永遠向前飛躍的紀政女士

　◎高三四班　劉柔希

——紀政，一九六六年曼谷亞運跳遠金牌得主，一九六八年墨西哥奧運女子八十公尺低欄銅牌得主，一九七O 年曼谷亞運女子一百公尺金牌得主…飛躍的羚羊從來沒停下來過
，因為人生不是短短的幾百公尺，而是需要毅力和鬥志的長跑。回國後，她帶領了中華民國田徑協會邁向新的紀元，許許多多一流的運動選手在她的手下成為頂尖選手，台灣的田徑也真正的走向世界。身為當時國內田徑屆的領導人，她也同時是立法委員，對於政事她敢怒敢言，問政唯真，為人民爭取權益。她促成了行政院體委會的創立，保障了運動員的福利。現在的她，仍致力於推廣國內的體育活動以及健康訴求的公益活動，熱情絲毫不減
，對，到終點線前，沒有人能阻擋她。——

第一次見到紀政女士，是在一次參加新竹市中小學運動會的開幕上，她受邀來當開幕嘉賓，站在台下的我才赫然發現：原來紀政是新竹人！頓時我以和她同為新竹人感到很驕傲。從那次起，我覺得自己一定也要像她一樣打造自己的夢，然後一一實現。

一個訪問的機會就這樣到來，5月24日老師帶我和士劼到台北訪問紀政女士。

充滿活力的紀阿姨

整個訪談的過程，幾乎聽到的全是紀阿姨的聲音，你不會猜想的到一個剛滿六十歲的長輩是如此的有活力。紀阿姨非常地健談，而且講起話來真的會讓人深深地為她著迷。帶我們去訪問的徐珍老師才輕輕地起了個頭，兩個小時就這麼一晃眼地過了，而我們的事前準備問題也只有目瞪口呆地留在紙上的份。

運動的重要性

一開始紀阿姨便跟我們提了運動的重要性，而這個重要性可以從世界衛生組織發表的《維多利亞宣言》中看到。《維多利亞宣言》是一份健康宣言，要地球上所有的人都致力於維護自己的健康，來阻止心血管疾病與中風的發生，而方法不外乎以下四項：合理膳食
、適量運動、戒煙限酒、心理平衡。如同宣言所示，我們除了要吃的均衡，不抽煙喝酒，還需要適量的運動和保持心理的愉悅；更值得一提的是運動也幫助促進心理的平衡，而運動可以使人更長壽、更健康。這些都是經過許多醫學報告證實的，所以我們更應該好好的動起來。

健康大於財富

紀阿姨告訴我們身為人就應該多活動，要活就要動，不應該整天窩在電腦前或是座位上。她也以一個友人的經歷作為例子，告訴我們健康其實並不等於財富，健康是大於財富的，因為沒有了健康，就沒有本錢享受財富了，那麼縱使金山一座座又有什麼用？平常就應該多運動把身體養好，而不是在失去了之後才知道後悔。

運動可以很簡單

很多人不喜歡運動，說運動很麻煩、很累，但是紀阿姨說事實上運動可以很簡單的，只需要每天花一點時間就可以做到，例如說早上到學校的時候請爸爸媽媽不要載你到校門口，可以留一段距離走路；在平常的時候，如果走路可以到的地方就盡量用走的，這些刻意造成的小運動其實有時候會給人帶來很大的喜悅喔！紀阿姨說她很喜歡在街上走路的時候跟來往的行人打招呼，見到每一個人都能回應她笑容的時候就很開心。當一個運動員這麼久了，我也深刻的這樣覺得，運動真的給人一個好好靜下來看看世界的機會。所以各位，如果你很久沒動了，給自己一點時間去體驗一下運動的樂趣吧！

採訪小組劉柔希、楊士劼同學與紀政女士合影

兩位偉大的教育家

紀阿姨也跟我們提到了他所敬愛的兩位教育家，一位是新竹中學的辛志平校長，另一位是師範附小的高梓女士。這兩位偉大教育家都很強調把體育落實在學生生活中的多元教育，像辛志平校長便在他任內舉辦了越野賽跑，水上運動會等等讓所有新竹中學的學生都參加的體育活動，現在也都成為了新竹中學的傳統。那時候新竹中學學生的成績便是台灣頂尖的，有了運動的刺激，學生們更能在學業上互相自我砥礪，更上一層。

「知」的重要

紀阿姨對於教育的看法真的很令人感動，目前台灣的教育問題就是為什麼學生都不快樂，除了每天要背著很重的書包去上學之外還要補習，一點都不能享受學習的快樂。而身為老師的，「知」很重要，學生可以無知，家長可以無知，但就屬老師不行，老師必須帶領學生培養良好的讀書習慣，激發學生的創造力思考力。人都會犯錯，但是千萬不能把錯誤的觀念完美化，如此下去學生會是非不明，會錯亂的。

運動的孩子叫聰明

紀阿姨很可愛的告訴我們，她最初成為運動員的原因是因為每次只要比賽得獎了，就會有鉛筆啊橡皮擦啊的獎品，還有每次訓練完的綠豆湯，更是緊緊的抓住了她的心。紀阿姨說那時鄉下的小孩活蹦亂跳，每天走路上學就是一種訓練，不像現在的孩子都住在都市裡，有捷運公車代步，所以學校體育課的活動是非常重要的，有些學習障礙就可以經由活動與運動改善；運動的孩子叫聰明。運動選手並不是一般人刻板印象中的頭腦簡單四肢發達，是很聰明的，只是他們常常沒有養成好的唸書習慣，而不是沒有好的頭腦。

保持年輕的好秘訣

最後，偷偷告訴大家紀政阿姨保持年輕的秘訣喔！其實只有兩個字，就是「運動」！一旦養成運動的習慣，新陳代謝好，油脂和角質就不會堆積在皮膚上，不必依靠保養品和化妝品，就能保持美美的皮膚啦！所以你還等什麼？走吧，週末一起去爬十八尖山吧！

 訪談結束了以後，我們都很捨不得走，想聽紀阿姨再多說一點故事，和我們再多分享一點想法，只是再不走紀阿姨今天又不知道會留到幾點才能把她的事情做完，我們已經耽誤她太久了。縱使如此，她還是陪我們走到電梯口
，目送我們離開。臨走之時，她對我說：「不要放棄運動喔！」我笑了笑很用力的點頭，絕對不會的，因為我和紀阿姨一樣深深地了解運動的迷人，早就無法自拔了！

Once a Champion, Always a Champion 

◎12B Isaac Yang　

When I was asked to interview living legend Chi Cheng, I was extremely excited by this proposal because I had always wanted a chance to skip three periods of school for a trip to Taipei. However, preparing for this interview was not an easy task: I had no previous knowledge of her background other than 'world-famous Taiwanese athlete in the 70's and relative of Mr. Chi, our local veteran in academics and jogging. A quick search online revealed that she had
"[equaled] the 100m hurdle (world) record, and broke the 200m record, on July 12, 1970. On July 18, 1970, she broke the 100m record, running 11.0 seconds," (Mt. SAC H.O.F)
　　The problem was that not much else was written. Also, this was information from the '70s, when disco was the craze and every other kid had a space hopper. Intent on finding relatively current information on Chi Cheng, it dawned on me that the only alternative I had was to try in Chinese. Lo and behold, dozens of articles appeared, citing her work in the track and field and her years as an athlete. Others focused on her friend and associate Dr. Shen Chun-Shan, who was covered in May by Evan Chen (12B). Additionally, there were a few articles on her work as a legislator. Surprisingly enough, despite her identity as a KMT member Chi Cheng remains a firm supporter of the referendum movement and has been actively involved in several movements in the past, including a 1993 referendum on the issue of entering the United Nations as 'The Republic of Taiwan.' With a developing interest in her past, I grabbed a copy of her biography and began to read. 
　　After reading twelve other WebPages and skimming through her biography, I began typing out a set of questions; a week later I was off to Taipei to do some serious interviewing. Although I felt confident in knowing that I had done enough research on her past to ask relevant questions, it was on the ride to Taipei where I discovered that I did not know nearly as much about her as I should. In fact, I still remember where I was sitting on the car (back seat, near the window on the left side) when I heard, for the first time, someone say "Chi Cheng" and "sixty years old" in the same sentence, an indication that she was much older than I previously imagined. The image of her as an Olympic sprinter was seared-SEARED-into my memory.
　　Soon I found myself standing in front of Ms. Chi's clean yet cluttered office with no idea of what to say or do. With Chief Editor Jane Hsu and Experimental student Amy Liu, I was welcomed in by a tall lady, whose dazzling smile and healthy appearance led me to believe that she was a rising manager in Chi Cheng's company. After the usual introductions, followed up by the usual, fulsome praise, I finally began to internalize the fact that Chi Cheng herself was sitting before me. Shock was quickly replaced by awe, but before I had time to join in the chorus of admiration she began an hour long discourse on the importance of exercise, her life as an athlete and the importance of having a well-rounded childhood. To call it a lecture would be completely misleading: this was nothing like listening to a teacher talk on and off for an hour about what he learned from reading Spark Notes. Her words informed me of many aspects of physical health that I had never bothered to learn about in class, and the way she'd bring up little bits of information on issues that many of us take for granted constantly surprised me throughout our discussion. One example she mentioned was the importance the principal has in the direction of a child's development. In the past, Hsinchu Middle School had programs advocating diversity in student interests and made courses in music and the arts a requirement for every student. However, this plan was scrapped after the coming of a new administration; in turn, statistics showed that the students' college acceptance rates dropped drastically. When questioned about what went wrong, the administration could not come up with a reply, but former alumni were eager to point out the difference: it all laid in the current curriculum. A small change in the academic program resulted in catastrophic consequences for the students without their knowledge. 

Ms. Chi even mentioned "Show-and-tell", a concept that most students who emigrated from America should be quite familiar with, as the best way to expand a child's intellectual capacity: "It's an expression of creativity and a booster of self-confidence: every child is given an equal opportunity to impress the class with what they can come up with; one is not judged by the color of his skin or how expensive his toys are, but is judged instead by his originality. One child collected leaves throughout the seasons and brought them to display in class; his presentation received just as much applause as anyone else's."

I could exaggerate and say that she's the best orator the world has ever known, but I've done that enough time in this article already. However, in my opinion, Ms. Chi beats Noam Chomsky hands down: be it her ardent belief that 'living by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation's methods of "maintaining a proper diet, daily exercise, a clean lifestyle (no smoking or drugs) and a tranquil state of mind"' are vital to one's well being, her constant reiteration that exercise is the way to a healthier physical and mental state, or even her seemingly preposterous claim that "two million people will die in the future due to inactivity", Ms. Chi's enthusiasm is genuine. She truly wants to change the way people think about how exercise relates to their lives. She might have what some may call age-old-ideas, but with her encyclopedic knowledge of anything related to health (backed by facts and statistics taken from eclectic sources and various authorities including the World Health Organization) and startlingly heartfelt message, Chi Cheng never fails to captivate her audience. It was definitely an added bonus that she came prepared to teach us disciples about the significance of one's physical well-being instead of the usual Q & A: I learned more from this experience than I would in two hours of AP Chemistry.

What surprised me the most in the short three-hour interview was how little of the discussion involved her past. Despite mentioning bits of her childhood here and there, such as her several kilometer trek to school every morning or the house she lived along with four other families, it seemed almost as if she were hesitant to talk about her sensitive political past or even her work for getting Taiwan back into the Olympics after China's "intervention" in the 70's. However, this is a testament that Chi Cheng is different from many other celebrities: instead of focusing solely on glory long gone, she focuses on her present and what she can do to help the sorry state of world obesity. Chi Cheng's past as an athlete may be all that some people will ever care to learn, but she is a true champion: both on the track and in life.

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