Westerners and Beijing migrant schools

发现了一个网站，记录着一些西方慈善人士对北京市的一所民工子弟学校的关心和帮助。

http://beijingholidayparty.com/kids/

民工子弟学校可能是北京的特有现象了。与北京高楼大厦、灯红酒绿的印象相左，它们灰头土脸，忙于生计和享受的城市人很难注意到它们的存在。看了这个网站里的照片，才从这些西方世界来的慈善者角度对那里有了些了解。

北京市普通小学的学生可能都有自己的手机和笔记本电脑了，这里的娃娃们还那样一无所有；在圣诞节拿到了白皮肤大叔送来的玩具，笑得那样开心！

从这些照片让我回想起我当时上小学的情景，但那是20年之前了！

最后想到，那些建立民工子弟学校、教育那些被忽略的祖国花朵的人是真正伟大的人。

Like any other big and modern cities, Beijing has a lot of gray figures behind its prosperity: they are construction workers, janitors, service persons, ... Majority of them come from rural areas all over the country and they do labor-intensive jobs to make a modest living, and make the city runs happily. Perhaps unlike other cities on the same level, Beijing has migrant schools, where a classroom is provided for children of those workers at day time. The schools are operating on a condition that's similar as I used to be studying 20 years ago -- impoverished, and so are the children staying there. Perhaps one block away children from the ordinary family could already have their own laptops and mobile phones -- a contrast that's astonishing. I'm not sure but perhaps the fees prevent those children from attending an elementary school -- it could be astronomical for migrant workers.

Citizens are usually too busy to pay any attention to these schools. Now some westerners are bringing toys to those children and concerning on their existence. I want to say THANK YOU to these nice people. I also think that the persons who build and operate these schools are real great, too.

10个多月

跟adug聊天，他第一句就是：lidaof的文章终于接收了

我说：我已经知道了 真不容易 有10个月了 跟生孩子似的

想想我1月初将要离开北京的时候他正在打稿，聊天的时候我答应帮他看。几经波折，终成正果。这通常意味着可以博士毕业了... 我跟他第一句话是：我这个职位要空出来了你赶紧拿了学位过来吧... lidaof痛苦道：老板不放我走啊

lidaof十个月整出篇文章（adug也是），我这10个月整出个屁来了么？


Got the news that one of my friend has just got a paper accepted. This took him 10 months and finally he is eligible for Ph.D. degree with the publication... Thinking about what I have done in the same period, I felt really bad for a moment because I did nothing...

But I will keep up working. All my friends are watching and I won't disappoint them.

Tuzki for “兔斯基” for "TUZKI"

看了兔斯基和王卯卯的博客～都是同龄人，而且实在太羡慕人家能这么自如的用图画来表达自己（为啥咱好像就对画画一窍不通呢？）

TUZKI is the name of little rabbit created by Momo Wang, which enjoys astonishing popularity in Chinese Internet community. The author is an artist and works as a professional illustrator in Hong Kong. I'm so impressed by her ability to express herself freely via painting...

我们的好总理 Our Premier

这是温家宝总理致新华社的一封手写信件，更正自己在发言中犯得一个地质学上的错误。如果我没记错的话，温总理正是地质学出身。总理对待事实一丝不苟，并且敢于公开承认自己的错误，让我十分敬佩！总理此书不仅言表个人，更对中国官员有一种示范作用。

Here I try to make a description in English....

This is from news.sina.com.cn, publishing a hand-written letter from our Premier Wen Jiabao to Xinhua News Agency. In his letter he pointed out a minor mistake in one of his article discussing his personal view of teachers' role in education. The mistake is so minor (and technical) that only geologists will recognize it. I admire his action of openly admitting his personal mistake as Premier, as this should set good example for all the Chinese officials!


http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-10-12/212418814077.shtml