China teacher helps shy boy engage with peers by using lucky draw, sparks cheers, laughter
Thoughtful teacher rigs drawing of lots, introverted boy ‘wins’, allowing delighted classmates to skip lessons and play instead
A primary teacher in China who hand-picked an introverted boy in a rigged lucky draw in a bid to help him integrate with his peers has won plaudits on mainland social media.
A video clip of the incident at an primary school in Luoyang, central Henan province in mid-May has received 6.3 million likes and been forwarded a million times on one leading short video platform alone.
The unidentified teacher told her primary two students to draw lots to decide whether they could play outside for the rest of the class or continue with lessons.
She said that if a student selected a blank lot, the class could go outside to play.
The viral footage shows the teacher calling out the name of a shy boy, who was sitting in a corner of the classroom, to be the class representative.
The boy appears to be in a daze for a few seconds before standing up from his seat and walking towards the podium in the front of the classroom while being encouraged by his classmates.
He was at first nervous at first, but as his classmates continued to encourage him, he grew more relaxed.