■ China Education News 201165438+1October 22nd edition of News/People.
■ Contributed by Zhang Xiaowu
Although her life suffered the regret of early death, she was "born like a summer flower" in 28 years-
She is young and natural, often smiles, speaks pure English and shows elegance;
Her class was packed and impressive, and many colleagues and graduate students were older than her.
She is deeply loved by the students, who spontaneously wrote hundreds of notes to her, all of which are sincere compliments and feelings;
Even if she is seriously ill, she doesn't want to miss her beloved platform. Even though she is bedridden, she still shares her understanding of life with her students.
In the past 28 years, she has faced a life of regret with serious study and good thinking, and resisted the noise of the times with tranquility and far-reaching Even if she leaves, the world can't erase the existence she once confirmed.
Her name is Wei Yiou, and she taught in the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University before her death. 20 1 10 years 10. On October 7th, her 28-year-old life came to an abrupt end due to a disease called multiple peripheral neuritis.
As strong as yesterday.
2010165438+1In the early morning of October 7th, Wei Fu posted an article on his daughter's homepage-"My son should be my teacher". The article wrote: "In the fields of personality realm, knowledge category, ideological height, knowledge accuracy, etc., daughters are teachers that parents love ..."
The article quickly drew a reply: "I am an ordinary student of Mr. Wei ... I am lucky to meet such a good teacher as Mr. Wei in my study career ..."
Immersed in the students' messages, Wei Fu refused to believe the fact that his daughter had left, as if it were just yesterday-
The day before his death, Wei Yiou was still preparing lessons and preparing to return them to the students at the beginning of next semester.
A few days ago, she asked her parents to prepare a wheelchair. When her parents gently helped her into the wheelchair, the long-lost laughter rippled in the simple and narrow dormitory of Building 5 of Shanxi Normal University where they lived. The mother pushed her daughter back and forth in the room. The father asked his swollen daughter, "Aren't you embarrassed to go out like this and be seen by everyone?" You are still so young! "The daughter replied," Dad, as long as I can go to class, I can do anything. There is nothing to be embarrassed about ... "But sometimes, she would say to her parents," If only I didn't feel so miserable for a while! "
Two weeks before his death, Tian, dean of the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University, met Wei Yiou and said to her, "You are not well. You may not be able to attend class for the time being, but you can do some research. " In fact, Wei Yiou has been making such an attempt. Since her illness, she has integrated her usual observation in class, communication with students and collected data into her own learning experience, injected rational thinking and wrote a paper of nearly 10,000 words-a hotbed of inspiration.
My True Love, the theme song of the American movie Gone with the Wind, and Sailing, the theme song of Columbus, are two English songs that Wei Yiou likes very much. She used to cherish them and didn't want to listen to them. Once she said to her father, "Dad, I won't listen to these two songs first-keep them until my dream comes true and I fly away."
In the last days of her life, she occasionally turned up the volume of the player, and the low-frequency echo overflowed the headphones. She looked solemn and quietly realized the realm of these two songs. At this time, two lines of tears slowly poured out from her eyes. ...
Back to the starting point
Wei Yiou's original dream was to be an English teacher.
Born in 1982, she became attached to English at the age of 9.
That year, her father handed her a copy of Xu Guozhang English. On the cover, it says, "Know at least a second language, so that you will be richer and deeper and enter a new field of consciousness." This passage left an indelible impression on Wei Yiou.
After that, the first thing Wei Yiou did when he came home from school every day was to sit in the kitchen and read English to his mother. After reading too much, she can almost read it exactly like the original English tape. From senior one to senior three, Wei Yiou entered a benign learning state of "reading more, understanding more and reading more". After nearly 10 years of accumulation, Wei Yiou emerged as a professional player when he entered the university at the age of 18.
Tian is the dean of the School of Foreign Languages of Shaanxi Normal University and the only English teacher in the university. She witnessed the girl's growth in the university for four years. "In my impression, Wei Yiou is the best spoken English student I have ever taught. She is serious and responsible, full of perseverance and goes all out to do things. Her name is always associated with many firsts of Shanxi Normal University. "
During his college years, Wei Yiou won the first prize of Shanxi Normal University for many times, ranking first in Shanxi Province. In 2004, he represented China in the "All-Asia International English Debate Competition" in Thailand and won the "International Excellent Debater Award"; On the eve of her graduation, Shanxi Normal University issued a principal's commendation order, informing her that she had won honor for the country and the school, and calling on all teachers and students to learn from her. ...
Wei Yiou's yearning for the teaching profession is because of her closest people. Wei Yiou's father has been engaged in the teaching and creation of visual arts for a long time, which has made his daughter yearn for teacher work for a long time. On the eve of graduation, she told her father that if she had the chance, she would be a teacher like a head teacher in high school. The head teacher of senior high school has put a lot of energy into her English study, which is also helpful for her growth and life. Even after she left the middle school affiliated to Shanxi Normal University, the teacher often missed Wei Yiou. This makes Wei Yiou feel that teachers are an amiable and respectable profession.
In the summer of 2004, Tian learned that Wei Yiou wanted to be a teacher and invited her to stay in school to teach.
In the middle of the trial, the judge said there was no need to continue-there was no doubt about her teaching ability and professionalism. But some people have raised concerns: "Can her body do it?"
In the summer of 2003 in physical education class, Wei Yiou accidentally sprained his foot. It was a very simple disease, but it didn't get better after seeing many doctors. To make matters worse, her toes became inflamed and then spread all over her body, and the pain was unbearable during the attack. The disease made her body unable to be as flexible and energetic as before. She tries to overcome the influence of mobility on her study and life, and tries to make herself look no different from the people around her.
However, stepping onto the platform and becoming a university teacher is not only a test of intelligence and ability, but also an insurmountable hurdle. Tian believes that Wei Yiou can guide students who take part in English competitions even if he can't give lectures in the future. "It's a pity not to leave such a good seedling." Finally, with the insistence of the college, Wei Yiou, who is about to celebrate his 22nd birthday, became the only teacher with a bachelor's degree in the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University.
The "iceberg" on the podium
When she stayed at school to give a lecture, the teachers felt uneasy about her health, which made Wei Yiou want to act like a teacher.
Before the first class, Wei Yiou asked his father, "How can we teach a good class?" Father Wei told his daughter that Lu You's son had asked his father how to write a poem well, and Lu You replied that "Kung Fu is beyond poetry". She told her daughter that no matter what work is creation, we should learn from the contributions of others and strive to occupy the commanding heights of knowledge.
When he first boarded the platform, Wei Yiou asked himself to prepare lessons carefully in every class, trying to make clear the ins and outs of every question so that students could listen. When preparing lessons, every time she involves a new category, she goes deep into it, thinks and studies, and then can't help but sigh: "I have learned too little, and I have to study for three PhDs." He said to his father, "we can't have a hard injury of knowledge." This is also a reminder to Wei Fu and an encouragement to himself. He often feels that his daughter is his own teacher.
In addition to her father's appreciation, Wei Yiou's strict requirements for herself in teaching have won her recognition and love from students, and even brought her a little trouble.
Once, Wei Yiou taught a class to a school teacher. When the teacher returned to the classroom, the students asked "Let Wei teach". Later, when the teacher saw Wei Yiou again, he became a stranger. This made Wei Yiou sad for a long time. She asked her father "why" many times.
During the coaching period, another situation that happened from time to time also made Wei Yiou feel overwhelmed. During the break, the students asked questions around the old professor, and she stood by and listened quietly. Suddenly, some students found her and turned to "besiege" Miss Wei. She called her father: "Dad, the students turned to me without scruple. I was so nervous that I was afraid that the professor would feel bad about it ... "Her father told her to trust the professor's ideas.
Student Yao Xiujuan met Teacher Wei in 2004. At that time, she had just entered the university and was about the same age as her teacher. Wei Yiou teaches her listening class. Teacher Wei often arrives at the classroom before the students start class. In class, he always patiently answers any questions raised by students and treats every student fairly. "She did well in class and spoke English very well, which helped me a lot in pronunciation and reading." After seven years, Yao Xiujuan clearly remembers these details.
As a science student, Xue has a little difficulty in learning English, but she feels relaxed and can learn a lot in teacher Wei's class. After learning about Xue's situation, Miss Wei always asks her to go with her after class and uses this time to help her with her lessons. When there is no class, Xue sends a message to find Teacher Wei. If there is no class, Wei Yiou will tutor her alone. Later, Xue learned that the teacher was still tutoring a student from Fujian alone. The student has a strong accent, and the teacher teaches her pronunciation almost word for word.
Wei Yiou often integrates the truth of life into classroom teaching. Her early students remember that Teacher Wei said in her lecture: "Many times, the external environment and conditions are secondary factors, and the most important factor is internal positioning. In this way, a person will not be confused by the immediate gains and losses, and will have his own future. " Yu, who has become a teacher, is deeply influenced by Teacher Wei: "I admire her as a spiritual person. Her greatest highlight is not medals, but thoughts. She is a thoughtful person, a noble person. "
On Wei Yiou's online homepage, more students recalled the details of her class and were moved by the guidance she brought to her study. A student once asked her, "How did Miss Wei do it?" In this regard, Wei Yiou quoted Hemingway as his answer: "The iceberg moving at sea is very solemn and magnificent, because only one-eighth of it is above the water."
Work, beauty.
Wei Yiou's teaching career is often accompanied by illness, but her emotional interaction with students makes her feel that her work is so beautiful.
One day in the winter of 2005, Wei Yiou was walking back to his residence after class. Student Guo Hengda came to Mr. Wei: "Thank you, Mr. Wei. This is my little gift. " Guo Hengda met Miss Wei in an English corner. He is a student majoring in tourism management and likes English. He often takes advantage of his professional class time to sneak into the Foreign Languages Institute to listen to Mr. Wei's class. A teacher intervened, and with the help of Mr. Wei, he was able to continue his class, and then applied to transfer to the English major of Foreign Languages Institute. When the teacher of Foreign Languages Institute visited him, Mr. Wei came forward to reconfirm his situation and let him "jump ship" and his dream came true.
Out of gratitude, Guo Hengda gave her heart to the teacher-a blue scarf. "I'm really happy for you. You have achieved your wish, but I won't accept this gift. Please forgive me. I will definitely remember your thoughts. " Wei Yiou said. Guo Hengda had to thank again and leave with gratitude.
This situation was seen by parents standing in the distance. When asked about this, Wei Yiou said, "I was a student. It is not easy to be a student. I can't let them feel wronged. Help if you can. " Students don't owe me anything for spending money on school. I owe them. I can only give students a little limited knowledge. "
Although it is Wei Yiou's habit not to accept gifts, she accepted a gift as an exception. In the summer of 2006, students wrote hundreds of letters of thanks and blessings to her, and made a cross-stitch pillowcase by hand, and sewed good wishes on it. Knowing the students' actions, she cried happily.
After that, the students gave her some commemorative gifts, which she would carefully accept as treasures, such as a commemorative album and a thick stack of messages.
In a letter to her father, she said, "These are the highest rewards for my work, Dad. I remember a book called "Work is Beautiful", but it is really like this! "
Prove with life
Wei Yiou likes the American movie Broken Blue Bridge. There is a line in the movie: "Every corner, every second, there are wonderful unknowns, and we all have to face our fate."
Although Wei Yiou has won the love of students and the affirmation of colleagues for her devotion to the teaching profession, she can't escape bad luck.
In September 2006, Wei Yiou passed the GRE exam with high scores, got the admission notice from Dartmouth College, one of the Ivy League universities in the United States, and won the highest scholarship.
Studying in an English-speaking country on the other side of the ocean is Wei Yiou's dream. However, when she was about to set out to pursue her dream of studying abroad, illness struck and she fell ill.
In the process of seeking medical treatment and self-study, Wei Fu finally understood his daughter's illness, called multiple peripheral neuritis. Patients often suddenly have severe nerve root pain and limb paralysis, so far there is no effective treatment.
From 2006 to 2008, Wei Yiou was ill in Beijing for two years. However, her illness became more and more serious, her walking became more and more difficult, her face began to swell, and her life met with severe challenges.
Dartmouth College promised to reserve a place for her for two years. In 2008, Wei Yiou knew that his physical condition was impossible to study abroad. She cried in bed with an admission notice at her home in Beijing all day, and finally sent her resignation letter to the other side of the ocean.
After that, she dragged her sick body back to the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University and took to the podium again. She told her parents that even if she fell, she would fall on campus.
Before and after the start of the summer vacation in 2008, the Foreign Languages Institute arranged a study mobilization. When Wei Yiou's voice came from the loudspeaker, many students felt familiar. Listen carefully and say "Miss Wei is back".
This time back to school, my mother has been with Wei Yiou. The school arranged a room for them in the teachers' dormitory, where the mother and daughter lived. Before class, the mother had to help her daughter go to the classroom early.
This is a difficult journey. For ordinary people, 10 minutes is enough, while Wei Yiou spends all day and night in pain and muscle weakness because of neuritis, and it often takes an hour or more to walk.
In those two years, on the campus of Shanxi Normal University, I often saw a mother helping her daughter wander into the classroom and take a few steps to rest for a while. This situation touched many teachers and students. Dean Tian said: "In the six years of working in Shanxi Normal University, Mr. Wei was never late, which many healthy teachers may not be able to do."
Although she is ill and unable to move, Wei Yiou still insists on participating in various activities of the college: she can see her firm and warm smile when preparing lessons, holding regular meetings, English competitions, and even when students take part in the finals of the National English Speech Competition in Beijing. In the autumn of 2008, when the Foreign Languages Institute accepted the undergraduate teaching evaluation for English majors, Wei Yiou worked late into the night with his colleagues regardless of his physical discomfort, and reluctantly left after repeated persuasion.
In class, she had to sit and teach because of the unbearable pain. It is very hot in summer. In order to ensure the listening effect, she always wears thick headphones in listening class. When class was over, some students found that her ears were red.
Student Guo Yuhong remembers that in the third year of high school, she participated in the training of the school debate team. Every time she walked back with the teacher, she kept singing and telling jokes. At that time, the teacher kept his head down and tried to move forward. Every step is like a mermaid coming ashore, but her lips are smiling.
Bloom in heaven
In the summer of 2009, Wei Yiou's condition worsened. After class, she suddenly found it difficult to move-this day, she spent two and a half hours, relying on her mother's body to step out of the classroom and moved to her apartment building. She rested for a while, then began to go upstairs, first floor, second floor, third floor ... finally, she walked into the house. Since then, it's hard to see her again on campus.
In the audio-visual and speaking class in the first half of 2009, student Li Jing met Mr. Wei. June 20 10, on the eve of graduation, Li Jing especially wanted to see Mr. Wei again, so he came to the teacher's house with his friends.
Li Jing remembers that Mr Wei lived on the top floor of a four-story building. As soon as he opened the door, the hot air came face to face, and the air conditioner was almost useless.
They feel very sad to see the seriously ill teacher living in such a house. Teacher Wei was very happy and took the initiative to talk to them about the experience of participating in the international college students' debate in Thailand, saying that "the awl will always come out of the pocket." Talking about her figure, Miss Wei said that she walked as slowly as a snail, and joked that the snail climbed on the turtle's back and lamented that the turtle climbed so fast. The teacher also asked them about their plans after graduation, and most of them were encouragement and wishes. When they left, they wanted to take a group photo with their teacher as a souvenir, but the teacher said that they were inappropriate, like animal perverts, and they would take a group photo when they were ready. Regrettably, this wish has not come true.
20 10 16543817 October, Wei Yiou left this world with his thoughts on the podium.
2010165438+10.9, at the memorial service held in the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University, many people who knew or didn't know her lined up for a long time to see Wei Yiou off. Everyone walked slowly around Wei Yiou, who was lying gently in a transparent sarcophagus covered with orchids.
Tian, Dean of the School of Foreign Languages, delivered a eulogy on behalf of the school. After reading a short paragraph, he burst into tears. The mother who has been with her daughter since her illness can no longer control her feelings. She suddenly fell to her knees and repeated the words "thank you" from the sad cry, which made everyone present burst into tears.
Cao Puning, a student of Wei Yiou, wrote in his eulogy: "Sister, some people say that your flower of life has withered, but I prefer to believe that your flower of life has always shown people the same posture-that is, the beauty of blooming, which never withers from beginning to end, emitting an orchid-like fragrance. Now, you must be in heaven! "
Persistent nostalgia
Teacher Wei is in full bloom in heaven, and the students miss him in their hearts.
Although no group photo was left, Wu Yanling recorded the voice of the teacher. Sometimes, after listening to the voice, the teacher's appearance appears in front of her It seems that teacher Wei once again told her the skills of writing papers like a big sister and listened to her troubles again.
"She is beautiful and kind, like an angel who fell to earth. She is very special. " This is student Yu's impression of Wei Yiou.
Yao Xiujuan is Wei Yi's first student. She is a doctoral student at Xiamen University. On the road of life and growth, you always ask your teacher for advice when you encounter problems, even if you are lovelorn. She recalled emotionally that this girl of her own age was like an elder who always showed her the way. The teacher told her to listen to her inner voice. After graduating from Shanxi Normal University in 2007, she kept in touch with Miss Wei, who had only taught herself for one year. Every time he sends a message, Wei Yiou will reply seriously, often starting with "Dear Girl".
In the eyes of former student Xue, Wei Yiou is not only a sister, but also an elegant and beautiful girl. In her impression, Wei Yiou never wears makeup, but arranges her hair neatly and dresses like a student, which even makes Wei Yiou encounter a lot of trouble. The school stipulates that students can't take the elevator. On one occasion, she was even stopped by a security guard when it was inconvenient to walk.
However, some people say that she is a little less like a fashionable young man. A classmate who has only seen her photos thinks that Wei Yiou is not quite like the "post-80 s" in many people's eyes, but serious, steady, beautiful and generous, with a quiet beauty and elegance in his bones. Others saw the students' favorable comments on her and thought that Wei Yiou would teach for 20 years anyway. In this regard, Wei Yiou himself said that "it is particularly unfashionable, and the choice of clothes and music movies tends to be old-fashioned."
To many people's regret, Wei Yiou had never been in love before she left.
Student Xue said, "The teacher is not much older than us. There are many boys chasing her. If I were a boy, I would chase her. " Once, after my mother helped her daughter into the classroom, she sat at the back of the classroom and listened. When the two students finished, everyone laughed. After returning home, my mother asked the students what they were laughing at, and her daughter told her: "A student said, teacher, your voice is really magnetic;" The other said, teacher, you are beautiful and I love you. "In life, Wei Yiou has many suitors, including her classmates and her students, but she has set herself the goal of' becoming a useful person first and then talking about marriage', so she has never opened the door.
What girl has no yearning for love? Although she has no actual love experience, she also has her own thoughts on love. Once, the students discussed a boy holding a heart-shaped candle in the downstairs of Shanxi Normal University and asked Mr. Wei what he thought. She said that she didn't agree with this practice. Love is between two people, don't show it to others like that.
Many students can't forget Wei Yiou's dream. On one occasion, she gave an audio-visual class to her students. After the film "Storm on Harvard Road", she told her students her dream of studying abroad in the most beautiful English. Some students recalled the situation at that time and said, "When I looked at her, I always felt that one day she would stand up, say goodbye to me with a firm smile, and fly away with her dream with the offer of Top 10, an American university she once owned."
Wei Fu and Wei Mu never thought of their only daughter, Wei Yiou. Although they remember the most painful time of their daughter's physical condition before her death, she calmly said to them, "Mom and Dad, your health is better than mine. If I can't do it, you must live well. " Wei Yiou's parents keep this sentence in mind and strive to make their daughter live a good life.
However, one year later, the couple still can't get out of their daughter's world. Father Wei uses his daughter's mobile phone and computer to manage the web page created in her name and reply to the classmates who leave messages in her name.
On the afternoon of 2010165438+10.8, he replied to the classmate who left a message earlier: "The only thing I can do is to work as hard as my daughter, learn to think, and sublimate our miserable life."
Finally, he quoted another student's message: "She will always be our teacher, yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever;" Her unparalleled talent, equal and undifferentiated care, great courage to face life and wisdom to understand life won the sincere heart of every student and shocked everyone around her. "
Write here, a picture appeared in front of Fu Wei:
In the summer of 2004, 22-year-old Wei Yiou was about to start a new life picture after studying English in the School of Foreign Languages of Shanxi Normal University for four years. At that time, she sat beside the statue of Confucius at school, confident and free and easy. When the father was about to press the shutter, the daughter asked, "Dad, do you see me handsome from the frame?"
In May this year, she wrote in her "Youth Message" before graduation: "Everyone's life is an extraordinary work of art, no matter how hard they work, there will always be defects in beauty, but for every devout professional, this can only inspire them to improve themselves more diligently ..."
The student said
"Every time I see her resting on the slope leading to 1 1, I can always see a calm smile on her face. I can't read her mood too much, but I can feel her mental state-clean, warm and indifferent. Every time I see this picture, I can always be moved. Because what I see is not only a respectable teacher, but also a young life full of philosophical thinking about life!
-Liang
On one occasion, Mr. Wei walked to the teaching building with the help of his mother. At this time, when a student passed Mr. Wei from behind, he said to his companion, "You can't walk. What school can you go to?" ! "Obviously, he was wrong about Mr. Wei, the student. Teacher Wei certainly heard this classmate's comments. She was silent for a while and said quietly, "I know what my situation is, but I can tell my classmates with my own thoughts and words, don't give up easily, I should work hard ..."
-Jing Li
After the first class, I always have a very complicated mood and a little fear about Mr. Wei's class, because my listening has been very poor and it is difficult to keep up with the teacher's rhythm, which makes me feel inferior and ashamed; At the same time, I am also looking forward to teacher Wei's class, because I can always gain a lot of things that are not in the book and I can't understand myself in her class. Miss Wei not only speaks well in class, but also her noble personality deeply attracts and influences me.
Li Jiao
I remember that I participated in the primary election of "CCTV Cup English Debate Competition" in my sophomore year. Miss Wei is our instructor. She began to guide and help us bit by bit from the form and skills of debate. Although I was under the pressure of CET-4 at that time, the debate and comments every Thursday afternoon were still the most anticipated moment of the week. I am looking forward to face-to-face communication with Mr. Wei. She let me know that Excellence and humility can be so close. She showed me that the combination of illness and persistence can be so touching. She once aroused too many emotions in my heart.
-Cao Puning "