He was awarded the title of "Excellent Foreign Expert in Fujian Province" twice, "Friendship Award" by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China in September, 1993, and "Honorary Citizen of Xiamen" in September, 1999.
When Professor Pan's family arrived in Xiamen, Shennong was three years old and Matthew was only six months old, and his wife became a full-time mother. Every holiday, almost all of them go back to America to visit their relatives. Lao Pan said that family education is equally important in the United States. However, since their two sons were born, they have been sleeping in separate beds. There is a special children's room in the 80-square-meter suite of Xiamen University. That bunk bed is the nest of two sons. This is a beautiful and colorful fairy tale world.
That double wooden bed was made by Lao Pan himself. He can also embroider, and he also made cartoons in published books. This "skillful craftsman" will naturally not neglect the cultivation and development of the "hands-on ability" of his two sons. In his home, there are many children's small productions, which Lao Pan proudly calls "masterpieces" of his sons. Under Lao Pan's house, there is a small children's paradise with rockeries, artificial waterfalls and fairy tale characters. Three bamboo ladders are placed on an acacia tree, and some boards are used to make a cabin in the air. At the exit of the engine room, a slide is made of galvanized sheet. There are swings made of old tires, parallel bars and rings. The point is that all this was done by their whole family. Everyone has ideas, and the work is done collectively. Driven by Lao Pan, children have developed the habit of loving hands since childhood. The umbrella was broken, so they repaired it themselves. They made a string of wind chimes from mineral water bottle caps and hung them on the balcony. ...
Under Lao Pan's example, two little foreign devils regarded China as a "China native". This American professor has written two applications for joining the Party, and everyone in Xiamen University knows him. People call him "foreign Lei Feng" and "foreign model worker". When he first arrived at Xiamen University, he offered to donate 400 yuan's monthly salary and the rest of his money to children who were out of school in western Fujian. 14 years later, his love remains the same. After the implementation of the Hope Project, he also sent 2400 yuan to Tibet ... Bill said that no matter what happens, everyone will participate together, and everything is a "Hope" project. This is the sense of public welfare and social responsibility. Usually, he doesn't simply preach to two children, but tells them how to be a good person with actions. On holidays, he often takes his family to the seaside to pick up "white garbage". In recent years, the family has driven more than 50,000 kilometers from Hainan in the south, Inner Mongolia in the north and Tibet in the west to travel all over China, in order to let the children know more about China, and hope that the children can see the vastness and beauty of China, the poverty and backwardness in some places, and cultivate their sense of social responsibility and mission. The craziest trip was that his family traveled 3,500 kilometers in 80 days. To this end, he also modified the Toyota van with a seat of 15 and gave his two sons a "desk" to record their travels. During the long, happy and arduous journey, the family kept promoting environmental protection and led their son to "sweep the floor" for the local people in Tibetan areas. ...
At present, both sons are thriving, taller than Lao Pan. They are handsome boys. The eldest likes to have long hair, and the second likes to have a crew cut. They have their own personalities. The former is better than the latter. Every day, the eldest Shennong gets up at 6 o'clock, and the second Matthew gets up at 7: 30. Their "homework" is to spend four to five hours a day studying American general textbooks and learn one-on-one with American teachers through online distance teaching. But the tuition is very high, which is higher than Lao Pan's salary. There are also two fixed times to learn the piano. Matthew is sometimes lazy. For example, he will make an hour "59 minutes".
For the upsurge of "young students studying abroad" in China in recent years, Professor Pan thinks it is best to learn Chinese and China culture first. He said that China is not far from the United States. Some people feel sorry for his two sons who grew up in China, but he doesn't think so. Instead, he is glad that the "American Seed" has "thrived" under the sunshine and rain in China, which he is very satisfied with and proud of.
The foreigner also attaches great importance to the forging of the "American spirit" of his two sons, one of which is the spirit of adventure. In May, 2002, Matthew Shennong and an American businessman in his fifties in Xiamen hammered with plywood nails and hammers for several days, and finally built a sailboat more than four meters long. One afternoon, they happily shipped the boat to the seaside. At about 5: 30, they put on life jackets and sailed by themselves. 700 meters from the shore, due to strong winds and improper driving, the ship capsized ... Fortunately, a fishing boat passed by and Shennong Ma Xiu was rescued first. ...
If China's father had changed, he might have been anxious, swearing and panicked, but he was so calm and humorous to "chew someone's ear off" with his son, which opened my eyes. He said that safety education is very important, such as teaching them to wear life jackets, but encouraging children to take risks is also indispensable.
As for sex education, Lao Pan is even more handy. The foreign devil who claimed to be "henpecked" blurted out: "Buy them a book." In fact, a few years ago, he bought videos and books about sex education and watched them with his two sons. Very relaxed and natural. "It's like watching a golf game." Don't let children feel that there is something mysterious or ulterior. He said that love is a beautiful sunshine and rain in growth, and everyone is inevitable. The most important thing is good health, so you will meet a rainbow in the end.