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This biography of Edison mainly tells the interesting story of Edison's childhood, the influence of his mother, and his experimental inventions. Let people know more about Edison's life and be inspired by it.
He invented and improved more than 2000 patents in his life, and made great contributions to the improvement of human living standards, such as electric lights, phonographs, storage batteries, typewriters and so on.
Edison was so successful and great, you know? Edison only attended school for three months when he was a child. A child considered by the teacher to be a stupid child or an imbecile. It was his mother who brought him home and guided him in his studies, which laid a good foundation for his future success.
The author of this book, Li Qirong, is a professor at the School of History and Culture of Central China Normal University.
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Why did Edison, who only attended school for three months and was recognized as a stupid child and an imbecile by his teacher, finally achieve great success?
This is due to Edison's mother's education when he was a child!
Edison was a curious child when he was a child.
I went to school at the age of 8 and only went to school for three months. Because I like asking questions, I feel embarrassed and have a headache for my teacher. The teacher thought I was a stupid child and an imbecile, and I was advised to quit school by the teacher. Mother didn't trust the teacher's judgment, so she took Edison home to teach herself.
Mother was determined to make Edison "the first person in the world", and Edison, who was sensible, swore in front of her that he must do great things in the future.
Because Edison's mother is a teacher, she used her own set of teaching methods to guide Edison's study. And made two rules for him:
Rule number one You have to report to your mother in advance and agree. If you don't do it well, you will get into trouble for others.
Edison, who liked to do experiments at that time, asked his father's assistant to drink chemical reagents to see if people would fly into the sky like hydrogen balloons after drinking them. People passed out before flying into the sky.
I lit a haystack at home to see what had changed, and my father beat me up.
So the child doesn't know his weight, and this rule of his mother is a good preventive measure for the young Edison.
Second, don't interfere with others and grow up to be useful to society.
"Growing up to be a useful person to society" has always influenced Edison's life, and he did the same.
Mother's education method:
First of all? Encourage reading and read many famous books, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. Not only in literature, but also in scientific knowledge.
Second? Encourage Edison to think more. Mother thinks it is more important to think more than to simply memorize.
Walk into life practice and know what you have learned in life.
He has strong learning, action and self-control. Playing crazy outside with other children, when school is over, my mother will go home to study as soon as she calls. Edison got into a lot of trouble when he was a child by learning things, thinking, asking questions and observing, and doing experiments by himself. But his mother always supported him.
All these educations laid a solid foundation for Edison to become a great inventor in the future.
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If Edison's success accounts for half of his strength, then his mother's education accounts for the other half.
This reminds me of my education for my daughter, reflecting on past mistakes and doing well in the present.
I am not a competent mother in children's education.
When my children are young, I can teach them to read and recite ancient poems. I was cute when I was in primary school, and I always studied well. During this period, I signed up for dance class, electronic piano class and English class, which has always been my sparring partner. But none of them made it to the end, which has a lot to do with me as a mother.
If children don't want to learn, they will give up. If you don't help your child analyze the reasons, you will retreat if you have difficulties. Instead of cultivating children to persist in doing things, there are difficulties to overcome. This is one of my biggest mistakes in children's primary school.
In junior high school, the child entered the excellent student group from the previous excellent students, and her psychological gap was great. I always thought that my daughter's study was excellent, so I didn't have to worry about junior high school. I can't help with my study. Do not carefully observe the changes and psychological needs of children in your mind. I only cook and dress. I'm a nanny.
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As the saying goes, a lazy mother keeps a diligent baby, and a diligent mother keeps a lazy baby.
In high school, as always, in front of the child's nanny. Don't let her do housework, I take care of everything in life. It is my mother's failure that the child becomes lazy.
Don't do housework for children, and don't care about their studies. My father often quarrels with me. Three years in high school is a purgatory for me and my children. I don't like nagging about children. But there is no horizontal solution and guidance. I'm just a silly aunt who has no thoughts and educational consciousness.
The child was finally admitted to the university that his father hoped, and we felt it was a relief. What do you know about children's behavior in college? Everything about children in college has been put down. I thought my daughter went to college and could do everything by herself.
The fact is not that the skin on the child's face was "destroyed" by me, which affected the child's extreme psychological inferiority. I have been condemning my mistakes and shouldering this psychological burden until I went to see an old doctor who specializes in skin diseases this year. The child's skin is much better than before.
My child is studying financial management. Before graduation, he asked me whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination or find a job. I can't make up my mind to ask the child's uncle for help. His uncle suggested that children take postgraduate entrance examinations, which would have a great way out. When the child hesitated, I thought that the child didn't like this major and forced her to take the exam. Will she be willing to study? I let the children make their own decisions, and the children finally chose to find a job first.
The child has been working for three years, and now the choice at that time should be postgraduate entrance examination. Because it is too difficult, it is even more difficult to study now.
In fact, this is also caused by my lack of understanding of the importance of postgraduate entrance examination.
Now I really support my child when she goes out to study in the big week. Although there is no postgraduate entrance examination, the experience and social experience during work also let children learn a lot that they can't learn at school, which is also a psychological balance.
It's not too late to learn. As long as the child really realizes the importance of learning, she will take the initiative to learn. This is more useful than passive learning and forced learning.
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Now, I am so eager to learn to write and read because I realize my lack of cognition and expression. I began to learn writing in the second half of last year. Up to now, I haven't made great achievements, but I have made small progress.
In order to improve myself, I signed up for writing classes and reading classes to make myself look like a top student, but I am very happy. At the same time, let her daughter know that her mother is no longer the nanny of the past, but also has her own spiritual pursuit. Let your image stand firm in your child's mind and be a positive and intelligent mother.
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My admiration for Edison's excellent quality and spirit, as well as my feelings about Edison's mother's enlightenment education, inspired me to write this article. A good book has inspired, reflected and improved itself, and this book has done it.
Postscript:
Here, I would like to thank editor Liu for his reading class, which brought me into contact with celebrity biographies that I couldn't read before. Thank the author for writing so detailed and vivid, and thank you for patiently reading here.
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