Recently, I read an article in the eighth grade textbook of People's Education Edition, entitled "As you sow, so you reap". This article left a deep impression on me. The story is about an ordinary family in China, where parents sacrificed everything for their daughter's study and education. My daughter was admitted to a famous university after graduating from high school. Unfortunately, her father had a terrible brain tumor, and her mother was very sad, so she called her daughter, hoping to get her help and comfort. But she heard it and said, "I'm not a doctor." When I came home from college in the winter vacation, my daughter saw that her father could not eat by himself because of his inflexible hands, so she had to rely on others to feed her. Her mother wiped her father's mouth with a towel while nursing. One night, when mom was too busy, she asked her daughter to wash the towel that wiped her father's mouth. At this time, the daughter had a "reluctant expression" on her face, holding a towel with the tips of two fingers, "carefully as if holding something dirty." My mother was distressed and heartbroken when she saw this situation; I want to slap my daughter hard, but she can't move her feet. Parents have worked hard to raise their daughters, but the return of their daughters makes their mothers extremely sad!
I learned a truth from it: even if parents provide the environment for their children to succeed, they may eventually accomplish nothing! A highly educated person may still be an ignorant person with no basic moral concepts. In many traditional classics of China, it is repeatedly emphasized to educate students and children: First, loving parents and filial piety can be sublimated into loving others and loving the country. This is very correct.
In the west, a large part of people don't quite understand the painstaking efforts of China's parents in educating their children. By studying Chinese, I have a deeper understanding of this. Yes, parents in China urge their children to study hard, both psychologically and emotionally. In fact, they are also expressing a kind of love. They are expressing their love in a way different from western culture. They know that this method is not so perfect, but they firmly believe that no matter how difficult children encounter in their studies, they can overcome and succeed!
All parents want their children to become talents, but they may use them in different ways. I think that in modern society, regardless of the east and the west, parents' expectations of their children and children's filial piety to their parents should coexist! Love has no national boundaries, so should filial piety.
Learning China's language and culture opened my eyes-it made me understand the different educational ideas and ways of thinking in China and the United States. In order to let the new generation of young people live a better life, we should learn the essence from Chinese and American cultures, not just dogmatically compare them.