(ECNS) – Hu Ming, an associate professor with the School of Economics at Guizhou University in southwest China, has been taking his 85-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, to class with him for the last four years, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

　　中新网电 据《北京青年报》报道，过去四年里，中国西南部贵州大学经济学院副教授胡鸣一直带着他那患有阿尔茨海默症的85岁母亲上课。

　　The mother began to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s a year after her husband died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2010.

　　丈夫在2010年死于脑出血，一年后,她的母亲开始出现阿尔茨海默氏症的症状。

　　"My mother’s symptoms were so severe that she drank dishwashing liquid, and was unable to tell sugar, salt or laundry detergent apart," explained Hu, who is 58. "She was unable to be without me and always made me worried, so I began to take her with me to class."

　　“我母亲的症状非常严重，她喝洗碗液，无法分辨糖、盐或洗衣粉，”58岁的胡鸣解释道。“她不能没有我，总是让我担心，所以我开始带她去上课。”

　　With his mother in sight, he was able to concentrate more on teaching, Hu added.

　　胡鸣还说，看着他的母亲，他能够更专注于教学。

　　Hu said he has three sisters, and tried a nurse, but his mother only recognizes him and follows him wherever he goes.

　　胡鸣说他有三个姐妹，并且试过护士，但是他的母亲只认识他，无论他到哪里都跟着他。

　　His mother was unsettled at home, Hu said, sometimes making such a mess that he had to spend an entire day cleaning up. However, she has kept quiet in class, he said. His students confirmed this.

　　胡鸣说道，他的母亲在家里感到不安，有时会弄得一团糟，他不得不花一整天的时间来清理。他说，然而，她在课堂上却能保持沉默。他的学生们证实了这一点。

　　Both the students and the university sympathized with Hu and were moved by his filial piety.

　　学生和大学都同情他，并被他的孝顺感动了。

　　According to teachers, the school neither supported nor opposed Hu’s solution, so long as the mother did not disturb his classes.

　　根据老师们的说法，学校既不支持也不反对胡鸣的解决方案，只要母亲不打扰他上课。

　　However, a heated debate was sparked online when photos of the woman in Hu’s class were posted on China’s Twitter-like Weibo.

　　然而，当母亲出现在胡鸣的课堂上的照片被传到中国推特微博上时，一场激烈的辩论在网上展开。

　　While some netizens praised Hu for his filial piety, others said he should hire a nurse to take care of his mother rather than take her to class with him.

　　一些网友称赞胡鸣的孝顺，还有人说他应该雇一名护士来照顾他的母亲，而不是带她去上课。