Sitting in the examination room is victory.
"We are very happy to sit in the college entrance examination room and have the opportunity to change our destiny." Blind students are allowed to apply for undergraduate colleges, which has no precedent in Chinese mainland. Previously, the highest education for the blind in Shanghai was technical secondary school.
In Yunshan New Village, Tianma Town, Songjiang, an.d, a handsome guy with a height of 1.8 1 m, told reporters: "The college entrance examination has always been my dream." This teenager with congenital fundus syndrome once calmly accepted the fact of blindness. "However, the thought of not going to school makes my heart ache."
In order to meet the college entrance examination, an.d has arranged a schedule: get up at 6 am, study 65,438+0 hours in advance, have 7 to 8 review classes during the day, and study 4 to 5 hours at night. In June 5438+10, An D suffered from massive gastric bleeding and was rushed to Songjiang Hospital for treatment. He needs to be hospitalized for a month. But he couldn't hold back: "Doctor, can I leave the hospital?" I want to review! "
Cai Jiafei liked reading best before he went blind. He participated in the Shanghai 168 World Knowledge Competition for many times and won the first prize 6 times. "I have never doubted my ability." Cai Jiafei said, "The more uncomfortable I feel and the more difficult the conditions are, the more I can't give up." After all, the amount of printed materials in Braille is limited. He often borrows books from the school library to read and tries his best to acquire knowledge by listening to the radio.
Ren is also a strong child. He has a particularly strong memory since he was a child. After listening to the story twice, he was able to tell it vividly to the children. He is going to primary school, but he is completely blind. In order to seize every minute, he still sits alone in the dark at 12 pm, and his parents always urge him to rest again and again. Now he can "read" a whole page of Braille in two minutes.
The reporter saw in the home of blind children that the children's beds were full of thick Braille books, and their review materials were not by the number of albums, but by the number of kilograms. Because my family is in financial difficulties, I never want to spend my pocket money every month and save money to buy books.
College entrance examination is a new starting point of our life.
Listening to three blind teenagers talk about their ambitions is a shock to normal people: "Although we have no right to see the world, we still have to create our own future."
/kloc-at the age of 0/0, Cai Jiafei suffered the most important turning point in his life: physical education class accidentally fell on the floor, and his face hit the ground directly. At that time, his left eye could not see anything, and after half a month, his right eye could not see anything. Disability has not cast too much shadow on the young mind, but it has actually become a stumbling block in his life. 1989 Cai Jiafei entered the school for blind children and began to repeat from the first grade. The only task in the first year is to learn Braille. "The first time from clear black and white to touching bumps, I almost cried."
In the days of blind children's school, in addition to reading, children encountered difficulties that ordinary people could not think of. Unlike congenital blind children, Cai Jiafei can't remember how many falls he has to fall, and he is often burned by boiling water. In summer, an.d is always bitten by mosquitoes in the tent because he can't see. ...
"It is meaningless to consider misfortune. Difficulties will only scare people who are not confident. " Blind students told reporters in unison. After the college entrance examination, none of the three children traveled abroad like other candidates, but waited for the result calmly at home. "We have set foot on a new starting point in life, and the learning task in the future may be even more arduous."
All three teenagers are versatile. Audio, computers and car models are Cai Jiafei's favorites. He is a member of China Automobile Model Association. As long as he is equipped with a pronunciation system, he can "surf" and chat online without any obstacles. Ren is also a netizen. He pays special attention to collecting information about the success of the blind to motivate himself. I plan to participate in the national folk music competition this summer, and my pipa score is 10. Dong Li, the simplest of the three, is actually an expert in stock trading.
Give special love to special you
In the examination room specially set up for blind students, the numbers of Cai Jiafei, An D and Ren are special 0 1, special 02 and special 03 respectively. Behind the three children are the caring eyes of parents and teachers, and the generous arms of social support.
Growing up in adversity and maturing under pressure, parents of blind children have also experienced the process of pain and self-motivation with their children. Blind students spend almost 5000 yuan a year, including tuition, accommodation and meals. For their children to go to school, Ann's father works as a farmer during busy farming hours and goes to the town to look for a job in his spare time. "We are also distressed to see our children studying so hard. We often cry behind him, but we should encourage him to dry our tears."
Three children live in school during the review period, and the teacher not only makes up lessons for them free of charge, but also takes care of their daily lives. In order to let them use reference books and test papers from other schools, teachers go to bookstores to buy college entrance examination books, and then send them to the printing house, translate them in Braille and print them out. Two days after the college entrance examination, the school also sent drivers and special cars to pick up and drop off.
The college entrance examination for three blind students has attracted the attention of all walks of life and even Shanghai leaders. On April 10, 2002, three blind children entrusted their low-sighted classmates to write a letter to Zhou Muyao, vice mayor of Shanghai. The letter wrote:
"I remember when I was very young, college was our dream. Especially after entering high school, with the increase of knowledge, we are more and more aware of the wise saying that' knowledge is power'. As we know, it is precisely because the cultural quality of most blind people is generally not high that they can only engage in some basic health massage work. We clearly realize that only our rich knowledge can change this situation, so we dare not slack off during the four years in this high school. With the help of my teacher, I groped forward step by step and finally learned a lot of very useful knowledge. We hope that in the near future, we can enter the university to study, serve the society with what we have learned and realize our own life value.
"We believe that an international metropolis like Shanghai should be fully capable of solving the problem of blind people going to college, which is also a manifestation of social civilization. Although there may be some difficulties in our study, with the progress of modern high technology, especially the rapid development of computer science, problems such as teaching materials have been solved. We believe that as long as we rely on our own efforts and the help of people from all walks of life, no matter how difficult it is, it is impossible to stop our progress. "
Vice Mayor Zhou was very concerned after receiving the letter, and immediately wrote back to the blind students, and instructed the education department to create conditions for them to take the college entrance examination. After many consultations, the foreign language major of Shanghai Normal University indicated that they would be admitted if they passed the examination.
In order to make the examination questions truly reflect the level of blind students, the teachers who set their own questions are repeatedly considered. The test questions are strictly in accordance with the requirements of the syllabus of senior high school courses. The subjects of the examination are Chinese, mathematics, history and English, among which listening must be taken in the English examination, and the results are recorded in the total score. Considering the particularity of the blind, the examination time is one hour longer than the normal examination. In order to avoid interference, the Municipal Education Examinations Institute also arranged a separate examination room and lounge for three children.
Although not officially accepted, Shanghai Normal University has been making suggestions for the future education of blind students. Vice President Xiang Jiaxiang told reporters: "If blind students are admitted, the school will buy software equipment and engraving machines for mutual translation and reading of Braille and English; And organize volunteers to help them live on campus. " Schools for blind children have expressed their willingness to translate textbooks for free, and the Disabled Persons' Federation also plans to give 2000 yuan to each blind college student every year.
"If we are admitted, we must learn better than normal children in order to win a place in society and return everyone's love for us." Ren's words expressed the common aspiration of the three children. On the road of difficult growth, they expect to pay, and they also take responsibility. They are strong! (Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, July 26th)