学进去

Zhang Guimei is the principal of Huaping High School for girls in Lijiang, Yunnan, 1． was given the honor of the national model of teaching and education on Dec.10th, 2020 because of her work on education in rural (农村的) China. Her moving stories inspire (激励) thousands 2． people in China.

About 20 years ago, on the 3． to a student’s home, Zhang Guimei noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. The 13-year-old girl told Zhang she couldn’t go to school any more 4． she was about to marry, which shocked Zhang so much. Zhang went to 5． girl’s home and tried to persuade (说服) her parents to let the girl return to school. She even promised to 6． the tuition fees (学费) for the girl, so they needn’t spend any money.   7．, they still didn’t agree.

Zhang felt sorry because she wasn’t 8． to help, “We always say, each child should stand on the same starting line, but these 9． couldn’t get a chance to get on the track.” So Zhang built a free school only for girls. Over the years, Zhang has walked thousands of kilometers to visit students’ families in the deep mountain, persuading the villagers to send the girls back to school. It has been worth doing that 10．   than 1,800 girls went to college, which is regarded as a miracle (奇迹) in the remote area.