Sixteen, university teacher

  The class schedule of school courses, some are three classes, and some are two classes, each class is 50 minutes. The basic courses in the first year are mostly two classes, and the courses that are more closely related to clinical medicine after the second year are mostly arranged for three classes, such as anatomy, diagnostics, internal science, surgery, etc.

  Teachers who teach basic courses in physics, chemistry and advanced mathematics are mostly graduates of science and engineering colleges rather than medical colleges. They also have a characteristic that is generally older in age, basically all 40-50 year old professors. Probably because the knowledge of these courses does not update much, and there has been no increase in young teachers for many years.

  The teachers of clinical medicine courses are mostly young, they are basically postgraduates trained by this school or middle-aged doctors from affiliated hospitals to take classes. Probably because young doctors have more energy to balance clinical and teaching work. Older doctors with seniority often hold more important positions in clinics, even if they come to the medical university to give lectures, the time is generally relatively short.

  There are many differences between university and high school education, one of which is that a book is often taught by more than five teachers, each teaching only a few chapters. These differences require newly graduated high school students and fresh university students to adapt gradually.

  Maybe it's because math is really boring and hard to understand, or maybe the old professors are too serious when they teach, unlike younger teachers who make it more exciting and attractive. So when the bell rings between classes, most students feel relieved and rush out of the classroom to breathe some fresh air and liven up their dull mood.

  At this time, Lin Fanghua noticed that the old professor, who was no longer young and had white hair, did not rest but slowly wiped the blackboard.

  The teaching facilities of the medical university have not changed much in decades, and many desks and chairs are still from before liberation. Many blackboards are still the old-fashioned kind that can be slid up and down, which is convenient for teachers to write on the board, but increases the workload of erasing the blackboard during class breaks.

  At that time, although there was no computer-aided teaching with PPT slides like in later generations, many university teachers were already using projectors and writing on transparent plastic sheets to teach. As a result, the use of blackboards decreased significantly. However, some old-school teachers still preferred traditional blackboard teaching methods. In particular, math and science teachers often performed calculations and explained formulas during class, so they still used blackboards extensively.

  Another difference between universities and middle schools is that university administrative classes do not have their own fixed classrooms, and large classes are often attended by three administrative classes together. In this case, it is generally impossible to arrange a student on duty to wipe the blackboard, and it is usually customary for the teacher to wipe the blackboard themselves.

  If Lin Fanghua hadn't had the experience of being a teacher at Weidu School in her past life, she probably wouldn't have noticed that the teacher was wiping the blackboard herself, just like other students. However, as someone who had been a teacher before, she had long since deeply understood the hardships of teachers.

  The hard work of preparing lessons by reading a large number of teaching materials and writing lesson plans is not mentioned, but standing on the podium for two hours, or even half a day or a whole day, is not an easy task. Teachers are not just intellectuals who only do mental labor, they can be considered physical laborers with their constant lecturing, writing on the blackboard, and gesticulating when explaining exciting topics.

  Lin Fanghua was still relatively young at that time, but after standing for a whole morning, she still felt waist and back pain, her legs were sore and swollen, and her throat was almost smoking. Even with the help of slides and "little bee" amplifiers to teach classes, it was still very tiring. Young people are better off, older teachers almost all have chronic pharyngitis, varicose veins and other occupational diseases.

  So, some people say that teachers are the most brilliant profession under the sun. Every teacher has a place worth respecting. Even if he lectures in a dull and tasteless way, his hard work is still worthy of respect from students.

  At this moment, Lin Fanghua, as a student, instinctively stood up from her seat, walked to the podium, took the blackboard eraser from the teacher's hand and said: "Teacher, you've worked hard. I'll do it!" Then she silently erased the two large blackboards.

  When she finished wiping, patted the dust off her hands and was about to go out to wash her hands, there were several rounds of applause in the classroom. Looking up, it turned out that the class monitor led the way, along with a few classmates who had not gone out for relaxation, applauding and nodding at her. The old professor sitting on one side also nodded and smiled at herself. Lin Fanghua smiled awkwardly, shook her head to indicate that it was nothing, and quickly walked out.

  Although there is no monitor, when the three classes are combined, the class leaders will take turns to be on duty, responsible for calling attention and maintaining classroom discipline. As the first week's monitor, the leader of Class 1 probably felt a bit derelict in his duties because he didn't think of erasing the blackboard, so he led the applause for Lin Fanghua with a sense of gratitude.

  Later, when the class was over, the class leaders would rush to help the teacher wipe the blackboard. So in this merged 1st grade class, an unwritten convention was formed: the class on duty that week would be responsible for wiping the blackboard, led by the class cadres. Generally, no one needs to be specifically assigned, it's completely a voluntary behavior of some classmates.

  Class 1 was always left with a good impression on the teachers who taught them. After Teacher Guo Mei received feedback from the teaching staff, she praised Class 1 at a grade-level meeting, and as a result, helping teachers clean the blackboard during class breaks became a trend throughout the entire 90th grade, gradually spreading to other grades and departments.

  The interaction between teachers and students forms a virtuous circle. Teachers feel respected by their classmates, so they teach more carefully and don't get tired easily. When teachers teach well, the ones who ultimately benefit are still the students.

  Associate Professor Lu Lihong, who teaches physics in Class 1, is also the head teacher of Class 3.

  There is another difference between university and middle school, which is the role of the class teacher. In primary and secondary schools, the class teacher has a great responsibility, almost all of them have to take care of every student's eating, drinking, sleeping and even going to the toilet. While in Xihua Medical University, the most important teacher for students is the grade director. The grade director does not teach classes, but is fully responsible for the ideological, living, studying and other work of all students in this department and grade.

  Ms. Guo Mei is a very responsible and capable grade leader. In the first week of military training, she can accurately call out the names of all students in the grade, and in the fourth week of military training, she has talked to each student and basically grasped their personality traits. So she can arrange the student cadres of each class in the whole grade very smoothly after the military training.

  Xihua Medical University did not have a class teacher in the past, but in recent years, like other universities, it has also set up a class teacher. However, the class teachers all have their own professional courses to teach, and the university does not have a special class meeting time, so they do not have much contact with the students in their own class. Lin Fanghua remembers that in her previous life, she could still see her class teacher, Lu, several times each semester during her freshman and sophomore years, but after her junior and senior years, she saw him less often, especially during the final internship stage when she did not see him at all. In the final graduation stage, all related matters were handled by finding Guo at the grade office.

  In short, at Xihua Medical University, students' affairs are basically handled by the student union and team committee members themselves. If they can't handle it, they will also find the grade director. The class teacher is nominally responsible for sharing some of the work with the grade director, but in fact, it is basically a mere formality. Teachers like Lu are considered responsible because she would take the initiative to ask students about their situation and often invite them to her home during freshman year, even organizing outings for spring tours. Some classmates from parallel classes only saw their class teacher at the beginning of freshman year and never saw them again until graduation.

  The appointment of the class teacher was announced after the school celebration, when all freshmen had started attending classes. Teacher Lu happened to keep the students of Class 3 behind after her lecture and briefly introduced herself to everyone. She is about forty-five or six years old, her husband is a doctor at the affiliated hospital, living in the school's family quarters, and has a fourteen-year-old daughter who attends the attached middle school. Teacher Lu is from Suzhou, speaking softly in Mandarin, with warm and gentle eyes. In terms of temperament, she doesn't seem like a university teacher teaching science subjects, but rather a middle school language teacher. She left a relatively good first impression on the students of Class 3.

  Due to everyone's tight schedule, Teacher Lu ended her self-introduction after just a few minutes. She wrote down the phone number of her research office and her home address on the blackboard, telling everyone to feel free to look for her if they needed anything.

  Evening breeze: The things I've written recently, I'm not satisfied with myself. Maybe it's a bit dull! But don't know how to change, always feel that these foreshadowings and transitions are indispensable! After all, I didn't major in liberal arts, my writing skills are still insufficient.