I was born in an industrial city in the northeast of China. My father was a worker on the steel front with a small income and a large family. My childhood life was very difficult. At that time, my dream was to have a full meal and eat delicious food during the Chinese New Year. When I was older, I dreamed of having beautiful clothes to wear and being rich in family life. Hard-working and simple parents often warn us: "People who work hard are not poor, and people who are poor are not short." Our family all work diligently and honestly, but life is still tight. In that era of "two catties of flour and three ounces of oil", although everyone is hardworking, how many people can live well?
When I grow up, my dream is to train my children into knowledgeable and literate people, so as to change family life and the face of my hometown. In the tide of going abroad, my daughter, as a new generation of intellectuals, is going abroad to study and work, and I actively support her. When I left, a good friend of mine asked me, "Are you willing to let your daughter go that far?"? I didn't hesitate to answer her: "The world is so big that we should go out and have a look;" Since I have no ability to give her anything, I can't stop her from realizing her dreams! " I warned my daughter: "Going out of the house represents' home' and going abroad represents' country'. Wherever we go, we must not forget that we are from China, and we must not forget the ancestral motto of' being diligent and ambitious'."
My daughter's family of three went to Singapore. After several years' hard work, both daughters and couples got satisfactory jobs and paid back their relatives in their hometown. Their dream is to train their daughter to be a new type of talent in the 21st century, and to build their hometown and motherland. At the beginning, when my granddaughter first came to Singapore, she was a third-grade primary school student. Although she was still a pupil with excellent morality and intelligence in China, she was unable to speak English in a new environment. At the end of the day, her children didn't know what the teacher had said. Her parents warned her: "Be diligent and ambitious!" After half a year's hard work, she became a good student of Chinese and mathematics in the class, and gradually caught up with English, and even served as the monitor.
Singapore's primary school students are selected at different levels. Before the fourth grade of primary school is promoted to primary school five years ago, the examination should be unified, and the fast and slow classes should be set according to the results. I am a retired primary school teacher, and I need to help my granddaughter at a critical time. I went to Singapore, and after half a year's counseling and help, my granddaughter scored first in Chinese and first in the total score in the primary four graduation exam. She won the prize and was promoted to the fast class. In the fifth and sixth grade, her composition was particularly outstanding, and she often participated in competitions on behalf of the school. When my granddaughter graduated from Primary Six, I went to Singapore again. I saw that she was promoted to a famous key middle school in China with excellent results and became an activist of the school's activities. In fact, almost all primary and secondary school students who follow their parents to Singapore study hard and get good grades. Local primary and secondary schools like to accept students from China.
When my granddaughter's primary school Chinese teacher learned that I was a retired Chinese teacher in China, she came to our home and asked me to introduce China's Chinese teaching experience, and asked me to give a lecture to the senior class students in their school: "How to write the exercises vividly and concretely". After three voluntary lectures, teachers and students responded very well. The written comment of the director of the Chinese Department of the school is: "Mr. Wu's vivid and interesting explanation has made students benefit a lot and is full of praise. Teachers and students of our school are deeply grateful." And introduced me to tutor Chinese composition for two students in their school through private tutorial schools. Here, I met not only local Chinese students and friends, but also Indian friends and Malay friends. I introduced them to today's places of interest, scenic spots, and delicious food in China and China, and they all yearned for an early trip to China.
I am a retired teacher in China in my sixties, and my English level is extremely limited. I can stand on the podium abroad and give lectures to the top students in my school, and I have never expected to earn money. As mentioned in the foreword of this online essay contest, "There has never been a period in the history of China that has provided such a broad space for personal development and success as it is now". I am determined to take this opportunity to introduce China's Chinese teaching method to them sincerely, and I have also carefully studied the teaching mode and experience of local primary and secondary schools.
during my more than one year in Singapore, I have not only given two lectures on homework to students every Saturday, but also contributed to the commentary of Lianhe Zaobao, a local Chinese newspaper, with a publishing rate of over 5%. He has published several articles, such as Elementary School Intellectual Education for All-round Development and Teachers' Teaching Methods, Specialization in Skills, Life in Sports, Giving Love, A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Every Sunday, we elderly people who go from all over China to take care of our children take part in physical activities organized by the community: boxing and walking. Our old ladies in China can get up early, love to exercise, and are very popular. We wear clean and decent clothes every day, meet people politely and abide by local laws and regulations, which is well received.
However, some people don't know about China now. During a sports activity, we went to the bathroom. A Chinese woman asked me, "I heard that there are no doors in your toilets in China?" At that time, I felt so strong. As the saying goes, a son doesn't hate his mother, and a dog doesn't hate his family. I feel that she is disrespectful to our country. I didn't answer. After returning home, I couldn't feel calm. I turned on my computer and wrote an article in one breath: "Please go to China to have a look". The full text reads:
I haven't been in Singapore for a long time, and my friends here are civilized and hospitable, with beautiful natural environment and orderly social order, which left a deep impression on me. However, some friends don't know much about today's China, and sometimes they look at us in China differently.
Today, I participated in a fitness activity in a community. In the bathroom, a Chinese lady asked me in front of many people, "I heard that there are no doors in your toilets in China?" I smiled and shook my head. I think this may be the situation in rural China when her grandparents went to Nanyang. China is not what it used to be. I sincerely invite this friend here to visit Chinese mainland and see China now.
When you go to Heilongjiang in winter, you can enjoy the frozen and snowy scenery in the north and experience the summer customs in Hainan Island. Go to Xi' an "Guifei" pool to bathe and go swimming in Dianchi Lake, Yunnan Province; You can hear the story of "Legend of the White Snake" by boating in Xizi Lake, and you can see the well of "Biography of Liu Yi" by visiting Dongting Lake.
If you want to see the progress of China's modernization, please visit the "Pearl of the Orient" city that never sleeps. If you want to know about the history and culture of China, come to Beijing. You can visit the Forbidden City and climb the Great Wall. Listen to the quintessence of Peking Opera and watch the classic ballet. You can make a pilgrimage to the Confucius Temple in Shandong, or you can go to Lhasa, Tibet to worship monks. There are big hotels in every city and small farmhouses in the vast countryside, all waiting for your visit. You want to know about the food in China, the dumpling feast in Shaanxi, the spicy hot pot in Sichuan, the steamed stuffed bun in Tianjin, the roast duck in Beijing, and the snacks with local characteristics are waiting for you to taste.
In spring, you can see the red litchi in Lingnan, and in autumn, you can taste the sweet grapes in Xinjiang. You can enjoy first-class service in eating, living, shopping and playing. Come on! Three mountains and five mountains in China welcome you, three rivers and four waters welcome you, 9.6 million square kilometers of land welcome you, 1.3 billion people are your friends, and sincerely welcome you. Because of my limited experience, it is inevitable that the information introduced will be leaked. Please come to China and have a look. Seeing is believing.
send it out randomly after writing. Although this article has never been published, I feel that I can get it off my chest.
Later, I think some people may not really understand China after the reform and opening up. Today, some places in our country are really backward, and the people of the whole country need to unite and struggle. Let's take those different voices as the driving force for our progress.
In Singapore, I think: She is a city country with a population of over 3 million, with a small area, few natural resources and a short history. Why is it developing so fast? By reading Biography of Lee Kuan Yew and Local Records of Singapore, I know. In poor and backward old China, some "Hakkas" in China left Nanyang in order to survive. They firmly believed that "people are diligent and ambitious", and after several generations of hard work, they laid a new world. They are the Chinese Singaporeans today.
Singapore is a multi-ethnic country, with over 8% Chinese, Indians, Malays and a few Europeans and Americans. The iconic slogan of the country is: the people of all ethnic groups in the country live in harmony. The government guarantees it from the system. The residents of each residential building are allocated according to the proportion of the population. Neighbors greet each other politely when they meet. People all talk about being civilized, abiding by the law and caring for public health, which is the result of years of education and strict punishment; The country is rich, and there are fewer crimes. The country cultivates talents, introduces talents and develops high technology, which makes the country rich quickly. The rice and noodles, vegetables, fruits and even drinking water that Singaporeans eat are imported.
once a leader spoke, he said, "We can change a lot of food with a small chip." Singapore's national leaders are "high-paying and honest" and go deep into the masses. Civil servants at all levels can act according to the rules and rarely practice favoritism. In mass activities, we can often see former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, State Councilor tharman shanmugaratnam and others. They can exercise and have fun with the people, which shows the harmony between state leaders and the people. The state regulates strict tax payment for high-paying people and subsidies for low-income people, which greatly alleviates social contradictions. It's really "the country is rich and the people are peaceful."
"It's better to be away from home for a hundred days, or go home to kiss", and I returned to my hometown northeast. I have seen the changes in my hometown: the road is wide, the sky is blue, every family basically has a house to live in, and it is not a problem for everyone to eat enough and wear warm clothes; However, the vast number of workers earn little, and laid-off workers have a hard life. I think: My hometown is located in the vast Songliao Plain, with fertile land, rich minerals and an old industrial base. How can it not develop?
We Northeasters have lofty national integrity and fighting spirit in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation and the struggle to resist US aggression and aid Korea. During the period of socialist construction, he made contributions to the construction of the whole country. Now, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, leaders at all levels at the provincial, municipal, district and county levels should hold the people in their hearts, seize the great opportunity of reform and opening up, regain their glory, go out (overseas students will come back after their studies), please come in (introduce funds and talents), adjust measures to local conditions, develop high technology, and build the Northeast as soon as possible. This is my hometown dream. In my lifetime, I can see that all China has no worries inside and no troubles outside, realizing a harmonious society with less social stability and fewer crimes, and everyone living a healthy and happy life. This is my Chinese dream.