ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong shows the triangle ruler that he has used throughout his teaching career at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (R) and his wife Huang Nan read newspapers at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong drinks water during a class break at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (1st R) gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (C) gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (L) tutors a student at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows a view of Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (R) and his wife Huang Nan have dinner at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong prepares for classes at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong organizes desks and chairs after class at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - Some 300 students from 84 countries and regions attend an opening ceremony for a "Japan TENT" event in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. The weeklong event till Aug. 26 is designed to allow the students to experience local culture and traditions

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - Szczygiel Elzbieta, a Polish student at Osaka University, addresses an opening ceremony for a "Japan TENT" event in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. Some 300 students from 84 countries and regions joined the weeklong event till Aug. 26 designed to allow them to experience local culture and traditions.

Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remain deserted on Feb. 25, 2014. At the school, 84 students, teachers and staff members died in the March 2011 tsunami. There has not been any discussion on whether to preserve or demolish the school building (Photo taken in long exposure mode with fisheye lens).

Tsunami-hit school building to be preserved

Tsunami-hit school building to be preserved

File photo taken in February 2016 shows the tsunami-hit building of Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Japan, where a total of 84 students and faculty were killed or remain unaccounted for in the March 2011 disaster. The mayor of the city intends to preserve the building as a heritage site and is in talks with the central government on the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan marks 5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

Japan marks 5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

People observe a moment of silence at Okawa elementary school in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami disaster. As many as 84 students and staff of the school lost their lives or remain unaccounted for in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

People visit a cenotaph in front of Okawa elementary school in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the 2011 natural disasters. As many as 84 students and staff of the school lost their lives or remain unaccounted for in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 23, 2011, (top) and Feb. 15, 2016, shows an elementary school in the northeastern Japanese city of Ishinomaki devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It is still under consideration whether to scrap the school or maintain it as remains of the disaster. At the school, a total of 84 students, teachers and staff members were killed or remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami survivor recounts ordeal in northeastern Japan

Tsunami survivor recounts ordeal in northeastern Japan

Tetsuya Tadano (C), a graduate of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, recalls his experience to remember the 2011 tsunami triggered by a devastating earthquake during an event on Nov. 29, 2015, in Natori, another city in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. A total of 84 people of the school, including students, were killed in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan marks 5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

Japan marks 5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

People observe a moment of silence at Okawa elementary school in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami disaster. As many as 84 students and staff of the school lost their lives or remain unaccounted for in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Miyagi stays distant from tsunami-hit school preservation

Miyagi stays distant from tsunami-hit school preservation

Photo taken in May 2015 shows Okawa Elementary School's building in the Miyagi prefectural city of Ishinomaki in northeastern Japan. A total of 84 teachers and students of the school were killed or went missing in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai said on Oct. 19, 2015, the prefecture will not be actively involved in preservation of the school building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

Cultural exchange program for foreign students in Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - Some 300 students from 84 countries and regions attend an opening ceremony for a "Japan TENT" event in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. The weeklong event till Aug. 26 is designed to allow the students to experience local culture and traditions (Kyodo)

Japan marks 6th anniv. of quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

Japan marks 6th anniv. of quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

Flowers are placed in the Okawa Elementary School building in the coastal city of Ishinomaki on March 11, 2017, the sixth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in northeastern Japan. The disasters claimed the lives of 84 students and staff. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Students' meeting at U.N. highlights atomic bombs

Students' meeting at U.N. highlights atomic bombs

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow (R facing camera) speaks to students in the youth peace conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2016. The 84-year-old recounted her own experiences on Aug. 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was dropped, telling students that "The entire city disappeared and everyone became homeless." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo