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Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village in Gansu Province may not 1 fun to you． 2 , it changed the life of Yang Lei from Beijing．The Peking University graduate first went there 3 a volunteer on a one-year program．The program 4 the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers．Every year they send 110 volunteers to 5 in China’s rural areas．
Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei．Her village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and at first the thin air made her 6 ．The food was very simple－teachers ate porridge three times a day．Fortunately, Yang Lei’s mother agreed with her daughter’s decision．She 7 that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea．“Young people today need to experience different things,” she said．
8 the pupils live in school dormitories．They work very hard．They get up at 5 am and read books 9 11 pm．They love having the volunteer teachers there．“There is no difference 10 you and them,” says Yang Lei．“They say that we 11 big mothers or sisters to them, and they feel lucky．”
Some of the students may not be able to go to senior high school or college．Families are poor and there often isn’t money for education．“I can’t do anything about that,” says Yang Lei, “but I can open up my students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life．” She said she likes being a good influence in the children’s 12 ．
Yang Lei enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much．When her year 13 , she said that she would return to the area after 14 her studies．She now 15 as a math teacher at a high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province．
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