Kil Kum Sun, Headmistress of Pyongyang Primary School No. 4, receives congratulations from her disciples as well as her children on November 16, the Mother's Day.
Her disciples say they felt the motherly affection from Headmistress Kil Kum Sun in their primary school days when they were innocent children.
Teacher Kim Ju Gyong at Pyongyang Primary School No. 4 said she cannot forget her childhood when she was studying at the primary school, and continued:
"One day I was studying in the backyard of the school with my friends and the headmistress happened to see what we wrote while passing by. I thought we did something wrong and didn't know what to do. At that time, we were writing on quadrille notebooks and the headmistress said our letters are bigger than the square. Erasing the letters, she said letters should be written neatly and told us to write the letters to be smaller than the square according to the writing rules. Actually I thought she was strict and scary but her words made me feel something warm. Tens of years has passed since then but I still remember it. Even now I read the mind of overcautious mother in her and in her eyes. She always organizes a meeting for joint review on the evening of the day when I gave lessons. She taught me how to write letters when I was young. But now she helps me a lot with improving my teaching qualifications."
Erstwhile children of this primary school have grown to be good teachers and regard Headmistress Kil Kum Sun as an example of true educators.
After graduating from the Pyongyang Teachers Training College, Kil Kum Sun was active as a teacher of Kim Song Ju Primary School for 15 years and as the headmistress of Pyongyang Primary School No. 4 for 25 years.
She never considered the primary school to be small.
She regarded it as the first school of bringing up the pupils entering for the universal 12-year compulsory education as talents of the country, a big courtyard of the country.
She set a goal of making the school a model and No. 1 of bringing up the largest number of talents across the country and made tireless efforts to improve the qualifications of teachers and created lots of new practical and superior teaching methods.
As a mother should be an example in all aspects so as to bring up her children wonderfully, so the headmistress should be a model of teachers, Kil Kum Sun said and continued:
"Of course, I consider the pupils to be my children. I always educate the teachers with the same idea. We should foster patriotism among the teachers regarding them as our daughters. Only then, can they bring up their pupils as talents who can devote their lives to the leader and the motherland without hesitation.
We can be called teachers when our pupils become good personnel and cornerstones supporting the country, I think."
Tens of years ago, foreigners visited the school and said with admiration that great are the feats of teachers training the pupils as good personnel with ample knowledge, high morality and strong body. At that time, Kil Kum Sun said that to the teachers, bringing up the pupils as pillars of the country means patriotism.
Headmistress Kil Kum Sun took part in a number of national conferences including the 14th National Conference of Teachers and she is living in Kyongru-dong called a village of patriots.
She is Meritorious Person of Socialist Patriotism and devoting her all to education taking care of the pupils and teachers with motherly affection.
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