Gold Mine 金礦
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Due to policy change from GOOGLE MEET, it seems people can only meet by using GOOGLE MEET for an hour. If that happens, go to the second account if you may. Many thanks.
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There is a written work in English below, after the Mandarin Chinese announcement.
20210627新竹KNIGHT CLUB暑期國際交流研習第一週討論內容(點選可收聽，如有權限開啟要求請照表操課謝謝)
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原始設計人生創造者之一(全英文談話)
原始設計人生創造者之一(全英文談話)
這是一個令人感到欣喜的狀態，承新竹國小長官們的支持，新竹市的教師於三個月前與HOPE開始上課的人數陸陸續續共110至120名左右，近日由於疫情關係及期末考、暑假準備等，造成第一線教師們工作量加重，卻仍有四至五十名教師報名在HOPE離開職務前所開設的線上討論課程中出現，並且估計人次會因為期末相關事務處理完畢再增加，即使報名時間已過。
新竹國小淑玲校長作了一個相當出色的詮釋：「星期六晚上的七點鐘，原本是大家吃飯或者茶餘飯後的時間，但卻有這一群五十名的人在GOOGLE MEET上面一起討論和學習，連我自己都很驚訝……」而這些是在第一線主管與教師們沒有承受任何壓力參與的、自願性質的課程。這個讓我聯想到，如果從HOPE在該市服務初始就能夠快馬加鞭訓練上千名的教師，今天，已經超過五百位的教師就會對英語的使用產生信念，既不害怕也不會不敢於將它使用在教室之中的教學之上。
一位退休教師是這麼告訴我的：「妳的經驗值可以讓妳在三個月之內達成別人要花三年達成的事情……」我希望這樣的觀察是正確的，因為那代表著我可以在不同的時空中作更多事情，事半功倍是人人都想追求的，而造成五十名教師學生能夠買我的單，乍聽之下好像沒有什麼，但是如果仔細想想，花三個月的時間讓五十名各個不同階層的市立學校教師「愛上」英語，他們又能夠在未來各個學期的教學過程中影響他們的學生，這樣的CP值對我而言是可稱「滿意」的。
這些國際交流和教師能力增進的課題，要感謝新竹市政府學管科及清華大學相關長官、人員等之支持。HOPE從來不認為一個人可以完成許許多多不同任務，而一個需要大家一起行動的好事總是必須對應到每個人最優質的心態，秉持這樣服務理念的我，從來都在任何一個環境裡面接收到無限的歡迎與祝福，這是一種身而為人受到上天眷顧的恩寵，也讓HOPE有更加寬廣的信念敢於去進行更多的與人、與物種為善的工作。
赴笈海外之前，能夠讓這一段回國歷程從外島到本島，作到深入淺出而耐人尋味，這不但是我始料未及，也是我該無限感恩的地方。一種懷有關愛的步履使我如此千山萬水而來，又如此瀟瀟灑灑出行，這樣的快意人生夫復何求? 即便有時說了許多話，又有時沉默不語，相信一個人的言行舉止，總是照見這個人的真情真性，一如一位主管說過的：
「每個人都長了一雙眼睛，大家都會看；說教的人是誰、真的關心彼此的是誰，都一目瞭然。別人不想跟你多說，是因為根本不屑那樣的行為模式……」
如是這般，承蒙各界抬愛，尚且有許許多多與HOPE的交流默默於教室外流轉，令人三分動容，七分入木，九分神往。
「我感到自己是一個挖掘別人內心深處金礦的人，同等的，我也常常遇到願意來將我內心中那股神秘力量開啟的人們。每天如同一個礦工般尋索著別人深度潛質的我，確實相信自己是世上最幸福、最富裕的人，因為這件事情沒有任何一個腳本，它甚至需要極為具有深度的想像力、創造力、爆發力。顯而易見的，是我在這些項目上面必定感動了一些人，使得我的礦產及礦藏總是不斷增生。相信如果我們都能學習審視彼此的優點，少掉自己的稜角與刺人的尖銳---那些只會使得我們變得無法大度輝煌的氣習---這個世界就會基於我們每一個人這樣在態度之轉變，而更加美好。在世界各地如果我讓人們和物種有一絲一毫的感動，如果我使得人們和物種對我心心念念，那麼我相信，他們一定是感受到了這個微渺礦工給他們無所保留的關愛。」~~~王晧璞記事
下面文字原「英」示現，不作對等譯文，整體大意總結如上之幾句中文。
From when did I become sociable? I cannot really tell, but one of the most important reasons I enjoy getting acquainted with people so much is because I believe they are like gold mines, their talents and wisdom waiting to be revealed, to be dug, and to be treasured. I risk myself of getting to know thieves and murders, I believe, judging by the way I handle people. Sometimes, like the event taking place last Saturday local Taiwan time in the evening, it took me so much energy to transfer back and forth in between English and Mandarin Chinese so that both my friends in the US and those teachers I teach in Taiwan would understand each other fully. Despite of such concerns, I find it to be absolutely beautiful when some people unfold themselves in front of my eyes, as if butterflies move away afresh from their long-sleeping journeys inside the cocoons, their voices and eyes twinkled, while they cannot wait to tell you the next part of their routes taken. In awe I watch myself and all those people whom I have met plus talked to—that is when I truly realize what I do every day is to find those mines and dig the gold out; by doing so, I certainly am one of the richest persons in the universe. It is miraculous.
Words cannot describe how miracles take place; they appear,
however, every day, with signals, so minute from time to time, as if produced
by certain sound waves insignificant to the ear, or, so invisible, as if a
crying hand shrinks from the roaring wind asking for just one form, any form,
of assistance. From the east to the west, from the north to the south hemispheres
of continents in the world I have travelled and met people from all walks of
life—I serve them as if they are my family members especially if they are dire
poor, I socialize with them, and I listen to them. For some, they pass through
my life although I remember them dearly: we never left any contact information whereas
for the others, we may still exchange ideas after many, many days and years
have passed, even until they passed away. During this process, this slowing
moving process, like the leaves turning from sprouts to green and from lavish
green to decaying yellow, that I have mingled with so many people from all
their various ethnic backgrounds, tall and short, black and white, young and
old, I have never imagined, like everyone else, that a pandemic can set our own
physical and mental alarms off, reminding us of how dangerous it can be to be
too close to each other physically. Equally powerful, though, no one can
imagine how such a pandemic can trigger the deepest human desires to be linked,
to be sharing stories of each one of us, and to be listening to others’ narrations
of incidences in their lives.
There the gold mines go, inside and outside the classrooms
where I teach. Due to the pandemic, classrooms become GOOGLE MEET or ZOOM. Like
chain reactions, discussions on-line may bring people from all parts of the
world at the same time, talking about similar issues with universal themes. Hence,
last Saturday our key speaker would be Jean who has worked for the past decades
as a principal and recently quit her job to search for another level of her
career.
During the session, we talked, shared ideas, whereas a few
dozen teachers voiced theirs. “Hope, your language is so beautiful…You must be
very exhausted after translating for such a long time! On the contrary, even
though I only slept 4 to 5 hours last night, I am so energetic! It is
incredible to be interacting with people from another part of the world like
this and I truly enjoy every minute of it!” Jean pointed out.
I guess I will never forget the question Jean asked those students
of mine who are teachers teaching in the public schools, “What drives you to this
profession and what motivates you to keep moving ahead?” A few teachers
provided their answers whereas Jean said when she was viewed by her younger
students as a princess and her older ones as the wisest person of the universe,
she keeps moving ahead merrily—I do not believe her success comes from nowhere,
especially after she started to want to be a teacher ever since she was six
years old; almost every step she has taken would be education-related. I can
see from the way she interacts with people that those students whom she has
taught have gained so much from her.
Even Cathy, a close friend of mine who brings this GOOGLE
MEET idea up to Jean after I mentioned I would like to have more guests
interacting with my teacher students, exclaimed that
“We are communicating across oceans. Again, I have learned
so much in the past two hours that you cannot even imagine. It is such a wonderful
experience!”
Local teachers whom I have taught show their support by
taking part in the event. Three months ago, I just pioneered the related
courses, thanks to some administrative senior staffers’ assistance. The
teachers whom I have taught would be around 120 in total. About 90 days later,
those who believe they have met a special teacher came to this course again before
my departure from this homeland of mine to work for another job overseas—the amount
of them, based on some calculations, would be around 40 to 50 in total this
time, while the actual number of people learning from the course would be way
beyond. This takes place in a city with a few thousand teachers whose purpose
of learning English is to boost their English proficiency so that they will be
able to instruct respective subjects they teach in English in the future,
matching a policy called “BILINGUAL EDUCATION.” Regardless of their fear to use
this language, when they are more relaxed in an inviting learning environment,
they will be able to face that challenge of using a foreign language to teach a
bit more at ease. Whereas I am not entirely perfect in teaching anyone, it just
so happens that these teachers enjoy being with me a lot; I tend to imagine that
were I exposed to 2000 teachers three months ago, today, there can be nearly
1000 whose English level is higher and who would be more brave to use English.
Is it because of my notion of digging the gold mines in people?
How come do I see such golden qualities in each and every
individual?
Clearly I remember when I visited one of the schools in that
city, I was introduced to a principal, a chairperson and two English teachers
who are using English to teach Math. Impressed, I asked, “Would you mind
letting me know your educational background?” I saw their hesitation and I was
wondering the reason behind of their not wishing to inform me such an important
aspect of their career. It was later that I learned such a topic could bring
them feelings of inferiority because they could have viewed me as “better or superior.”
Frankly, I was quite shocked, for I was one of them just years ago, teaching in
the elementary schools as an English teacher. Did I also feel intimidated back
then when someone my prototype showed up? What shocked me even more was I did
not hold such an attitude of prejudice or discrimination. For a person like me
who has been to the poorest parts of the world, sitting down, face to face with
the very less fortunate and asked them about their life, I feel that whatever
questions I have asked would be out of concern, curiosity, and of course,
uncovering more gold.
Maybe one of the principals chatting with me about certain
matters had made things clearer, since she said “Hope, you are a person who
knows how to live your daily life well, unlike us who buzz over here and there.
You know how to be peaceful inside so that you are able to write something in a
calm, attractive manner. Reading your written works is like appreciating
artwork with smooth flow and such philosophical thoughts.”
I do not know how many compliments one can bear;
nevertheless, I have received quite a lot of compliments which make believe
that my investment on the time and energy on noticing people’s golden mind, the
kind of mind that is pure, honest, with integrity, is very worthwhile.
“Have you ever thought about becoming a psychiatrist,
psychologist, or psychological counsellor? You are so good at plotting things.
Your mind, I don’t know what to say… You can just light up people’s life!” Cathy, my genuine friend from the US, used to tell me this quite a few times.
Yeah~ Yeah~ Yeah~ I would think about it, out of my tight
schedule and many aspirations every day. What always surprises me is that I can
have many dreams taking place at a day’s time that aside from what I have already
been doing, I can plan and think of quite a few other things to do, which,
according to myself, “will be helpful or even very helpful for other humanity
and species.” Finding that balance and to educate the
others, I am more than honored to see how other “miners” help me to dig my potentials
all the way out!
What pleasure we own when we are all searching for each others' mind of gold!
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