Chapter 7 first quarter

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the temporary parent meeting of Wakaba No. 3 Primary School despite the rainy weather and slippery roads. Originally, it should not be the head teacher, but the headmaster or the dean of education and other responsible persons standing on this stage. However, the facts that the guardians and everyone in the district want to know the most, if I describe it from the perspective of an adult, only I can explain it correctly. So I strongly demand to stand here. In addition, I would like to declare here that what I am going to talk about next is not something that has been prepared in advance and approved by my superiors. Therefore, if there is any inadvertence, it is not the responsibility of the school. I will bear all the responsibility. I hope you understand.

Gossip less, please allow me to talk about the "Wakaba No. 3 Primary School Child Injury Case" that happened at the beginning of the month. The incident happened on July 5, around 11:45 am on Wednesday, at the outdoor swimming pool on campus.That day, Class 1 and Class 2 of Grade 4 had swimming lessons together. The weather was fine and suitable for swimming.The third and fourth quarters of the swimming class started at 10:40 and ended at 12:20.Shinohara and I are the guides of the first class, and the second class is under the guidance of the homeroom teacher Tanabe-sensei. Looking from the front of the gymnasium where you are now, the swimming pool of our school is on the right, diagonally opposite the playground.If you go from the mathematics building, the nearest one is the third teaching building which is farthest from the main entrance.Put on outdoor shoes and walk to the playground, then pass in front of horizontal bars, climbing poles and other sports equipment, and at the end of the walk is the iron sliding door at the entrance and exit of the swimming pool.

There is only one entrance and exit, and it faces the playground. In order to prevent accidents, this door is usually locked from the outside except when the swimming pool is used by the swimming club or during classes. However, when the swimming pool is used, it is generally believed that no one will break in. Children can quickly go to the health care room in the third teaching building, and the doors are open during this time period. There is a shoe box at the entry, take off your shoes there, and go up a few flights of stairs to the pool.The changing room and shower room are in the inner position. The children have to walk through the relatively wide side of the diving platform of the swimming pool, change their clothes in the changing room, go to the shower room next door to disinfect, and finally gather in front of the diving platform.Behind the dressing room, separated by barbed wire, is the orangery of local residents.

I don't know if you have imagined the general layout. Every time the children take swimming lessons, they need to register on the family health questionnaire and have the signature of their guardians, so guardians should know when and what time their children have swimming lessons. However, when the guardians of several children in our class were interviewed by the radio station, they openly declared: "I didn't know that my child had swimming lessons today, and I didn't get any notice from the school." I don't understand what this is trying to show. Originally, because some children had to obtain the permission of the doctor in advance to take swimming lessons, the schedule of swimming lessons was marked in bold in the monthly schedule of the annual notification letter, and a swimming lesson planner was also distributed.

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not expressing dissatisfaction with such an example, but I just hope that you will consider the issue from the perspective of guardians or residents of the district, not from the perspective of victims, but as adults who have the responsibility to protect children. According to the schedule, swimming lessons for the fourth grade start from the second week of June, twice a week, and there are eight times in one semester.It was the seventh time that day, so the kids were completely comfortable with swimming lessons.There are a total of 70 people in the two classes. Everyone can swim 25 meters, and there are no children who need special care. The swimming class is going smoothly.

In the last 30 minutes of the class, the 25-meter freestyle will be tested, so at 11:35, after the fourth class, the children will be divided into classes and start practicing in each lane in the order of roll call. Counting from one side of the playground, there are a total of six swimming lanes. During practice, the first to third lanes are used by the first class, and the fourth to sixth lanes are used by the second class. Therefore, I am on the side of the playground, and Mr. Tanabe is changing clothes On the side of the room, mainly guide and take care of the children in your own class.

The children are in groups of 12 in each swimming lane, practice in a row of three at intervals of 5 meters according to the order of roll call, and the rest of the children sit side by side in front of the diving platform of each swimming lane. When my watch reads 11:45, it's time for the test.At this moment, the man surnamed Guankou broke in. Sekiguchi Kazuya, thirty-five years old, unemployed, so the TV news reported. Again, I have a request. After listening to my narration, everyone will definitely think about the scene when the incident happened in their minds. I hope that everyone will not be affected by the photos released on TV.

The suspect on TV was a thin teenager with a pale face and a kind smile—the photo was from a high school graduation album, but in fact the suspect’s body shape was very different from that of his youth.He is slightly shorter than me, about 1.65 meters, but he is very fat, more than twice my weight, more than 200 catties. I hope everyone can imagine the scene at that time with this image. This is my third year working as a teacher, and Mr. Tanabe is in his sixth year, so Mr. Tanabe is the main instructor in the joint class.I looked at my watch, faced Mr. Tanabe, blew the whistle hanging around my neck, and raised a hand to indicate that it was time for the test.

At this moment, a man wearing a certain country's military uniform ran out from behind the locker room, holding a life-saving knife with a blade length of more than 20 centimeters in his hand.I panicked for a moment and blew my whistle hard. Teacher Tanabe was taken aback, turned around and found the pass.The children screamed too.Sekiguchi knocked Tanabe-sensei into the water, raised his knife, and turned to the children sitting by the pool.The children all screamed and were so frightened that they became stiff and unable to move. "This country is about to perish. Instead of being a prisoner alive, it is better to choose death."

Sekiguchi yelled and rushed towards the children. I hurried over there and ran half a lap around the pool, unarmed and wearing only a bathing suit.Sekiguchi grabbed the arm of Ikeda, who was closest to him and at the front of the sixth lane, and brandished the knife.While blowing my whistle vigorously, I jumped forward. I threw myself at the foot of Guankou, hugged his feet, and made a movement similar to rolling and catching a ball in volleyball.Guan Kou fell to the ground and stabbed himself in the right thigh with the knife in his hand.Maybe it was the sudden pain that surprised him, he pressed his hands on the wound, rolled over on the spot, and fell directly into the swimming pool.

Maybe it was because of the pain, or because he couldn't swim, or because he was fat, and Guan Kou was struggling in the water and was about to sink, shouting loudly: "Help!" The children who were frozen in the swimming pool hurriedly climbed up. I directed them to take refuge in the playground, then contacted the teacher's office with the phone in the men's locker room, and called an ambulance. Because Ikeda was cut on the left side of his abdomen. There was a towel rack in front of the locker room, I took some bath towels from there, no matter who it was, and quickly stopped Ikeda's bleeding.Later, Mrs. Okui, who was in charge of childcare, came to take over my job.At this time, I saw Sekiko grabbing the edge of the pool and trying to come up. I ran up to him and kicked him hard in the face.Afterwards, other teachers, police and ambulances all arrived. That's about it. Fortunately—perhaps this statement is not appropriate, Ikeda is still in the hospital with serious injuries. It will take three weeks to recover, but it will not be life-threatening. Except for a few children who fell and scratched their knees during the evacuation, no one was injured. Pass damage. The children, guardians and people in the region have already known the general history and consequences of the incident, and the incident has spread throughout the country through media reports such as newspapers, TV, and the Internet. For this major event that happened at school, I should be doing my best.I am very sorry for Ikeda's injury, but I think I have managed the injury to a minimum.However, the school still received unimaginable condemnation from everyone present and people from all walks of life. The original object of condemnation was Mr. Tanabe. After Guan Kou was knocked into the swimming pool and before the police arrived, he had been huddled in the swimming pool dedicated to elementary school students with a water depth of only one meter.He is the teacher of the second class.The father of a child asked: "What did Mr. Tanabe do at that time?" The child replied: "Mr. Maki jumped at the criminal and saved us, but Mr. Tanabe has been hiding in the swimming pool." It is said that many families have had similar crimes. dialogue. The children did not lie, Mr. Tanabe did hide.As a male teacher, it is shameful to ignore the safety of the children and only care about hiding himself. Therefore, almost everyone in the country knows that Mr. Tanabe is worthless and a coward. Everyone discussed, Tanabe-sensei is tall and strong, and even participated in the National Games as a tennis player. Why is he afraid of such a thin man and hides?Now, everyone should understand why I described Sekiguchi's physical features at the beginning.Do you still think Mr. Tanabe is worthless and a coward? If it was everyone here, what action would you take? I think man is a very selfish animal by nature. For example, when you were watching "Titanic", did you imagine yourself on a sinking luxury liner?Have you ever imagined that only yourself can be saved in that situation?Have you ever imagined that you are not injured, calmly lying on the board and waiting for rescue? Also, when watching news reports about earthquakes and fires on TV, didn't you imagine that you were the only one who escaped vigorously from the crumbling buildings?While watching the news about a robbery, have you ever imagined dodging a knife in the nick of time?Hearing a criminal break into a school, haven't you ever imagined yourself adapting and finally subduing him? Perhaps it is based on this imagination that people will criticize and say, "If you can do well by yourself, those teachers are really stupid."Convinced that this self-righteous imagination will really be put into practice, but perhaps such a person will do nothing when encountering actual situations. Many people may think: so what about you?Do you want to boast that you dare to rush to the pass, that you have courage beyond ordinary people?In fact, right after it happened, after the media did the "brave female teacher" and other reports, my class contact mailbox even received countless emails, warning me not to be too proud and arrogant. In fact, these are all taken for granted.I am not brave at all. Most people who can take appropriate action in critical moments have received similar training or have had similar experiences. I belong to the latter.