Do you know who the girl in the picture is? Yes, it's Zhang Guimei. Rccently a picture of 17-year-old Zhang Guimei has been spread on China's social media. The young girl 1 glasses is smiling brightly into the camera.
Did she know, then, that she would 2 up to be the famous president of the Huaping High School for Girls in Lijing, Southwest China's Yunnan province? People are deeply 3 by the fresh-faced girl in the picture, which is very different from Zhang's now aged face people know very well, as it tells a story of a woman who has given her life to pushing for the 4 of education in the countryside.
With the 5 of the Party and the government, she helped set up the county's first senior high school, offering free education for girls who would have been unable to continue their studies after 6 their nine years of compulsory (义务) education. Zhang Guimei had serious health problems, 7 she took morning classes with students for 12 years.
"I was built to be a 8 not a small river, rising high into the sky. I was born to be 9, not worthless, standing on the shoulders of the great people, the cowards (懦夫) 10 me." The motto (格言) of Huaping High School is also what Zhang Guimei always tries to follow. Zhang Guimei is a common person, but she is also a national hero.
