HowabouthavingaclassbytheseaSoundslikeadream,doesn’titWell,aschoolinSpainhasmadethisdreamcometrueforitsstudents,bymovingtheclassroomtothebeach!
Outsidetheschool,childrensitatdesksonthesand.Thelessonsarepartofaplancalled“Freshair”.Itwantstohelpkidsgetbetterair.
Manyofthestudentsenjoystayingonthebeach.“Ifeelhappierandmorerelaxedhere!”saidoneofthem.Ofcourse,theteacherstakegoodcareofthestudents.Theymakesurethatallthekidsaresafe.“Thechildrenarehavinggreatfun,”anEnglishteachersaidonApril12th,2021.“Theywon’tforgetwhattheyhavelearnedhere.”
Aclassbytheseaismorethanjustatriptothebeach.Somefishermencometoshowthestudentstheirfishingnets(网).Theyalsoteachthekidshowtocatchfish.Childrencanlearnandplaywellinthisgreatnatureclassroom!
ZhangGuimeishowedushowtobeagoodteacherandtheimportanceofateacherinstudents’lives.
In2009,ZhangGuimeisetuptheHuapingHighSchoolforGirlsinLijiang,YunnanProvince.Thiswasaspecialschoolwhichwasfreeforgirlsinpoorfamilies.In2003,Zhangbegantoraisemoneyfortheschool,butwhatshedidwasoftenmetwithsuspicionandevenmisunderstanding.Between2003and2007,Zhangspenthersparetimeaskingpeopletogivemoneytoherschool.However,themoneyshegotwasfarfromenough.In2007,afterherdreamwasreportedbymedia(媒体),thegovernmentpromisedtohelpherproject.
Zhangcarriesonstrictschoolrules.Sheplanseveryminuteofherstudents’timetable.At5:20am,shewakesupallthegirls.Theymusttakeanap(小睡)intheafternoon.Theyareonlyallowedthreehoursaweekoutsideoftheschool.Andhavinglonghairisnotallowed.Shewantstochangethelivesofmanygirlsfrompoorfamiliesthrougheducation.
Elevenyearslater,over1,600girlstudentsfromtheschoolhavereceivedhighereducation—includingmanyfamousuniversitiesinChina.
Whenpeopleaskedwhyshedidsomuchtohelpgirlsinthemountainsgetbettereducation,shejustsaid,“Ibelieveitisreallyimportantforgirlstogeteducationbecauseitwillbreakthecirclebetweenuneducatedmothersandchildren.Ihopetheycanlivehappierthanme.”
Nowadayssomeuniversitystudentsdon’tknowwhattodointhefuture.【小题1】Sometimesthejobevendoesn’tfittheirsubject.It’snevertooearlyforstudentstoknowaboutfindingjobs.【小题2】
AtAudieMurphyMiddleSchool,theUS,studentshaveKnowingJobsclasses.Studentshavetomaketheirresumes(简历).【小题3】Theycanpracticetheircommunicatingskillsduringthat.
AdenaBrownwasinGradeEightwhenhetookKnowingJobsclasses.“【小题4】Now,IcanbreatheandkeepcoolwhenIhaveaninterview.Icanalsodealwiththedifficultiesinmystudy,”hetoldKilleenDailyHerald.
Interviewersaskedstudentsabouttheirfavoritesubjects,schoolactivitiesandhobbies.ItmadeAlfonsoOrtiz,oneofthestudents,nervousatfirst.Butafterhelearnedhowtoprepareforhisdreamjob,hesaid,“TheytaughtmeaboutquestionsImightcomeacrossinthefuture.【小题5】
”Itisgoodforstudentstopracticedressingforaninterviewandplantheirfuture.Justasoneoftheinterviewers,KarenJacksonsaid,“They(students)gettoseethejobmarket.Thisisreallife.”