After a simple rebirth

It’s Wednesday now. Today I have physical education class and the calligraphy class I’ve been looking forward to.

The physical education class was still held on the basketball court, but two classes attended together because the physical education teacher announced that we would learn new radio gymnastics, the ninth set of radio gymnastics, also called mass radio gymnastics.

Fu Ying was stunned when she heard the ninth set. Has the radio gymnastics reached the ninth set?

To be honest, Fu Ying didn’t know which set she had learned before. I just remember it was "Young Eagle Takes Flight" in elementary school. Later, she seemed to have learned "Rising Sun", but I may have forgotten it a long time ago.

But Fu Ying knows that in a few years many schools have organized their own gymnastics. The popular short video "Happy Worship" and "You Look So Good When You Smile" gymnastics were choreographed by school teachers themselves with music. Fu Ying has seen a lot of them and they are quite interesting.

The permissions may not be so open now, so all places perform the same radio gymnastics.

Two classes study together, with one teacher teaching and one teacher assisting and explaining.

The teacher arranged the first two rows to squat, and the students in the back to stand, and all the students watched the physical education teacher perform this exercise together. Fu Ying's first impression after watching it was that it was no wonder that many schools organized their own exercises during recess. Not only was it a bit difficult, but it was also a little less enjoyable to watch!

This set of radio gymnastics looks repetitive, but the movements are different in each eight beats, and there are several people moving their hands and feet together. Moreover, the range of motion is too large, and it is easy to look inconsistent due to different heights and speeds, which is not suitable for group demonstrations.

There are a few movements that still have shadows of the previous radio gymnastics, but most of them have been changed. They feel like Coach Liu's aerobics, but a little more difficult than Coach Liu's.

Fu Ying thought of Coach Liu, and recalled that she had also followed him in doing aerobics for a period of time in her previous life, but her schedule didn't match up, so she couldn't follow the live broadcast often. Later, she felt a little lazy when watching the videos again, and she lay in bed, unable to move.

After I was reborn, I also thought about choreographing my own movements and doing the exercises twice a day to achieve my exercise goals. Because I have seen a lot of them, I know that the movements are just the same, but it is difficult to count the beats, and it is not fun to dance without music, so it is easy to give up.

But now there is radio gymnastics, which has opened up her mind. She doesn't have to limit herself to editing videos and practicing, nor does she have to play music. When learning radio gymnastics, there is no music. The teacher and students call out the eight beats themselves, so it is actually the most acceptable to practice by calling out the eight beats by yourself.

As long as you have learned it, practice it once at school during breaks every day and 2-3 times at home, the purpose of physical exercise will be achieved.

She is not going to participate in any competition, nor is she going to train to have a six-pack. She just wants to maintain a moderate amount of exercise and keep her body relatively healthy.

Finally, the more Fu Ying thought about it, the better it seemed. On the first and fourth days, she would play badminton, and on the second day, she would have physical education. On the other days, if she didn't exercise enough, she could just do some radio gymnastics!

Thinking of this, Fu Ying studied radio gymnastics more seriously. The more standard the movements, the more effective the exercise, and she is not afraid of getting injured.

But the fact is that it is impossible to learn all the movements in one class, and the physical education teacher did not expect them to learn them in one class, so he focused on breaking down the first two eight-beats to teach them. Fu Ying felt that she had learned most of it overall. Although she forgot the order and the movements were not standard, it was enough to dance for fitness.

There was also a calligraphy class in the afternoon. Since Fu Ying didn't know who the teacher was in advance, she was shocked when she saw that the calligraphy teacher was Tan Hao, the head teacher of Class 1, Grade 1.

Normally, grade directors rarely lead classes, but he is the head teacher, teaches Chinese, and teaches an elective calligraphy class this time. Although there may not be so many meetings in rural areas, doesn't a grade director have a lot to do? Or is Gumang really short of high school teachers? Is this one of the reasons why he invites teachers back from everywhere?

Fu Ying also remembered that when Gumang first opened its high school department, many people were not optimistic about it, because Gumang Middle School only had a junior high school department before, and the overall level of the junior high school was average. As for the high school, there was an experimental high school in the county, a high school in the city, and a high school affiliated to the Normal University in the next county. Many good seedlings were vying for admission to these three old key high schools, so that currently only the local students of Gumang or those who were arranged by their families to go to high school casually.

I heard from villagers that in order to improve the quality of education, Tan Hao poached teachers from everywhere, from the county to the village. As long as you have the ability, he would give you good treatment. For this, many school leaders secretly scolded him for using unscrupulous means.

But the reality is that, thanks to the strengthening of teaching staff and iron-blooded teaching methods, the college entrance examination scores of Gumang Middle School have shown a linear growth in just a few years, and the rate of admission to key undergraduate programs is not low. It has become one of the leading public high schools in the city and even has a certain reputation in the province.

I don’t know if Tan Hao is already looking for teachers. But from what Fu Ying has seen so far, the teacher allocation is reasonable and the teaching level of the teachers is actually good. I just don’t know if it has anything to do with her being in a key class.

Back to the calligraphy class, Teacher Tan first popularized the history of calligraphy, took them to appreciate the masterpieces of several great calligraphers, and told them the techniques of practicing calligraphy. Finally, he gave each of them a few pieces of paper and asked them to practice with simulations at home, with the focus on practicing the writing style.

Fortunately, Teacher Tan also knows that most students nowadays cannot write calligraphy. They cannot really learn calligraphy from scratch, and it is not that practical in life, so Teacher Tan asked them to practice with ordinary signing pens. Finally, if you want the teacher to check and correct your work, just hand it in to Fu Ying after you finish it. If you want to practice quietly on your own, you don't have to hand it in.

Fu Ying... listen to me and say thank you. I escaped being the representative of the Chinese class, but I couldn’t escape being the representative of the calligraphy class.

Fu Ying could only stand up and wave calmly after he finished speaking.

"I'm Fu Ying from Class 203, Grade . Our classroom is in Room of Zhiyuan Building. If you want to hand in your calligraphy homework, please do so during breaks. I'm usually in the classroom."

Seeing that everyone knew about it, Fu Ying didn't say anything else and helped the head teacher carry the remaining papers back to the office.

"Fu Ying, did you go to a private school or a public school before?" Teacher Tan asked her while they were walking on the road.

“For private and public schools, parents must buy social security and obtain a residence permit, or obtain household registration based on points before their children can attend school,” Fu Ying replied.

"So what do you think is the difference between private and public schools?"

"As for stability, public schools have better benefits, whether it's social security or holidays, which are much better than most private schools. So public school teachers are more stable and can teach students one after another. In the past, the teachers in our private schools were always changing."

Fu Ying thought he wanted to learn about schools in other places, so she didn't think too much about it and answered truthfully.

"For public schools in rural areas, how do you think we can retain teachers or find talent?"

Fu Ying looked at Teacher Tan in confusion, "Teacher, I'm just a student, isn't it okay for you to ask me?"