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From A Scanty Single –Parent Child to a Dream Practitioner – A Look Back At the Story of Meidu Qiu
Changhua Raoping Hakka Junior Corp took a tour to Mrs. Qiu’s favorite historical residence –Yongjing Loyal House (古蹟永靖忠實第). Most of the windows and doors in the quaint siheyuan (四合院) were closed because only a few of the clan members still resided there. Teacher Qiu briefly introduced the Loyal House to the Corpse. It was built in 1886 by a fifth-rank official Cuiying Qiu (邱萃英)et al. It nurtured prominent pupils like Fengjia Qiu (邱逢甲). Qiu Cui Ying was the dean of Xing Xian (興賢) academy of classical learning, and that consolidated the handed-down saying “Yongjing Loyal House nurtures teachers”. There were many damages to the 150-year-old Yongjing Loyal Houses in Raoping (饒平) and are waiting for renovation. Behind the main hall situated four shabby low iron-roof clay dwellings, which turned out to be the residence of Teacher Qiu’s family of six when she was 16. We listened to her narrating her growing-up story.
The Scanty Single-Parent Child’S Endeavor to Becoming a Teacher


Teacher Qiu recalled how rare it was for them to have rice at meals. The staple food back then was sweet potatoes. She appreciated her mother for doing all the hard labors to raise five of them and she felt a gratitude to her eldest sister Qiu Gui Dan (邱桂丹), who, although being a hard-working student, sacrificed her chance to study and worked to supplement family financial at age 13. Mei Dou felt compelled to work extra hard to succeed as a payback for their devotion. Encouraged by her elementary and high school teachers, she decided to become a teacher. In year 1984, she began teaching in Xin Sheng Elementary School (新生國小). She went back to her hometown school –Fu Xing Elementary School and Yong Jing Elementary School –to teach in the following year.