Chapter 503 - Why Would I Not Agree to It? (1/2)
Chapter 503: Why Would I Not Agree to It?
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“This, this is also true.” The political commissar felt that what the young lady said was fairly reasonable.
He had fallen into the usual teaching routine that he had almost forgotten his original intention of getting his soldiers to learn English.
Only those military experts who were specially trained in the army needed to meet the strict requirements that Qiao Nan mentioned. The army would only have high requirements for these people.
As for the rest of the soldiers, it was sufficient for them to know some basic English.
“Besides, there’s another point that the political commissar might have neglected. These people are not young students. It is easy to get young students to memorize and copy the words they learned multiple times, but the people in the army are adults. All of them are older than me and they want to maintain their dignity. It is tiring enough to go through the training in the army. It will be unrealistic to get them to memorize English vocabulary and grammar during their hard-to-come-by free time just like students would.”
Once this happened, all male and female soldiers would no longer be interested in learning English.
Everyone was interested and curious about English, but it was just for the sake of leisure. They were unlike students who had to follow strict rules and requirements.
Therefore, the teaching method used in the school would not work in the army.
“Do you understand?” Lin Yuankang touched the goatee that he had kept for two years. “Have you heard of teaching students in accordance with their apt.i.tude? This is exactly what we are doing. My disciple may be young, but she has learned well from me and has picked up almost all of the skills that I imparted to her.”
Lin Yuankang was shameless. Previously, he had the same doubts, but he knew to grab the limelight at times like this.
“I understood.” The political commissar was without any temper in front of Elder Lin. Besides, after Qiao Nan’s explanation, the political commissar felt that Qiao Nan was right and had made careful considerations.
If Qiao Nan was to teach according to what he had originally envisaged, then his good intentions for arranging the event would be ruined. All the efforts would be wasted.
A one-time failure at English would be a blow to their confidence and would affect their English learning in the future. This was definitely not what he wanted.
“Comrade Xiao Qiao, you have worked hard. This is very thoughtful of you and what you said is very reasonable. I am very glad that Elder Lin brought you here with him. Otherwise, we might waste a lot of time and use the wrong method to teach the soldiers. Moreover, it would take a lot of effort to correct the wrong.” The political commissar was very polite to Qiao Nan on account of Lin Yuankang. “I will have to trouble Comrade Xiao Qiao for this period of time. If there is anything that you need, please feel free to talk to us. I will definitely arrange it for you right away.”
“The political commissar is being too polite. This is what I should do. I always feel that soldiers are the loveliest people in the world. It is my pleasure to sacrifice some of my time for them. In fact, my dad used to be a soldier. It is just that I am not fit enough to join the army. Otherwise, I would like to be a soldier.” Her weight to height ratio failed to meet the standard requirements, so she could not enlist as a female soldier.
“I see. It’s no wonder that Comrade Xiao Qiao is so approachable and spent so much time before the cla.s.s to do the lesson plan. We are all one big family.” The political commissar was more than happy. The descendants of soldiers had to be a good choice.
Looking at how Qiao Nan shone among the crowd, Qiu Chenxi was so angry that she bit down hard on her molar tooth.
Elder Lin had to take all the credit for Qiao Nan’s good performance and recognition by the political commissar. It was Elder Lin who taught her well.