principal Zhao has mentioned you to me several times, young people are in their prime, and it is time to do business." For the sake of the education of our Hushan Town and the thriving growth of the next generation, we must work hard! When the spring held the certificate and prizes on his chest and turned to face the more than 300 teachers in the audience, a sacred sense of pride arose spontaneously in his heart, and Feng Gui's words of encouragement made the spring like a spring breeze, and a pride in the heart of dedication to education was stirring in the spring chest.

The fifth item of the meeting was the speech of the representative of the outstanding teachers. Spring once again stood on the rostrum energetically, first bowing deeply to the leaders on the rostrum, and then turning around and bowing deeply to the teachers in the audience. Wearing a white shirt, blue suit pants, and black leather shoes, he was full of vigor and energy, with a face of confidence and pride.

Amid the welcome applause of the teachers, Spring began today's speech.

"Dear leaders and teachers,

On the occasion of the 10th Teacher's Day, I feel very excited and honored to be able to speak here as a representative of outstanding teachers, I know very well that the honorary title of "excellent teacher" and all the achievements I have made in my work are the result of the joint efforts of all teachers and students, and it is inseparable from the strong support and enthusiastic help of leaders at all levels, so please allow me to express my most sincere gratitude and heartfelt blessings to all the leaders and teachers. On behalf of all teachers, please let me express my heartfelt thanks and high respect to the leaders of the Party Committee and Government of Hushan Town who have cared for and supported the cause of education for many years! I would like to express my most sincere respect to the leaders of the Education Bureau and the school leaders who have provided us with a platform and opportunities for development, and I would like to say to my colleagues who have been with me day and night: Happy holidays!

Some people say that the teacher is a ladder, supporting the immature feet of the students with a majestic body, and climbing the ladder of life step by step; some people say that the teacher is a red candle that illuminates the way forward for the students with an inextinguishable belief and leads them to cut through the waves; and some people say that the teacher is a boat that ferries people, sending batches of students to the other side of knowledge...... Yes, I can say without exaggeration: in our school, the deeds of every teacher I have come into contact with can be compiled into a touching and profound masterpiece, and their exemplary behavior can be written into a touching epic of love! Sometimes, in order to prepare for a lesson, I have to study the textbook many times, sometimes I have to read a large number of teaching references in order to prepare a lecture script, and sometimes, in order to complete the urgent task assigned by the school, I have to give up the long-awaited rest day and stay up with red eyes until the dawn of the East. Countless morning and twilight days, they are busy on the two points and one line, reflecting on a little omission in teaching, and worrying about the little things of students. When the night is quiet, he also tosses and turns for the development of the class. There is really no need to raise the whip and run diligently, bow your head and be willing to be a cow for your children!

The whole society respects teachers, and as people's teachers, we should all the more respect and self-encouragement, strive to become engineers of the human soul worthy of the party and the people, and win the respect of the whole society with the unique personality charm, intellectual charm, and fruitful work of the people's teachers. Here, I would like to make a few assurances on behalf of the majority of teachers.

First, we must love and dedicate ourselves to our jobs and care for students. Earnestly assume the social responsibility of educators, and be full of sincere care for the educated. We must be loyal to the people's educational cause, establish lofty professional ideals and firm professional convictions, dedicate all our energy and sincerity to the cause of education, and strive to create a model of loving and dedicating ourselves to our work.

Second, we must study hard and study rigorously. We are important disseminators and creators of knowledge, and in today's era of endless knowledge, in order to become a qualified educator, we must continue to learn and enrich ourselves. We should advocate the spirit of science, establish the concept of lifelong learning, eagerly learn new knowledge and new skills, broaden our knowledge horizons, update our knowledge structure, and constantly improve the quality of teaching and the ability to teach and educate people.

Third, we must have the courage to innovate and forge ahead. Our teachers are engaged in creative work. We should actively devote ourselves to the practice of educational innovation, actively explore the laws of education and teaching, update the concept of education, reform the teaching content, methods and means, pay attention to cultivating students' practical ability, encourage students' creative thinking, and guide students to develop in an all-round way on the basis of exploring hobbies and potentials.

Fourth, we must be indifferent to fame and fortune and have lofty aspirations. Noble teacher ethics is the most vivid, concrete and far-reaching education for students. We must continue to strengthen the moral cultivation of teachers, closely link personal ideals and their own work with the development of students, establish noble moral sentiments and spiritual pursuits, be willing to serve others, be willing to contribute, calm down to teach, devote ourselves to educating people, and strive to be teachers who are loved by students and satisfied by the people.

Leaders and teachers, I am confident that if I live for 200 years, I will be hit by water for 3,000 miles. There will be times when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea. Now, our Hushan town education has experienced unprecedented challenges, the rapid development of our Hushan town is the highest praise for the teaching profession we are engaged in, we are proud and proud of our own ability to engage in this kind of inheritance of civilization, inheritance of the past and the future of the profession! Let us be more full of enthusiasm, hard work and study, with youth and enthusiasm for Hushan education to open up an enterprising new chapter!

On the occasion of the 10th Teacher's Day, on behalf of all the teachers and staff of Hushan Town, I would like to thank the Education Bureau and the Town Party Committee and Government again for their care and support to us, and wish our Hushan Town a better tomorrow! I wish all teachers good health! All wishes come true! Happy every day! Thank you!"

After Spring finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the stage again, and then hurriedly ran off the rostrum.

The auditorium erupted in thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time.

The sixth item of the meeting was an important speech made by Comrade Yu Zaishui, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hushan Town. Yu Zaishui's speech was very incisive, after a simple greeting and politeness, Yu Zaishui changed his words, directly cut to the disadvantages of Hushan education, and pointed out the main problems existing in the education of Hushan Town, such as the weak concept of lifelong learning of some teachers, who do not want to forge ahead, and eat the same old book for decades; the teaching content is divorced from reality, and they teach and teach to death; the teaching method is single, and the teaching method is based on the book, regardless of the interests of students. Some school leaders and education cadres have a serious idea of being an official, do not seek their own politics in their positions, are divorced from the reality of schools and students, blindly give commands, blindly cater to the leaders, engage in false and empty pursuits, pursue false achievements, and deviate from the main line of teaching and educating people.

Secretary Yu Zaishui also put forward countermeasures in his speech, encouraging teachers in the town to update their concepts, strengthen management, pay attention to the applicability of teaching content, reform traditional teaching methods, and so on. In the second half of the speech, Secretary Yu Zaishui assured the teachers attending the meeting that the town party committee and government will definitely find ways to raise funds in various ways to ensure the implementation of primary and secondary school education funds and the payment of teachers' salaries. Secretary Yu Zaishui finally used a sentence "No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard you can't be bitter for children", as the end of the speech, it ushered in the tide of applause from the teachers, and some teachers slapped red. Secretary Yu Zaishui's speech touched the hearts of the teachers, and everyone was in high spirits. In particular, the criticism of the education cadres made the teachers see the hope of Toyama education. It also made some education cadres feel the existence of the crisis.

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At 11 o'clock in the morning, the 10th Teacher's Day Commendation Meeting in Hushan Town ended.

Spring walked out with the flow of people, and some acquaintance primary and secondary school teachers took the initiative to come over to greet Spring and congratulate him, and Spring was embarrassed to blush and thank him.

It was almost lunch time, and some teachers who were far away walked into the restaurants and taverns in Hushan Town under the leadership of the principals of their respective schools, and the hotels were overcrowded for a while.

In the spring, he declined Liu Xuwei's warm invitation and returned to school with the middle school teachers.

In the spring, I went around the classrooms of the junior high school and the second level, and arranged for someone to replace the teachers who were taking care of the students at home.

After lunch, Spring lay on the bed, slowly reminiscing about the scenes of the commendation meeting in the morning, touching the excellent teacher certificate and the woolen blanket as a prize, and the mood of Spring was difficult to calm down for a while.