Chapter Thirteen: The Centennial Plan (1)
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The current Nanyao can be said to be the home for children. Except for the remaining 500 children under school age in the mountains, the remaining 600-year-old children over 7 years old have all moved into the spacious and comfortable tiled house newly built in Nanyao in spring.
In addition to the orphans taken in by Zhao Zhenzhong and others, and the children of suitable age in several surrounding villages, Nanyao Yixue has reached the scale of more than 700 students. With the expansion of the number of students, Nanyao Yixue has built rows of brick and tile houses this spring as school classrooms and teacher-student dormitories. The teaching area is divided into two parts: over 12 years old and under 12 years old, and the dormitory area is divided into two areas: male and female.
For children under the age of 12, a dedicated person is responsible for their daily life management. The managers are all families of refugees and factory workers. There are also teenagers over 13 years old who are also responsible for their lives, but they need not many things to worry about when they start to learn to live independently.
It is just because Nanyao Yixue is located in a remote location, it is difficult to hire a suitable teacher for a while. At present, only Li Laodao and others and 6 and 7 people selected from refugees with a certain level of education to serve as literacy teachers for many children. However, as the children's age and number of literacy increases, these people at present are definitely not competent for the role of teachers.
After 7 requests with Lord, Americans, Sui Shiqing and others to help solve the shortage of teachers in Nanyao School, Zhao Zhenzhong also published an inspiration in Qingdao newspapers to recruit suitable personnel to serve as school teachers. There were only more than 20 people who were willing to come to Nanyao to apply for teachers, and there were almost no one in accordance with the standards set by Zhao Zhenzhong.
The standards required by Zhao Zhenzhong are not very high. He is between 25 and 50 years old, has a level of knowledge that meets the requirements, and can withstand the workload of six days a week and eight hours a day. Among the people who come to apply for the job, there is not much age problem. They also think that they can basically do the work time and workload requirements, but their level of knowledge is a bit terrible. Among these applicants, in addition to several nerd scholars in the late Qing Dynasty who were full of words, there are also some foreign influences and radical thinking young people. As for Zhao Zhenzhong's desire to teach physics, chemistry, mechanical principles, foreign languages, etc., there are no talents. Even if there are a few who claim to be knowledgeable in foreign languages, they are stuttering and stuttering three-legged cats after trying it.
Among them, there was a 23-year-old young man named Ding Youmin, who was over 1.6 meters tall and had short hair, and looked very energetic. After a brief introduction to each other, Ding Youmin had a conversation with Zhao Zhenzhong and Liu Dehai. After knowing that Ding Youmin graduated from Jinan Shandong Provincial No. 1 Middle School two years ago, Zhao Zhenzhong had some speculations. After listening to Ding Youmin's words, he said: "We are also very happy when Mr. Ding thinks that we are here. However, Mr. Ding's current age, education and other conditions are somewhat inconsistent with what we require. I'm afraid Mr. Ding will disappoint him."
Ding Youmin looked at Liu Dehai, who was sitting next to him without talking, and the handsome and calm young man in front of him, saying, "I am two years younger, but this does not affect teaching children, right? As for education, I want to teach some children who are still competent."
Shaking his head, Zhao Zhenzhong said: "Age is not a problem. I am not as old as Mr. Ding, but I also have to teach students. The key is knowledge. We are now recruiting middle school teachers who can teach physics, chemistry, mechanical principles, foreign languages, etc. for children over 12 years old. Mr. Ding also has a middle school degree and is afraid he cannot be competent for teaching middle school related courses."
"As for teaching children under the age of 12 to learn literacy, arithmetic and common sense in life, some of our teenagers here are competent."
Hearing the young man in front of him revealing his doubts about his academic level, Ding Youmin was just a 23-year-old man after all, and couldn't help but say, "My little brother is so young, I wonder which prestigious school he graduated from? Which subject is he teaching?"
"Haha, I'm only fifteen years ago. I haven't taken a day after returning from a foreign country five years ago. However, I'm qualified for any middle school course, and to be honest, I can even do some of the college courses."
Zhao Zhenzhong then said: "I can get better harvests than older farmers when farming; I can get more fish than others when I fish; I don't know a single article, but I use my knowledge to create the four-sea industry in front of me... Even foreign languages, I master the four languages of English, German, Russian and Japanese. With these, I don't think I have any problems in teaching middle school students. What does Mr. Ding think?"
"Everyone can say big talk! If the little brother is really so talented, why should he hire a teacher?!" Ding Youmin was unbelievable and said a little disdainful when he heard what Zhao Zhenzhong said.
Liu Dehai, who was standing beside him, was a little surprised. He had never seen Zhao Zhenzhong so arrogant.
"Haha, recruiting teachers is because there are many students, and I still have a lot of things to be busy with. As for whether or not I believe it, it is Mr. Ding's own business. As long as Mr. Ding has any outstanding aspects in agriculture, fishing, business, and foreign languages, we will definitely hire them with high salaries." Zhao Zhenzhong was still not polite in his words.
Ding Youmin's face turned red, took a deep breath, suppressed the unfairness in his heart, bowed and said, "I'll see you today, and come to see Brother Zhao's talent again in the future!" After that, he did not stop and turned around and left.
"Haha, if you don't send me, you'll walk all the way." Zhao Zhenzhong said calmly.
"Zhenzhong, why are you today..." Liu Dehai, the head of the school, couldn't help but speak, but stopped hesitantly.
"Senior brother, do you think I'm too ostentatious? Aggressive?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked with a smile indifferently.
Liu Dehai nodded and said, "I didn't even think I knew you in that moment."
"Haha, when will I be me?" Zhao Zhenzhong explained: "The reason I did this just now was just to let this person leave. People with radical thinking should not be recruited now, as it will ruin our business."
"How do you know that he is radical?" Liu Dehai was a little surprised.
"Didn't you hear him say he graduated from Shandong Provincial No. 1 Middle School in Jinan? That place has been a place with radical ideas since the May Fourth Movement in 1919, and it has been published in the newspaper." Zhao Zhenzhong found an excuse. He could not tell the relevant information he learned from the original world. The Ding Youmin just now was probably the person he was suspicious, and it is not a good time to deal with them now.
"Although their enthusiasm is commendable, it is not enough to have enthusiasm and motivation in this era. With the ulterior motives of foreign forces, it will cause too much harm in the future. It should be beneficial to polish them now."
Liu Dehai looked at Zhao Zhenzhong who was thinking in front of him and couldn't help but smile: "Why do you guy make me think you are not 15 years old, but you are 51? I can't understand anything you say."
"Uh..., I'm that youngest?" Zhao Zhenzhong was depressed.
After interviewing this group of more than 20 people, Zhao Zhenzhong continued to publish information on recruiting middle school teachers in Qingdao newspapers, and interviewed some applicants one after another. After more than a month of busyness, Zhao Zhenzhong finally identified 7 candidates who were still qualified.
Before the end of August, Lord found six middle school teachers who could speak fluently and proficient in physics, mechanical principles and German from the German school in Qingdao to introduce them to Nanyao School; American Consul Ou Dunsi and others also introduced 8 people who were proficient in Chinese, proficient in mathematics, chemistry, geography, and English, and had worked as teachers at Mingde Middle School to Nanyao School; Sui Shiqing even put a lot of effort into finding 11 teachers who were proficient in Chinese history, geography, and Chinese.
With the arrival of this 32 teachers, not only more than 300 teenagers over 12 years old don’t have to worry about the lack of teachers in middle school courses, but even the nearly 500 students between the ages of 7 and 12 have also alleviated the pressure of teacher shortage to a certain extent.
For these teachers who finally gathered at Nanyao School who could teach middle school students, Zhao Zhenzhong gave a much higher treatment than middle school teachers in Qingdao City. The good treatment, harmonious atmosphere, and the beautiful scenery nearby made these teachers truly feel at ease and devote themselves to various teaching work.
The school's courses have also become richer, including Chinese, mathematics, German, English, geography, history, physics, chemistry, sports, labor and other courses. A high-level middle school is gradually emerging.
Everything in Nanyao School began to get on track and was running at a faster pace. The plan to cultivate talents in Zhaozhen Center began to be gradually implemented, laying a solid foundation for cultivating many talents of all kinds in the future.
Chapter completed!