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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
he said he could teach sports. He was strongly built
and looked like a sports man. So the headmaster
agreed. His friends who knew him very well worried
about him. They said, “You look strong but you are
not good at any sports. You’ll harm the younger
generation!”
He laughed and said, “You worry too much. To
teach sports is just leading the boys and girls to play
games on the sports ground. It’s very easy. I’ll be a
good sports teacher!”
He had no professional knowledge in any sports
field. He was not good at ball games. He was not
good at any track and field games. The only little
thing he knew was military training. He was about
forty and he was ill-tempered. He was very rude to
the students. He repeatedly beat students. (It was a
common phenomenon for a teacher to beat students
and vice versa at that time). He was very strong and
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