Mrs Khuu Si Hue was born in 1934 at Tra Vinh province, South Vietnam . In 1952 she attended the school of Pedagogy of the National Taiwan University. She earned Master degree in Education from the national Chenchi University in Taiwan. She taught in Taiwan until she returned to Vietnam in 1963 and taught at the school of Pedagogy of the university of Saigon . She is a boat people during the the fall of Saigon and passed away on Oct. 18, 2012 in Virginia.
Phat Tran Lam was her student from 1969 to 1972.
Mrs. Hue had a wonderful time taking care of her family, her society and her teaching career.
She was an encouraging lady and no one could image what she did. In April 1975 her husband received a death threat from the Chinese communist organization. They demanded that he get out of Vietnam within 24 hours. She and one of her students planned to hide him in a safe place, just outside Saigon. Every day after dark, she carried dinner to him. Many times the communists tracked her but she was able to distract them and keep her husband safe. After many days in hiding, her husband was able to fly to Taiwan safely but had to leave her and the 6 children behind.
After the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 she organized to sell her house and planned take her 6 kids to escape the Vietnamese communists by fishing boat. During her journey she and her kids were seized by the communists many times. From one jail to another jail, she managed her family very well and finally she and her kids escaped to Thailand. Later she joined her husband in Taiwan. She started her family over with two empty hands. She did not stop looking for a better future for her children and once more moved her family, this time to the United State of America. Here, she again started a new life in America. She worked hard to support her children going to college.
In addition to managing her family, she was a great community leader; she was a translator for Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese families in New port news area. She would volunteer her time to take them to the doctor, hospital and social offices. Any time they needed her, she was always beside them.
The most admirable attribute of her life was a teaching career. She graduated from the school of pedagogy in Taiwan, earned a master of education and then dedicated her life for education in Vietnam. At the school of pedagogy from the University of Saigon, She taught Vietnamese students about education philosophies and Chinese language. Chinese language is a most difficult language to learn but she was able to teach her students how to read, write and speak Mandarin. Sometimes her students got tired and wanted to give up; she encouraged them and guided them to success. She always taught her students with loving, caring and motivation. She explained to her students that one word to make your teaching career successful is “forgiveness”. If you are a teacher, you must have a great heart to embrace your students. You must allow your students come to you and your job is helping them, not punished them.
She was always a positive person. She was a person for society. She was great teacher and she was a wonderful mother and wife.
Today many people and her students around the word think about her and they will be missing her.
Her students will not have a chance to be face to face with her and listen to her voice but her image, her picture, is always in her students' heart.
