Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

On September 9, the children came home and asked, "Dad, tomorrow is Teacher's Day. What gift do you think we should prepare for the teacher?"

In 1985, it was decided that September 9th of each year would be Teachers' Day in my country.

From then on, on this day every year, teachers across the country will celebrate this holiday that belongs to them.

Tomorrow is the first Teachers' Day. Zhao Shanhe has already received an invitation in advance to go to the Great Hall of the People. The country will also organize a celebration tomorrow.

"So what are your plans?"

"The teacher told us not to give gifts, but this is the first Teachers' Day. Would it be bad if we don't give gifts?"

"It's better not to send it. Your school will also celebrate Teacher's Day tomorrow, right?"

"Well, the school has also organized a gong and drum team, and the whole school will celebrate tomorrow."

"Send flowers. It's not appropriate to send anything else tomorrow. You can send something else in private."

"good"

The two children went out for a while and came back with some flowers, and Zhao Shanhe didn't care.

Early the next morning, Zhao Shanhe was wearing a neatly dressed Zhongshan suit.

"Dad, why are you dressed so formally today?"

"Didn't I tell you yesterday? I was invited. I'm going to the Great Hall of the People today."

"Really, Dad, you are so awesome."

"That's enough."

Zhao Shanhe first came to the unit. Yes, he went there on behalf of the unit. The first Teachers' Day conference invited people from all walks of life, and their leader decided to take him with him.

It was held in the Great Hall of the People in the afternoon. Zhao Shanhe followed the leaders to the Great Hall of the People. They were all in the field of scientific research.

The leaders made important speeches at the conference, and Mr. Ning also made a speech as a teacher representative. Zhao Shanhe is tall and is half a head taller than others when he sits there. He had a full view of the celebration.

This Teachers' Day was held for the first time, so it was very grand.

For example, at Chaoshou Primary School in Jiange County, teachers set out in the early morning and arrived at the celebration venue - Jianmen Town after nearly two hours of trekking.

The celebration included the beating of gongs and drums, performances by yangko troupes, slogans and garlands, and the scene was very lively.

Even a high school in the mountainous area on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi placed promotional banners, distributed souvenirs, and provided extra meals, creating a strong festive atmosphere.

Cultural performances were held in many places to celebrate the teachers' festival.

Twenty thousand students from the Normal University in the old city held up a banner with the four words "Long Live the Teachers" written on it.

Not only did the school celebrate, but governments at all levels also organized meetings to celebrate the first Teachers' Day.

The first Teachers' Day was held in an extremely grand manner, and the respect for teachers left a deep impression on people.

The evening news broadcast spent half of its time reporting on the first Teachers' Day.

The two children lay on the TV and looked for Zhao Shanhe for a long time. When the picture of the Great Hall of the People came on, Zhao Shanhe could be seen at a glance, although others were hard to find. When he sat up, he was half a head taller than others.

But the picture only appeared for one or two seconds.

"Dad, I found you, Dad, you are so awesome."

"Okay, I know I'm good."

The next day, when Zhao Shanhe came to the university to teach, several students expressed their dissatisfaction, "Teacher, we wanted to celebrate with you yesterday, but you didn't come."

"Oh, I went to the Great Hall of the People, so I didn't come here."

The students were so shocked that they were speechless. Their tutor was so awesome.

An Feng found Yao Xin as soon as he arrived at school. "Yao Xin, I didn't lie to you, did you watch TV? My dad is on TV."

"Yes, I saw it. Uncle Zhao was so easy to find. An Feng, Uncle Zhao is really amazing."

"Um"

Zhao Shanhe had to say that people of this era were very simple, enthusiastic, and helpful.

The teachers of this era were all serious and responsible. Although there were not as many textbooks and materials as in later generations, all the teachers were serious and responsible, and they all graded the homework themselves.

Unlike later generations, when people would always post in groups and ask parents to mark homework, some parents have low cultural levels and don’t even know how to do it, so how can they mark their children’s homework?

But if the teacher doesn't correct the papers, he or she will accuse the parents of being irresponsible.

In some single-parent families, the parents have to earn money to support the family, so they come home very late. As a result, the children's homework is on their mobile phones. The children cannot do their homework at all and are criticized by the teachers again.

For example, a single father who sells fruit in a certain city has to work very late every day. His grandmother is at home taking care of the children, and she doesn't know how to use a smartphone.

In the end, the child had no choice but to do his homework on the fruit stall. In winter, his little hands were frozen red.

Therefore, more and more tutoring institutions have emerged to help children do their homework.

Some teachers don’t even focus on the key points in class, but instead teach them during tutoring.

This is a true story. A physics teacher at a middle school in a certain city did not focus on the key points in class but just read from the textbook. He also ran a private tutoring class, charging 200 yuan per class.

No matter how expensive it is, parents have no choice but to listen to it because their children are more important.

In that era, it was the students who cleaned the classroom, but later on, it became the parents who cleaned the classroom.

This student must be watched by a parent at all times and pay attention to the WeChat group. Messages will be sent from time to time. Once the reply is late, the teacher will send all kinds of greetings.

I remember that there was a very popular video on Tik Tok in my previous life, and the content was roughly like this.

A daughter who is a teacher said on her phone, "Parents, please pay attention. The homework has been sent to the group. Please urge the children to complete it on time, and then the parents will correct it after it is completed."

The father asked his daughter, "What group?"

The teacher's daughter said nonchalantly, "In the parent group, some parents won't correct their children's homework unless you supervise them."

Father: “What if the parents don’t know how to do it?”

When the daughter of a teacher said, "I'll send her a small dining table."

Father, “What if the parents don’t have money?”

The daughter of a teacher: "Dad, just don't worry about it. The teaching methods nowadays are different from those in your era."

The father was furious on the spot, "This is a problem of the times, this is a problem of the teacher's moral character. If you don't correct the homework, how can you know where the child went wrong?"

"There is something wrong with your cognition now. You treat the sacred profession of teacher as a job."

"As a teacher, if you don't have the awareness and responsibility to teach and educate people, and don't cultivate talents for the country and society, then you should go home and stop misleading students."

This joke quickly became popular on the Internet, and parents also began to complain about their various grievances online.

Society is progressing, why are teachers regressing? Why do today's teachers lack the dedication of the older generation?

Another thing is that many teachers in later generations used the place where teaching and educating people as a place to make money. They joined forces with bookstores outside the school and required students to buy books at designated places. They would spend hundreds of dollars on a few thin pages of paper.