A survivor who suffered inhuman torture in a Nazi concentration camp in Germany during World War II moved to the United States after the war and became the principal of a middle school. Whenever a new teacher comes to school, he will be given a letter. The letter reads: "Dear teacher, I am a survivor of Nazi concentration camps. I saw with my own eyes what humans shouldn't have seen: the gas chamber was built by engineers with expertise; Children were poisoned by knowledgeable doctors; Young children are killed by trained nurses; Women and babies were shot by soldiers with high school or university education. Seeing all this, I want to know: what is education for? My request is: please help students grow into people. Your efforts should never be used to create knowledgeable monsters, versatile perverts and highly educated butchers. Only when our children are humanized, the ability to read, write and calculate is valuable. "
-Memories of Chernobyl in alexeyevich.
When the child is born, when teasing the child: Come on! Hit dad. Bang! When the children fight, they all shout and laugh; Play with children: Look! Spider, ant, step on it! The child ran over and stepped on it, oh! You are so brave; The child falls and bumps: immediately rush up, pat the soil, rub the pain, stomp the ground, kick the table feet, and vent for the child; The child had an argument with other children: fight back, go back and go, and we ignored him. Gradually, their love disappeared and became selfish and heartless. Self-centered, thinking that the whole world revolves around him, including the earth
When children grow up, parents pay no attention to their words and deeds. "Quarrel", "excuse", "swear words" and "mantra" are vividly imitated by children. Negative, rambling and lies began to take root in children's hearts, impulsive and reckless. When teaching children: "If you don't study hard now, when you grow up, you will sweep the road, collect junk and be a waiter." Manual labor has become synonymous with meanness, and laziness and unearned gains breed in children's hearts.
When you are angry, you will fight between raising your hand and lifting your foot. Moreover, the more you fight, the more angry you are, and the more you fight, the more unscrupulous you are. Fighting is not just to punish children for this mistake. Moving in has become "settling old scores", venting my pressure and emotions, saying "I worked hard to raise you, but you still failed to live up to my expectations", "How much I have suffered, you should behave yourself" and "Children can't beat their own talents" to express their dissatisfaction with work and life. In turn, children will be indifferent, self-abased, distorted, irritable, rebellious, etc., and then act on their own behavior and vent on others. They will vent their emotions by stealing, robbing, smoking and drinking, fighting, running away from home, etc. Some individuals will also use knives, poisoning, rape, suicide and other means to confront their parents and retaliate against society.
As soon as children enter the school gate, they do morning reading, morning exercises, class, lunch break, class, school and occasionally other activities. Every link in the school has rules and requirements, which can be summarized in three words: "fast", "quiet" and "neat". Even if you go to the toilet, you should go in an orderly way, and you should not be crowded and noisy. Uniform teams, steps, desks, school supplies and even clothes are all the contents of class moral education evaluation. Everyone is working hard in this direction, sparing no effort, regardless of the consequences, doing it mechanically ... The only place where children can talk is probably the classroom, which is equally quiet and tidy. The teacher hysterically inspired and guided, but the students froze.
However, occasionally a teacher is absent from class, so the problem comes and the students turn against it. The child's nature broke out in an instant, the desk was overturned, the property was damaged, and the classroom jumped up and down, fighting and fooling around, releasing all accumulated emotions in this gap, even insulting and bullying. So is the nature released at this moment still that nature? I'm afraid it's wild. It's terrible. One moment in heaven, another moment in hell, something happened, and all the people concerned were busy wiping their bottoms.
In ancient China, there were three theories: the theory of good nature, the theory of evil nature, the theory of no evil, the theory of no good and the theory of good and evil. No matter whether human nature is good or evil, it will follow its own nature, that is, "Tao", and constantly revise this "Tao" to make human nature develop in the right direction. This is called "teaching". "Teaching" is education, and what education should do is to correct human nature.
Therefore, the doting, indulgence and rudeness of the family and the rigidity and dogma of the school are all against the way of human nature. The essence of "teaching" is either laissez-faire, or overcorrection, suppressing nature and making children's humanity develop in two extreme directions. So, is this still the education we want? Children's killing, self-mutilation, taking off pants and stabbing people's nakedness have long been divorced from human nature. Nowadays, education strongly appeals to every participant in children's growth to pay attention to human nature and their future.