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厦门大学第九届研究生支教团
队员林杨琼
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去宁夏支教的动人故事
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我和我的那些“花儿”
——关于教育与被教育的山海接力
我是厦门大学第9届研究生支教团的队员。15年前，我和我的伙伴们曾到位于中国西北部的宁夏回族自治区海原县关桥乡关桥中学支教一年。我们的支教地海原所在的西海固地区，曾被联合国定义为“最不适宜人类生存的地区之一”。今天，我想和大家分享支教中的两个小故事。海原的山歌远近闻名，被称为“花儿”，入选了首批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。那里的孩子爱唱歌，课间的走廊、操场，处处可以听见响亮的歌声。这歌声是那片并不富裕的土地上的人们乐观向上的昂扬风貌。所以，课堂上有孩子答不上问题的时候、淘气的时候，我常常“罚”他们下课后给大家唱歌。有一次，一个叫马小花的女孩，特别害羞，既答不上问题，又不好意思唱歌。我告诉她，歌先欠着，什么时候攒够勇气了，再来还给我。过了很久，在我支教结束快要离开，准备和他们告别的时候，马小花带着一束小小的野花，来到我的宿舍门口，认真地给我唱了一首歌。她说：“老师，我来还你这首歌啦。我们什么时候才能再见面呢？”我说：“我们保持联络，你好好加油，以后来厦门大学找我吧。”很多年以后，这个守信重诺的女孩子再一次兑现了诺言，以全县第一名的高考成绩走出大山，考入了我的母校，从我的学生变成了我的“学妹”。△马小花与林杨琼在厦门大学建南大会堂合影
大家觉得这是我个人的故事吗？不是的，这是厦大人与西海固长达20余年的双向奔赴的约定。而我们只是全国25551名研究生支教团队员的一个缩影。1998年，厦门大学等22所中国高校共同组建中国青年志愿者研究生支教团，以“志愿+接力”的方式，到中西部地区县乡中小学支教，同时推动校地共建助力当地脱贫。时至今日，已经有218所中国优秀高校参与到这项持续实施时间长、参与人数多、国家支持力度大、示范效应显著的志愿服务项目中。
西海固的孩子期盼着我们一代代支教志愿者的奔赴，为他们带去大山外面的世界。而我们也在期盼着奔赴西海固，以自己的微弱之力帮助他们点亮梦想和希望，同时在过程中收获感动和成长。于是，在这场持续20余年的接力支教中，我们见证了关桥中学的教室从窑洞、土坯房变成现在的多媒体教室；见证了西部地区教育公共服务和教育资源均等化不断发展；见证了西海固从不毛之地发展成为生态红利不断释放的“机遇之海”；更见证了在中华大地上全面建成了小康社会，历史性地解决了绝对贫困问题。我们一边见证历史，一边创造历史。
而这一切改变都始于困惑和求索。我到底能给当地的孩子带去什么样的改变？这是15年前刚到支教地时我心中的一个疑问。
“老师，你觉得厦门和这里，哪儿更好？”在支教的第一堂课上，学生们这样问我。我愣住了。2004年，厦门获得了“联合国人居奖”，而窗外的操场黄沙漫天。看着孩子们明亮期待的眼神，我只能说：“每个人都爱自己的家乡，这里是你们的家乡，以后也是我的第二故乡，让我们一起努力，来把它建设得更好吧！”
为了做好支教工作，每个周末，我们都会带上干粮，走上一整天，去学校沿途的村镇走访家庭困难的学生。在这个过程中，我们做的最多的是事不是交流孩子们的学习情况，而是劝说孩子们的父母同意他们继续读书。我再次开始怀疑我们支教的意义，真的能为这个地方带来改变吗？
改变需要从一点一滴开始。于是，我们在做好日常教学工作的基础上，尝试着和当地老师一起去做一些改变，去打开教育的其他可能。我们为孩子们征订了书籍和报纸，为学习困难的学生设置了周末的学习兴趣小组；我们把游戏带进课堂，让孩子们尝试分组讨论，锻炼批判思维；我们试着把缺老师的体育课开起来，把舞蹈融入美育课堂。我们试着发掘每一个学生的闪光点，给他们相信的力量，让他们知道，即便没有依靠教育扭转整个人生，但在学校里学到的一切，仍然可以给他们温暖、力量和方向，铺平他们走出去的道路。
大家还记得我前面提到的马小花吗？大四的时候，我问她毕业后有什么打算。她告诉我，她要回到西海固，用自己的梦想点亮更多孩子心中的希望之火，就像当年第一节课我们约好的那样，“去把家乡建设得更好”。我觉得，这才是青春最美丽的样子。
在西海固，像马小花这样的孩子还有很多，他们通过接受教育改变了自己的命运，走出大山，学成后又回到家乡继续贡献力量。什么是优质的教育？即便从事了多年教育工作之后，我依然无法给出准确的定义。它有千万种迷人的样子，而这一场持续了20多年的山海接力，一定是其中最美好的一种。
一年支教时间不长，却让我终生难忘。
▼ 英文版原文
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My “Flowers” and Me: An Education Relay Between Fujian and Xihaigu
—Lin Yangqiong, member of the 9th Postgraduates Voluntary Teaching Corps of Xiamen University
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon!
15 years ago, I spent a year teaching at Guanqiao Middle school in a small county called Haiyuan. Together with other two counties around, Haiyuan, being a part of Xihaigu in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in west China, was once labeled the "most unfit place for human settlement" by the United Nations.
It is also known for its "Hua'er" folk songs, which literally means "flowers" in Chinese. Local students are crazy about singing songs in the corridors and the playground between classes. I could still remember how they sang energetically to me with big smiles on their faces in that impoverished land. So I used to "punish" them by having them sing to the class if they failed to take questions or were naughty in class. On one occasion, however, Ma Xiaohua, a timid girl, was unable to answer questions and too embarrassed to sing. I patted her with encouragement, "Easy! You owe me a song today. Don't forget to come back to me when you grow courageous enough." Months passed before my farewell to them. She came to my dorm with a small bouquet of wildflowers and sang me her well-prepared song in earnest. "Miss Lin, this is my song for you. But when will we meet again?" With tears in my eyes, I said, "Keep in touch, work hard, and meet me at Xiamen University. I have faith in you." She nodded in agreement, as sincere as always. Many years later, with the top Gaokao score in the county, this girl fulfilled her promise again and became a freshman at my Alma Mater.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is just a small story between my student Xiaohua and me, but the story was only made possible by the strong relationship between Fujian and Ningxia for over two decades. And nationally, there have been more collaboration and paired assistance between the developed and the less developed areas in different parts of China at both provincial and county level. Since 1998, 218 outstanding Chinese universities have sent out 25,551 students as voluntary teachers to teach in relays in Central-and-West China.
In this long-term relay, as teachers there, we have witnessed the classrooms being transformed from adobe houses to high-tech multimedia ones. We have seen improved public services, better allocated educational resources, and the development of places like Xihaigu from a barren land to one with boundless opportunities. By witnessing history, we are also making history.
What changes could I bring? A question difficult to answer for all volunteer teachers, including me 15 years ago.
"Miss, where do you think is better, Xiamen or this place?" My nervousness exploded in my first class there when hearing students' questions like this. I was stunned. You know, Xiamen was awarded the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honor in 2004. Yet at the very moment the student asked me, the playground outside our classroom windows was still stormed by yellow dust. Looking at the children's bright and expectant eyes, I said, "Everyone loves their hometown. Here is your hometown, and let's work together to make it a better place!"
Making it a better place requires countless efforts and changes in education need more patience. In conjunction with local teachers, we tried to open up more education possibilities. We ordered books and newspapers; we played well-designed games in class and encouraged students to try group discussions to think critically; we restarted PE classes, and integrated dance into aesthetics classes; we set up weekend learning interest groups for students with learning difficulties; We tried every means to help students explore more about their potential and the world. All these above gave students the strength to believe that even if they couldn't reverse their life with education in the short term, what they learned at school could still provide them with the warmth, power, and direction to pave their way out in a long round in their future lives.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Do you still remember the girl Xiaohua I mentioned earlier? In her last year at Xiamen University, I asked her about career planning after graduation. She told me she wanted to return to Xihaigu and light the fire of hope for more students there. “It’s another pact we made, remember? The one to make it a better place.” She asked. Yes, I remember, for sure.
Now, what is quality education? Even after years of working as an educator, I can't define it precisely. I feel it takes millions of fascinating forms, among which the one I participated, the 24-year teaching relay involving hard work, trust, and belief to strive for a better future, must be one of the best.
Thank you!
1999年
厦门大学将支教点确立在
条件最为艰苦的宁夏“西海固”地区
由此展开了
连续24年扎根西海固
接力教育扶贫的壮美画卷
迄今为止
已有345名优秀毕业生
以“志愿+接力”的方式
到宁夏海原、隆德等
国家扶贫重点工作县的中小学
开展支教
累计覆盖20余所中小学
5万余名学生
而山海接力的故事
还在延续……
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