Extraordinary deeds by excellent disabled students have been emerging from the OUC's system of education for the disabled constantly in recent years. Through their struggle and hard work, they vividly demonstrate the essence of core socialist values, fully display the strong-willed spiritual outlook of disabled students who ceaselessly pursue learning and maintain an inspiring spirit in pursuit of their dreams.
Someone once said, “The wider one’s mind, the bigger one’s life stage. ” During my journey from student to tutor, I have shed the sweat of youth and harvested the experience of my achievements on the life stage of Zhuhai Radio and TV University (RTVU). I often have to choke back the tears when I reflect on my life as a physically disabled person.
A new book by Open University of China (OUC) student and wheelchair-bound writer Li Ziyan, Longing for the Sky: A Collection of Li Ziyan Works, was recently published by the China Central Radio and TV University Press.
“I graduated in this school’s 2008 class with a degree in agricultural facilities technology, so I have also benefitted from open education. I enrolled once more in the spring 2015 term to study in the undergraduate administration management programme. Over the next three or more years I will learn, together with you, once again to experience the pleasure brought through open education under all the tutors’guidance. Short as the time for study in the school is, our time studying will be long. I hope the RTVU’s small courier station will be impressed with your spectacular achievements and the beautiful memories created, life milestones written on our hearts……”
I’ve had five nicknames during my fifteen years of tutoring in Foshan Radio and Television University (Foshan RTVU), and I’d like to take the liberty of sharing them with you.
According to the Tao Te Ching, written by ancient philosopher Laozi, teaching is like spring rain, which moistens everything silently. This is a kind of wisdom, a kind of pursuit, and a kind of state of being.
In 1997, I was transferred to Roncheng Radio and Television University(RTVU) when the RTVU system was commissioned by the State Personnel Bureau to carry out vigorous training for computer application ability level tests and was in urgent need of manpower. On the day of registration, the president of the university said that we needed a new force of graduates so from then onwards, we would arrange a daytime class and a nighttime class.
Part 1: Opening
Editor’s Note:
Ruan Wenping, an ordinary primary school teacher living and working in a mountain village, suffers from a childhood illness-induced disability and has some difficulty in walking.