System: Best School Development
Chapter 18: Something

After dinner during the day, Handi looked at Mr. Rusli for a moment and then asked: "Sir Rusli, why can't these students be in English?"

Mr. Rusli, who was eating noodles, stopped, took a sip and said, "My mistake, they don't like learning English, and I don't like teaching it. Because ... My English is very bad. "

“Then elementary school students there can not learn English well, right?” Sandy asked worriedly.

"Yes, I was just about to discuss with you. You should also teach these elementary school children to learn English. Unfortunately, I was completely helpless ..." Mr. Rusli put down his food and looked at Handi.

"Well, I think so too. I happened to teach Adam and the others the most basic letters and phonetic symbols recently. In the future, when Mr. Rusli has English classes, let some elementary school students from Mr. Rusli's side come and listen to the class together" Handi said. When he taught phonetic transcription to five Junior High students this morning, he thought of the students at Mr. Rusli's side. He wants them together too. It would be better to teach Adam and the others together.

Language learning should begin at an early age, the smaller the better, the children are like a blank sheet of paper. His language habits and language thinking have not yet been established, and his receptive ability is easier to adapt to bilingualism.

People's sensitivity and aptitude for language will gradually decline with age .Of course it is better to learn English from primary school than from junior high school, and the gap is very clear, which is beyond doubt. Adam and the others had just begun to receive a poor English education and it was actually too late for the third year of Junior High, and Handi doesn't want Adam and some elementary school students to face this embarrassing situation.

“This is the best,” said Mr. Rusli grateful, teaching English has always been a stone in his heart.

“By the way, Mr Rusli didn't you learn English before?” Handi asked curiously, but Pak Rusli's Middle School English level shouldn't make the English level of some children so bad.

"Oh, it's hard to say a word." Mr. Rusli shook his head and said, "When I was young, English was not popular in the country. At that time, I was studying in the Soviet Union, and I still use Russian as the main foreign language. Then, I have to teach the whole children English lessons ... … "

Mr. Rusli took a bowl of rice and used a spoon to put some rice grains into his mouth, and continued: "This school has fewer children, so there is no new English teacher. I was always responsible for them. They learn English because they are all taught by students who come here to support the teaching. After the students left, English lessons were postponed. "

Handi nodded after hearing this: "Well, no matter what, these years, the children in the mountains are very grateful to you, Mr. Rusli, and you have suffered a lot."

Handi did not know how many mountain village teachers like Mr. Rusli, but he felt that every teacher in the village should be respected by many Indonesians.

Mr. Rusli smiled and shook his head, then looked at Handi and said sincerely, "Sir Handi, can I discuss something with you."

"Sir Rusli, you can say it directly, don't be polite to me." Answer Handi

Mr. Rusli said timidly, "I heard the contents of your speech today. I think you speak well. I thought about it and made a decision. I want to learn English with you with the kids. Is it okay?"

"……"

Handi only drank the last mouthful of porridge into his mouth, Mr. Rusli's request made him choke, and grains of rice gushed out of his nostrils.

"Teacher Han, don't think I'm old. I usually learn English on my own, but the phonetic transcription of what you talk about in the morning, I can't teach myself, I can only read and write, I can only read and write, I can't say it ..." Mr. Rusli said with great sincerity.

Handi squeezed his nose, "No, no, I didn't mean to think like that. It's good for you to take the initiative to learn when you're old, and we can learn from each other."

Mr. Rusli said shyly, "Hey, you know more than me, and you have foreign language skills. There's nothing I can learn. I just want to help you in your future school education after I have learned English well. Share some of the pressure, as long as I can teach an English level in elementary school. "

Therefore, for the education of rural primary schools in mountainous areas and for the future of the students, the old and the young have reached the stage of "learning from the old to the young".

“By the way, Mr. Rusli, you are not a native of this mountain, are you?” Ask Handi.

“Yes right,” Mr. Rusli nodded.

“Why are you here?” Handi was curious about Mr. Rusli. He especially wanted to know what made Mr. Rusli come here and how he lived here for twenty-six years.

Mr. Rusli was silent for a moment without speaking, then began to put the dishes and spoons on the dining table, squeezing for a long time: "Have you finished eating?"

Without waiting for Handi to answer, Mr. Rusli put away the bowl and spoon in front of Handi.

“Go take a break, because later there will be classes in the afternoon, to keep your spirits up.” As he said, Mr. Rusli walked out carrying a bowl and spoon, and refused to answer Handi's question from his back.

In the first class in the afternoon, nine children and Mr. Rusli all sat in the classroom, while English teacher Handu stood on the podium and began writing on the blackboard.

According to the Handu curriculum, the three classes this morning were English, Math, English, and the three classes in the afternoon were physics and chemistry. However, since the first year of junior high school did not study physics or chemistry, these two classes were transferred to English.

English students are very bad, currently trying to make up for it.

"Class!"

"Hello teacher!"

Mr. Rusli stood with the students, and shouted "Hello, teacher" openly.

The nine children turned to look at Mr. Rusli in shock, Mr. Rusli sat down generously and took reading glasses to wear them, and then sat upright like a disciple waiting for Master Handi to start his class.

"Sir Rusli? Why are you sitting here with us?" The Word asked with curiosity.

Mr. Rusli confirmed his reading glasses: "Yes, from today on, I will be a student like you in the upcoming English class. I'm also a student of Guru Handi."

The nine children felt increasingly strange.

“But, Mr Rusli, you are old, and Teacher Han is very young, you studied him and let him be your teacher?” Adam asked with a confused look.

Mr. Rusli smiled: "You must remember that the accumulation of knowledge is not always proportional to age, and learning is not always age-related. Now I'm just like you. Students, come on, let's study in Teacher Handi's class together. "

Handi looked at "old students aka Pak Rusli" and nine "primary school students" from the podium.