Fu Chongde tutors a student after class at Xujiacun primary school on top of the Xiaotaibai Mountain in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 2, 2007. As the only teacher in the boarding school, Fu has been teaching and parenting the pupils for 27 years.

Students attend class at Xujiacun primary school on top of the Xiaotaibai Mountain in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 2, 2007.

Fu Chongde and his students play after class near Xujiacun primary school on top of the Xiaotaibai Mountain in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 2, 2007.

Fu Chongde gives a class to students at Xujiacun primary school on top of the Xiaotaibai Mountain in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 2, 2007.

(Xinhua News Agency April 4, 2007)