都說「窮人孩子早當家」,果真如是。中國中央電視台上周連續多天播出西南山區中小學生吃飯難的專題──小餐桌。頭一天看到記者採訪雲南祿勸縣六合小學,校內寄宿生可得政府補助,也只能每天吃到兩餐酸菜煮土豆。不過,對比貴州羅甸縣中心學校的學生,原來六合的學生已經算是「不錯」的了。
據報道介紹,中心學校七百名學生中約五百餘人,每天下課後第一件事不是做家課或玩耍,因為學校並沒有宿舍和飯堂,學生們都需要自己動手生火煮飯。山路崎嶇,回家需好幾小時,校內小學一年級至初中的學生,大多每周才回家一次,上課時租住學校附近農戶的房舍,一日兩餐也只能自己照顧自己。
學生每周從家裡背著柴火和蔬菜白米,走兩三小時的山路回校。下課後,學生們帶著小柴爐灶在大街上生火煮飯炒菜。在城市或富裕地區成長的孩子大概不會相信,小學一二年級的學生,由砍柴,生火到炒菜,全都一手包辦了。從正面看,窮人孩子確是早當家了;但畢竟這小小年紀應該是享受學習和生活,而不應在灰黑的炊煙中為兩餐忙碌。
中國地廣人多,地區經濟發展差距大,人民生活水平也有天壤之別。中央電視台這專題報道,為窮孩子向社會發了聲。報道播出後,來自企業和私人的捐助不少,地方政府也重新調配資金,即時提出方案,為中心學校興建食堂和宿舍,於今年內落成啟用。相信還有一些被報道點名的學校會得到社會各界人士的捐助,但那無緣上鏡頭的又怎樣呢?讓所有學生都能得到足夠的營養,是一個刻不容緩的龐大工程。
看著畫面上背著柴火返校的小學生享美,當記者問她們累不累時,享美回答說:累。再問:能扛得動嗎?乾脆爽快地回答道:扛得動。又想起那位質問房屋局局長如何幫助他買房娶妻的香港中文大學學生,享美面對生活困難的態度,令人肅然起敬。
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This reminded me my experience with my schools nearly two decades ago when our conditions weren't so bad as the one reported here now. We had only about one Yuan daily allowance for meals. We did have a cafeteria subsidized by the government. We could have vege and pork meat, cut thinly by our skillful chef, that could fly if the wind blew.
Anyways, the point I would like to make is that CCTV now is not the CCTV that I watched twenty years ago when I never saw reports such as this. CCTV as well as Phoenix TV now do have many good in-depth programs revealing the dark side of the society that are worth watching. They have realized their responsibility of being the media in society. Unfortunatly, some people still label them merely the 'mouthpiece', especially people from HK. I am wondering if these people really watch these programs before they accuse others the
'mouthpiece'.
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