September brings clear skies and a deepening touch of autumn. The 42nd Teachers' Day arrived on schedule with the fragrance of osmanthus. Led by the Student Union of the School of Electronic Information and Automation, and jointly organized by the School's Youth League Committee, the Young Volunteers Association and the Psychology Association, student representatives carried bouquets, handwritten letters and throat lozenges into classrooms, the library, laboratories and other corners of the campus. They extended the warmest holiday greetings to every teacher who has devoted themselves to teaching and research at the School and who lives out its motto — "Striving Unceasingly, Seeking Truth and Applying Knowledge."

A week before the event, the students had already begun preparing their gifts in their spare time. Some bent over their desks to hand-paint greeting cards, inscribing such tender lines as "We are on our way to the distant places you once pointed out to us" and "Every question you asked in class opened our minds." Others crocheted carnations and sunflowers from yarn, investing every petal and leaf with time and patience, and with the students' simplest and most heartfelt wishes for their teachers.

On Teachers' Day itself, the volunteers split into several groups and set off across the campus with these "one-of-a-kind tokens of affection." "Happy Teachers' Day!" — greetings rose one after another along the corridors and by the windows. The teachers' delight as they received the bouquets, the smiles they could not suppress as they bent over the cards, the warmth in their eyes at the sight of the throat lozenges, and the faint glistening at the corners of their eyes — all bore witness to a mutual devotion between teachers and students. Some placed the flowers in the most prominent spot on their desks; others photographed the gifts and shared the pictures on WeChat Moments. Each gesture spoke of a deep, quiet gratitude. The School's teachers stand on the podium of engineering education, where they must both master the teaching of professional theory and guide academic competitions and laboratory research practice, working quietly on the twin tracks of education and research. Against that backdrop, these tokens from their students are all the more precious.

"Once bathed in the apricot rain of instruction, one remembers a teacher's grace for a lifetime." Beyond words, the warmth continues. A few group photos and a few conversations lent this day a vivid and lasting stroke of colour. The cards, the handmade flowers and the throat lozenges may not be valuable in themselves, yet they carry the students' reverence and gratitude toward their teachers. They are more than simple gifts — they are a living expression of the ethos of respecting teachers and valuing education. Going forward, the faculty and students of the School of Electronic Information and Automation will join hands to "vigorously promote the spirit of educators and foster a social ethos that respects teachers and values education," to carry forward the School's down-to-earth, enterprising engineering character, and, with greater resolve, to contribute their share to the University's high-quality development.