Luna was in the archives checking up on the information of retired teachers until midnight last night. Later, she was so sleepy that she fell asleep on the table.
Early this morning, I went out with the list of retired teachers and their contact information compiled last night, ready to visit those old teachers.
Her first target was Taseer, a general Chinese language teacher who had just retired last year, a humble and polite old man.
The carriage stopped outside an exquisite house. Luna got out of the car and knocked on the door.
After a while, an old lady opened the door and looked at Luna standing outside. She was a little surprised and asked: "Luna, why are you here?"
"Good morning, Mrs. Belinda, I'm here to see Mr. Taseer." Luna said with a smile. She had been a guest at Mr. Taseer's home before.
"He is trimming his flowers and plants in the backyard. Come in first. He even mentioned you young teachers two days ago." Old lady Belinda said with a smile and welcomed Luna into the door.
The wooden house is a bit old, but it doesn't smell of decay at all. Instead, it looks classic and elegant. The floor is covered with tan carpets, and the burning fireplace makes the room very warm and comfortable.
There are also two sofas in the living room. The cushions are made of wool and are made by the ingenious Mrs. Belinda.
Almost all the exquisite decorations in the room were made and arranged by Teacher Taseer himself.
"You sit down for a while, I'll call him." Mrs. Belinda and Luna said, walking towards the back door.
After a while, a energetic old man walked into the living room, looked at Luna who was standing in front of the fireplace and looked at the paintings on the wall, and said with a smile: "Luna, why are you free to come and sit here for a while today?" .”
Luna turned around, looked at the old gentleman who was well-dressed even at home, and smiled: "I haven't come to see Mr. Taseer and Mrs. Belinda for a long time, so I came here to see you today."
"Sit down, I'll make you a cup of coffee. The kid just brought it two days ago. It's a good thing." Taseer walked to the bar next to him, grabbed a handful of coffee beans and put them into the grinder, while shaking it with his hand. While holding the joystick, he looked at Luna: "I heard that you are busy building a new teaching building for the children recently. How is the progress?"
"The new teaching building has been completed and the interior decoration is almost completed. Now we only have to wait for the start of school to allow more than 500 poor children to go to school." Luna answered with a smile.
"More than five hundred children?!" Taseer stopped moving and gave Luna a thumbs up with admiration in his eyes, "Luna, you really did this for those children. It is a great good thing, and the next generation will be feared, and the next generation will be feared."
"I just did what I could, and it was the kind people who donated to the foundation that allowed these children to go to school."
"The principal also told me at the beginning that he wanted to expand enrollment, but it has not been easy for our academy in recent years. The one hundred subsidized places every year is already the limit. You have solved the problem of attending school for 500 children at once. But there is no need to be modest at all." Taseer smiled and continued grinding coffee.
Luna looked at Taseer, pursed her lips and said: "Although there are five hundred children who can enroll in school when the next semester starts, there are still more than three thousand children who cannot go to school in the city of chaos... You know, If they miss out on schooling, they have no choice but to do the lowest and hardest jobs without any chance or ability to change their destiny."
The movements in Taseer's hands slowly stopped, he sighed, and said with some emotion: "I always felt sorry for you when you gave everything to those children. You lived a miserable life, and you couldn't change anything. Other than eating more, those children Even after a full meal, he still couldn't escape his fate.
Now you allow five hundred children to enroll in Chaos Academy, at least giving them a chance to change their destiny. But our abilities are limited after all, and the fate of those more than 3,000 children cannot be easily changed by us. "
"I know that you also pity those children, and I know that what you said is right, so I have never asked the people around me to do anything with me." Luna nodded, looked at Tasil and continued: "We can't. But what if there are more people like you, old teachers who have decades of teaching experience and still have the physical strength to teach."
"You mean?" Tasil looked at Luna with some confusion.
Luna said with a firm look: "I want to build a new academy for those children, a new academy that is different from the Chaos Academy. It will only admit children who cannot go to school because of poverty."
Taseer's eyes lit up, but he quickly calmed down. After a moment's hesitation, he looked at Luna and said, "Luna, I know your original intention is good, but building a new academy is not a trivial matter, no matter how much money is invested. , resources, and teachers who teach more than 3,000 students, I’m afraid we old guys won’t be able to survive.”
"I know what you said. In terms of funds, the foundation currently has sufficient funds. As for the procedures for the new academy and the construction of the school building, there will be professional people in charge.
As for the teachers in the school, we will recruit a group of new teachers as the main force, but we also need to hire a group of old teachers with rich teaching experience like you to lead them..." Luna described the plan discussed with Mag yesterday as roughly the same as Tassie's. I said it once.
Taseer's eyes became brighter and brighter. After listening to Luna's words, he stood up even more excitedly, looked at Luna and said: "I didn't expect that you already have such a detailed plan. Although running a school like this cannot satisfy every child, Nature and abilities are developed to the greatest extent, but for those children, being able to learn some practical knowledge can change their destiny, or at least give them more choices.
I am willing to join this school and become a teacher again to radiate the last light and heat to these children. "
"Although my memory is starting to get worse, if you don't mind it, I can teach arithmetic for a few more years, or teach some young teachers how to teach classes." Mrs. Belinda was carrying a pot that had just been boiled. Boiling water came out of the kitchen and said with a smile.
"Then thank you both very much." Luna stood up, smiled and bowed.
"Don't say that, we are just doing a small thing, Luna, you are the one who is working hard for these children." Taseer waved his hand and said: "Whether it's us, there are still a few old guys who are here after retirement." The family is very busy, and I will have tea with them soon, so I will tell them about this, and they will definitely be willing to join in."
"Are they Mr. Jeremiah and the others?" Luna asked.
"Yeah, that's the kind of old guy." Taseer nodded.
"Can I go with you to meet them later? I want to talk to them about this in person." Luna looked at Taseer expectantly.
"sure."
