"Wei Minzhi, you must take a good look at the students when you go back. My class has already slipped through a dozen or so, and I can't have any less."
Just because of Teacher Gao's words, "No more," Wei Minzhi, 13, went to the city alone to find Zhang Huike, who dropped out of school. Zhang Huike was the most naughty and disobedient student in the class. At first, he was reluctant to call Wei Minzhi "teacher". Because of the difficulties at home, I had to go to the city to work with the children of the same village, but I got lost and had to live in the city begging for food. When he saw on TV that Wei Minzhi not only did not dislike him for being disobedient and disruptive at school, but also went to the city alone to find him who dropped out of school to work, he shed tears of gratitude. In the end, he wrote "Mr. Wei" on the blackboard, which is exactly what he has experienced so much, and it is also the best expression for him at this age.
In fact, it is not difficult to see that the fundamental purpose of making Wei Minzhi optimistic about the students is not some noble professional ethics. In fact, what she really wants is the 50 yuan that the village chief promised her. But this simplicity makes it impossible for us to equalize the money transactions in our lives with her, because every look and every action of hers is so simple and real, so simple and pure. When the TV host asked her, "Mr. Wei, why do you have to find Zhang Huike and let him go back to study?", she didn't say "Mr. Gao said that none of his students can be missing", but her eyes Free, pursed lips, because in her world there is no so-called utilitarianism and reputation in society, her real purpose is the 50 yuan, simple and direct. But in this way, Wei Minzhi is more real, more ordinary and simple.
The problems reflected in the whole film are poverty and education. Wei Minzhi is for the 50 yuan. Maybe her family is not rich and lacks money, so she asked her to take a month's class; Zhang Huike's family is also poor, so he had to drop out of school and go to the city to work with a group of children to make money , to pay off debts for the family; the village was so poor that there were no decent classrooms, so the children could only be put in dilapidated bungalows that had been used for forty or fifty years. More than 20 people drank two bottles of Coke, one sip per person, the children's eyes were shining, so sad but so real; a piece of chalk a day, only the end of the chalk left, and they had to pinch their nails and write another word; the desk There are only three legs. The village chief gave the teacher money to repair the desk, but the teacher bought chalk for the students. The rural children who should have enjoyed their knowledge in the classroom were forced by life to go to the city and start working... .. These realities are so real but we often choose to turn a blind eye.
Although China will soon enter a moderately prosperous society, we have to face the reality that there are still many mountainous areas and villages that are still quite backward. While we recognize China's development and progress, we cannot deny our shortcomings.
Director Zhang Yimou did not use too many shooting skills in this film, but just showed us the most real actors, the most real stories and the most real status quo, just like Wei Minzhi in the film, sticking to himself with the most simple actions 's original intention.
The goal identified is to stick to the most simple method.
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