学进去

Today, we’ll know about a rural educator Lin Mao. He uses special methods to help his students put their best foot forward on the path of life. From time to time, Lin Mao makes a point of checking a special folder (文件夹) that has been front and center on his computer’s desktop for years. The 37-year-old junior high school teacher named it “Happy Homeland”, and it contains more than 40 files (文件), each one named after students he has taught. Each of them includes photos and communications between him and the student. “If a file has very little information, it means that I have not paid enough attention to that student,” says Lin, who has spent the past 14 years teaching at a rural school in Beichen district, North China’s Tianjin.

He will remind himself to catch up with such students and make sure that they are doing OK. “Many teachers might put most of their time to the top students, while those who are not doing as well do not get as much attention,” Lin says, adding that organizing the Happy Homeland folder helps him to provide equal care to all his students.

Over the past 14 years, Lin has kept up the good work and developed a four-step motivation method.

He believes that good teachers should first accept all children as they are and create a happy classroom atmosphere.

“I am just an ordinary teacher who loves education. I hope I can be a good guide and use my profession to lead more rural students in the right way on the path of life,” he says.