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feelings. After the founding of the association, our boys are happy as they now have a sense of belonging. You know, between males, they gather and drink beers to handle their frustration; they gather and talk about things delighting them, then the next day a brand-new idea come into their minds. Those are males’ way of dealing with things,” said He.
Xie Wenhui, from Sijing No. 4 Kindergarten, is captain of the team. He cares about his members as the ailment of one member’s mother and the living conditions of another member are all issues that worry him.
“When the association was founded in the second half of 2012, we had 23 members and we held activities together, usually about how to launch sports activities for children. As the team expanded with more male teachers joining in preschool education, we divided the team into several groups according to group members’ different interests,” said Xie.
Though the male teachers may vary in interests or personalities, what is in common to them is their deep feelings for their young students and the kids’ affection for them.
“We all have this feeling: In kindergarten, our kids treasure us as if we were stars. Especially when a sports activity begins, the kids will wave at you enthusiastically. Some will even come close to you and say ‘hello.’ The reasons: Kindergartens have few male teachers and secondly, the kids really like their male teachers,” said Chen Junwen, 25, from Songjiang University Town Kindergarten.
For 25-year-old Li Dianyuan, who has three years’ teaching experience, his attachment with the children is a promise to dine with them till their graduation day.
“Yesterday was the garden party day for our third-year students. They toured the campus and played games prepared at every classroom. Then they had buffets at a big conference room when all of a sudden a kid said: ‘Mr Li, I would like to dine with you.’ Then every kid I had taught said they wanted to dine with me. I was very much moved and promised them from tomorrow I would dine with them at our own classroom till their graduation day,” said Li from Renle Kindergarten.
Zhou Jie, 28, from Longyuan Kindergarten, recalled the first year after he was recruited as a kindergarten teacher.
“Some parents had concerns. But at the end of the year they said they felt totally trustful toward me and acknowledged my ability in caring for the kids,” said Zhou. “Kids would miss me when I was on an errand away from campus and they would feel exuberant when I was with them.”
The parent-child activities Songjiang authorities launched in the district’s communities and towns through November are an effort to encourage fathers’ participation in parenting and earlier childhood education.
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