20年前,一次会议间,我问江浦县五里村行知小学的杨瑞清有没有来?有老师告诉我:他没来。有些人不看好杨瑞清,他们学校学陶行知,生源比较差,联考时学生成绩不高,“韭菜麦子倒是能分得清”。他指的是行知小学教小学生辨识各种农作物,参加田间劳动。有一次区里数学测验,行知小学成绩并不高。当时社会已风行应试教育,但行知小学仍然带领学生关注土地上发生的事。我当时对这类非议感到莫名惊讶:乡村小学,教学生了解些农事,这 Twenty years ago, during a meeting, I asked Yang Ruiqing whether I came to Xingzhi Primary School in Wuli Village, Jiangpu County. Some teacher told me that he did not come. Some people are not optimistic Yangrui Qing, Tao Xingzhi school they know, students are relatively poor, when the entrance exam performance is not high, “leeks wheat is actually able to distinguish clear.” He refers to primary and secondary schools to teach primary school pupils identify a variety of crops, to participate in field work. Once a district math test, Xingzhi primary school results are not high. At that time, the examination-oriented education was popular in the community. However, primary schools still lead students to pay attention to what happened on the land. At that time, I was astonished at such criticisms: in rural primary schools, teaching students know some things about farming.