Chapter 225 Arrival at School
Facing such a curious girl like Lin Yuzhen, Lu Yiming could only continue to introduce her patiently: "In terms of teaching quality alone, Huangren College is still very good. It even had the opportunity to be upgraded to a university. Unfortunately, Hong Kong is a small place and excellent students are extremely scarce, so they had no choice but to give up."
Lin Yuzhen was even more confused: "Since the teaching quality is very good, what else is the problem?"
Lu Yiming complained: "This is a big problem. Haven't you heard that if the line is wrong, the more knowledge you have, the more reactionary you are."
"Ah, what do you mean?"
Lin Yuzhen's bright eyes kept blinking, and she looked so silly and cute.
Lu Yiming had no choice but to explain: "Education is an extension of politics and culture. Hong Kong was colonized by Britain for nearly a hundred years. Although it has returned to China, there are still many historical problems in the education sector. Students trained under this teaching system have been instilled with a lot of Western culture and values since childhood. It will be a big problem for them to know where to sit in the future."
There is no doubt that this is a huge hidden danger.
However, it is not so easy to deal with it. It will take at least two generations of efforts to clean up the various traces and hidden hands left by the British in Hong Kong's education sector.
Everyone seemed to understand what was said, after all, these things were too abstract for students like them who were solely focused on the college entrance examination and had no time or channels to learn about other things.
The topics that Lu Yiming talked about were completely different from what they knew.
Li Zhengkai also had a chat with his cousin. In his cousin's words, Hong Kong is the most economically prosperous city in the motherland, full of modern atmosphere everywhere. But now Lu Yiming said that there are a lot of historical problems here. In his opinion, this is nonsense.
Li Zhengkai, who had been holding back his anger all along the way, finally got the chance and started to rant at Lu Yiming: "This is ridiculous! You are simply talking nonsense! Now the inland areas are calling for openness and learning from the West, and they want to take Hong Kong's return as an opportunity and use Hong Kong as a model city. But you are talking about historical issues. Do you mean that it is wrong to learn from the advanced West?"
Lu Yiming raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Zhengkai who looked excited, but smiled without saying anything.
This kind of mentality is very common in the Xia country today.
Chinese people hold too many overly beautiful fantasies about the Western world, always thinking that the moon is rounder in foreign countries and that even the air there is sweeter.
But Lu Yiming had seen how the Western powers had declined and behaved in a shameful manner twenty years later.
However, in this era, Europe and the United States are still wearing gorgeous coats and have not shown any signs of fatigue. Lu Yiming certainly will not argue with Li Zhengkai, because time will give the answer, and anything he says now would be a waste of breath.
Zhu Hanwen, who was standing next to him, saw that Lu Yiming could talk about the history of Huangren College at will, and was amazed at Lu Yiming's wide knowledge and erudition. As for the historical issues that Lu Yiming mentioned later, even he was confused and had no idea what he was talking about.
However, Zhu Hanwen did not refute Lu Yiming like Li Zhengkai did, because he is a teacher, and teachers should encourage students to open up their minds and forge ahead.
He even enjoys seeing similar debates among his students. Only in this way can he trigger a collision of ideas and let them learn to look at the world from different perspectives.
More than ten minutes had passed since he got off the bus. Zhu Hanwen raised his wrist to check his watch, then clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said, "Okay, students, it's almost time to meet with the teacher here. Let's go to the school to register first. We can discuss anything we want to know later. Come on, take the roll again."
"Lu Yiming."
"arrive."
"Li Zhengkai."
"arrive."
"Wu Qiuya."
"arrive."
"Lv Jiajia."
"arrive."
"Lin Yuzhen."
"arrive."
Zhu Hanwen closed his notebook and waved his hand: "Let's go."
Wong Yan College.
Yue Guodong, a clerk in the school affairs office, was dressed in a suit and tie, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a briefcase under his arm, and a pair of shiny black leather shoes.
He stood at the door of the office and urged quietly, "Li Huishan, hurry up. The exchange students from the mainland have arrived. We can't be rude. Especially as the student union president, you have the obligation to go out and receive them in person."
Li Huishan said impatiently, "This is so troublesome. Why does the school want to recruit these mainland students?"
Hong Kong at this time still retains its old arrogance. The once affluent living conditions make many people here always look down on their compatriots from the mainland with a condescending perspective.
Li Huishan is such a person. In her eyes, the mainland is dirty, messy, full of poverty and backwardness. She secretly despises it in her heart. At the same time, she yearns for Europe and the United States. She dreams of getting a British passport, then leaving this barren and backward land under her feet and going abroad to pursue a happier life of higher quality.
As a teacher, Yue Guodong is certainly more mature than Li Huishan.
Although he looked down on the mainland in his heart just like Li Huishan, he would not show it. Moreover, he was a teacher and knew some things that Li Huishan, a student, did not know.
The purpose of the school board of Huangren College's cooperation with schools in the Mainland is not that simple.
After all, Hong Kong is too small, with a total population of only 6.5 million, but as many as 300 secondary schools. Wong Yan College was established the earliest, more than 100 years ago, but it is now ranked only eighth, having been overtaken by "juniors" such as Diocesan Boys' School and Anglo-Chinese Girls' School. It would be strange if it wasn't anxious.
After all, if the internal competition continues like this, Huangren College might fall out of the top ten one day, and it would be ashamed to face its ancestors.
Yue Guodong was extremely impressed with his own school directors. They were able to make a decision so quickly and turn their attention to the mainland, which was strategically very wise.
After all, instead of continuing to compete with those wealthy peers in Hong Kong, it is better to expand into the mainland first and tap into high-quality students from the country. This is what we call pioneering and enterprising.
It is based on this point that this exchange and learning activity was held. Even Huangren College itself is one of the sponsors of the English competition.
But unfortunately, most people don't have such perspective and thinking, and cannot see through the interests involved.
Zhu Hanwen led several students to Huangren College. Although he was a teacher, it was his first time in Hong Kong, so Zhu Hanwen was very nervous.
This is the legendary Hong Kong, full of gold and famous overseas. It is naturally a level higher than the cities in the mainland.
Moreover, Zhu Hanwen knew that he and his companions represented the image of the school and even the entire education sector of Baiyun City on this trip. He was afraid that he or his students would make a fool of themselves, bringing shame to the school and discrediting the education sector of Baiyun City.
"Once you get to school, you must obey instructions, you can't run around, you can't yell when you see anything, you can't spit, and you can't say uncivilized words. Anyone who breaks the rules will have to clean the toilet for a semester! Did you hear that clearly?"
When they heard that they had to clean the toilets for a whole semester, everyone immediately became serious and did not dare to slack off at all.
Think about it, there are six classes on one floor of a teaching building, with more than 80 students in each class, and they spend more than ten hours in school every day. During this time, the amount of shit, urine and fart produced...
And one scan is for a whole semester.
It is torture indeed.
In the team, only Lu Yiming acted the most relaxed, and even teased Zhu Hanwen, "Not really, Mr. Zhu, there's no need to be so serious. This is an exchange and learning, not a diplomatic visit."
"What do you know? I'm warning you, this is Hong Kong, stop being so frivolous, and restrain yourself! We need to take this matter seriously!"
Although Lu Yiming was dismissive of Zhu Hanwen's caution, he did not say anything. After all, in this era, the vast majority of Chinese people have the same attitude towards Hong Kong as Zhu Hanwen. They feel that Hong Kong is just like its name, and everything in it is more attractive than in the mainland.
As they were talking, several people had already arrived at the gate of Huangren College.
The gate of Huangren College is not very conspicuous. There is only a one-meter-high iron fence extending to both sides from a black granite with the words "Huangren College" carved on it. Inside the iron fence, there is a three-story teaching building with the words "Huangren College" written on the wall, hidden under several palm trees.
At the corner at the end of the iron fence is a low wall made of bricks and tiles. It rises like steps along the terrain until it surrounds the entire college.
Yue Guodong and Li Huishan were standing at the school gate. When they saw Zhu Hanwen holding a red flag with the words "Baiyun No. 1 Middle School" written on it, Yue Guodong patted Li Huishan on the shoulder and reminded her, "They are coming."
Afterwards, Yue Guodong adjusted his glasses, straightened the wrinkles of his suit, and put on a friendly smile. When Zhu Hanwen and the others were only a dozen meters away, he walked up steadily, shook hands with Zhu Hanwen, and said enthusiastically: "You are the exchange team of Baiyun No. 1 Middle School, right? I am Yue Guodong, a clerk in the school affairs office of Huangren Academy. Welcome to you. This is Li Huishan, the president of the Student Union."
In Zhu Hanwen's imagination, he thought he had to take people to ask for directions first, and then report to the school office.
He didn't expect that a top school like Huangren Academy would give him such respect and send someone to greet him. He felt flattered and shook hands with Yue Guodong, bowing humbly. "Nice to meet you. I'm Zhu Hanwen, deputy director of the Political and Educational Department of Baiyun No. 1 Middle School. These are the students I brought here for exchange studies. They are Lu Yiming, Li Zhengkai, Wu Qiuya, Lu Jiajia, and Lin Yuzhen."
Yue Guodong said enthusiastically: "Welcome, you will spend a week of exchange and study here. I hope you can have a fulfilling and happy time. If you have any questions about life, you can come to me. If you have any doubts or troubles in study, you can ask Li Huishan for help."
Li Huishan introduced herself indifferently: "Hello, I'm Sandy, the president of the Student Union, welcome. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve in the next week, you can come to the Student Union to find me, but I hope that you can solve the problems as much as possible by yourselves and develop your own abilities."
In the entire Huangren College, whether teachers or students, everyone wore the same uniform, so when Li Huishan saw Zhu Hanwen and the others dressed in different styles, she felt contemptuous. She thought it was very unruly and looked like country bumpkins. Although in Li Huishan's eyes, these people were indeed country bumpkins.
Yue Guodong invited, "Since you are new here, I will show you around our school first. Please follow me over here."
Queen's College is located in Wan Chai, in the middle of Hong Kong Island. It is located at the junction of Causeway Road and Causeway Bay Road in Tin Hau, Causeway Bay, adjacent to Victoria Park and Hong Kong Central Library. The campus area is nearly 17,000 square meters, much larger than the average secondary school in Hong Kong.
Huang Yan College has a total of 27 classrooms, six laboratories, two biology laboratories, two physics laboratories, two chemistry laboratories, two lecture rooms, two computer rooms, and eight teacher rooms. In addition, there are two playgrounds, three basketball courts, and even a multimedia learning center. It can be said that it keeps up with the pace of the times and has complete facilities.
When many schools in the mainland still only had chalk and blackboards, and even the tables, chairs and benches were all handmade, Xiangjiang Huangren College had already popularized multimedia teaching methods.
Each classroom is equipped with a computer, a slide projector, and a 32-inch color TV.
When software teaching is needed, the images can be transmitted directly to students through the TV. With the help of the light bulb inside the slide projector, teachers can write the teaching content in advance or draw it directly on a small transparent card, and then project it onto the screen on the podium for the most intuitive demonstration, greatly improving teaching efficiency.
I have to say that this teaching model is very advanced.
Of course, it is also quite expensive. At least provinces and cities with weak economies cannot expect to replicate it.
Yue Guodong first took everyone for a walk around the school along the sidewalk, and then led everyone to visit the teaching building where classes were taking place.
When he arrived in front of one of the classes, Yue Guodong deliberately stopped and asked everyone to stand at the back door to observe.
The teacher in the class is a foreign teacher, and he is teaching chemistry.
Zhu Hanwen asked in surprise: "Teaching in English only?"
Li Huishan raised her chin slightly and proudly introduced: "Except for Chinese and Chinese history, which are taught in Mandarin, all other subjects in Huangren College are taught in English. The school has 52 foreign teachers alone. This foreign chemistry teacher was invited by the principal himself from Britain."
With such teaching staff, no other schools , let alone high schools, even some local universities cannot compare with it.
Lin Yuzhen asked curiously, "Why is the school full of boys? Where are all the girls?"
Li Huishan looked at the country bumpkin with disdain, and then introduced him reluctantly, "Huang Yan College is mainly a boys' school. The students from Form 1 to Form 5 are 100% boys. But Form 6 and Form 7 will accept girls, especially the medical department. There will be one to three girls with excellent grades, but it will not exceed 10% of the total number of matriculation students."
Obviously , Li Huishan is one of the girls with excellent academic performance. She is studying in the preparatory class and can directly enter the Medical School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong after graduation. Her dream is to get a British passport after graduation and go to London to work as a doctor.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "The proportion of boys is so high, it's not very free."
