1In September 1983, 168 junior high school graduates from Youxian, Liling, Chaling and Lingxian gathered in Youxian Normal School with colorful dreams and began a three-year normal life.
At that time, we were a special group: the third year of high school was the beginning of the second year of high school, and the students enrolled at the same time were basically married or their parents died.
From junior high school to normal school, I saw the rockery for the first time, stepped on the terrazzo floor for the first time, had a single bed for the first time, had classmates who spoke different dialects for the first time, had breakfast that was not rice for the first time, and tasted the delicious taste of "three silk" for the first time.
From junior high school to normal school, the style of painting has changed. Self-study in the morning is basically a popular class, and the content is "Master, I'm going to buy three liang of rice, a piece of fried pork and a Chinese cabbage". There is no English class in school, and selected works, basic language and oral English classes have replaced junior middle school Chinese. The weight of music, sports and art far exceeds that of cultural classes. There is no pressure to enter a higher school here, but there are "three tricks", Putonghua and other abilities that people dare not take lightly. Twenty minutes before class in the afternoon, one day became a real newspaper reading class and two days became a writing class. Activity class of interest group on Wednesday afternoon. Interest groups such as radio, erhu, basketball, vocal music, organ, calligraphy, fine arts and literature club are all open, and the whole campus is full of vitality and excitement.
After three years of normal school, what we are worried about is not the study of culture class, but the achievement of sound and body beauty.
Thanks to Mr. Xia, we turned a tone deaf person into a music expert. The first music class in normal schools is a make-up exam. We don't know music score and staff, only music score and staff know us. The result of the exam was terrible: there were 42 students in the class, almost zero. Teacher Xia compiled a simple textbook, chose the melody we are familiar with as the material, taught us how to "send Solaxi to Domi" and taught us how to stop the sound ... We snored and hummed for more than a dozen times, and finally got some feelings. After a semester, we not only mastered some basic knowledge of music theory, but also solfeggio some simple paragraphs. During the final exam, I was unfortunate enough to draw a super-difficult, basically 32-tone essay. Fortunately, after three minutes of preparation, I sang it smoothly.
With the foundation of the first semester, I learned solfeggio, staff and organ easily, and got high marks in the future.
Of all the subjects in normal schools, I am most worried about physical education class. Teacher Chen Yingjun has a serious face, a black beard and dark skin, which is scary to think about. I'm okay with queues, long punches and the like. Jumping box, jumping goat, jumping back and other events are simply nightmares for me with poor coordination ability. In order to fail the exam, I had to queue up for practice in the auditorium full of equipment early before the exam. Fortunately, because I am willing to work hard, I have never failed my physical education class in the past three years. Although I'm afraid of the physical examination, I'm still happy to go to physical education class, because it's really a pleasure to watch the demonstrations of Mr. Chen's various projects.
I am a member of the art interest group. Learn sketch, meticulous painting and freehand brushwork from teacher Chen Guanping every Wednesday afternoon. At that time, the school's math and art interest groups were the best. On Wednesday afternoons, every time after dinner, we study by ourselves at night, and on weekends, everyone practices hard in the studio. Learning from each other has become a common practice with improvement. I won the first prize in the graduation art exhibition, thanks to Mr. Chen, He Laoshi and my painting friends.
After three years of normal education, we have experienced the elegance of countless teachers. More than 30 years have passed. Teacher Wu Jinhui's rough blackboard writing, teacher Wen Ruhai's plastic Putonghua, teacher Li Chune's rigorous attitude, teacher's gentlemanly demeanor, teacher Pan Jianmin's Moore in chemistry class, teacher's beautiful calligraphy, teacher Huang's standard Putonghua, teacher's wonderful reading, teacher Peng's easy-to-understand basic Chinese class, teacher Wen's witty logic class, and teacher Su Bijun's talented demeanor. Teacher Yang Shihe's versatility, teacher Shen Duanfa's Chaling accent, teacher Chen Ruodou's mug, teacher Bu Maorong's kindness, teacher Xia Kechang's kindness, teacher Zhong Wu's predecessor's loving personality charm, and tian teacher's cordial care are still fresh in my memory.
Class 79 is special, neither active as Class 78 nor competitive as Class 8/kloc-0. But like Class 80, Class 79 is also a crouching tiger: we have basketball players like Tan and flute players like Qu, Yan Yongjian; There are erhu lovers such as Chopin Wu and Zhang Ziping, as well as beauty promoters such as Fan Wen and so on. Not only Jin Zhihua, Wu Jiankang and other cutting-edge calligraphers, but also ... forty-two people can play the harmonica, and their skills are good. Remember Li Qingshan's guitar and Chen Liming's violin; Li Zheng's poetry, Liu Zhihui's broadcasting; Liu Yulin's sketch, Wang Weibin's abdominal muscles.
I have been a teacher for three years, leaving countless memories. There is the embarrassment of queuing up for dinner in the canteen and squeezing down the iron gate, and there are also cases where you chase after each other and never admit defeat in the sports field. There is the joy of working on the farm and the dilemma of the affiliated primary school. There are sincere fears in educational practice, and there are also rave reviews from various practical schools. There is reluctance at the graduation party, and there is endless treasure when leaving.
More than thirty years have passed. The school board of "Hunan Youxian Normal School" is still there, but the two bluestone lions, rockeries, four-story teaching buildings and girls' dormitories have become the scenery of other schools.
More than 30 years have passed, and the name "normal students" has gradually been forgotten by Chinese people. After reading these articles, I can't help feeling a lot: normal students, a group of students who missed the "learning hegemony" of Tsinghua and Peking University, and junior high school students who went to normal schools: it's a great fortune for education and a personal misfortune, and normal students are the stepping stone for China to take off.
After feeling, I still have to be grateful to Youxian Normal School: in the fourth year after graduation, I met my wife who graduated from normal school; Twenty-six years after I graduated, my daughter moved from her former teacher's hot land to the outside world.
More than a decade ago, Youxian Normal School became someone else's school, but the normal spirit of "learning to be excellent and being respected" has long been deeply branded in the hearts of teachers.