Illustration: DANG HONG QUAN
Browsing social media during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my heart flutters at the sight of parents joining hands to organize the Mid-Autumn Festival for their children. Some build star lanterns, some wrap cakes and fruits, some decorate the classroom in the joyful excitement of imagining the bright eyes and charming smiles on their children’s lips.
Busy parents who could not come to class were willing to give the children flower-decorated candy baskets, beautiful bow-decorated cake baskets, and did not forget to thank everyone present in that loving atmosphere.
Many people in difficult circumstances still have a happy and warm Mid-Autumn Festival
When my daughter was in 4th grade, during the parent-teacher meeting at the beginning of the school year, the class parent representative committee proactively proposed to waive the class parent association fund for 2 children: 1 child whose mother was unemployed, 1 child whose father was sick and hospitalized for a long time.
The whole group clapped their hands in agreement and shared the association's suggestion to pay more attention to the two children. That timely attention and encouragement was truly precious.
This Mid-Autumn Festival, I received a message from a parent who is a tailor sending a set of uniform clothes, plus a t-shirt and jeans to a 6th grade boy in my class.
She went to the parent-teacher meeting at the beginning of the year and heard me share about the situation of a boy who was orphaned, his mother ran away somewhere and left him with his grandmother.
Then the parent called to ask permission to pay for an experiential activity for a girl because her daughter told her mother about her deskmate's situation...
As a homeroom teacher, countless times receiving and transferring the hearts of parents to less fortunate children, my heart is filled with joy because human love is still warm all around us.
I know countless parents are diligently and quietly putting aside their personal matters to devote themselves to the common work of the school, with the mindset that it is all for the sake of our children.
In a series of school movements, parents stand behind to support teachers and students from big to small things such as contacting to rent performance costumes, buying milk cakes for children to practice, running around all day with extracurricular activities...
Many parents are very straightforward and passionate, ready to argue when the school proposes new fees. They are not afraid of offending people, and do not mind the distant possibility that their children will be discriminated against.
Simply because they put themselves in the position of the majority of parents who are still struggling with the burden of making a living and cannot bear the burden of school fees.
Love other people's children as your own
There are parents who love other people's children as their own, generously donating to schools and classrooms and asking teachers to remain anonymous because they want all children to be treated equally.
There are parents who used to be active in the parent-teacher association. After their children graduated, they still had a passion for poor children, so they connected with friends to return to the school to continue supporting bicycles for their children to go to class...
Countless beautiful folds of parents’ love for their children are still being displayed every day, igniting a warm fire right inside the classroom. But unfortunately, the beautiful stories have not been widely spread, while some bad behaviors spread at a terrifying speed, causing public opinion to cast a prejudiced view on the parents’ association.
Surely everyone has not forgotten the sad story last year about a first grader in Hai Duong (old) sitting alone in the middle of the class because his parents did not pay for the year-end party, while the other 31 students all had fried chicken, sausages and potatoes.
Even though the candy was shared by everyone, the first grader's eyes clearly had ripples because he was different in the group.
It is also a valuable lesson for each of us to reflect on how we care for, nurture and support our children's learning, playing, connecting and experiencing at school.
When discussing fees, many people have suggested that schools and parents should not collect any other fees because the State has exempted tuition fees. Honestly, this suggestion is just making things difficult for teachers and students.
At the beginning of the year, build a bookshelf to promote reading culture. Money was spent on buying wooden shelves, assembling them, and mobilizing students to donate books.
Then decorate the classroom with memo boards, wall hangings, potted plants... In September there is a competition to display food trays and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, in October there is a soccer competition between grades, in November there is a calligraphy and painting competition...
Any activity requires money to support food and drinks for the children. Performing arts festivals need even more money to buy props, rent costumes, etc.
How to complete the activities and promote the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physicality and aesthetics for children? It is impossible for the homeroom teacher to text or call each parent every few weeks to ask for a few dozen from each parent.
Honestly, everyone wants their children to study and play in a healthy, safe and quality environment, so parents do not mind any truly necessary contribution!
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bo-dong-phuc-ao-phong-va-quan-jean-trong-mua-trung-thu-20251006085907559.htm
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