1964 On the morning of August1/kloc-0, I bid farewell to Cao Yang Xincun Street Central Primary School and reported to the Second Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University. As soon as I entered the school gate, I was greeted by colorful flags and a scene of jubilation. Several blackboards were erected under Cai's banner, which read "Warmly welcome new students to the school newspaper!" "Dear students, welcome to school!" Wait, warm black chalk. Several teachers stood by, enthusiastically explaining and guiding the freshmen.

The teaching building of junior high school is a three-story spire building made of red brick: in the center of the front wall of the lobby, there is a "warm welcome-new life!" Billboards with yellow characters on a red background; On the left wall, there are several pieces of white paper with the names of more than 300 freshmen written on it. Outside the lobby is a cement road leading directly to the high school teaching building, and both sides are decorated with reading windows more than 20 meters long.

I walked into the classroom of Class 3, Grade 1, and got a name tag with the class name and scientific name written on it. When freshmen reported for a break, a large number of students rushed out of six classrooms and filled the corridor, which unexpectedly created an opportunity for students to get to know each other and remember their faces by observing badges.

At the class teacher-student get-together, all the teachers appeared one after another: class teacher and math teacher Jiang Kunyu, deputy class teacher and political teacher Cao Kangsui, Chinese teacher, English teacher Xu Gensheng, physics teacher, history teacher, geography teacher Wu Qibao, physical education teacher Chen, music teacher Du, and art teacher Bao. The students also reported their simple situations one by one clockwise.

As soon as the freshman registration meeting was over, the three boys from the same primary school quickly got together like magnets. Everyone walked out of the classroom together, recalled the past of primary school and visited the surrounding environment of the school.

I see that the school covers a large area and there are many buildings on the ground. In addition to the two teaching buildings of junior high school and senior high school, there are also specialized music rooms, indoor gymnastics rooms, standard large-scale playgrounds, basketball courts, volleyball courts and canteens. Flowers and trees can be seen everywhere on campus, and the scenery is very beautiful.

We also entered the campus of East China Normal University along the winding Riva River in the campus with great interest, and visited the historical and cultural buildings, foreign language buildings, libraries and other places of interest all the way.

Second, the first lesson of school

Bell ... When the bell rang in the first class, Mr. Jiang, the head teacher in white shirt, appeared at the door of the classroom. On the podium, he first communicated with each student with his eyes, then smiled and showed two rows of neat teeth and said, "Dear students, our first class is to listen to the welcome speech of President Mao Zhongpan."

"Dear freshmen, good morning! I am Mao Zhongpan, the headmaster of the Second Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University. Now, on behalf of all the faculty and staff of the school, I warmly welcome you to study in the school! " The first sentence of Chairman Mao's welcome speech made the students feel good.

"Dear classmates, do you know that you have been admitted to the Second Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University, and one of your feet can be said to have entered the door of the university!" After introducing the historical evolution of the school, President Mao once again said some exciting words for the students.

One of your feet can be said to have entered the university gate! Hearing this sentence, my spirit cheered up. I remember the first time I saw the words "East China Normal University" on the school's exhibition board, I felt a sense of pride.

Although Chairman Mao's warm and earnest welcome speech was short and soon ended, the voice that excited the students lingered. Everyone began to imagine, as if seeing their own bright future.

Third, innovative learning methods.

Teacher Jiang's math class, which used to teach algebra for three years and interspersed with geometry, was changed to teach algebra for the first two years and geometry for the second. This change has solved the problem that some students can't keep up with the learning rhythm because of the interweaving of the two courses.

When Mr. Jiang is in class, the chalk is clearly and beautifully written and the composition is accurate; When analyzing the topic, the thinking is clear and the levels are clear; Ten minutes will be set aside for students to review and digest before class; Explain the students' questions repeatedly until everyone understands them, which greatly improves the students' learning effect.

In Chinese classes in xu teacher, students are encouraged to study independently. Among them, when he graded students' compositions, he changed the teacher to a separate one, which is a way of combining students' mutual evaluation with teachers' correction.

Xu teacher first formed a group of four people in the front and back rows of students' seats, exchanged and read through their respective compositions, and commented on their advantages and disadvantages one by one, so that everyone could learn from each other and benefit a lot; Then let the author read aloud a good composition or fragment in front of the whole class to stimulate students' enthusiasm for writing.

It is in such a learning atmosphere that I never liked composition very much, but gradually fell in love with composition, and gradually mastered the basic methods of narrative writing, which laid a certain foundation for my future literary creation.

Xu teacher in English class is a young teacher who has just left college. He teaches English with accurate pronunciation and refined grammar. Xu teacher adopts the method of "listening before reading" in class, so that students can read the text repeatedly first, and then explain the specific grammar knowledge after everyone enters the language environment.

His teaching method, combined with students' own efforts, helped each other to learn, and successfully made everyone master twice the basic knowledge of English in ordinary middle schools. My English homework was rated as "good!" Teacher Xu has been taught many times. "Very good!" Even "very beautiful!" Comments, and he recommended to the window of reading.

In politics class, Mr. Cao not only teaches the basic knowledge of political theory in class, but also gives up rest after class and talks with some students to help them improve their political consciousness.

She once planned to hold a lecture on "Recalling the past and thinking hard" for all the first-year students. Coincidentally, the speaker is a female health care cadre in my neighborhood Committee. Before liberation, she told the story that the bully landlord in the village bullied the long-term workers, molested and insulted the landlord's old rich man and tried to occupy her, which shocked the hearts of the students and gave them a profound political and ideological education.

Fourth, the university professor gave us a Chinese lesson.

The Chinese classes in the first and second semesters of our class are taught by Associate Professor Tan from the Chinese Department of East China Normal University. The characteristic of his class is to learn from the past and learn from the present, and his lectures are almost theatrical and attractive.

I remember that at the end of May in the first half of the semester, Professor Tan gave my class an open class on the meaning of life in the trapezoidal classroom of the school. This class attracts many Chinese teachers from other schools to participate. One of the teachers unfortunately broke his calf before class and even came to class in a wheelchair.

"Life is a person's most precious thing ... life is only once ... when we look back ..." Professor Tan started with the classic sentence in How Steel was Tempered. He lectures unhurriedly, sometimes quoting classics, sometimes reading generously, and sometimes analyzing carefully, which firmly attracts the attention of all teachers and students.

The students in our class are all immersed in Professor Tan's speech. Everyone listened carefully and answered questions carefully, which left a good impression on teachers in other schools.

What impressed me most about Professor Tan's class was his last Chinese class before he went back to college. In a low voice, Professor Tan described his personal experience as a literary youth following Mr. Lu Xun's funeral procession.

Tan Yishou said that on the morning of June 1956 65438+ 10 14, the burial ceremony of Mr. Lu Xun's coffin was held in the new cemetery of Lu Xun in Hongkou Park. At that time, Soong Ching Ling, Mao Dun, Zhou Yang, Ke Qingshi, Xu Guangping, Li, Ba Jin, Jin Yi, and other leaders escorted the coffin out of the gate of Hongkou Park, along the pincer-shaped pyramid-shaped mound, and marched slowly towards the northwest cemetery. He and many citizens silently walked behind the leaders.

When Mr. Tan told this story, his speech was slow and full of emotion, which made the students live in the scene and deeply felt the love and reverence of a young artist for Lu Xun.

5. Welcome the bonfire party

"'1964 Welcome bonfire party in No.2 Middle School of East China Normal University' starts now!" At 6: 30 pm on the eve of the National Day, Mr. Dai Decai, the counselor of the Young Pioneers Brigade of the school, held a lead horn and announced loudly to the students and teachers attending the party. He is tall and thin, wearing a pair of short-sighted glasses with black edges, and the red silk scarf around his neck keeps fluttering with his excited posture.

Chairman Mao lit the kindling stick and threw it into a woodpile watered with diesel oil. In a flash, Mushan first ignited a red flame, and then, a raging fire rose. The orange flame rose to the height of two people, and the swaying flame lit up the night sky, making the classmates and teachers around the bonfire all flushed.

Under the leadership of the announcer, six classes of Grade One gave elaborate performances for the party. There are duets between boys and girls in the program, and there are also students and teachers singing together; There are female students dancing solo, male and female students dancing in pairs, and young teachers performing harmonica, erhu, violin and other musical instruments ... The party continues to climax in a happy atmosphere, and wonderful programs ring with applause and applause from time to time.

At the end of the party, Mr. Wu Guangtao, the director of the school, came among the students. On behalf of all the faculty and staff of the school, he warmly welcomed the freshmen to the school, encouraged them to adapt to the colorful life of morning exercise and evening self-study as soon as possible, strived to be good at thinking, learning and being healthy, and earnestly taught them to cherish every minute in the Second Affiliated High School.

Before the end of the speech, Director Wu gave the students a meaningful sentence. He said, "Dear students, have you ever thought about what you will be like … today … when you come to school as students … 20 years later?" His words hit the floor, as if a stone had been thrown into the pond in the students' hearts, rippling and rippling.

What will we be like in 20 years ... what will we be like in 30 years ... so, it's been a long time? The students are trying to think and imagine. Finally, in meditation, everyone was brought back to reality by the chorus of teachers and students before the end of the party. Students and teachers, let's join hands in singing and dancing and enjoy this unforgettable night.

Six, "learning agriculture" labor

From the first day of junior high school, at the beginning of June and the end of 10 every year, the school will organize students to participate in the "learning agriculture" labor in Jiading County for more than ten days. My class's "Learning Agriculture" location, the first two are in Loutang Commune Lounan Brigade and Ludu Brigade in Jiading County, and the last one is in Qianqiao Team 6 of Xu Jin Commune. During the "three summers", students took part in the labor of cutting wheat, picking broad beans and pulling rape stalks; When I was in Sanqiu, I was engaged in cutting rice and picking cotton.

In the labor of "learning agriculture", students are short and small, and the speed of harvesting wheat and rice is slow, often falling behind many members; Pulling rape stalks is small and flexible, and you can pull a lot in a moment.

In the labor of "learning agriculture", the intensive, bitter and tiring farm work is to cut wheat. In summer, mature wheat should be harvested in time. Otherwise, after exposure in the hot sun, the wheat grains will fall off in the field; The continuous rainy days will always make the ears of wheat full of too much water, from wet to moldy until rotten. Therefore, every year in this busy farming season, the countryside should launch a race against time to "grab the summer" activity.

The production team leader led the members and classmates to Tiantou. First, the members lined up to start harvesting, and then explained the essentials of using the sickle to the students, telling them to use the knife carefully and harvest slowly behind the members. Seeing that the members had gone far, the students quickly put their arms around the wheat and tried to harvest it, but they were far behind.

After a day's work, there are many "blisters" in my palm; Both arms were punctured by Maimang, which was painful and itchy, and gave birth to many little red pimples. My whole body aches, and I just don't want to get up when I lie on the ground. Individual students' fingers and toes were also cut by sickles, and their blood flowed.

The "learning agriculture" labor organized by the school left a good impression on the local commune and production team. Although agricultural labor has made students suffer from the pain of flesh and blood, it has also made everyone realize the hard side of rural open-air manual labor. In particular, this short-term labor of "learning agriculture" inadvertently allows students to be assigned to work in agriculture in the future, so as to know the real situation in rural areas in advance, learn some agricultural skills, and gain some rare and valuable experience to enhance their self-care ability.

VII. Military training activities

On March 7th, 1967, People's Daily published an editorial "Revolution in Primary and Secondary Schools". During this period, my class has attracted the attention of the media because of some classes on and off. The reporter of Wen Wei Po interviewed specially before, and published and introduced the situation of our class in the fourth edition of the newspaper. After the report was published, it aroused social concern, and students from six female middle schools in the city also came to our class to learn from it.

During this period, the school came to a "military propaganda team" responsible for organizing and disciplining students. Responsible for the military training of our class (platoon) is Chen Daishan, a staff officer of a PLA unit.

July and August are the hottest high temperature seasons in a year. Staff officer Chen led the students to March, walk, do exercises, hold wooden rifles and other military training actions under the scorching sun on the playground. A few days after military training, the students were all tanned with yellow skin and white skin.

Nearly two months of military training ended in an instant. During the military training, the students also forged friendship with PLA soldiers.

At 9 o'clock on the morning of September 2, the cable broadcast in the first-grade classroom suddenly sent an urgent message, "Please pay attention to the league branches and cadres of each class. The' Military Propaganda Team' of our school has now completed the military training task assigned by the superior, and is ready to get on the bus at the gate of East China Normal University and return to the army! "

"The' military propaganda team' is going back to the army! The PLA is leaving school! " After hearing the news, many league branch members and class cadres were stunned at first, and then rushed out of the classroom spontaneously and ran to the gate of China Normal University, thinking about expressing their warm farewell feelings on the spot.

Along the way, the students didn't care about the distance of several kilometers. Male students run in front, followed by female students. All the students sweated when running. Some male students' coats are as wet as if they were fished out of the water, and several weak female students are almost breathless with fatigue.

When the students finally ran to the gate of China Normal University, they saw that the PLA soldiers had started to get on the bus and set off. They quickly gathered around and held each other's hands tightly. They are reluctant to let go, and their feelings are beyond words. A teacher saw this and turned on the camera to take pictures. The students immediately rushed to the PLA soldiers and took a precious photo that Zhang Jia will never forget.

Eight, graduation distribution

1968 In April, in order to solve the employment problem of college and technical secondary school graduates, the CPC Central Committee issued a call of "four orientations" to graduates all over the country: "facing the countryside, facing the frontier, facing the industrial and mining, and facing the grassroots". After September, our class set up a graduation assignment working group, which was headed by teacher Jiang, the head teacher, and cooperated with two "workers' propaganda team" teachers and student representatives.

There are three main destinations for students' graduation distribution: one is to join the army, the other is to enter industrial and mining enterprises, and the third is to go to farms and rural areas.

In the eyes of students, the first destination is the most desirable. Because you can avoid being assigned to the countryside after enlisting. When demobilized, we can ensure that we can go back to the urban area and enter industrial and mining enterprises according to the principle of "go wherever we go" formulated by the army.

The second direction is also expected. Being able to enter industrial and mining enterprises means staying in the city and becoming the "big brother" of workers. Even in foreign industrial and mining areas, because I work indoors, I can be protected from the sun and rain, and my salary is still stable. This destination has naturally become the target for students.

The third way is the hardest. When you arrive at the farm and the countryside, you should not only live independently from your family, but also farm in the open air. The work is hard and tiring, and the personal future is bleak.

In this way, from the moment our class announced the graduation distribution plan, 53 male and female students who had lived together for more than four years began to part ways and embarked on different life paths. (End)

Teacher Gu Chaojing, former principal of the Second Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University, member of the Advisory Committee, special Chinese teacher and president of the Old Principals Association of Shanghai Key Middle Schools, commented on June 5438+1October 24, 2022: Hai Min's reminiscence prose is a vivid portrayal of the school history of the Second Affiliated Middle School in its initial stage. Marvel Comics is in Hamming's super memory. The scene of study and life is so clear and vivid. The figure of a teacher is dazzling and lifelike. There are also carefully collected photos, which have left a historical footprint and are precious. Unforgettable that spring, the passion was like fire, like a bonfire, and the red light was all over the sky. Respecting teachers and attaching importance to teaching, drinking water and thinking about the source, thanking teachers for their upbringing and not forgetting the kindness of their alma mater are the best New Year gifts for teachers and alma mater!

After reading 65438+2022 1 October 23, Class 67, No.2 Middle School Attached to East China Normal University (1) Pan Hucang Alumni: Shanghai Yimin's article is well written. Rich in content. From the freshman enrollment to the "four aspects", the school settings, learning environment, principals of famous schools, teaching directors and teachers are all familiar and cordial to us. Help us to follow the rhythm of the article and recall our youth life in the Second Affiliated High School. I like it very much and feel very sorry. The other foot didn't step into the university gate.