畢業44年憶良師2
我的中文能力,得力於幾位中文科良師,中三的黎炳章老師,年紀不大,但是謙謙君子,態度溫和,頗有老師宿儒之風。他教書也愛書,曾經在旺角奶路臣街開書店,店名就叫「章記」。
中四的江紹德老師,,出身中大,是黃華表教授的高足,完全是學者型。對著我們這班十五六歲的毛頭,已經大講在國際上有盛名的學者如楊聯陞、蕭公權、夏志清,鼓勵我們將來如果有志深造中國文史哲,可以考慮到外國著名大學發展,步這些名師的後塵。他又向我們強調為學要下苦功,才有成績;講自己的讀書計劃,每年暑假專心讀一本巨著,包括三國志、資治通鑑。
中五會考班的劉繼業老師,是真正的宿儒,國學根底深厚,卻能因應我們的程度,講課深入淺出,教很多學生抱怨沉悶的中國歷史科,都能夠用幽默有趣的方式講故事形式,提高學生的興趣。劉老師已經接近退休年齡,審閱我們的作文,用毛筆點紅墨水批改,一絲不苟,給予分數之外,例必有工整的楷書評語給學生參考。
教中四/中五西史的湯漪虹老師,剛剛來華仁任教,之前已經有十年的教學經驗。他對史實滾瓜爛熟,而且有獨到的分析。當時多數學生為著應付會考的「計 points」評卷方法,只是生吞活剝的死記老師派發的Notes 或「會考天書」羅列的要點;湯老師卻重視答案要有文采的 Essay Form。他沒有Notes和貼士派發,我們想學嘢就要課堂上細聽他的講話,每一課由頭到尾40分鐘,全部用流利的英語,我未聽過他在課室裏講過一句中文!校方指定的西史教科書,他說資料不夠,開了幾位英國名家寫的同類著作的書單,叫我們買來作為輔助讀物。
經過這幾位老師的循循善誘,我的中文和西史會考成績,取得 兩個「優」,要歸功幾位恩師。(待續)
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(文章允許轉貼,請具作者名字:梁煥松)
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Mr Lau Kai Yip fully retired from WYK at age 65 in 1986. Sadly he passed away the following year. He taught only two or three classes, usually Form 4A1 Chinese, Form 5A1 Chinese and another class Chinese History in the 1980's. His calligraphy was legendary. I am also very impressed with his calligraphy blackboard writing with chalk.
回覆刪除I had similar learning experience from Mr. Paul Tong (with an endearing nickname "Horse Face"). The essay writing skills he taught us has been very useful indeed.
劉老師在堂上說教了幾十年書,現在希望的是功成身退,好好享受退休生活。
刪除想不到......
obviously I, for one, didnt pick up any of these god-damned skills, man...until being re-educated here fg downunder as a mature-aged student after migration in my early 30s. perhaps we can say that WYK has been going downhill year after year. look at what we got these days, and worse still look at what fg hk has been being and will fg end up like. academia cant fg help much, man, though one may argue that without which it would have become hell already, man...
回覆刪除但我的中文老師給我很深的印象,先生姓劉,名繼業,中等身材, 雙目炯炯有神,頭梳得光滑明亮, 愛抽煙,寫得一手漂亮的黑板字。有一天,他興致到,幫學生睇相,我們爭先恐後要他贈番幾句,輪到我翻開手掌:
回覆刪除先生看兩看說: ”幾好,唔錯呀”,
我問先生: ” 阿SIR,有人話我眼大無神,好大鑊噃,"
先生回答,”亂講,你殺人都夠膽! “ .
幾十年後,我還是不明白眼神和殺人的關係. 學生生性仁慈,殺雞不敢, 先生錯矣. 學生雖然不懂相術, 但看先生神采奕奕的眼睛,不至於短命,怎可以走得那麼快.
摘自「華仁的回憶」Don.