春天的故事
陈卫东
离开生我养我的故乡已有三十多年了。无论飘到哪里,故乡的人,故乡的情,时刻陪伴着我。那里有父母的慈爱,乡亲们的关怀,老师与同学的友谊。在那发生了许多春天的故事,在我人生的关键点,总是有恩人在帮助我,关心我,
在初中的时候,有一次在大队里玩,一个村干部说,你读完高中到队里来做点事。我说好啊,这也提醒了我,读完高中就到头了。那时整个公社好像是有一个被推荐上了大学,但那是要有后台的,像我这样是不可能的。没有希望,心态倒也平衡。
进了浩北学校高一,我有幸有一个数学老师,姓陈。他很严格,教的我也能理解,他非常关心我,经过他的推荐,我才有机会在高一下半年进了海中高一(4)班。没有陈老师,我的人生轨迹可能就不一样了,那时乡下也教一些英语,英文老师姓施,英文字母歌就是那时学的,最后一句是:“为解放全人类,学习外国语”。
四班人称“阿宝”班,但我在那结识了不少好朋友。有一位住的离我很近,他有很多参考书,我们一起学习,一起做题,四班语文老师姓石,常邀请我去他家。教英语的是位女老师,是她让我带全班早读读英语。这也为我爱上英语埋下了种子。上大学后,学英语从来没停过,也养成了大声朗读英文的习惯,物理老师常常在讲课时提到七班的刘鼓川,作我们的榜样。正是鼓川的帮忙,我才买到了一本英汉字典,那是我最珍贵的一本工具书,如获至宝。那时四班的体育还不错,校运动会拿了好多名次。尤其是崔飞,我们都欢呼雀跃,四班还发生了一个小插曲。有个女生烫了个很时髦的发型,惹得全校的人都来看,在78年那是一件不得了的事情,
一个学期很快过了,暑假到了,听我父亲讲有夏令营,后来才知道又有恩人帮忙,把我安排进了高二(三)班,人称快班。如果没有他,我与现在这些同学就没有缘分了,夏令营的第一天,张老师就安排我与杨晓峰同桌。现在回想起来,在海中的时间是一生中真是很愉快美好的一段时光,班上老师和同学像一个大家庭一样。像我这样的乡下孩子也到县委大院玩,跟去一个好朋友家玩一样。可见同学友谊多纯洁,好多同学家我都去过,这里就不一一列举了,张老师宿舍也常去,他常利用他休息时间给我们讲一些数学难题,他严谨认真的学术态度使我获益匪浅,直到今天,也培养了我对数学的极大兴趣。后来在大学学计算机及相关的逻辑与数学,我很喜欢,跟张老师的培养与教导是分不开的。
79年的高考我是在乡下考的,那天还有雷阵雨,是我哥骑车送我去考场,因为在海中上的课,到乡下。考反而没压力,给了我不少自信。考分出来了,数学分是几门课中最高的,有好心的老师到我家,建议学数学。我对未来也没有设想,我爸建议报电子方面,认为电子是将来发展方向。我就报了一堆电子,无线电方面。后来有一位南大来海门招生的是我同一个大队的,问起大队里有谁考的好的。他建议把专业改成计算机。南大是全国最早开设计算机专业的院校之一。多亏了他的帮忙,我从此爱上了计算机行业,才有后来报考出国研究生的机会。
大学的生活很清苦,简单但却很愉快。人民助学金是我几乎全部的生活来源。比起现在农村的孩子,我不知有多幸运!没有邓小平,没有国家改革开放,就没有我今天。在南京有很多同学,聚过好多次,,留下不少难忘的记忆,八二年南大招收研究生,计算机系软硬件各有一个出国名额。因为班上有两个同学也报考,我也跟着凑热闹。考完后也没想什么,有一天,系主任把我叫到办公室,当时还有系办主任在,他们问我考得如何,我一时答不上来。然后他们通知我被录取了软件出国研究生,那是我想都不敢想的,真是天大的幸运。
自从84年漂洋过海以后,故乡总是我心灵的依靠,从纽约到德克萨斯到加州,我好像离故乡越来越近,2000年到2004年还常去北京,每次好几个星期,希望做出一个具有中国自主知识产权的新一代无限通讯系统,还在上海开设了试验网,但遗憾的是,最后没有能产品化,商用化,唯一的收获可能是为祖国培养了一些通讯技术人才。
在美国经历了互联网的诞生和爆发,电子邮件从无到有,网络浏览器从无到有,信息革命给世界带来了翻天覆地的变化,三十年的改革开放也使祖国再次以强大的姿态,屹立于世界。
我从小接受的是无神论教育,但我相信是宇宙主宰在我的生命旅途上,安排了这么多的恩人。我要感谢故乡的亲人,老师和同学,以及所有给我帮助和支持的人。我要为他们献献上我的祷告,愿健康幸福与他们相伴,愿他们的生活充满活泼的盼望,愿他们的心灵永远年轻,愿祖国更加强大,愿故乡更加富有!
最后我要给各位献上一首我最喜爱的歌曲,
“Because You Loved Me”
Far all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful, baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through
Through it all
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me, ooh。 baby
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tail
I had your love, 1 had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe, I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You were always there for me, the tender wind that
carried me
The light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration through the lies you were
the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were my strength when l was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me