Leisurely monastic life

Chapter 461 Restoration of Elementary School
Feng Yongnian frowned: "Withdrawing and amalgamating schools is not something that our school district can decide. Resuming schools is also not something that our school district can decide. Now that there is a shortage of students and a huge shortage of teachers, it is impossible to establish schools in every village. Made it."

"Why is it impossible? During the production team, each village had one school. Was it poorer then, or is it poorer now?" Luo Guangfu asked rhetorically.

Feng Yongnian was speechless at this moment. Yes, at that time the country was so difficult that it was possible to build primary schools in every village. Now that the country is prosperous and strong, why did the primary schools in the villages be withdrawn in the end?

"Our village is too far away from the surrounding villages, and there is no way to guarantee the safety of children going to school in other villages. We have counted the accidents on the way to school for students in the past two years. In two years, the total number of accidents has reached Hundreds of cases. Among them, there were as many as a dozen serious accidental injuries. Broken legs and hands, all kinds of serious injuries, too many to list." Luo Changqing handed the statistical form and the villagers' petition to Feng Yongnian.

Feng Yongnian took it over and looked at it, and quickly handed it back to Luo Changqing: "You can't solve this problem with me. I have no right to accept it. Go to the county education bureau. See how they respond."

Feng Yongnian knew that accepting this petition would be asking for trouble.Simply kicked the ball out.

"Director Feng, you don't want to pick it up, right? That's okay, I'll call a car of villagers to the County Education Bureau to block the door." Luo Changqing said.

Feng Yongnian said with a bitter face: "Secretary Luo, it's not that I don't care about this matter, but that I don't have the authority. How can our school district have the right to restore a primary school? I just agree with you to resume running a school. Where can I arrange the establishment for you?" Huh? The previous abolition and merging of schools did bring a lot of problems. But these problems, we can't solve them."

"That's fine, since you can't solve it, I won't make it difficult for you. I will definitely go to the Education Bureau." Luo Changqing said.

Luo Changqing and his party went directly to the County Education Bureau, where a deputy director named Wei Kaiyu received Luo Changqing and his party.

"Secretary Luo, let me tell you the truth, it is impossible to restore the withdrawn school. It's not that we don't want to, but we don't have the ability. Now all the primary schools in the county are seriously short of staff. On the one hand, if you want to enter Those who can’t come in because of the limited number of establishments, and on the other hand, there is a shortage of teachers.” Wei Kaiyu said.

"If you don't want to restore the school, can we do it ourselves? We run the school and hire teachers ourselves. But the Education Bureau has to approve a certain amount of funds. Otherwise, if there is an accident with a student in the future, we will come to the County Education Bureau to find you guys Leader, who told you to withdraw the primary school in our village?" Luo Changqing said.

"This is a report from your village, and we can properly approve some funds, but there is no establishment, and we can't pay teachers. In addition, we can find a way to solve the problem of student status. There is no kindergarten in your village, right? You can run a kindergarten. Take it one step at a time.” Wei Kaiyu didn’t dare to reject these villagers. Although the withdrawal of the school is a historical problem, there are indeed problems with the withdrawal of the school.Many villages are very remote and should not be evacuated according to the policy.But at that time, the Education Bureau was one-size-fits-all. Regardless of whether they met the requirements or not, anyone whose number did not meet the standard was withdrawn.In the end, school-age children in some villages had to go to primary schools more than ten miles away.Ho Ma Wan Primary School is one of them.Many places have resumed running schools in a disguised form, which is similar to the way Luo Changqing said.The Education Bureau will also appropriately allocate some funds.

Luo Changqing was not worried about money, he knew that if it was about money, he would not be able to invite Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi with any amount of money.Both of these people are high-achieving students. If it is for money, it is impossible to go to Hemawan.Of course, Luo Changqing was not prepared to let Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi engage in voluntary labor.Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi want to engage in ecological agriculture and expand their industries, which requires a lot of land.The village has no money, but has land.Luo Changqing can use these lands to cultivate Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi for free to make up for their efforts in the village school.

Therefore, Luo Changqing came here not to get a sum of money from the Education Bureau, but for the qualifications to run a school.Luo Changqing is not afraid of trouble from the Education Bureau, but he has to think about the future of the children in the village.

If there is no disagreement between the two sides, things will be easy to handle.Wei Kaiyu readily agreed to grant some funds to Hemawan Village.And solve the problem of school status of school-age children in Hemawan.But in principle, the Education Bureau does not recognize the qualifications of He Ma Wan Primary School, nor will it provide any establishment for He Ma Wan Primary School.

Back in the village, Luo Changqing said to Luo Tianwang: "Tianwang, it's not easy for us in Hemawan to produce a college student like you. Without a school, our children in Hemawan have been in a backward position since elementary school. Therefore, Hemawan Wan Primary School must be resumed. The classrooms are still available. I am going to repair the classrooms. When the funds from the Education Bureau come down, I will build another teaching building. The office building of the village committee in our village has not been repaired, so it can be combined. Let’s build together. Build a taller and better-looking building.”

"Uncle Changqing, are you really planning to start the school? In fact, people in the village are slowly going out. Even if the school is restored, it may be abandoned because there are no children to go to school." Luo Tianwang understood clearly , with the current trend, the demise of rural areas is inevitable.In the end, the farmland may be transformed, and Hemawan, like many rural areas, will become a farm.

"Ah, I think back then our Hemawan Primary School was full of each grade and one class. Now, there are fewer and fewer school-age children. According to the household registration in the village, there are many school-age children, but many of them are taken to the city to go to school. Yes. You are right, Hemawan will become history sooner or later. But even if it becomes history, I hope to leave a little memory here. People in Hemawan will remember this place when they come back to this place in the future. " Luo Changqing said.

Luo Tianwang nodded: "Uncle Changqing, as long as Shishi and I stay in Hemawan, we will be private teachers in Hemawan Primary School for a day."

"I'm just going to tell you this. There is a lot of paddy fields and dry land in the small village. The village will help you gather and give you the right to contract. You don't need to pay a penny for subcontracting. This is the public land of the village. It's the wages given to you and Shishi by the village." Luo Changqing said.

"Uncle Changqing, isn't this a good idea? What should we do? Let's follow the policy." Luo Tianwang said hastily.

"What policy? The contracting responsibility system is the policy. The land is contracted to the villagers for free. Isn't your household registration still in Hemawan? That's in line with the policy. But this is basic farmland, and you can't use it to set up factories. .It can only be used to plant crops. Don’t worry, I will hold a village meeting for this matter. Whoever is not willing, he can come to compete. As long as it can solve the problem of the elementary school, I will not object. You will also save yourself from being dragged down.” Luo Changqing smiled.

Luo Changqing acted resolutely, and soon held a village meeting.In fact, less than one-fifth of the villagers were able to attend the meeting.People in the village are very supportive of re-running the primary school.Going to school in the village is much more convenient and safer than going to school in other villages.In addition, the teachers are still two college students, and the graduates of Kyoto University are the teachers. I am afraid that there are not many elementary schools in the country.

What is the public land in the village?Anyway, the money I got was eaten by the village cadres, and it was a good deal to exchange two college students for teachers!

Funds for the repair of the primary school came from the village, and the villagers were called on to donate.Luo Tianwang's family took out 10 yuan.The village also raised more than 1 yuan.Luo Changqing didn't plan to spend all the money on repairs.Instead, it was saved, and when the funds from the Education Bureau came down, plus the construction funds for the office building of the village committee, they were all put together to build a magnificent building.First take part of the money to repair the small village.

Hemawan Village Primary School was built in the 50s, and many elderly people in the village have studied in this school.The house is very solid, but it has been abandoned for a few years, and it is somewhat dilapidated.But repairs only need to replace the tiles on the roof with cement tiles, repaint the walls, and simply hang the ceiling.New blackboards were nailed up in the classroom, and desks, chairs and benches were replaced.

There are less than 60 school-age children in Tongmu Primary School in Hemawan.It is impossible to do six grades all at once.Luo Changqing plans to teach only two lower grade classes.Those in the village who face difficulties in going to school are mainly lower grades.Too young to go to school in a neighboring village, the road is not safe.If you're older, it won't be a problem.As for what to do in the future, we will figure out a way later.

It just so happens that the summer vacation is about to start, and the school will be repaired during the summer vacation.Classes can start next semester.

Li Shishi is very concerned about this matter, even more concerned about cultivating Taoism.Ever since she promised Luo Changqing to be a private teacher in Hemawan, she began to play the role of a primary school principal.Order textbooks and order various materials.

"Tianwang, I don't plan to use these elementary school textbooks. I had a lot of ideas, and I just can conduct experiments in this elementary school." Li Shishi said.

"Well, very supportive." Luo Tianwang said.

"You don't even know what I'm going to do, why do you support me?" Li Shishi was a little dissatisfied with Luo Tianwang's perfunctory manner.

Luo Tianwang smiled and said: "You are a graduate of Kyoto University, and you are an elementary school teacher. You can kill chickens with a sledgehammer. No matter how you teach, you are much better than ordinary elementary school teachers."

"I'm not going to teach Pinyin. I'll just teach the children how to read," Li Shishi said.

"Why?" Luo Tianwang asked in surprise.

"Because it's unnecessary. Pinyin was originally used to correct pronunciation. But today's children, watching TV every day, can be exposed to very standard pronunciation. Many children learn to speak Mandarin without going to school. What about learning Pinyin? And for children, learning Pinyin is much more difficult than learning characters. We never realized that teaching children Pinyin is equivalent to letting them learn a foreign language." Li Shishi said.

"It seems to make sense." Luo Tianwang nodded.

(End of this chapter)