The writer of that special letter is teacher Quàng Thị Xuân (born in 1990, Thai ethnic group), Vice Principal of Muong Lan Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities - a school located in a particularly difficult commune of the border district of Sop Cop, Son La province.
The recipient of this special letter is Ms. Quang Thi Thu Cuc - teacher at Thanh An Kindergarten (Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City).
Ms. Quang Thi Xuan takes photos with her students.
According to Ms. Xuan, for many students here, going to school, learning to read and write, and learning new things about the world out there is not only a dream but also a difficult journey. However, it is these very poor conditions that motivate the female teacher and her colleagues to do their best so that students can access advanced education.
With the desire to better understand teaching and learning on remote islands, as well as the difficulties and challenges on the journey of sowing knowledge, Ms. Xuan decided to write a letter to her colleagues here.
"Dear colleagues! As far as I know, teaching in remote islands is very difficult for teachers. In the middle of the vast ocean with year-round undulating waves, I know that you have had to face difficulties and challenges, and the basic necessities of daily life such as fresh water, electricity... But I know that you have persisted in staying on the island to continue to nurture green shoots for the remote salty sea of the Fatherland.
I wrote this letter partly because I wanted to understand more about teaching on remote islands. Is there still a situation of students dropping out of school where you work? Are the facilities on the island adequate? Are there any temporary classrooms? To contribute to the cause of educating people, how have teachers overcome difficulties?..." , Ms. Xuan wrote in the letter.
Handwritten letter by teacher Quang Thi Xuan. (Photo: NVCC)
The female teacher from the highlands did not forget to ask how teachers on remote islands usually receive affection from their students every year on Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20. "And we in the mountains, every time we return on November 20, often receive a lot of affection from our students through bouquets of wild flowers, wild sunflowers... but we feel warmed by those simple, genuine things," Ms. Xuan happily said.
At the end of the letter, Ms. Xuan expressed her wish to join her colleagues in working together, overcoming all difficulties and hardships of the region, and making every effort for the career of educating people that teachers have chosen.
Expressing her emotions upon receiving sincere messages from her colleagues, Ms. Quang Thi Thu Cuc said through the letter that she felt the distance between the border and the islands was getting closer.
"The letter helps me better understand the work and difficulties that colleagues working in the highlands like Ms. Xuan are experiencing. This makes the challenges that teachers in our island commune are facing somewhat less," said Ms. Cuc.
According to Ms. Cuc, the difficulties in her teaching journey are much smaller than what her colleagues in the outpost islands and border areas of the Fatherland are going through. After 10 years working in the only island commune of Ho Chi Minh City, what makes her proud is always the saying: "I am a teacher!".
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/thu-tay-dac-biet-cua-co-giao-vung-cao-gui-dong-nghiep-noi-dao-xa-hon-1-700km-ar907903.html
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