On the afternoon of December 22^nd,the volunteers came to Chaha’er Road Primary School and started that day’s interesting class as usual.But there were some differences.Two teaching assistants didn’t come in the result of some personnel problems.So the keynote speakers had to carry the whole class which might be a tiny challenge for them.

Everything was going on orderly.The theme was “Ancient Celebrity’s Anecdotes——Yue Fei”.Firwt fo all,the keynote speaker let the children share the stories they knowed about Yue Fei.Happen to coincide,the children answered the question all mentioned the story of Yue’s mother tattooed ”Jing Zhong Bao Guo” on Yue’s back.Then the keynote speaker showed a picture of this story from which the students saw the hard life during war times.Did the children know somrthing about their grandparents’ hard times?The keynote speaker invited several kids to answer this question.They all said,during that time,grand parents hardly could go to school.It was also a question for them to eat their fill and wear warm clothes.Though his mother was lonely,Yue Fei chose to become a soldier to protect our homes and defend our country resolutely.the speaker played a vedio about Yue’s story so that the kids could know this better.In the face of deserters,Yue made absolutely no allowance.Be faced with invasion,Yue never flinched.He shouted “Zhong Jun Bao Guo,Yang Wo Jun Wei”loudly with his officers and men.The Emperor setted orders to make peace but Yue all refused to obey.Yue’s taking a hard line irritated some trescherous villains resulted in his death under a charge called unwarranted.

In the end ,when it comes to the question:If you would be afraid or flinch when it comes to your turn to be a soldier to defend our country,the students shouted in one voice:”No!”Yue Fei’s loyalty to serve the country and strong spirit all apealed to the kids.The patriotic education should start from an early age as this.

(Youdan Chen,School of Teacher Education)