Apr 29 2008
Zhongguancun #1 Primary School 中关村一小
I don’t remember his name, but our history/geography teacher was the most popular and beloved one in our school . He’s quiet, mild mannered with a thick black framed glasses, didn’t seem 100% comfortable at the lecture stand. But he’s always in his element and passionated when he talked about the subjects of history and geography. Of course he’d gently mention some other things in passing, like Three Kingdom and Dream of the Red Chamber, etc. .. which were taboo at the time.
There is another primary school in the area, Zhongguancun #1 Primary School 中关村一小 . The number is just for the sequence. Both schools catered primarily to Chinese Academy of Sciences . For a while, a girl from there, Yixiao 一小 named Huang Shuai 黄帅 was hot. Not that she had a perfect figure or score, but she spoke out against a teacher or someone, (probably against study) hence the Gang of Four used her as a prop - did I get the story right here? Afterward, a girl from our grade thought of copying that. Unthinkably she picked on our popular history/geo teacher. Crime? Among others, he talked about Three Kingdom and Dream of the Red Chamber, etc. in our class.
It was still during the Cultural Revolution. Teachers at both schools were only half listening to the directives and propaganda from above. They lived in the area, their spouses were most likely CAS employees and their kids went to our schools, a little incestuous :). But our academy standard were very high - in comparison to the rest of the city and country. When the news broke out that that moon faced ugly ducking was accusing our favored teacher, the school was boiling. Our male classmates went to her class room to protest, trying to intimidate her. Teachers did nothing to stop the boys, largely .. .. Unfortunately, in the end, school had to suspend him. By the time we graduated from school, moved on to Renda fu, he was still pulling grasses from our front yard where there was mostly barren - better than sending him to the countryside.
Here is what happened to Huang Shuai later
http://blog.voc.com.cn/sp1/hanzhenyu/0943155078.shtml.
Ironically, the figure against study did study, while the boy you mentioned, was unable to do so. Did you know what happen to him later?
Thanks Yi. It’s indeed ironic.
I don’t know how Li Zhanjiang is making it out for himself. His parents worked for CAS - we were neighbors but never played together. He went to 8.1 High School while I went to Renda fu. Hopefully he’s one of those late boomers! As for Huang Shuai, that’s another story ..