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Tong DE elementary school (2017 CyberFair Project ID 8231)
Taiwan,
Taoyuan City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders
We estimate 5 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Tong-De Elementary School is in the neighborhood of Taoyuan Arts Zone. There’re relatively more parents with higher social and educational class paying much attention to their children’s education. Many parents want their children to participate in multiple extracurricular activities which allow them to explore their own aptitudes and interests. Golf, basketball, Kendo, LEGO robots and other types of clubs are set up in school for the needs. Most clubs have been run with the user pay principle, unlike Dr. Hsu who offered free Kendo instruction and even took a group of students abroad with no fees charged. More than that, he encouraged disadvantaged students to study hard. With no financial support, his love in education did not stop though. Through our continuous investigation, we are aware that this spirit has benefited greatly many Kendo students of all classes. We hope more people know that there are still some people willing to devote their lives to helping others selflessly, with the views expressed in the project, enhancing the moral goodness of human nature and warm-heartedness in our society.
Project Description: There are many athletic competitions in Taiwan, including the National Baseball and the United States Basketball League, which have been widely broadcasted by the Sports Channel, so that most students are keen to participate in such activities. The Kendo that we know by intuition as a Japanese martial art is an unfamiliar sport for children. In Taoyuan, Dr. Hsu, being a doctor as his career, devoted his life to promoting Kendo activities. He even motivated students who were unwilling to learn to participate in Kendo, and led the children to take part in the competitions all over the country. In addition to allowing students to regain their confidence in learning, the most achievements that made him Dr. Kendo is undoubtedly the unprecedented, unbroken twenty-time Trophy in National Games of Taiwan, as well as "World No. 3" dazzling success in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th World Cup Kendo Championships. Dr. Hsu dedicated his life to Kendo, but also in the rest of his life before death, still cared a lot about the younger generation of Swordsman, and donated his inheritance to help disadvantaged children continue their studies. The selfless spirit and services of Dr. Hsu, promoting the Kendo activities and fostering a love of learning in unmotivated students, are worth imitating and widely known by people.