支教感言／楊嘉明
照片拍攝／麥雪蓉、王皓明
楊嘉明，14歲，從小在美國舊金山長大。雖然平時在家中與父母也會說中文，但是第一次來到中國大陸的他，面對著完全不熟悉的語言和生活環境，10天的支教，隊友們為他的表現感到欣慰。文藝表演時，他打著節奏帶領著花火隊的小夥子們認真地敲著鑼打著鼓，真是好樣的！Stephen, 希望明年見到你時，中文能說得更好哦，加油！
Many people denounce the poor, pointing totheir fickleness as the reason of their downfall into poverty. However, beingborn indigenous never comes to mind. The environment I grew up imparted an attitude of indifference to the plight and circumstance of the poor, but going on this trip changed that for me. I felt incongruous, out of place in a foreign environment. My Chinese wasn’t on par with the peoplearound me (and even worse I read Traditional Chinese), which only reinforced myfeelings of displacement. Despite my apprehension I saw that each and every one of the children around me were aslively as any child in my home state of California.
As the aide of a teacher, I saw that the students could be very assiduous, hard-working, and eager to learn and absorb the knowledge we taught them. I realized the children’s earnest desire to learn stemmed from the austerity and asperity they grew up in, since they never had the opportunity to attend school at a younger age.
Going to the students』 houses to drop off some supplies one by one really humbled me, and I realized how lucky I am to live with so much luxury. I was also very surprised by the generosity of the students, some of whom offered me small orange berries they had picked from abush. The homes of the students I visited were rustic, complete with animal sand cultivated plants as virtually all of their parents were farmers. The part of the trip that moved me most occurred during the last day, when we gave the students clothes. It was heart-breaking to find out that the packages of clothing that were given to us to distribute hada paucity of boy clothes; and the looks of sorrow on some of the boys』 faces isan image I will never forget. The boys there quickly got girl’s clothing for their siblings and mothers. Although it wasn’t an ecstatic day for everyone, I’m certain all of the students were very grateful for the new clothing.
My last day there I saw that all of the students were really sad to see us leaveand some of the teachers gave the children a way to communicate with us. On the bus ride back, I thought about my life and a feeling of gratitude rushed over me. I am humbled that this opportunity was given to me.
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