Wearing little red riding hood, camouflage uniforms, unified passwords and standard military posture, this is a team that attracts attention wherever it goes. They are students of Hebei Characteristic Caring Education School. They used to be "problem students" who were a headache for parents and teachers, but now they have become strong through continuous efforts. It is their common "mother"-Cao Xiaoyan, president of Hebei Characteristic Care Education School, who gives great help to the children.
"I believe you can finish it."
"I believe you, you are fully capable of completing this training beautifully ..." On the afternoon of February 23rd, when the reporter came to the Hebei Characteristic Caring Education School in Huiming Road, Shijiazhuang City, more than 30 children stood in two rows in camouflage uniforms, and Cao Xiaoyan was giving a "hero" speech to the children. This is the opening ceremony of a new round of long-distance walking training in our school. The next day, the children will walk from here to the school's training base in Linxi County, Xingtai City, the whole journey 120 km.
Serena, who is nearly 1.8 meters tall, stands out from the crowd. According to reports, Serena was originally a junior 3 student in a middle school in Tangshan, and was a famous local bully. Last year, in June 5438+10, Serena was sent to a special care education school by her parents.
On the night when she first arrived at school, Cao Xiaoyan and her psychology teacher found Serena together. "I heard that you have many partners, which is good, which shows that you have some organizational skills." The sudden praise made Serena confused. "You can still be a big brother here, but you really have to help your classmates, otherwise you don't deserve to be a big brother ..." The teacher's words immediately made Serena interested in this school and offered to "jump the queue" to participate in the long-distance running training being held in the school.
Because of her outstanding physical fitness, Serena always gets praise from her teacher every day in long-distance running training, which makes Serena excited and gradually likes long-distance running training. In order to change Serena's bullying habit, Cao Xiaoyan deliberately told him stories while walking. All the stories revolve around one center-parents' love for their children. After the story was finished, Serena shed tears again and again from indifference at the beginning, and the unruly heart of "Little Overlord" was finally moved.
With the encouragement of Cao Xiaoyan, Serena gradually learned to help others and realized happiness from it. A classmate sprained her foot in training, and Serena carried her for nearly 2.5 kilometers. "I know that many things have been done wrong before, but I have the confidence to change myself. After the training, I will go home and continue to go to school. I will not let my parents down. " Serena said.
Under the careful care of Cao Xiaoyan and the school teachers, one problem student like Serena was successfully transformed. The reporter learned that over the past four years, more than 3,000 students across the country have left the special care education school. Some of these children have now returned to school, and some have successfully entered the university.
"Don't let the children ruin it."
"The establishment of a characteristic care education school is due to a very accidental thing." Cao Xiaoyan told the reporter that 1997, with the help of the local street office, she started a kindergarten and special training classes for primary and secondary schools. One day in May 2003, Cao Xiaoyan found that three students from special training classes didn't come to class. After telephone contact, she learned that the three senior one students had not been to school for several days.
Later, Cao Xiaoyan found these three classmates in an Internet cafe. They all dyed their colorful hair and stayed online all night for several days. Cao Xiaoyan tried to persuade them to go back to school to continue their studies. These three students not only refused to listen, but also showed a serious tendency to violence. Since then, Cao Xiaoyan has found that many schools have such students, who are tired of learning and have internet addiction ... and have become "problem students" in people's eyes. "You can't spoil these children like this." Cao Xiaoyan decided to stop the special training class and build a special care school. In June 2004, Shijiazhuang Characteristic Caring Education School (now Hebei Characteristic Caring Education School) was formally established, and soon received 20 students. Cao Xiaoyan arranged a teacher for each child to have one-on-one psychological counseling, and asked each teacher to eat and live with the students 24 hours a day during the half-year special training period. At the same time, she often hires well-known psychologists in China to attend classes to help children unlock their hearts.
However, it is not easy to change these "problem students". At first, many children ignored the concern of Cao Xiaoyan and the teachers, and some even left school privately. "I have made great efforts, but I can't get the understanding of the children. I cried and regretted it. But for these children, I must stick to it. " Wiping away tears, Cao Xiaoyan took out all the income from running a kindergarten and used her house as a mortgage to improve the school's hardware facilities. At the same time, she also went to India to study the laws of physical and mental education and boldly carry out long-distance running training. Through this special training method, the children's physique and self-control are enhanced. "In training, children have to walk 30 kilometers to 50 kilometers every day. They can help each other on the road and walk as much as possible. Every step they take is challenging themselves. " Cao Xiaoyan told reporters that she and her teachers have explored a set of "three-thirds training method", that is, each child has to go through three stages of training according to his own characteristics, and each stage consists of three specific teaching contents, including gratitude training, teamwork training and psychological quality development training. "Training can be very bitter sometimes, but it can solve the three problems that children need to face well, so that they can dare to face, dare to think and dare to do, and finally be good at facing, that is, facing themselves, facing their families and facing all kinds of complicated social relations." Cao Xiaoyan said.
Faith can move mountains. The unremitting efforts of Cao Xiaoyan and the teachers have brought great changes to the children. One by one, small internet addicts have restrained their internet addiction, children who are tired of learning have returned to school, and children with autism have become optimistic and cheerful. ...
"I want to save more children"
"Children are the sustenance of parents. Parents can see hope by leading their misguided children to the right path. " Cao Xiaoyan told reporters that whenever she received a thank-you letter from her parents, she felt a sense of satisfaction and at the same time increased the pressure invisibly. Because she knows that there are more "problem students" who need special care. In 2005, with the support of a company, Cao Xiaoyan established two training bases in Linxi County and Lincheng County of Xingtai City to provide quality development training for children. Since then, she has opened up a number of training routes and added patriotism education to the training.
In 2008, the educational and training achievements of Hebei Characteristic Caring Education School aroused repercussions in the society, and parents came here with their children. At the 5th China Educators' Congress held in June 2008+June 2008, this school with a history of only 5 years was rated as "Top 10 Outstanding Colleges of Characteristic Education in China in the 30 Years of Reform and Opening-up". "I plan to build 100 demonstration sites of characteristic care education schools in major cities across the country in five to eight years, so that more children who encounter contradictions and problems in their growth can be cared for. At the same time, 1000 special care education lectures were arranged all over the country, so that more parents of' problem students' can get practical help. " When it comes to the future, Cao Xiaoyan is full of ambition.
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■ Li Yan (teacher of Hebei Characteristic Care Education School): "This school is a large-scale TV series called" Children have a Home ",which is better than the children at home."
■ Lu Qin (host of "Intimate Sister" column of China Youth Daily): "In this long-distance training, the children have experienced hardships, increased their self-confidence and felt love, which are what they need most for their growth. The children succeeded, and Cao Xiaoyan also succeeded. "
■ He Laoshi (parents of students): "When my child confided to me for the first time in more than ten years, I cried. The failure of family education sent the child into a' dead end', but President Cao pulled him back. " (From: Fu Lin. com)