The volunteer teacher takes her students to class every day.

The shuttle trips of teacher Nguyen Thi Minh Hoa (Ong Ich Khiem High School, Hoa Vang District, Da Nang ) have helped the journey of keeping the disabled student's knowledge less difficult and less self-conscious.

Ms. Hoa is like a second mother who always helps and encourages Ngoc to overcome her inferiority complex - Photo: DOAN NHAN

During the last two years of high school, student Tran Nhu Ngoc sat comfortably on the back of Ms. Hoa's motorbike to go to class every day.

"Let me take you"

One afternoon at the end of 2021, Ms. Hoa passed by Ngoc's classroom after school and saw her sitting alone in the corner of the classroom.

After asking her, I learned that in order to go to school in the afternoon, Ngoc had to ask a neighbor for a ride to pick up her child from school in the morning. It was better to go to school early than to be late for school if she couldn't get a ride.

Suffering from the terrible hydrocephalus disease, Ngoc's body has developed abnormally since childhood and her health is weak.

Although Ngoc is a 10th grade student, she is only 1 meter tall, her short limbs make it difficult for her to move. Ngoc’s family consists of only her and her mother, and her mother is old and does not know how to ride a bicycle or motorbike.

Since first grade, the school was a few kilometers from home but Ngoc was too weak to walk far, so every day she had to go to class by hitchhiking.

Ms. Hoa heard the story and immediately said: "When you're in 11th grade, you'll have the same class as me. Let me take you."

For two years, rain or shine, Ms. Hoa would go back and forth to pick Ngoc up from her house to class and then take her home after school. On days when she didn't have classes, Ms. Hoa's husband, who was also a teacher at the same school, would take on the "mission" of escorting Ngoc.

Ms. Hoa shared: "My eldest child is the same age as Ngoc. Seeing her struggling to go to school, I feel sorry for her like my own child. I help her in any way I can."

The teacher is worried about her students

The road leading to Ngoc’s house in Thach Nham Dong village, Hoa Nhon commune is small and bumpy. Every day, sitting behind her teacher’s bike, Ngoc would whisper stories about class and ask her if she had any questions.

Ngoc said: "My body is disabled and I have to ask for a ride home every day, which makes me feel inferior and sometimes discouraged. My health is weak, I can't walk a few kilometers to school. Ms. Hoa's rides not only help me get to class but also help me gradually overcome my inferiority complex and gain more confidence in pursuing my studies."

Mrs. Tran Thi Mai (62 years old, Ngoc's mother) said that the two of them lived on the little money she earned from selling lemongrass bundles and vegetables she grew. Mrs. Mai's biggest dream in life was that Ngoc would have a job and be able to take care of herself.

For many years, every time her child went to school, Mrs. Mai would walk behind her, and only when she got a ride would she feel at ease to return. There were rainy days, when it was dark and she still hadn’t seen her child return, and she would get anxious and walk to look for her. When she saw Ngoc trudging through the darkness because she couldn’t get a ride, she could only hold back her tears.

"Since Ms. Hoa has been picking me up and dropping me off, I feel very secure knowing my child will be able to get home safely. I am very grateful to Ms. Hoa and her husband, I don't know how to repay them," said Ms. Mai.

Grateful but with nothing to repay, sometimes there was a bunch of ripe bananas or a bunch of vegetables in the garden, Mrs. Mai picked them and waited for Ms. Hoa to take her child to the end of the village, then quickly put them into the teacher's hands.

Recently, the joy of hearing that her student passed the cultural studies major at Da Nang University of Education did not last long, Ms. Hoa was silent when she heard that Ngoc had given up on the lecture hall.

Ngoc’s reason for choosing to stop studying made Ms. Hoa even more worried. Although she had gone to school to complete the admission procedures, the tuition fee for four years was too high, and with Ngoc’s appearance and health, she was afraid that she would not be able to find a job after graduation, leaving her mother in debt.

Hearing the story, Ms. Hoa ran to find an acquaintance who worked at the commune committee, asking her to help Ngoc find a social protection center so that she could be accepted to study and work, but she waited a long time without receiving a response.

Currently, Ms. Hoa is still on a journey to find a way for Ngoc, hoping that she will have a job in the future to become a useful person for society.

"Outstanding Danang Teacher"

Mr. Thai Quang Binh, principal of Ong Ich Khiem High School (Hoa Vang District, Da Nang City), said that Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Hoa is the head of the school's history - economics and law group. For two consecutive years, Ms. Hoa has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee for her excellent performance. Ms. Hoa is one of 25 teachers to receive the "Outstanding Da Nang Teacher" award for the 2023-2024 school year.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/co-giao-tinh-nguyen-ngay-ngay-dua-tro-toi-lop-20241217090921618.htm