□Dong Xiaoxi
20 has been away from home for 20 years. This year, I returned to my hometown Hangzhou and met many old friends I have not seen for many years. I suddenly wanted to write about an old man, who is also my idol. He is 80 years old this year.
What kind of person is he? It is difficult to explain clearly in a few words. He has actually been far away from the "river world", but the legend about him has never been cut off. If there is perfection, he must be the closest person to perfection.
He is my old principal - Xu Chengnan , and students who graduated from Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School are not unfamiliar with him.
Peach and plum blossoms do not speak, but they form their own paths. Every student describes him in many different ways, and the word I want to use most is the sword gallbladder and piano heart.
Mr. Xu is not tall, wearing big-framed glasses, kind-hearted eyebrows, and standing at the school gate at 7 a.m., greeting every teacher and student with a smile, regardless of wind and rain. This is the same picture I saw when I went to school every day from 1997 to 2000.
A classmate who had a good thing started a discussion and asked: What is the most common sentence he said?
Everyone argued hard, and no one could convince anyone. I decisively threw out the answer closest to the facts that I got in three years. What he said most often was definitely "good classmates." Every day, every month, every semester, every year, repeat countless times at the school gate of Jianguo Middle Road .
If I was young back then, I didn’t know what the spiritual chicken soup was, then every day I went to the school gate to bow to the principal and asked “Hello, principal”. The principal could reply to me, “Hello, classmates”, which would bring me a good mood for studying all day.
Actually, I don’t have much interaction with him. First, he has never taught me physics classes, second, he is busy with school affairs, third, I am not a top student in various subject competitions, nor a celebrity on campus, but this does not hinder my admiration for him. I always subjectively believe that the leader who can control this century-old prestigious school must have his extraordinary ability, but this is not the case. From 1963 to 2004, for 41 years, from college to retirement, he gave the best time of his life to No. 2 Middle School. People may only see his achievements as the principal for eight years, and do not understand every drop of sweat he has given to No. 2 Middle School in the remaining 33 years.
Walking on campus, he is like an ordinary teacher, without a little bit of the helm. He knows this place better than any of us, and he has been integrated into this place long ago, like a peerless master, hidden in the city.
Society is progressing, cities are also developing rapidly, and the competition for educational resources is particularly fierce. In the 1990s, the ranking of high schools in this city next to West Lake never stopped. Hangzhou 2, Hangzhou 4, Hangzhou 14, Hangzhou High School , Hangzhou Normal University Affiliated, Zhejiang University Affiliated, Xuejun, Changhe, and eight high schools have always stood at the forefront of high school education.
No. 2 Middle School Campus
is very glad. With a try-and-see attitude, I stumbled into this school. I am also very lucky that I learned a lot of knowledge beyond books on this campus. I thought that the three years of high school were to study and then study, and then take the college entrance exam. It was gradually discovered that the helmsman's ideas would directly lead the development direction of a school.
At that time, all schools were calling for quality education , and Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School was one of the best. At the beginning of high school, you should choose the club to take credit , participate in competitions and training in various subjects according to your interests and hobbies; actively organize various social practices and participate in social welfare activities; do not judge heroes by cultural scores, and gradually introduce university learning methods, and replace cramming teaching with leading teaching, changing "you need to learn" to "you need to learn".
More than 20 years have passed, and I can't remember many things clearly. I think these good measures must be studied and decided by the old principal, the school leaders at that time and all the teaching backbones. Perhaps most of the people who left the campus in those years ended up being ordinary, but I think every ordinary graduate will not forget the days of studying. When others were having a lot of questions, we spent three years happily physically and mentally. When others were nervously holding on to the college entrance examination, we went into battle lightly.
In three years, Tang Yanwei won gold and gained popularity in 5 games of the International Olympic Games, and more people won gold and silver in domestic competitions. The school basketball team has maintained the top two in the league for many years, etc. When the college entrance examination is released, you suddenly find that it is 100% online rate without surprise. The ending is not important, the process is the important experience. It is not that Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School wins every year, nor that Principal Xu's leadership wins, but that quality education and ability first wins.
The ancients said that teachers teach and preach and answer questions. How to interpret the new era? I think this confusion is the confusion of life, not the confusion of one question. A good question cannot save you, and being a good person will help you throughout your life.
When we were still 16 or 7 years old and our outlook on life and worldview was still immature, too many teachers like the old principal helped us grow, allowing us to walk on the right path, and laying a solid foundation for our running after graduation.
Dong Xiaoxi and the principal
Back to the beginning of the sword gallbladder and Qinxin, why do I want to use this idiom to describe the old principal? The heart of the piano is outside, and his teacher's demeanor is the demeanor. With his courage, he once showed his strength and led this 123-year-old prestigious school to stride forward.
I finally went home this year. I took a Baidu look and found that it was still the same as what I thought. It was ever-changing, and the boss had not changed. I smiled slightly. Even though I was not that excellent, after experiencing the process, I learned to be neither humble nor arrogant, learned to stick to myself, and learned to be a dignified person. As for the school motto of "setting ambition, working hard, and serving the public", it is something I should remember throughout my life.
This year, the 123rd anniversary of the founding of the alma mater, time has not stopped. The years are so strict. She is old and the old principal is old, 80 years old. We are even saying that we are all old, but our memories have always been beautiful and clear. If I were given another chance, I still want to walk to the school gate and say "Hello, principal."
to our dear old principal, Mr. Xu Chengnan.
Author Profile: Dong Xiaoxi, a graduate of Class 6, Graduate of Class 00 of Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School
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