Emerging from the world of silence. A teacher's passion for deaf educationBy Wang Yong

Shine

11th March 2024

Emerging from the world of silence. A teacher's passion for deaf education

By Wang Yong

As a part-time college lecturer, I know how hard it is to teach well, given my limited time and experience. Over the past few years, I've had to double my effort in reading and writing to meet students' increasing expectations for better thinking skills.

But my challenge is nothing compared with that endured by a 51-year-old teacher, who has devoted herself to deaf education for more than 30 years.

Since 1991, Liu Lingli, a teacher at a special education school in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, has taught only about 100 students, but she has made far more efforts than me, although I've taught more than 100 students in just five years. On most working days, sometimes even in her spare time, she has had to toil round the clock, not just as a teacher, but as a caregiver, a mother-like figure indeed.

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