Chapter 345 - Face-smacking Zhang shows his powers yet again! (1/2)
Zhang Ye finished his speech!
The whole auditorium was silent.
Ka la, shua la, only the sound of the seats rocked back one by one, as person after person stood up within a short 3 seconds. Almost everyone stood up and no one spoke a word. All they did was stare at Zhang Ye, who stood on stage, in shock. Thousands of students, thousands of gazes. A sea of black heads stood within the auditorium. The scene at this moment was very stunning!
What a good 'My beautiful young China that is as eternal as heaven'!
What a good 'My magnificent Chinese youth who are as bountiful as the land'!
What sort of speech was this!?
What sort of feelings were these!?
Some students still might not understand some of the vernacular language used earlier, but the last few paragraphs were fully understood by them. Their blood surged and Zhang Ye closing speech had acted like an igniter that lit up every student’s hearts!
Young China!
This is our China!
When some of the students heard the last bit, they couldn't control themselves as their eyes turned red. It was excitement! It was touching! There was an impulse and their tears could no longer be held back and started streaming down!
I'm crying?
How can it be?
Why am I crying?
Some students reached for their eyes, not believing that they were tearing up. Since when had they not involuntarily felt sleepy whenever they listened to a teacher's speech. The words would always go in through one ear and out the other. Although they would act like they were listening, in fact nothing was even processed, but now, today, Zhang Ye's speech had managed to move them to tears. They did not know why, no one did, but many of them just couldn't control themselves!
A few secondary school teachers couldn't help but tear up too. Today, they understood why whenever they went into a tirade of enlightening them with reason and touching their hearts, the students would oppose them. It would not get through to most of them. The teachers had discussed this in private before and even took courses at Beijing Normal University, going as far as organizing discussions regarding this issue. In the end, they could only conclude that the biggest problem was the rebellious nature of youngsters, a psychological issue that was natural and not something they could change. They could only wait it out for the kids to grow up and get past the rebellious stages of life before they would be able to understand the reasonings behind their pleas, before they would be able to understand their teachers’ hard work and care!
But today, all of these teachers knew they were wrong. They were wrong as h.e.l.l!
It wasn't that the students did not want to listen!
They did not rebel because they had to listen to long explanations!
It wasn't the fault of the students, nor was it the issue of rebellious natures!
It was because the root of the problem was in the things that the educator talked about!
What they had tried to get across did not get into the minds of these children!
This fact was not accepted by many of them and it was very difficult to accept as well, but the truth was right before their eyes and they could say nothing about it!
Zhang Ye did it!
”Ode to Young China” had done it!
Seeing all those pa.s.sionate and enthusiastic children, everything had an answer!
The youths had a rebellious nature?
No!
This was just an excuse they used!
The children's rebellious nature was really down to...... these educators, because none of them had the literary talents of Zhang Ye!
Many of them thought to themselves, if only they had 10% of Zhang Ye's level of teaching or 10% if his literary quality, their relations.h.i.+p with their students would definitely not be as it was now. The students would definitely listen to their cla.s.s attentively!
But there could only be one Zhang Ye!
This sort of speech, this kind of essay, only a person like him could say something like that!
Many of these secondary school teachers felt a sense of powerlessness, because what could they do even if they knew?
None of them could emulate Zhang Ye!
No one could compare to Teacher Zhang Ye's literary talent!
On stage.
Zhang Ye nodded, ”My closing speech is as such. This is what I wanted to say and is all that I will say. Thank you everyone.” Then he looked over to the two hosts.
Yan Jin did not walk over.
Her husband, Zhao Xuan, did not move either.
The couple could only stare at Zhang Ye in shock, dumbfounded by his speech.
Then when they reacted, the gala was already at an end. Yan Jin hesitated, but immediately gave a sign to Zhang Ye, making some motions and then pointing to Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye understood that they wanted him to do the announcement, so he did not reject after hesitating for a short moment. He picked up the microphone and said, ”Leaders, distinguished guests, students, and fellow teachers. Then let me announce, the 7th National Primary and Secondary School New Year Gala has successfully come to an end!”
Hua la!
The applause instantly thundered out!
”Teacher Zhang!” someone unknown shouted!
Then, the audience gradually started chanting together!
”Teacher Zhang!”
”Teacher Zhang!”
”Teacher Zhang!”
”Teacher Zhang!”
”Teacher Zhang!”
The chants became more and more in order!