Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping Women's High School in Lijiang, Yunnan, became popular again, this time because she opposed students being full-time housewives.
As the first fully free public high school in the country, a total of 1,804 girls in Huaping Women's High School have walked out of poor mountain villages and entered university. In an interview video recently, Principal Zhang Guimei recalled the story of students not willing to accept donations because they became full-time housewives. The remarks of "I am most opposed to being a full-time housewives" in the video have even caused heated discussions about "full-time housewives" on the Internet. The topic of #Principal Zhang Guimei against being a full-time housewives# has been read on Sina Weibo for more than 530 million.
html At noon on November 25, Huang Fuyan saw this news link in the Huaping Girls' High School classmate group, "It feels like I'm talking about me." On the same day, she forwarded the news link to WeChat Moments and accompanied it with a repost - "We have a personality boss."Photo by Zhang Guimei, principal of Lijiang Huaping Girls' High School, in July when she was interviewed by a reporter from Shangguan News.
Huang Fuyan is the first student recruited by Huaping Girls’ High School after its founding. She enrolled in 2008 and was admitted to the primary education major of Inner Mongolia Normal University in 2011. After graduating from college, she chose to come to Shanghai to make a living. After becoming pregnant in 2017, she resigned and returned to her husband's hometown Guizhou to live.
In 2018, Huang Fuyan returned to her alma mater, Huaping Girls' High School, donated money, but was rejected by Zhang Guimei. At the first time we met, Huang Fuyan clearly saw the joy on Zhang Guimei's face. After asking about the recent situation, the principal turned a stern face and lost his smile. "I didn't meet her requirements." At that time, the child was less than one year old, and Huang Fuyan had no job and was taking care of the child full time. "She doesn't want us to study, and she is still like the older generation, revolving around her husband and children at home. She must be independent and have her own career and finances." The second year after the donation from
was rejected, Huang Fuyan was admitted to a special post teacher at an elementary school in Anshun, Guizhou. On the evening of October 27, Huang Fuyan responded in an interview with a reporter from Shangguan News, "Teacher Zhang's words are ugly and righteous. (opposes being a full-time housewife) She said it from the standpoint of us (female high school graduates)."
The following is Huang Fuyan's story:
Donations were rejected
I am the first graduate of Huaping Girls' High School. Now I am a special post teacher at a rural primary school in Anshun, Guizhou.
After graduating from university in 2015, I chose to come to Shanghai to develop from Inner Mongolia. I have worked as a collectible salesperson who calls all day long and worked as an HR in a labor outsourcing company. After getting married and getting pregnant in 2017, he was anxious, so he quit his job and returned to his hometown in Guizhou with his husband. After returning to Guizhou, I took two special post teacher exams and was admitted to my current position in May 2019.
I often forward the updates about the high school girl and Principal Zhang on my circle of friends. My husband is very familiar with the situation of the high school girl and admires Teacher Zhang's greatness. We discussed that we could help the school no matter how much. In 2018, we held our son who was less than 1 year old and brought 2,000 yuan to donate it to the school.
When we graduated from high school, Teacher Zhang told us not to go back to the high school girl, for fear that we would feel pressured. I often hear those classmates who want to go back to visit her, saying that Teacher Zhang has not seen any of them. So, I didn't contact Teacher Zhang directly, but secretly asked from my classmates who were working as a math teacher in the female high school. When I learned that Teacher Zhang was at school, I rushed back quickly.
When we met, Teacher Zhang asked me, are you at work? I said no, my husband was working alone at that time and I was taking care of the children.
"You are taking care of your children and not going to work now. Please contact me when the school needs it in the future," she refused and was very polite. We are studying for free girls' high school. I know that the school's funds are not sufficient and I need money at any time. I don't contact me when I say I need it.
She held her face and I was a little disappointed, but there was no disappointment. I knew that I had not met Teacher Zhang's requirements and had not handled the work well, which disappointed her.
Recently, the remarks of Zhang Guimei, principal of Huaping Women's High School in Yunnan, about "full-time housewife" have sparked heated discussions online. The picture is from Weibo screenshot
Teacher Zhang has always asked us to be independent women. He doesn’t want us to study, and he is like the older generation of women, who spends all day at home, and has no career of his own.When she was in school, she always emphasized independence every week at morning meetings. She said something that was not independent, which was no different from her current mother.
That day, someone in the classmate group posted a Weibo link about Teacher Zhang’s objection to being a full-time housewife. I clicked it and saw it and felt like I was talking about me. I don't have Weibo, nor do I follow other people's comments. I think she is right and her words are ugly and correct. The high school girl is originally a school where poor girls can study. The students finally graduated from college and became full-time housewives, so she definitely objected.
"Timely rectification"
My home is at the foot of Tianping Village, Central Town, Huaping County. When I was studying, I had to take a bus to Tianping Village first and walk for another hour to get there.
My parents are both authentic farmers. When I was in the third year of junior high school, my brother fell seriously ill. The family’s money was used to treat him. He was still borrowing money from relatives and friends. His parents were unable to support me in school anymore. Before the high school entrance examination, the junior high school teacher recommended Huaping Girls' High School to me.
After entering the high school for girls, I finally had a book to read, so I thought I had to study hard. At that time, my goal was relatively short-short. I had to go to college and didn’t want to stay in the village all my life. I could go back to Huaping County to find a job after graduating from college.
After the 2011 college entrance examination, I worked in a small restaurant in Huaping County, waiting for the scores to be issued and went to the Internet cafe with my classmates to check my grades. It turns out that my score is not good, but it is the second-tier science college line, with 380 points. When I was filling out my application, I was in the school computer classroom. I was afraid that I would not be able to register for the second book, and I felt that the tuition for the third book was too expensive, so I filled in all colleges. When the teacher saw it, he told me that my grades were completely able to fill in the second-tier school. I chose the Yuxi Normal University in the province and the Inner Mongolia Normal University outside the province, and was finally admitted to the Inner Mongolia Normal University.
From Huaping to Hohhot, I want to take the train to Panzhihua. I will transfer to Xi'an once in the middle, and I will take a hard seat for a total of 38 hours. Although I studied in Inner Mongolia in college, I have not been to the grassland once in four years. One is that the school is far away, and the other is that I have to spend money on playing.
After graduating from university, I went to work in Shanghai, and I could clearly feel the fast pace of big cities. I grew up in the countryside and often herded cattle and sheep when I was young. If I walked slowly, the sheep might run to other people's fields to eat crops. In Shanghai, I think I have already walked fast enough, but people still think you are a little slow, but the experience in Shanghai has indeed trained me.
When I was working in Shanghai in 2015, I went back to school once. Teacher Zhang asked me how I was working, and I said it was OK. She asked me about my salary. At that time, my basic salary was 3,500. She felt that the basic salary in a big city was not a lot, and some of the income was unstable due to commission.
Donation was rejected in 2018. Although Teacher Zhang did not say it clearly, I also know that she was not satisfied with me. In 2019, I was admitted to the special post teacher and it was quite "timely rectification".
I think if I hadn’t had a high school girl, I might not have had the chance to go to college. Not only me, but many classmates may not be able to go to college. Everyone has different positions and different ideas. Principal Zhang said it from the standpoint of our female high school students.
(Source: Shangguan News)
