On the vast territory of the motherland, there is such a couple, who use education as a bridge, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, spread love and wisdom in the distant Xinjiang and Tibet, and interpret the responsibility and responsibility of educators in the new era with practical actions. They are Shuai Chengjiang and Huang Menghua, a pair of "the most beautiful families" who fight side by side on the education front.
Call of the Frontier: The Voyage of Dreams
"I have always longed for Xinjiang, a lofty and pristine land. Although the road ahead is unknown, I really want to challenge myself and realize the greatest value in life. ”
In the early spring of 2023, when everything recovered, Shuai Chengjiang embarked on a journey to Xinjiang and started a three-year journey to aid Xinjiang. As the new principal and deputy secretary of the general party branch of Shufu No. 2 Middle School, he is well aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. In the face of the new environment and challenges, Shuai Chengjiang did not flinch, but quickly integrated into the local area.
On the first working day after the team entered Xinjiang, Shuai Chengjiang bravely took the lead and took the initiative to contact and walk into the campus. "Only by visiting the site and understanding it in person can I better understand the school situation, learning situation, student situation, department situation, teacher division of labor and other information." He enthusiastically said that this is also a good way to integrate into the second high school as soon as possible.
Subsequently, in order to further understand the teaching characteristics of the teachers of Shufu No. 2 Middle School, Shuai Chengjiang audited 84 classes in one semester and firmly remembered the names of more than 200 teachers and staff in the school. In his spare time, Shuai Chengjiang opened his heart, communicated with the teachers, and became a friend who had nothing to say. "To build a 'warm' school, we need to pay attention to people, understand people, trust people, and achieve people." He told the story.
According to Shuai Chengjiang, every teacher in Xinjiang needs to marry an ethnic teacher and help a student from a difficult ethnic group. "The students I helped to pair with were Saiyidai · Ameti from Class 8 of the first year of high school." Shuai Chengjiang recalled that Saiyidai · Amati was a very well-behaved girl, but due to the difficulties of the family, "I lived with my grandmother every day, and I couldn't keep up with my studies, so I specially brought gifts and newly bought school bags to visit the home of Tierimu Township." After a semester of tutoring, Saiyidai · Amati's grades have improved by leaps and bounds, and he is now in the top 10 of his class.
The new phase of education aid to Xinjiang and cultural revitalization of Xinjiang have begun to bear fruit. In 2023, the results of the three mock examinations and the high school entrance examination of the junior and senior high school graduating classes of Shufu County No. 2 Middle School will gradually improve. In particular, the total score of the "second model" in the third year of junior high school has been greatly improved compared with the "first model", which has made the name of Shufu No. 2 Middle School rise to the top in the ranking of schools in Kashgar, and it has jumped up 17 places, and the obvious progress of the school's management and teaching performance has been praised by name at the quality analysis meeting of the regional mock examination. With the support of education aid to Xinjiang, the undergraduate online rate of the 2024 college entrance examination score of Shufu No. 2 Middle School has increased by 9.4% compared with 2023, achieving a qualitative leap and being praised by the Sufu County Party Committee and County Government.
Knowing that the long-term plan for the development of education lies in talents, Shuai Chengjiang pays attention to training teachers and improving the level of teacher education and teaching. With his efforts, a team of energetic and professional teachers has gradually grown up and become the backbone of the education development of Shufu No. 2 Middle School and even the entire Kashgar Prefecture. He often said: "We must leave behind a team of teachers who cannot be taken away, so that the fire of education will continue to grow here." ”
Due to his conscientious work attitude and remarkable educational and teaching achievements, Shuai Chengjiang was successively awarded the title of "Outstanding Communist Party Member" by the Sufu County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China; In the second, third and fourth quarters of 2023, the assessment of Xinjiang aid work will be excellent; In 2023, the title of "The Most Beautiful Teacher Aiding Xinjiang" in Guangdong; He was rated as an "excellent teacher" in the education system training of Shufu County by the Education Working Committee of the Shufu County Committee of the Communist Party of China. In January 2024, it was jointly awarded the title of "The Most Beautiful Family for Rural Revitalization" by the Guangzhou Federation of Trade Unions, the Guangzhou Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the Guangzhou Women's Federation.
The Transmission of Love: The Wife's Road to Tibet
Fighting side by side with Shuai Chengjiang was his wife Huang Menghua. As a member of the Communist Party of China who also loves education, Huang Menghua served as the party secretary of Xiguan Peiying Middle School in Guangzhou, and was also an excellent high school ideological and political teacher and a national vocational qualification psychological counselor. In June 2019, as the ninth batch of cadres from Guangdong Province to aid Tibet, at the age of 48, she came to Nyingchi No. 1 Middle School in Tibet (hereinafter referred to as "Nyingchi No. 1 Middle School") as the principal and deputy secretary of the general party branch, thus starting a three-year work of aiding Tibet. In the past three years, Huang Menghua has been used for two days a day, overcoming difficulties such as altitude sickness, and sparing no effort for the development of local education.
During the aid to Tibet, Huang Menghua plunged into work and led the running exercise at six o'clock in the morning; During the day, you can listen to classes, patrol classes, evaluate classes and attend public classes, and learn about the situation of teachers, schools, and students anytime and anywhere; After 10 o'clock in the evening, I chatted with the children in the dormitory, talked with them, and tutored them with their homework......
After class, she went deep into Tibetan areas and participated in the "pairing, exchange and integration" activity of the Tibet Aid Task Force, and paired up with two families to recognize relatives. During the home visit, a parent who had won the honorary title of National Model Worker said to her: "You have made me deeply feel that you are really a good principal who does practical things to meet the needs of students and the needs of parents." ”
Behind her selfless work, she suffered a lung infection due to fatigue, coughing for half a year and losing 20 pounds; I have also had eye problems due to excessive sunlight radiation, and I have even been admitted to the hospital four times for stomach pain and once for major surgery...... He has been aiding Tibet for three years and has experienced general anesthesia five times.
"When you come to No. 1 Middle School, you are a person from No. 1 Middle School", she aims to "run a school that satisfies the people", and uses "No. 1 Middle School feelings" to influence everyone around her. She has worked hard for the development of the school, treating the school as her home, her colleagues as her brothers and sisters, the students as her own children, and the parents as her own family. As a result, she was awarded the honorary title of the ninth batch of advanced individuals in the country to aid Tibet, the honorary title of the most beautiful teacher who moved Guangzhou in 2023, and the outstanding teacher in Guangzhou City, the outstanding cadre in Nyingchi City, and the outstanding teacher in Nyingchi City.
In fact, in the year when Huang Menghua decided to go to Tibet, Shuai Chengjiang was full of longing for companionship and protection in his heart, and he originally planned to walk side by side with his wife and take care of each other. However, Shuai Chengjiang's mother urgently needed surgery on her knee. In the face of this major change in the family, Shuai Chengjiang resolutely chose to stay and take on the responsibility of taking care of his mother, while his wife embarked on a journey to Nyingchi alone with his blessings and concerns.
Three years later, when a new opportunity came again, Shuai Chengjiang did not hesitate, he signed up to participate again, and was honored to become a member of the 10th batch of cadres in Guangdong Province to aid Xinjiang. This time, with the support and blessings of his family, he embarked on a new journey and continued to write his own wonderful chapter.
In the past few years, Shuai Chengjiang and Huang Menghua's daughter have studied abroad, and the family has seen less and left more. The daughter looks at her parents' choices and contributions with a mature and grateful heart, and she knows that every sacrifice and effort made by her parents is to give birth to a better flower for the motherland. "My mom and dad are the best! They not only worked tirelessly in the field of education, but also invisibly set the most solid example for me to work hard in my studies. Their perseverance and courage are the most valuable assets on my way forward. ”
The story of Shuai Chengjiang and Huang Menghua is not only a personal history of struggle, but also a testimony of their common struggle and growth as a family. They crossed the mountains and seas, integrated the softness of the water of the Pearl River with the beauty of the mountains of the Pamir Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and interpreted the profound connotation of "the most beautiful family" with practical actions. With love and responsibility, they have illuminated the way forward for students and cultivated batches of pillars for the country.