The students returned to their classrooms, and soon there were no students left outside.
The previous noise was replaced by the sound of reading aloud.
The man who rang the bell looked to be a man in his forties. Su Yuhe walked over and asked, "Hello, are you a teacher at Red Star Primary School?"
The man nodded: "You are?"
Su Yuhe smiled politely: "My name is Su Yuhe, I'm here to see Teacher Wang Wenjing."
The man seemed to frown when he heard Wang Wenjing, and said in a very calm tone: "Why are you looking for her? She didn't come today."
Su Yuhe never thought she would encounter such a situation.
Jiang Jianguo asked her to come and take over, but Teacher Wang didn’t come?
Su Yuhe was stunned for a moment: "She didn't come? What does that mean? Is she not coming today, or hasn't arrived at school yet?"
"Not coming today." The man looked at Su Yuhe calmly, "If you want to find her, go to their dormitory for educated youths."
Su Yuhe didn't know where the educated youth dormitory where Wang Wenjing lived was, but she was there to be a teacher, so it shouldn't be necessary for Wang Wenjing to be there before she could report.
After figuring this out, Su Yuhe simply got straight to the point: "Hello, uncle. If Teacher Wang isn't here, is there any director or principal? I can talk to them."
The man looked at Su Yuhe and said, "I am the principal."
Su Yuhe sighed and explained her identity: "I'm an educated youth assigned to Dajiang Village. Our village secretary Jiang Jianguo said that Teacher Wang is going back to the city to attend university, so he asked me to be a substitute teacher."
The man's expression brightened. "You're the educated youth Jiang Jianguo was talking about? I heard you finished high school?"
Su Yuhe nodded.
The man glanced at Su Yuhe again and pursed his lips: "Let's go to the office first."
Su Yuhe followed him and asked, "Principal, what's your name?"
"My name is Lu Lang, you can call me Principal Lu."
When I arrived at the door of a room, before I went in, I saw seven or eight teachers coming out with books in their hands, talking and laughing.
The man in the front saw Su Yuhe, a stranger, smiled and nodded at her, then called out "Principal Lu".
The others just greeted Lu Lang, and no one asked who Su Yuhe was.
Lu Lang took Su Yuhe inside, pointed to a seat and asked Su Yuhe to sit down.
When Su Yuhe walked in, she scanned the teachers' office at a glance.
The teacher's office was even more shabby than Su Yuhe had imagined.
Inside were several long wooden tables, piled with notebooks or books.
There are enamel teacups and thermos cups on the table.
There were a few old-fashioned metal cabinets against the wall, and they were locked from the outside.
Lu Lang spoke first: "Those teachers went to the classroom to watch the students read. Did you hear the sound of them reading? That's the students reading in the morning, but usually after that, it's the first class."
He spoke in great detail, and Su Yuhe understood clearly: "How many classes are there in Red Star Primary School?"
"Nine classes." Lu Lang paused, "There are three classes in the first grade, two classes each in the second and third grades, and only one class in the fourth and fifth grades."
Su Yuhe pondered for a moment: "There's only one class for fourth and fifth grade? Are there a lot of dropouts?"
Lu Lang was about to reach for the enamel teacup, but when he heard this, he said to Su Yuhe:
"The first grade has the most students, with 38 students in one class. The number is smaller in the second grade. Our teaching staff is weak, and we are short of students. There are too few students to divide into three classes, and there are not enough teachers. So we only have two classes. The second grade is divided into two classes, with 48 students in each class.
In the third grade, there are two classes, each with 42 students. In the fourth grade, there is only one class with 52 students. In the fifth grade, there is only one class with 45 students.
Just by listening to the number of students in these classes, Su Yuhe knew that the teaching staff here really couldn't catch up with those in the city.
She remembered that in her previous life, she had seen statistics that said the teacher-student ratio in general people's commune primary schools was 1:31.
I didn't expect that what I saw with my own eyes was even more excessive than that ratio.
She pursed her lips: "How many teachers are there?"
"Count me in, there are twelve. Oh, Teacher Wang went back to college, so there are eleven now."
Su Yuhe smiled and said, "If I fill in the gaps, there will be twelve of us. Since there are so few teachers, why not find a few more educated youth to be teachers?"
Lu Lang sighed, "It's not that easy. There are limits."
Without waiting for Su Yuhe to speak, Lu Lang changed the subject: "You're here to take Teacher Wang's place, that is, to take over her class. Is there any problem with teaching math?"
At that time, elementary school mathematics mainly consisted of some arithmetic, which was very simple.
Su Yuhe nodded: "No problem. If Teacher Wang is not in school, what should I do?"
Lu Lang suddenly stood up and said, "I almost forgot. Teacher Wang teaches first-grade math. The first class for Class 1 (2) is hers right now. I forgot about it while talking to you. I have to go check on the class."
He found the textbook and glanced at Su Yuhe: "Come too."
Su Yuhe cried out, and suddenly had a bad feeling because of Lu Lang's urging.
No way?
She doesn't know anything.
Just let her go to class?
Isn't this forcing the issue?
There was no choice but for Su Yuhe to be taken to the classroom by Lu Lang.
As I passed by several classrooms, the sound of reading had disappeared, replaced by the loud but somewhat hoarse voice of lectures.
On the way there, Lu Lang told Su Yuhe whatever he thought of.
Lu Lang handed the textbook to Su Yuhe: "I don't know where Teacher Wang is teaching. This book is mine. You can find a few questions from the front and let the students do them as a review. If they can't do it, you can teach them. This will be the first class."
Su Yuhe really wanted to hold her forehead with her hands. This was pure forcing.
Fortunately, it was just first-grade math. Su Yuhe casually flipped through the previous content and found it was very simple.
She felt that she had no problem, but since it was her first time as a teacher, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
She exhaled slightly and nodded in agreement: "I understand."
As they were talking, the two of them walked to the door of Class 1 (2).
You can hear it's very noisy inside from the outside, almost all the noise of playing, which is different from other classes.
There must be no teacher inside, and there is no one to lead the children in their morning reading, so it turned out like this.
Su Yuhe was just about to ask her whether she wanted to go in directly, when she saw Lu Lang walk in with his hands behind his back and coughed vigorously twice.
The classroom seemed to be under a spell and fell silent in an instant.
Su Yuhe looked at the little kids, her hands on her knees, all looking at Lu Lang.
Being stared at by these little brats with their innocent black eyes, Su Yuhe wished she could forgive their noise just now if she were a teacher.
Lu Lang didn't get angry either. He moved his hands from behind to the front and said, "Let's go to class."
Dozens of little kids stood up and shouted in loud, milky voices, "Hello, Principal."
"Hello, students. Please take a seat."
Little rascals, sit back and put your hands on your knees obediently.
Su Yuhe suddenly realized that they only had stools, no table!
Not a single one!
There were three or four little kids sitting on a bench.
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