Chapter 125 First Day of Class
Lin Momo basically spent the two days of the weekend preparing lessons in her space. She not only prepared teaching materials, but also designed interesting courses.
After delivering the dumplings to Commander Chen's house on Monday morning, she rode her bike to school.
"Teacher Lin, welcome, welcome." The teachers in the office had all heard that she would be a teacher at the school.
There are really few teachers in the school. Including Lin Momo in the office, there are only four teachers in total.
One of the teachers was also a military wife, and the two had dealt with each other several times.
"I was so happy for a few days knowing you would come. I wanted to go to your house to find you, but I thought you should be ready, so I didn't disturb you." Teacher Qin said with a smile, holding Lin Momo's hand.
"You were in class when I came over that day so I didn't disturb you." She said with a smile.
The Chinese teacher also served as the class teacher, so Lin Momo went to the first and second grades first to organize the children's morning classes.
Considering that there are few teachers, these classes are adjacent to each other, which is convenient for students to manage.
The children were all familiar with her, so it was easy to get along with them.
Because the school only has two courses, Chinese and mathematics, and there are only four teachers, so the teachers have classes for every class.
That's how it is. Every time there is a class, there will be two classes without teachers. At this time, one class will have self-study class and the other class will have physical education class taught by the principal.
Lin Momo deeply felt that this was not good for the child.
During the day, everyone eats in the cafeteria because the children are in school and they have to stay and look after the children.
"With so many military dependents and educated youth, why can't we recruit teachers?" Lin Momo asked Teacher Qin in a low voice.
The other two teachers were from other villages. In fact, they were already of retirement age, but were kept by the principal for the sake of face.
"Before, there were few students and we didn't think about these things. In the past two years, more and more children have gone to school, including those who live far away. It is harder to recruit primary school teachers than kindergarten teachers. Without textbooks, no one knows how to teach and is afraid of teaching the children badly."
Lin Momo finally understood and nodded, "If even we are like this, then aren't the children on the plateau even more so?"
"Teacher Lin, did you write this textbook yourself?" Teacher Qin saw her writing the textbook on her desk.
"Well, I'll write it myself when I get home this weekend." She nodded.
"It's very well written, much better than the old textbooks in school." Teacher Qin flipped through it, and the other two teachers also took a look.
"Okay, okay, Teacher Lin, is this all your own idea?"
"When 놖 came to join the army 놅, he brought some books with him. When 놖's elder brother came 놅, he also brought some books for 놖. 놖 copied some content from them." She said with a smile.
"Teacher Lin, can you make some teaching materials for us to teach the children?" Teacher Qin asked cautiously. The materials they had were indeed no longer suitable for teaching the children.
"If you don't mind, of course." She nodded, it would just take a little longer to copy.
"That's great. If we have the materials, we might be able to hire a few more teachers and offer more courses to the children."
Lin Momo waited until all the children went home before she left. When she got home, Li He was waiting for her at her door.
"Sister, why are you here?" Lin Momo opened the gate and asked Li He to follow her in.
"Both of our kids came back and told us that you were a teacher at school."
"Yes, they didn't tell you that you are their teacher?" Zhao Xiaowen was in the third grade, and she taught her mathematics. Zhao Xiaowu was in the first grade, and she taught him Chinese and was also his class teacher.
"They all said they really enjoyed your class. When our Xiaowu came back, he recited the poem you taught him. The two of them are doing their homework at home now."
Lin Momo turned to look at Li He, making her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Why are you looking at you? Is there something dirty on your face?" Li He touched his face.
"Sister, you are also a high school student, right?"
"Ah." She nodded blankly.
"Why don't you become a primary school teacher?"
"No, no, this is not possible. The military primary school doesn't even have a textbook, and you've been at home for so many years, I'm sure you won't be able to teach him well." Li He waved his hands repeatedly.
"놖Do you remember learning to paint?놅?"
"I have learned it, what's wrong?"
"Aren't you going to school to teach kids how to draw?"
“Teach children to draw?”
"Well, now the children only have physical education classes besides Chinese and mathematics, and that's also for everyone to play with sand in school. There are no other activities. I want to add a painting class to cultivate the children's imagination."
"Sister, are you willing?" Lin Momo looked at her seriously.
"You, you let me think about it, go back and ask Mr. Zhao." Li He was tempted, but if she went to be a primary school teacher, she would not come back to cook for Zhao Zhigang.
"Okay, no rush, go home and ask Brother Zhao." She also had to tell the principal about this matter.
Li He went next door to say hello to Commander Chen, and played with the triplets for a while before going back.
"Today is your first day at school. How do you feel?" Commander Chen asked Lin Momo with a smile.
"It's good, but the children have no books and the teachers don't even have decent teaching materials." She sighed.
“This problem cannot be solved for the time being.” Transportation is difficult. Other parts of the Tibetan area do not pay so much attention to education, and the demand is not large, so they will not specifically transport books.
"Dad, does the military region support the school's extra expenses?"
Commander Chen looked at her and smiled, "What do you think?"
"We can copy from books. The children play with sand in physical education class. If possible, we would like to provide them with some sports equipment, and recruit a few teachers from the educated youth and high school students in nearby villages."
"The military district can afford these expenses, and your uncle Liu will agree to it. It's for the good of the children, so there's no problem."
"That's great, Dad, thank you!" It was Commander Chen who made the decision to assign the primary school to the military region.
When the staff quarters were being built, the school was renovated, otherwise we wouldn’t even have a decent school now.
The next day, when Lin Momo talked to the principal about adding painting classes, the principal fully agreed.
She also brought a lot of her own copied textbooks to school and shared them with the three teachers and copied them together.
"I think we can help the children copy the textbooks when the snow season is over, so that they will have textbooks for the next semester." Teacher Qin said.
"Well, that's a good idea." Everyone agreed with the idea.
"Teacher Lin, you know a lot of educated youth and high school students. Why don't you go to the village on the weekend to ask if there are any willing to come to the school to be a teacher?" said the slightly older teacher Cui.
"We are old now, and it is indeed a bit difficult for us to teach the children. We should hire more teachers." Their home is far from the school, and they are old, so riding a bicycle is not very safe. But they have always persisted for the sake of the children.
"Okay, let's go and try it." Lin Momo nodded in agreement.
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