Highland students give wild flowers to show gratitude to teachers on Vietnamese Teachers' Day

Highland students give wild flowers to thank teachers.

The clip was shared by teacher Nguyen Kim Hong, a teacher at Primary School No. 2 in Phong Hai town, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province, on her personal Tiktok account, touching many viewers.

In the clip, there are no beautifully wrapped gift boxes, nor red roses or yellow daisies. The gifts that highland students bring to class for their teachers are wild flowers from the roadside or in their home gardens. The flowers are carefully wrapped in newspaper.

Each student also sent their teachers wishes on Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20. Some wishes were not yet fully articulated, but everyone who saw them was moved to tears.

The students in the clip are from class 2B, headed by teacher Nguyen Kim Hong. She has over 26 years of experience as a “head-knocking” teacher in the mountainous region of Bao Thang. She is currently in charge of Sin Chai school, of Primary School No. 2, Phong Hai town.

The female teacher shared that she was very surprised when the clip posted with the purpose of preserving memories for later viewing, received so much attention. She herself received many good wishes, and encouragement for teachers and students to try their best, which made her very happy.

She was also surprised by the children's gifts, the wild flowers they picked from the hills and roadsides, some children even apologized to her for not having wrapping paper. All of them moved her.

"Not only me, but all teachers in the highlands receive such affection from students. This is the motivation and encouragement for us to overcome all difficulties to stay in school and in the village to spread knowledge," said teacher Hong.

Her class has 17 students, all of them are Hmong ethnic group, some of them do not speak Vietnamese fluently, and 17/17 of them are from poor families.

The clip was shared on the female teacher's personal Tiktok account, attracting nearly one million views and thousands of interactions.

Below are mostly compliments from the online community: "Nothing is better than sincere feelings like this. Wishing the teacher and the children good health and good behavior."

"Teachers working in remote areas suffer many disadvantages, the teacher is so lucky to have such lovely students", "So touching, this is the most noble profession, love teachers, love students "... are comments that the online community has for the teacher and students.

Another account wished her good health, happiness with her family, and strength to overcome difficulties to continue teaching children.

Trung Temple

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