In 2018, Hu Hongmei won the award as one of the "Top Ten People Who Promote Reading in 2017". At that time, she was the only leading figure in education in Guangdong Province to win this honor.
With years of hard work, she has created distinctive teaching achievements, lighting up the star of reading for school families, and was once praised as the "most beautiful principal" by everyone.
However, one day the incident came to light, and behind the honor was a scandal of fraud. For a time, Hu Hongmei went from being admired by everyone to being called a "shameless thief" by everyone.
What did Hu Hongmei experience back then? Why such a big change?
Her childhood dream was to become a people's teacher
Hu Hongmei was born in Hengyang City, Hunan, with average family conditions. Her parents were also ordinary people. Although their education level was not high, they valued their children's education very much.
placed all his expectations on her, hoping that she could get ahead and go to college.
Hu Hongmei has been very fond of learning since she was a child. Every time she gets a grade, she ranks first. Both teachers and classmates like her very much. She is exactly what parents call other people's children.
The walls of Hu Hongmei’s home are covered with her certificates, and her parents look proud every time they mention her.
As time goes by, Hu Hongmei gradually grows up, and she has her own goal in her heart, which is to be a beloved people's teacher.
So in high school, she worked hard with her dream for three years, and finally got admitted to Shenzhen Normal University with excellent results.
During her college years, in order to support her family, she often went out to work part-time jobs to earn living expenses. She also often went to cram schools in elementary and middle schools to help them make up their classes to earn pocket money.
Naihe's college life was rich and colorful, and she gradually discovered that there were many more interesting professions than teaching, so in addition to her daily courses, she also learned computer programming.
obtained a certificate in advanced computer programming during college, and entered a customs unit during her internship. She thought that such a life would be satisfying, but gradually she found that such a life was too boring.
was not interested in working day in and day out. After the internship, he changed his direction urgently and obtained a teacher qualification certificate based on his strength. After applying for a job, he got the opportunity to become a substitute teacher at Silian Primary School in Longgang District.
Because she is a substitute teacher, she is not included in the establishment. She has a heavy workload and does not receive much salary. She does not even receive the benefits that belong to teachers.
Although she worked very hard, Hu Hongmei did not relax at all. Instead, she regarded this experience as a test and persisted no matter what.
When the substitute teachers around her left one by one, Hu Hongmei relied on her own abilities and accumulated a lot of experience to become a formal teacher two years later.
The most beautiful teacher became the principal
Hu Hongmei's ability has significantly improved the grades of her class. Many parents have always praised her and pushed their children to attend her class.
In 2003, Hu Hongmei got the opportunity to represent the school in the Young Teacher Competition. With her outstanding ability, she won the first place in five items and became the famous "Shenzhen No. 1 Young Teacher".
Due to Hu Hongmei’s excellence, her fame has influenced countless students’ parents, and every enrollment is extremely popular.
Deng Humei, the vice principal of Fu'an School in Longgang District, admires Hu Hongmei's talent very much and has helped her at work many times. He also expressed the hope that she can become a special teacher.
Perhaps it was this encouragement that made her secretly determined to work hard. Hu Hongmei, who had been silent for a while, finally found her own breakthrough.
In 2012, Hu Hongmei wanted to develop herself into an expert in children's Chinese literacy, so she united more than 20 teachers to establish the "Hu Hongmei Children's Reading Studio."
Members of the studio have to take an open class every semester, and everyone will discuss the class topic together, and then they will study and polish it together.During the entire process of
, Hu Hongmei summarized the teaching videos and shared them on the public platform. Since the teacher's content was carefully created and the key was that it was open and free, Hu Hongmei gained a high reputation.
Hu Hongmei has a sweet appearance, and she also likes some ancient style clothes, Hanfu cheongsam and other styles, which made countless netizens excited. It didn’t take long for Hu Hongmei’s image of “beautiful teacher” to come.
Of course, learning alone cannot maintain an image for a long time. Later, Hu Hongmei also learned Chinese painting , guzheng and dance. She was already very good. Such hobbies made her the most beautiful teacher in the hearts of parents.
In just two years, Hu Hongmei stood out in the competition for vice principal. She specifically chose Ruyi Primary School, a school that had just been established. After all, the school's foundation was weak and the quality of the parents was also low.
But for Hu Hongmei, only such a not-so-good school can educate students through hard work and influence every family behind it.
The Most Beautiful Principal Works Plagiarized
After becoming the principal, Hu Hongmei paid great attention to the reading cultivation of students. Because she had read many books herself, she sorted out all the books that she thought were suitable for them to read and left them for them.
Through her influence, Hu Hongmei has set off a wave of reading craze online and offline, allowing countless students to develop reading habits. Students who are usually naughty and do not like going to school have gradually fallen in love with the "half-hour reading" plan because of her.
Parents of children are happy from the bottom of their hearts when they see the changes in their children, and their admiration for her becomes more and more profound. They often send some gifts and blessings on Teaching Day, and also make greeting cards for Hu Hongmei.
In 2016, Hu Hongmei was designated as one of the top ten recommenders of Shenzhen National Reading. Such an honor is glorious for the entire school.
html Over the past 0 years, Hu Hongmei has received many honors, such as People's Learning Star, Shenzhen Educational Figure, etc. Along the way, Hu Hongmei has paid a lot and gained a lot at the same time.
Hu Hongmei's approach has influenced primary school teachers in the education field. Every once in a while, a group of people will come to her to "learn lessons", and Hu Hongmei will also give them some educational ideas.
Not only that, Hu Hongmei also often published some papers, books and articles, and these were also printed into books and circulated in major primary schools.
From an intern to a substitute teacher, to the most beautiful principal among ordinary teachers, Hu Hongmei's experience is all praiseworthy. No one would have thought that such an outstanding Hu Hongmei would accidentally fall into the quagmire of public opinion.
A famous writer named Chen Xunzhe published a message on the Internet under the online name "Chen Jiji Big Cat", which directly bombarded the entire literary circle.
Chen Xunzhe bluntly said that all of Hu Hongmei's educational works are his hard work. Hu Hongmei completely borrowed them, and even the titles were not modified in many places.
Her behavior of stealing the fruits of labor is really disgusting, and netizens' attitude towards her also changed drastically for a while.
After careful comparison, careful netizens found that from the appearance of the book to the content and writing style, the styles of the two works are very similar.
Hu Hongmei, who has always been praised by everyone as the "most beautiful principal", has similarities with the famous writer. Who is right and who is wrong has made everyone confused.
Revocation of position and all honors
At first, many people believed in Hu Hongmei, but as the public opinion on the Internet intensified, everyone also wanted to know the truth.
In fact, Hu Hongmei’s behavior appeared as early as 2016. He just changed a title and stole the fruits of other people’s labor. As the popularity grew, many authors found that their works had been plagiarized.
Some works still have their own ideas in the front part, but some books have been completely removed without indicating the source, and the name of the signee has also been changed to "Hu Hongmei".
found according to the investigation that the book that Wang Lin and his team had painstakingly studied for seven years was not only put on the public account, but also had the cover and author name changed.
Hu Hongmei soon received public opinion from the society. For a time, there was an overwhelming amount of scolding on the Internet, but Hu Hongmei's apology was so understated.
Hu Hongmei admitted the fact under strong pressure and issued a public apology. In the apology, she bluntly stated that she did not know enough about the copyright of the work and did so to promote the work.
Seeing that the public opinion on the Internet has not declined, she also used the suicide note to threaten netizens. It is really ridiculous. Academic plagiarism is not a trivial matter.
Hu Hongmei took a chance afterwards and waited for the storm to pass, but she did not expect that what awaited her would be the final trial.
In 2020, the education community in Longgang District, Shenzhen City issued a notice. According to investigation and verification, Hu Hongmei had committed academic misconduct. In accordance with regulations, she was revoked from her position as principal and transferred from her teaching position. All the honorary titles that Hu Hongmei had received before
were revoked. Since then, Hu Hongmei's teaching career has come to an end. However, she still has to face accountability and compensation from all the authors of infringed works.
Hu Hongmei did make outstanding contributions based on her own abilities and devoted her efforts to education. However, because of her temporary fame and fortune, she violated her original intention, which led her to the point of no return step by step.
Hu Hongmei used other people's works to perform on the stage. She has long since broken away from the original intention of education and imposed the honor that belongs to others on herself. This approach is a naked act of theft.
ending
As a teacher, she must first set a good example for the students, but she ignored the basic issues and hung some fame and fortune around her. She did not have a correct attitude and was down-to-earth. Instead, she wanted to take shortcuts and steal works.
Hu Hongmei has indeed done a lot of useful things, but this is no excuse. The punishment she received is also her own fault. I hope that all educators will learn from this.
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