The good student of Van hamlet

(Baonghean) - Children in Van hamlet, Nghia Thang, Nghia Dan, have always had interrupted education, rarely finishing secondary school because of the extreme poverty. Seemingly "absorbing" the poverty and hardship, Lo Thi Tinh, Thanh ethnic group (class 9E, Lien Thang Secondary School, Nghia Thang) has overcome everything, creating a "miracle" in the poor hamlet: For many consecutive years, she has been an excellent student of the district and province; is an active union cadre, the core of the school's arts; won the A prize in the "Nghe Tinh Folk Song Singing Contest for Secondary School Students in 2014" in the whole province.

Tinh's family situation is very difficult. Tinh is the eldest of three children; the second brother is often sick, the youngest is just over 2 years old. To have money to raise his children, his father works as a construction worker everywhere, and his mother takes care of the children and works for hire; whatever people in the commune hire her to do, from planting, harvesting, weeding...

Lo Thi Tinh in the study corner.

Born into a poor family, little Lo Thi Tinh grew up with “full meals, hungry meals”, so from a young age she had to help her parents with housework and take care of her younger siblings. In her family’s small house, perhaps the biggest asset is the certificates of merit of the eldest daughter, which her father hung solemnly on the wall. Tinh’s house is quite far from the commune center, so to get to school, she has to walk nearly ten kilometers on dirt roads. During the rainy season, the water from the small stream at the beginning of the village rises up to cover the area, so few children in Van village go to school regularly.

However, those difficulties could not stop Tinh's determination to go to school. Because for that little student from the poor countryside, "only by learning to read and write can we be less poor and less miserable in the future, and help our parents take care of our younger siblings." On sunny days as well as rainy days, Tinh always diligently goes to school. Because she is afraid that if she misses classes, she will not learn more good essays or difficult math problems. The road to school is quite far, so she always has to wake up very early to cycle to class. On rainy days, when Tinh gets to class, her clothes are soaked, her hands and feet are covered with mud. Loving her good student, the teachers in the school often donate old clothes and books to help her reduce her poverty.

Tinh has a special talent for literature. Passionate about literature, she always carries with her reference books and good literature books lent by her teachers and reads them during recess at school, or while watching her younger siblings at home... Tinh shared: "I often copy famous quotes, good and meaningful words I read from documents, or "pick up" from my teacher's lectures into a notebook. Whenever I have free time, I take them out to read to supplement and enrich my vocabulary for each essay."

Homeroom teacher Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy commented on her "favorite" student: "Tinh has a sense of self-study, reads and writes diligently. Thanks to that, her writing is always coherent, her ideas are clear and well-organized. Each of her writings carries her true feelings and thoughts with logical thinking, a simple and straightforward writing style. During her 3 years of secondary school, she was awarded the title of excellent student in the district in Literature, and in grade 9, she also won the third prize in Literature at the provincial level."

Not only excelling in literature, being an excellent student for many years, being a model class monitor, Tinh is also an active "artist" of the school. In any movement of the school, class, especially the art movement, Tinh always enthusiastically participates. Last school year, in the "Folk song singing contest for secondary school students in 2014" at the provincial level, he conquered the judges, winning the A prize with the tune "Father and son love".

Dinh Nguyet