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.