In the last year of the 1980s, Zhou Zhicheng was transferred from the county education bureau to a rural middle school. Besides serving as the princip[Expand All]
In the last year of the 1980s, Zhou Zhicheng was transferred from the county education bureau to a rural middle school. Besides serving as the principal, he also concurrently taught physics to the second year of junior high school. He gave the first physics class to the students with the teaching AIDS he made himself. His unique teaching method attracted both the students in the class and the children herding sheep outside the classroom. Zhou Zhicheng discovered Gu Yu's talent in physics. Not only did he allow him to bring sheep to school, but he also helped him win an award in the physics competition. When Gu Yu didn't want to cause any more trouble for his teacher, he encouraged him like this: The happiest thing for a teacher is to cultivate students who are better than themselves. He hoped that Gu Yu could make him feel such happiness. Ten years later, Gu Yu, a student that made Teacher Zhou proud, gave her first physics class in a modern classroom using the teaching AIDS her teacher used back then... . This film, from the perspective of a rural teenager named Gu Yu, tells the story of the deep bond between the young Gu Yu and his teacher Zhou Zhicheng, which is both teacher-student and father-son. It praises the noble and ideal life realm of rural educators. At the same time, the film also focuses its lens on the simple and unique folk customs, the natural and open ecological environment, as well as the beautiful spiritual qualities of the people living on this land, such as their love for life, optimism, mutual assistance, purity and kindness, against the backdrop of the development of the Yellow River Delta.[Collapse]
