2016年11月15日，继婺源文化行与连史纸厂经济行之后，华师双语高中师生一行30多人在江西铅山县的太源民族学校开展了学习与支教活动。随着火车的车轮开始向前滚动，上海逐渐变成身后渐渐远离的一个点，我们最终来到这绵延的青山之中。同学们怀着憧憬的心理，期待着未来三天的支教活动。
Afterthe trip to Wuyuan and the Liansi paper factory, the high school teachers andstudents of ECNUAS went to the Taiyuan Ethnical School in County Yanshan,Jiangxi Province to start our volunteer teaching on 15th Nov. 2016.As the train went forward, Shanghai was far left behind and we finally reacheddeep into the green mountains. Actually, we have all been looking forward tothis trip volunteer teaching trip for a long time.
在支教活动开展的三天中，我们师生向太原民族学校的学生亲自开设了语文、数学、英语、美术、音乐和体育六类课程。正式的支教活动开始于11月16日，而在此之前我们充分利用课间和午休时间来了解我们未来的教学对象。
 In the three dayswe were there, our teachers and students gave Chinese, math, English, visualart, music and PE class to the local students. We made full use of the break andlunchtime to learn about our future students’ funds of knowledge before reallystarting our volunteer teaching.

 

11月16日，我们正式开展了支教活动。新来的“小老师”们都在认真备课后进行了尽心尽力的教学，而民族学校的学生们在课堂上也表现出了极大的热情，课堂生动有趣且富有成效。

We officially initiated thevolunteer teaching the next day. Our newly arrived “teachers” all made a lot ofpreparation before the class and did their best to help students to learn inthe class. Our effort was rewarded by the huge enthusiasm of the local students.The classes  turned out to be productive and a lot of fun.

 

11月17日上午我们结束了近三日的教学活动，并由光尘读书社成员为代表与当地教师展开了教研会议。会议上，当地教师对于同学们的授课过程表示出了极大的赞赏，同时也提出了一些小小的意见，让同学们得以自我改进。

We finished our three-daysvolunteer teaching by the morning of November 17^th, and in theafternoon the members of Guangchen Reading Club held a teaching discussion withthe local teachers on behalf of all the volunteer teachers. During the meeting,the local teachers expressed their appreciation for our students’ teaching andgave us some valuable suggestions for future improvement.

这次的教学活动对于我们的成长都具有非凡的意义。在教学的过程中，通过帮助中小学生学习，我们深刻地体会到了城乡的文化、教育之间的差异性；其次，我们从当地学生真挚的笑容中收获了成就感。他们脸上的笑容盛放在阳光之下，令人内心也涌现出了一股温暖；另外，这次支教活动帮助我们提升了自我，并增强对于当下优裕生活的感恩与珍惜之心。最后，通过几天的支教活动，我们也体会到了为人师表的辛苦与不易。至此，我们要向所有乡村教师及在教育一线工作的教育工作者们致敬！

The volunteer teaching meant alot to our own growth. We were deeply affected by the economic, educational andcultural differences between the urban and rural area during our teachingactivities. In the meantime, we also gained a strong sense of achievement from thesincere smiles of the local students. Their smiles blossomed in the sunshineand made us feel much warm in the early winter. In addition, this teachingexperience also helped us improve ourselves in many aspects and reinforced ourgratitude towards our comfortable and happy life. What’s more, we have come to understandthat teaching is high-demanding hard work and would like to send our sincereregards to all the teachers across the world!

正如我校校训所言，“学为日进（Learnfor better）”，同学们在支教的每一天都在进步，都在收获，都在成长。

Just as our school motto says, “learn for better”, we improved, developed and grew everyday during the trip.

文字：刘悦尔

翻译：金瓯翔，庄岑霖

图片：高中师生

审核：Adam Poole, 张丽苹