Yang Changjun leads children in the flag-raising ceremony at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Yang Changjun greets children at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Yang Changjun leads children in the flag-raising ceremony at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Yang Changjun teaches Chinese to Wang Fangying (C), a first grader, while his daughter, 6, also sits in the classroom at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Yang Changjun teaches Chinese to Wang Fangying (C), a first grader, while his daughter, 6, also sits in the classroom at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Wang Fangying (L), a first grader, plays with other children at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Children play after class at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun’s wife Li Li prepares lunch for children at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun and wife Li Li have lunch at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun instructs Wang Fangying, a first grader, in writing at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
First grader Wang Fangying studies at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun instructs Wang Fangying, a first grader, in writing at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Wang Fangying, a first grader, draws a picture as a gift to teacher Yang Chuangjun ahead of Teacher’s Day at a school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun sees off students as they leave school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Teacher Yang Changjun sees off students as they leave school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
An aerial view of the mountain school in Danggan Village, Paitiao Town, Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2018. Yang, 40, is the only teacher in the school that has one first grader and seven pre-school children from nearby villages. If not for the school, children would have to travel to a town more than 20 kilometers away to study. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
