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发表于 2004-6-16 11:12:00
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June 15th, 2004 Tuesday
"I'm 13. My father's health is in bad condition. He's earning our living by cutting the bamboo and working for others, while my mother has left home for 6 years. She's never given us a message. I have 6 brothers and sisters. I want to learn, I want to read, but I still have not paid the full tuition for this semester yet."
"I'm 11. I have 2 older brothers, who have dropped out of school and are now working, supporting my family. One of my brothers lost his two fingers when he worked in a factory and now has no choice but to stay home. My mother has has left home to find a job. She's gone for 2 years and has not sent us money. I love Chinese and math. I want to read."
"After I graduated in 1994, I came here to teach these kids. Then I went back to school and returned later as principal."
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These words always come across my heart these days, reminding me of something that I can't ignore no matter how busy I am. As I looked outside the window, those snapshots are flashing in front of me again...
On the morning of June 12th, 2004, morning, as before, I packed my bags, grabbed my gears, and moved out. The difference this time, however, is that I'm not going only for hiking this time, but for those kids hungering for schooling. It's really my luck and pleasure that, I, what we call, a "donkey", for those who love hiking on foot, have a chance to go out with rangers, who have their cars.
The convoy moved out and I was assigned to the car carrying all the stuff for those kids, such as books, basketballs, and things like that. Do I look so cool and strong that I'm the good one to protect the core Humvee from being ambushed? My honor...
It took us about 90 minutes to get into the mountain area where the scenery is quite different from outside. The hills are quilted with green trees, the ponds are dispersed with buffalos, the blue sky are sprouted with white clouds, Woo, I've escaped from the noisy city. what are those kids doing now?
Oh, I heard drums from not far away, yeah, here we are. Dozens of boys lined along the road welcoming us, drumming excitedly. I got out of the Humvee with my DC in hand, taking pictures of the best school in this town, being eager to understand their life. This is a typical school with one 4-floor building and a playground where almost all the students and teachers are waiting for us. Frankly speaking, I'm not used of this situation. It's too formal. I prefer being together with the natives casually. So I walked around, getting insided each room to see their classrooms and bedrooms. Not bad, they are to study out here. But what about those who are on mountains and have no chance to get outside?
Lots of boys and girls surrounded me, with a little shyness and nervousness. I can easily feel the excitement from their eyes. When I asked them to take a photo, they shouted and smiled with great joy. Yes, I've saved their innocent smiling. What a significance if all kids could be able to smile like this! I can't wait for the opportunity to climb, to see those kids who need a glimpse of the outside world.
After having lunch, small groups moved out to visit different areas and I was assigned to the primary school on top of a hill, Songbai school, which means school with pine trees. Being a little bit frustrated, I'd to abandon my plan to go up on foot because we had to come back on time, to show a video for the kids. After 30 minutes driving, we arrived at the school, with hurting bottoms and dizzy heads, because of terrible road condition. Oh, my, I should have climbed it on foot.
With the red national flag jumping inside my eyes, I walked inside the school. It has 4 classrooms, and several other restrooms, and a small playground at the center. The principal told us this school can only provide the primary education from grade 1 to grade 4, They only have 4 teachers, including the principal. Each teacher teaches Chinese, math, music, nature, society, and PE as well. Sigh! They need teachers, not only funds. It's an urgent mission for our society to create a good environment to keep the valuable human resource. "We must teach the kids, letting them understand that only if they try their best and study hard, can they change their poor situation." I said to myself.
Walking inside each classroom, I talked with the kids, asking them what they're reading, and what they like most. I also asked them how long it takes them to travel here from their homes. Then we chose 6 kids of the poorest students and had a chat with them face to face. You've known the conversations, I'm sure, for I've put at the beginning. Here are some figures:
The kids have to take a 90-minute walk to come here from their homes;
There are average 4 kids in each family;
The average annual income is between 600 to 1000 yuan for each family.
Most of the kids will have to abandon their further education after studying out here. Only few have the opportunity in each family with borrowed money;
The oldest kid at grade 4 is 14 years old.
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When I said to the principal that I admire him for what he's done for these kids and "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.". He then replied in a humble way, that it's his imperative mission to teach the kids because they are the future of his hometown. "A good man." I said to myself. I recommended to him we try our best to let girls continue their education, because when we teach a girl, we teach a whole family, and a whole generation. Speaking of what we're doing out here, I said we're just doing a little, with our heart, to deserve the acknowledgement they've given us.
We got down the hill and were back to the school in town with a heavy heart, silently. When can those good men fulfill their dreams?
The sky was getting darker and darker. We were busy in setting up the projector while crowd of people waiting with excitement. The film is "The lotus lantern", telling a fairy tale of a kid who is separated from his mother by a god and tries his best to fight with the god, saving his mother eventually. The kid sticks on his dream, pursuing his happiness and fights like a warrior. There is a conversation between him and his mother, giving me a great impression.
"What's happiness, mum?"
"The happiness is we can live together happily for ever, you, me, and your father."
"Got it. I'll fight for the happiness with whole my life!"
We, guys from the urban city, always being surrounded by busy work and have not enough time to settle our mind down for the question, "What's happiness", watched the movie quietly with those kids. I'm sure it's touched each one's heart. And the principal's definition of happiness is, "To spread knowledge is to spread happiness....The progress of scientific research and the ever expanding fields will arouse hope while the bacteria existence in our body and mind will gradually disappear."
It was midnight after the movie was finished and I set up my tent, laying down on the playground. The kids, the teachers, the smiles on the honest faces, the simple words, the mountain, and the streams flashed in front of me. I couldn't fall asleep before I made up my mind to continue my walk the next day, preparing for my introducing English and computer science to those kids when I come here again...
"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can."
“我13岁了。我父亲身体状况不好，靠砍竹子和给别人打工来养家，我母亲已经离家6年，音讯全无，我有6个兄弟姐妹，我想学习，想读书，但是我这学期的学费到现在还没有付”
“我11岁，有两个哥哥，他们都辍学了，在外面打工挣钱养家。我的一个哥哥在一个工厂做工的时候，压断了两个手指，现在只好在家休息。我妈妈在外面打工，但是不给我们钱。我喜欢语文和算术。”
“我是1994年开始在这里教书的，后来我又出去进修，然后在回来成为这个小学的校长。”
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这些话语这几天时常撞击着我的心，提醒我不管多忙，都有一些我不能忽视的东西。我看着窗外，那一幕幕又闪现在我的眼前...
日期翻回到2004年6月12日，清晨，象往常一样，我收拾好我的背包，背上我的装备出发了。但是这一次有点不同，我并不是完全出去野营，而是去一个山区援助那些渴望读书的孩子。而且这一次我很幸运，也很荣幸，因为，我，道上的朋友都称之为“驴子”， 因为他们总是徒步旅行，能够和游骑兵一起出去，搭乘他们的汉马。
车队出发了，我被安排在辎重车里面，上面放着我们为孩子准备的书籍、体育用品等。难道我真的象传说中那样强壮，那样酷，足以单独担负起保护这辆最重要的汉马不被突袭的任务？（嘿，谁向我乱仍纯净水，山上可没有水啊...）
车队行进了90分钟，进入了山区，风景陡然一变，裹着绿色被子的山，点缀着水牛的池塘，盛开着白云的蓝天，噢，我终于逃离了浮华的都市。那些孩子在干什么呢？
远处传来鼓声，我们到了！穿着整齐的孩子们列队路旁欢迎我们。我拿着我的DC，拍摄这个镇上最好的小学，急切的想了解他们的生活。这是一个典型的小学，4层楼的教室，中间有一个操场。几乎所有的孩子和老师都在等我们。老实说，我不太习惯这种大场面，太正式了，我习惯于一个人单独和他们在一起。我走进每个教室和休息室，拍下了他们学习和生活的场所。不错，能够在这里读书的孩子是多么的幸运，但是那些山里的孩子有如何呢？他们甚至都没有机会出来看一看。
我被一大群孩子围着，他们有点害羞和紧张。当我要给他们拍照时，他们兴奋的叫着，笑着。要是所有的孩子都能够这样笑，该多好！我实在是等不及了，想马上去山里，看看那些期待着了解外面世界的孩子们。
吃完中饭，我们分成几个小组，去周围的几个小学。我被安排在一个去山顶的小学，松柏小学。有点沮丧，由于时间关系，因为我们晚上要参加孩子们的电影活动，必须尽快回来，所以只能开车上山。颠簸了30分钟，我们终于到达山顶，但是屁股也痛了，脑袋也晕了，被挤在两个壮汉中间真是难受。我真的应该徒步上山的！
我迎着飘扬的红旗走进这个小学，4间教室，几个寝室，一个很小的操场，校长告诉我，这个小学只能提供1到4年级的教育，只有4个老师，包括他。每个老师都要担负教授所有课程的任务。唉，他们不光需要资金，更加需要留住象他们这样的老师！“我们应该让孩子们明白这样一个事实，那就是他们应该努力学习，并且把学来的知识教授给后面的孩子，这样才能改变这里的现状。”我嘟囔着。
我走进每个教室，和孩子们聊着，问他们在读什么书，最喜欢哪门课，从家里到学校需要多少时间。然后又挑选了6个最贫困的学生单独谈话。谈话内容我相信大家都知道了，因为我已经把它们放在了这篇日记的最前面。以下是我们了解到的几个数字：
孩子们每天要花90分钟从家里到学校；
每个家庭的年收入是600到1000元；
大多数的孩子在这里读完4年级以后，都会辍学，而能够在这里读书的孩子很多都是靠借钱付学费；
在这里读4年级的孩子，年级最大的是14岁；
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我对校长说，我很钦佩他，为他为孩子们所作的一切，而且“教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。”他谦虚的说，这是他的责任，因为孩子是这里的希望。真是一个好人，我对自己说。我强烈建议他，一定要尽可能保证女孩的教育，因为教育一个女孩，就教育了一个家庭，一代人。谈到我们来这里所作的一切，我说，我们只是尽了一点义务，这样才能对得起他们的信任和感谢。
我们下山，心情沉重，这些好人能够实现他们的梦想而改变这里的现状吗？
天色已晚，大家忙碌的在架设投影议，准备给孩子放电影。“宝莲灯”，讲述了一个这样的故事，一个孩子和他的妈妈被二郎神分开，他象一个战士一样抗争，最后打败二郎神，救出了他的妈妈。下面是其中的一段对话，给我留下了深刻的印象：
“妈妈，什么是幸福？”
“幸福就是，我们，妈妈，爸爸和你可以永远的快乐生活在一起。”
“知道了。我一定会用我的生命追寻这个幸福！”
我们这些城市人，平时总是被一些浮躁的事情包围，很少能够静下心来考虑这个考虑这个问题，“什么是幸福？”现在都在安静的欣赏这个电影，我相信大家的心都被触动了。对于那个校长来说，“传播知识就是播种幸福。...科学研究的进展及其日益扩大的领域将唤 起我们的希望，而存在于人类身心的细菌将逐渐消失。”
电影结束以后，已经是半夜了，我搭起我的帐篷，躺在操场上。孩子们，老师们，以及那些朴实的脸上的灿烂的笑容，那山，那水，那些简单的话语，再次浮现在我的眼前，我实在是无法入睡，直到我决定第二天再次徒步上山，摸清路线，做好下次来教这些孩子英语和计算机知识。
“尽可能地做一切好事，尽可能地采取一切手段,尽可能地利用一切方式，尽可能地利用一切地方，尽可能地利用一切时间，尽可能地惠及一切人，尽可能地持之以恒。”
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