Information on several primary school children in economic dificulties and their families living conditions.
Wang Chenli: a 10 year old girl, and third-year student of Sha Hongkou primary school. Her family of 4 members include: father, mother, and younger brother. They are living in a clay house. Throughout the year, they grow maize as the main crop. There is little farming land, but there is a lot of sloping land. Due to the financial difficulty, they are only able to invest in small amounts of fertilizer. The yield is low, and there is not enough food to eat for the whole year; so they often have to borrow food to eat from relatives and friends. Even though there are financial difficulties, this student studies hard, is diligent and inquisitive. She has been assessed to be one of the top three students from my school twice.
Yang Wenxian: a 10 year old boy, and third-year student of Sha Hongkou primary school. His family of 4 members include: father, mother, and younger brother. They do not have a cow for ploughing. Every year they are unable to keep up with the seasons for ploughing and planting, and it affects the production of the whole year. For many years, this student has not paid school fees many times. He is average in his studies, but he is able to conscientiously obey the various school rules and regulations. I believe that his studies will improve in the future.
Yang Xuewen: a 10 year old boy, and third-year student of Sha Hongkou primary school. His family has a total of 6 members. The whole year they mainly grow maize, and the annual amount of produce is low. Besides barely being able to maintain the amount of food needed for the whole family, they have no other economic resources, and their life is difficult. But this student is hardworking and thrifty in school, assiduous in study, and is one of the top three students.
Li Yongxian: a 9 year old boy, third-year student of Sha Hongkou primary school. He comes from a family of 4. Their main food source comes from growing maize. They live in a mud house. For many years, this family has been unfortunate. Due to tremendous difficulties in their life, this student in my school has yet to pay for his book fees all these years. But he studies hard, is assiduous and serious, and has obtained excellent results.
Tao Yingwen: a 10 year old boy, third-year student of Sha Hongkou primary school. The whole year they mainly grow maize. The amount of arable land is small and the land is sloping. There is an elderly person with an incurable old age disease, and the annual medical expenditure for this aged person is high. Most of the year, there is no money to be invested in the land, so the yield is low. In addition, there is not even enough food to feed his dying grandfather. So there is often the scenario where they have to borrow food to eat from their relatives or friends. Although he has family difficulties, this student is hardworking and assiduous in study. For the past few years, his results have successively won him first place in the ranking of the students of his standard.