"RunnerFan",nicknameofFanMeizhong,whoranoutoftheclassroomleavinghisstudentsbehindduringtheMay12earthquake,hascausedacontroversyconcerningtraditionalChinesevalues.Manypeopleregardhisactionaswrongandadirectviolationofteachers'responsibilityandIwouldhavetoagreewiththem.
Firstly,itistheresponsibilityofateachertoprotecthisstudents'safetybylaw.Beingconcernedsolelyfolhisownlifeandleavinghisstudentsbehindwhilefleeingviolatesthespiritofthelaw.Inanemergency,eachteacherisresponsibleforthedirectsupervisionofhisstudents.Furthermore,itwillbeofgreathelpiftheycandirecttheevacuationoftheirstudentstodesignatedassemblyareasinaccordancewithwarningsignalsandwrittennotification.Itisoutofthequestionthattheyshouldnotremainwiththeirstudentsuntilrescuecrewsarrive.Secondly,teachersactasarolemodelfortheirstudents.TheCompulsoryEducationLawdoesstipulatethat“ateachershouldbeamodelofvirtueforothersandshouldbedevotedtotheeducationofthepeople."Teachersnotonlyteachstudentshowtothink,butalsohowtobehavetosupportothersinsociety.Fleeingtheclassroomandleavingthestudentsbehindinanemergencysetsabadexampleforstudents.
Toconclude,teachersareresponsibleforstudents'safetyinanemergency.Teachersareexpectedtodemonstrateresponsiblebehaviourandtheyoughttobespecificallytrainedtodealwithemergencysituations.(248words)
1.Ateacherisastand-inparentforthechildren,andrepresentsahalfwaypointbetweenthefamilyhomeandlifeasanadultinthewidercommunity.
老师是孩子的代父母，是家庭和更广阔社区内的成人生活之间的一个连接点。
2.Teachersshouldgiveresponsibilityforthestudents’welfarewhentheparentsareabsent,andthestudentsintheirtumaccepttheirauthorityanddirection.
家长不在的时候老师应该对学生的福祉负责，相应地学生也要尊重老师的权威、接受老师的管理。
3.Educationofficialshaveplaced“protectingstudents’safety”underthethirdclauseofthefirstrevisiontotheregulationthatcameintobeingin1997.
在对1997年制订的规章进行第一次修订时，教育官员把“保护学生安全”放在了第三条。
