Chen Gang, the principal of Huaren Primary School in Panyu Clubhouse and known as the father of general knowledge, talked about the poor and the rich in Hong Kong when he attended the "Fireside Talk" event of the University of Hong Kong on Tuesday (9th).
He mentioned that when he was a dentist at the University of Hong Kong, he went to Tai O to conduct health education activities and stayed overnight in the residents’ huts. He was shocked to see that their family of four shared a toothbrush, which made him understand that "education can change people and their health." The idea of devoting yourself to education.
Later, he abandoned medicine and became a teacher. When he was a teacher, he witnessed students carrying two or three thousand yuan schoolbags and wearing famous brand watches. This made him feel inspired, so he adapted the song to encourage students to reduce the purchase of famous brands.
Tai O experience resolutely abandoning medicine and teaching: education can change people
In his sharing, Chen Gang mentioned that when he was studying, a university health education activity in Tai O, staying in a shack for many nights, the experience completely changed his life.
Living with the residents allowed him to "close to the ground" to understand the living habits of the residents. The most unforgettable thing was to discover the family where he stayed, a family of four sharing a toothbrush.
He said that it was in the late 1980s and Hong Kong had a developed economy, and he was unbelievable about the habits of this family. It is believed that it was because the residents of Tai O had weak oral health knowledge at that time.
Until the completion of two weeks of health education, children in Tai O can each have a toothbrush.
His experience also convinced him that "education can change people and their health." It gave him the idea of devoting himself to education and believing in his ability to teach others.
However, his parents did not understand his thoughts at the time. He played "Who Can Understand Me" at the event, and said from the song: "I am confident that I am not afraid of night flights... Applause I look for my dreams, even though everything is crazy", Tell me what I felt at the time.
From dentist to teacher, then re-enter the Education Bureau, resign from Jiuhua principal as a Chinese elementary school
After graduating from Chen Gang University, he worked as a dentist, and later joined the Hong Kong Huaren College as a teacher. In 1999, he was transferred to Tai Po En Bishop's School Dean. In 2006, he joined the Education Bureau as the Chief Curriculum Development Officer (General Education/Cross-curricular Learning) of the Education Bureau. Responsible for implementing general education courses and supporting schools to prepare in this regard, so he is called the "father of general education."
In January 2009, he became the principal of Huaren School in Kowloon, and he left early in August 2013. In the same year, he went to Huaren Primary School in Panyu Club, which is directly under the Huaren College in Hong Kong.
He is a master of music and is also an expert in singing.
Adapted Jacky Cheung's "The Sun with Aspirations" to encourage students to buy less famous brands
When he shared, he said that after becoming a teacher, he found that the students were carrying two or three thousand yuan schoolbags and wearing famous brand watches, which made him feel inspired. He adapted the famous seedling of Jacky Cheung and renamed it to "Anti-Aspiration Sun". "Fashionable Youth and New Vigor", in the lyrics, "Brands will not determine the inferiority and inferiority, rely on you to climb the peak with ambition" to encourage students to reduce the purchase of famous brands.
He shot a short video earlier, in which he "played" death. It was broadcasted at the school weekly meeting last week, allowing students to "feel" a dead person and how to experience their own life.
He laughed and said, "After school, a first-year student asked me if I really died."
He believes that the most important thing is to let students understand and live out their true self.
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