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For me, there could be no clearer answers than to be a teacher.
It has long been my dream to be a teacher in remote villages in rural China. Ever since I learnt about the Hope Project, a charity project in China that helps under-privileged children acquiring education, I have been thinking about ways I could help. I realized that even with money, no teacher would be willing to settle in these under-developed places with no promise of future. But how can we watch a child growing up ignorantly, without knowing what his potentials are, without the ability to choose his way of living other than following in his parents’ footsteps? I wish I can do my part to improve such situations.
I hope I would firstly earn trust and respect from locals. I would persuade parents to allow their children spending time in my school, rather than working full-time in family farms. I would find financial resources to support my students. I would teach them how to read, write and calculate. At the same time I would learn how to speak local dialect to facilitate communication with them. I would adopt and respect their traditions. I would enable them to further their studies if further opportunities and financial resources are available. But most importantly I would be there to show them the world beyond their boundaries. I wish to inspire my children to think big, to be capable of imagining and creating.
For a city girl like me it is hard to imagine life without electricity or tap water; the hardships and obstacles in my way look insurmountable. I do doubt whether I would flee home on my second day. But this is a process of trying and learning, not just to my students, but to me as well. How to cope with difficulties and improve my abilities are the preparations I need before I materialize my dream. As I strive on this road with determination and compassion, I shall come through as a stronger, better and more mature person.
The only problem is: how a year could be enough!
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【星期几天气晴我随意】How to spend a year to do whatever you wish?
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