In the process of education and teaching, students often relax their studies and forget their original goals because they are addicted to computers, TV and novels. In view of this situation, the teacher might as well tell them such a story:

Three hounds chased a groundhog, and the groundhog got into a tree hole. There was only one exit from the tree hole, but a short time later, a white rabbit emerged from the tree hole. Surrounded by three hounds, the rabbit ran forward quickly. The rabbit was in a hurry and climbed up another big tree in one breath. The rabbit lost its footing in the tree and suddenly fell down, causing all three hounds to look up. The rabbit took the opportunity to escape. After the story is finished, the teacher will ask the students, "Is there anything wrong with this story?"

Students may say, "Rabbits can't climb trees." "A rabbit can't stun three hounds at the same time."

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It was not until the students couldn't find the question that the teacher said, "But there is still one question you haven't mentioned. Where is the groundhog? " While the students were thinking, the teacher started a topic to educate the students: "Groundhog is the target pursued by hounds. However, due to the appearance of rabbits, the hounds changed their goals and our thinking went wrong unconsciously. The groundhog disappeared in our minds. " In the process of pursuing the goal of life, we are sometimes fascinated by the scenery, sometimes interrupted by details, sometimes distracted by trivial matters, giving up halfway, losing our way, or going the wrong way, thus achieving our original goal.

"Students, the road of life is very long. There are both the temptation of exotic flowers and plants and the obstacles of mountains. You must always remind yourself where the groundhog is, and don't forget the life goal you originally pursued. "

2. pebbles and diamonds

"Why do we have to learn these useless things?"

This is the most common sentence that teachers hear from students' complaints and questions. In this case, we might as well tell students such a fable:

One night, a group of nomads were preparing to camp and rest when they were suddenly covered by a dazzling light. They know that God will appear soon, so they are eagerly waiting for God's will.

God appeared and began to speak: "You should pick up more pebbles along the way and put them in your saddle bag." Tomorrow night, you will be very happy, but you will also regret it. "

Say that finish, god disappeared. The herdsmen were very disappointed because they had expected that God would bring them endless wealth, health and longevity, but they didn't expect God to let them do this meaningless thing. However, in any case, this is God's will. Although they were somewhat dissatisfied, each of them picked up some pebbles and put them on their saddles.

In this way, they walked for another day. When night fell and they started camping, they suddenly found that every pebble they put into the saddle bag yesterday had turned into a diamond. They were very happy, but also regretted not picking up more pebbles.

Knowledge that feels useless now, like pebbles, may become endless wealth in the future.

3. Educate students not to despise others.

Tell the students a story about the eagle and the dung beetle, written by the ancient Roman philosopher Mizius.

An eagle chased a rabbit and tried to eat him. When the rabbit saw that he was desperate and helpless, he suddenly saw a dung beetles. The rabbit begged the dung beetle to help him and save him. The dung beetle promised to help him and protect him.

At this time, the eagle has caught up with him. The dung beetle said to him, "Please don't hurt the rabbit, because he is my servant." However, the dung beetle looks so small that the eagle doesn't take it seriously at all. The eagle strangled the rabbit and ate it with relish in front of dung beetles.

Dung beetles will never forget this humiliation. He is waiting for the eagle to build its nest. Soon, when he found the eagle's nest and saw the eagle put the egg in it, he quietly flew in and pushed the eagle's egg to the edge of Ying Chao, causing it to fall to the ground and break into pieces.

This eagle is full of sadness and anger. He flew to the sky and came to the throne of the gods, asking them to provide him with a safe place to nest and hatch eggs. God said, "When you hatch eggs again, you can put them in my arms to hatch." . Because you are my bird, I should take good care of you. "So, it happened like this.

However, when the dung beetle learned the truth, it immediately made a dung egg, then took it to the sky, came to the gods and threw it into its arms. The god found this dirty thing and wanted to shake it off, but forgot that there was an eagle egg in his arms; So I shook them off with the dung eggs. As a result, the eagle's eggs were all broken again.

Anyone who despises others will get revenge from others.

Educate students not to be greedy.

Tell the students a story about a duck laying golden eggs. The author is German poet Bu Waldis.

A poor farmer has a duck that can lay golden eggs; But it only gives birth once a week, and only one at a time. The farmer thought, "By the way, I should kill this duck so that I can get all the golden eggs in its belly in one day."

As soon as he started, he killed the duck, but he was immediately surprised to find what a stupid thing he had done: there was not even a golden egg in the duck's stomach. The farmer regretted it and secretly complained, "Alas, I really deserve bad luck!" " I don't want to have a golden egg every Monday, but I want more golden eggs. Now, my hope, my comfort and my interests are all in vain. Now I am really poor! "

When greed is not satisfied.

5. Educate students to do things by themselves.

Tell the students a story about quail and her baby, written by German poet Bu Waldis.

A quail is nesting in the middle of a wheat field. When her children grew up and the wheat turned yellow, she said to the little quails, "the day when farmers harvest wheat is coming." I'm going out to find you something to eat now. Stay in the nest while I'm away, and be careful not to be found. If the farmer comes, pay attention to what he says and when he cuts the wheat. We must play it by ear. "Say that finish, the old quail flew away.

After a while, the farmer took his son to the wheat field, looked at the wheat, and then said to his son, "The wheat is ripe. It's time for us to harvest. I will go to my neighbor's house early tomorrow morning to discuss with them and ask them to help us harvest. "

After a while, the old quail flew back with food for the children and asked them if they had heard anything. A little quail replied, "The farmer has come with his son. He said that he would ask his neighbors to help him cut the wheat tomorrow. "

The old quail said, "Don't be afraid, this wheat won't be cut all at once. Because those neighbors won't agree to help others so soon. "

Early the next morning, the old quail went out for food again. She said to the quails, "When the farmer wants to cut wheat, you should be careful and see if he can hear some new news." The farmer came again and said to his son, "I don't think anyone will come." These neighbors are unreliable. I'm going to talk to my relatives and friends and ask them to help us harvest tomorrow. If wheat is not cut, it will rot. "

When the old quails came home, the little quails chattered, "Mom, give it to us quickly."

Build a new nest somewhere else! The farmer will bring his relatives and friends to cut wheat tomorrow. "

However, the old quail replied, "dear children, those relatives and friends will not come to work in foreign farmland right away, so please pay attention to what the farmer says tomorrow!" " "

The next morning, the farmer and his son came again. The farmer took a sad look at the wheat field and said, "I think it is impossible to rely on the help of others, whether it is neighbors or relatives and friends." This crop can't be harvested today. Two sharp sickles have been put in the granary, and we will open them together tomorrow morning. This wheat can't be delayed any longer. "

Quails immediately told their mother the new news. The old quail listened and said, "Look, this is the real harvest season. It's time for us to move, so let's find another place to live Dear children, get up! If we stay here tomorrow morning, I'm afraid all our lives will be lost. "

Do your own thing; As the saying goes, the road is at your feet.

6. Let students realize that people can't be perfect.

Tell the students a sad story about peacocks, written by German poet Bu Waldis.

Peacock once complained in front of the Lord God Jupiter: "You made me so beautiful and decorated my feathers so beautifully, from the neck to the back;" My tail is colorful and shiny; I still wear a delicate crown on my head. The only fly in the ointment is, oh, my God, I haven't got the voice you promised me. In this respect, all the birds look down on me; They laughed at my hoarse voice. You treat the nightingale better than me and other birds. You gave her a good voice. She often pleases people with her loud voice at night. Think about it, how can this nightingale not be praised by the poet? Oh, my songs can't compare with the nightingale at all, which makes me so sad. "

Then god said, "didn't you say you had beautiful feathers?" I have prepared gifts for every creation. The nightingale has a good voice and can sing beautiful songs, but her feathers are gray and unremarkable. However, she is very satisfied. So, you are content with your gorgeous feathers and don't care about the nightingale's voice! "

God gave everyone the talent he deserved, so no one should envy the talent God gave others.

7. Educate students not to be arrogant.

Tell the students a story about the "proud horse". The author is the German poet Bü Waldis.

A rich man has a tall horse. He had the horse put on a golden halter, an expensive and gorgeous saddle, and a silk carpet woven with gold thread. The horse watched helplessly as his master dressed up so beautifully for him, and he couldn't help but be elated and domineering.

One day, the horse was tied tightly. He broke free from the reins and rushed out of there screaming. At this time, a donkey came up to him, carrying a heavy bag on his back and moving his legs slowly step by step. The horse chewed, foamed at the mouth and began to shout from a distance, "get out of the way!" " Who taught you to be so rude that you wouldn't let go of a horse like me? Get out, or I'll kill you and drag you out! "

The donkey was scared to death, so he quickly dodged and dared not say anything.

The horse rampaged through the bushes. However, when rushing through the bushes, his hoof crown was injured; So, from now on, he is no longer needed as a mount. The owner took the golden halter and beautiful saddle from him and sold it to a coachman. From this day on, he must pull the cart from morning till night.

Soon, the donkey saw him pulling a cart and said, "Hello, friend!" " What's the matter with you? Where are your golden halter and golden silk carpet? Why didn't I see them? That's it, dear friend. This is common in the world: arrogance will be punished. "

When happiness reaches its peak, misfortune often stands in front of the door; Don't get carried away!

8. Educate students to be loyal.

Tell the students a story about a mouse and a frog written by a German poet hans sachs.

One day, a mouse was sitting by the river. She is thinking about how to get to the other side.

"Well," she sighed, "I can't swim so far."

At this time, a frog happened to be in the shallow water not far away, and what the mouse said was heard by him. He swam to the shore and said, "I can cross you safely."

The mouse believed his words and readily agreed. At this time, the frog found a rope, tied one end to himself and the other end to the mouse's tail, and then jumped into the water himself; When he dragged the mouse in the river for a while and suddenly dived into the water, the mouse had to follow him to the depths of the river. "Help!" Then she couldn't help crying. "Do you want to drown me? How can you do such a treacherous thing to me! "

However, the frog replied, "As the saying goes, there is treachery behind sweet words. Why don't you be careful?

At this moment, a white crane flew in and saw the mouse struggling in the water. He dived down, grabbed her and took her back to his nest with the frog. But he didn't see the frog at all when he caught the mouse; He found him when he returned to his nest and said, "How did you get caught?"

"Well," replied the frog, "what goes around comes around. I want to make the mouse unlucky and drown her; But now even I am in trouble. "

"Yes, you deserve it," said the crane, opening his mouth and swallowing the faithless frog.

I set a trap for others and fell myself.

9. Educate students not to betray their friends

Tell students a story about "Betraying a friend is the most shameful act", written by German writer Han Wei Kirkhoff.

An arrested partridge begged the hunter to spare his life and said, "I will attract many partridges and their companions in the future." As long as you open the net, you will definitely catch a mountain partridge. "

Hearing this, the hunter said, "You are so sinister and vicious to your compatriots, let alone to others and to me as an enemy." I'd rather kill you now, it's safer! Say that finish, the hunter unscrewed the partridge's neck.

People who resort to deceit and intrigue will be ruined in the end.

10, educate students not to pursue gorgeous appearance.

Tell the students a story about the Master of the Bow by German playwright and literary theorist Lessing.

A man has a big bow made of ebony. He can shoot far and accurately with this bow. He regards it as a treasure. But one day, when he looked at it carefully, he couldn't help regretting: "Alas, you are just a little thick!" " ! A little smoother would be perfect. What a pity! "

"However, there is a remedy," he suddenly thought of an idea. "I'm going to find the best sculptor and ask him to carve beautiful patterns on this bow." He did.

The sculptor carved a complete hunting map on the bow; What could be more appropriate than a hunting map?

The man was very happy: "You really deserve this decoration, my dear bow!" " "Say that finish, he can't wait to have a try. He tightened the bowstring, pulled, pulled-pa, the bow broke.

1 1. Educate students not to be greedy.

Tell the students a story about hamsters and ants by Lessing, a German playwright and literary theorist.

"Poor ant," said a hamster, "you have worked hard all summer just to collect such a little food: is it worth it? I really should show you my grain reserves! "

"Listen," replied an ant, "this is because you store much more food than you need, so humans have to dig you out of the soil, empty your granary, and let you atone for your greedy robbery with your life: it is so reasonable for them to do so!"

12, educating students to help each other

Tell the students a story about the blind and the lame. The author is German writer Coffey Gellert.

A lame man happened to meet a blind man on the road, only to see that the blind man was expecting someone to take him down hopefully.

"Hey," said the lame man, "shall we go together? I am also a person with difficulties, so I can't go alone. You look great. You must have great strength! You carry me behind my back and let me show you the way. Your solid legs and feet are my legs and feet; My bright eyes will be your eyes. "

So the lame man lay on the broad shoulders of the blind man with a cane in his hand. The two kept pace and achieved the effect that one person could not achieve.

You don't have the talent that others have, and others lack your talent. Through similar communication, this defect can be made up. So, please don't complain about God's injustice! He didn't give you some advantages, but gave them to others. This is the same. We can communicate by ourselves.

13. Educate students to develop their special skills.

Tell students a story about a fox and a cat, written by two brothers, German linguist and folk literature researcher Green.

Once, the cat met Mr. Fox in the forest. At this time, the cat thought, this guy is smart and knowledgeable. So he greeted him warmly and said, "Hello, dear Mr. Fox. How have you been recently? How have you been these days? "

The fox held his head high and looked at the cat from head to toe. For a long time, he didn't know how to answer. Finally, he replied, "Oh, you poor long beard, you flashy fool, you poor man, you dirty dog, what do you want?" How dare you ask me? What have you learned? How many skills do you have? "

"I only have one skill." The cat replied modestly.

"So what is skill?" Asked the fox.

"If the dog chases me, I will jump into the tree to save myself."

"Is that all you have?" The fox said, "I know a hundred skills, and I have a bag full of tricks." I feel sorry for you. Come with me, I want to teach you how to avoid dogs. "

Just then, a hunter came with four hounds. The cat jumped nimbly into a tree and sat at the top of it. Branches and leaves covered her.

"Open your pocket, Mr. Fox, open your pocket," the cat shouted to the fox. By this time, however, the hounds had rushed to catch him and kept biting him.

"Well, Mr. Fox," cried the cat, "you are trapped in a hundred skills. If I can climb trees like me, I won't lose my life. "

14. Educate students not to ignore minor problems.

Tell students a story about nails, written by two brothers, German linguist and folk literature researcher Green.

At the market, there was a businessman with a prosperous business. All the goods are sold out, and his pockets are full of gold and silver.

He is going back now and wants to get home before dark. So he tied his travel bag with coins to his horse and rode away.

At noon, he came to a city to rest; When he was ready to go on the road again, the servant led the horse to him and said, "Sir, there is a nail missing from the iron palm of the horse's left hind hoof."

"Less," replied the businessman. "I'll walk for six hours, and I won't lose my grip at this time. I'm in a hurry. "

In the afternoon, the merchant dismounted and asked the servant to feed the horse. The servant came to the small guest room where he was resting and said, Sir, the iron palm on your horse's left hind hoof has fallen off; Shall I take it to the blacksmith? "

"Put it down," replied the master. "There are two knives? It's time, and this time the horse can hold on. I am still in a hurry. "

The merchant continued on his way, but after a while, the horse began to limp; Before long, it limped and began to stumble; It wasn't long before I tripped, fell and broke my leg. The businessman had to leave his horse, take off his travel bag and carry it on his shoulders, and walk home until midnight.

"What bad luck," the businessman said to himself. "It's all because of that damn nail!" This is really haste makes waste!

15, educate students to respect others

Tell the students a story about the boy and the echo. The author is British writer Dan Stoop.

A boy went to herd cattle for the first time in his life. He and the cow climbed a high mountain, and a valley appeared in front of him, with a panoramic view of the dense spruce forest. There is a beautiful echo in the Woods, and there is no such beautiful voice anywhere: the boy knows nothing about it.

The boy began to play the flute and looked for delicious and smooth forage for his animals. The countryside is long and very pleasant; Unexpectedly, there was an echo in the distance. But the boy doesn't know what happened. He looked around, but there was no one. He couldn't help saying to himself, "Who is playing the flute there?" .

"Who's playing the flute there-?" I just heard someone ask. But the boy doesn't know who is talking. "Who are you?" He shouted again.

"Who are you-?" There shouted again. He felt that the voice was familiar; He can't help secretly happy: now he can talk and chat with a brother. "Come to me!" He shouted.

"Come to me-!" Echo said.

"No way! He said.

"I can't-!" It's also said over there

In this way, you came and went, sentence by sentence, which lasted for about a quarter of an hour. At this time, our little boy thought that his strange friend was playing tricks on him, so he began to scold each other, and the other party began to scold him. Both sides are very angry with each other. All these words echoed in the Woods. The little boy is hot-blooded, witty and funny, and calls each other donkeys. All these beautiful words echoed in four valleys.

At this time, an old man who was collecting medicine happened to pass by, and he listened carefully to the abuse. "child!" It was a long time before he asked, "Why are you yelling like that?" Nobody bothers you here. "

"alas!" The boy said, "Please tell me, do you know that boy?" Why did he scold me in the forest over there? You treat me like a fool and keep yelling at me. He scolded me like this, but I didn't offend him; Now I really can't stand it. I can't wait to teach him a lesson. I hope he will come here; If he is as old as me, I will slap him! "

"Come on, kid!" The old man collecting herbs said, "I heard clearly that you started this dispute first." If someone scolds others, others will retaliate against him, and then he will have to pay the price! "

16. Educate students to be filial to their mothers.

Tell two stories. One is a mother who came to the station from the mountains to see her son off. She found that her son's travel bag was broken and the car was about to start. What should I do? The mother was in a hurry, took off her belt and tied her son with a travel bag. My son left, and my mother stood at the station with a red face. The son doesn't know how his mother walked home step by step, but his mother's belt, the son, has always been kept, accompanying him on the journey of life.

The other is a story between the prisoner and his mother. Today is visiting day. My old mother, who lives in a poor mountainous area, lifted her skirt and took out a white cloth bag from her underwear pocket. She opened it and found a bag of shiny sunflower seeds, white, fragrant and warm, like a tongue. This bag of melon seeds is so unremarkable among other people's colorful visiting objects, but the son who served his sentence knows that this bag of melon seeds was bought by his mother selling eggs, one by one, day and night, reluctant to eat one and took a good one. He took the carriage first, then the bus, then the train, and finally walked from the station to the prison to give it to himself. Looking at the old mother's gray hair, my son's hand with melon seeds trembled and "plopped".

17. Educate students to pay attention to self-cultivation.

Zhang Jun returned from studying in England, and several of our friends gave a banquet to welcome him. During the dinner, a friend's indecent mantra made him very unhappy and showed disgust several times. On the way home from the banquet, I explained to my friend that that sentence is just a meaningless language habit, and once you get used to it, you won't feel anything. Zhang Jun was silent for a while and said, "Let me tell you something about my first experience in England!"

Like most China students studying in Bristol, I live in local residents' homes, which saves money and provides good living conditions.

The landlord's surname is Campbell, an elderly couple. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are warm and generous to others. They only charged me a few pounds for rent symbolically and forced me to rob my neighbor's house. It is a very proud thing for them to have a foreign student living at home. Not only did they quickly let the whole community know about it, but they also called their children in Manchester and London.

In order to realize my dream of studying abroad, my parents owe hundreds of thousands. I naturally cherish this hard-won learning opportunity. It goes without saying that I study hard during the day and stay in the library at night until it closes. Fortunately, I met a good boss, so I can concentrate on my studies and don't have to worry about life at all. There is something delicious waiting for me when I go home every day. Every four or five days, Mrs. Campbell will force me to change clothes and then take the dirty clothes to the laundry. It can be said that they treat me like their own son.

However, it didn't take long for me to feel that Mr. Campbell's attitude towards me became cold and he looked at me differently. At dinner several times, Mr. Campbell seemed to have something to say to me, but he looked at his wife and swallowed back. I began to wonder if they were too embarrassed to say that they would raise my rent because they charged me too little money.

That night 1 1 came back from school after midnight and just wanted to undress, wash and go to bed. Mr. Campbell crept into my room. After a few courtesies, Mr. Campbell sat down in his chair and spoke. It seems that he is finally going to say what he is holding in his heart. I'm prepared, as long as I can afford it, I'll agree with him to increase the rent. After all, such a good host can't be found everywhere.

"Son," Mr. Campbell began, "in your home in China, when you come home in the middle of the night, whether your parents are asleep or not, do you slam the door, stutter and cough loudly?"

I froze: is this what he is holding in his heart?

"I don't know, maybe ..." Really, when I was growing up, no one ever asked me similar questions, and I never paid attention to these "details" myself.

"I believe you didn't mean it." Mr Campbell said with a smile, "My wife has insomnia. You wake her up every night. Once she wakes up, it's hard for her to fall asleep again. So, if you can be quiet when you come back at night, I will be very happy. " Mr. Campbell paused and then said, "Actually, I wanted to remind you for a long time, but my wife kept me from saying it for fear of hurting your self-esteem. You are a sensible child. You won't take my kind reminder as hurting your self-esteem, will you? "

I nodded reluctantly. I don't think Mr. Campbell's remarks are wrong or hurt my self-esteem, but I think he is a little haggle over every ounce. I have lived with my parents for more than twenty years, and they have never cared about such a thing with me. If I disturb them because of this, they will certainly tolerate me, at most, they will close their bedroom door. I sighed in my heart: after all, it is not my home!

Of course, despite my complaints, I accepted Mr. Campbell's reminder and tried to keep quiet when I went back to my house at night.

However, at noon one day not long after, I just got back from school and sat down in my room. Mr. Campbell followed me. I noticed his gloomy face, which is rare.

"Son, maybe you are not happy, but I have to ask. Don't you open the toilet seat when you urinate? " He asked.

Gordon in my heart. I admit, sometimes I hold my urine, or I'm lazy and don't open the toilet seat when I pee.

"Occasionally ..." I mumbled.

"How can this work?" Mr. Campbell said loudly, "don't you know it will spill urine on the mat?" This is not only unsanitary, but also disrespectful to others, especially women! "

I argued, "I didn't mean to disrespect others at all, but I didn't pay attention."

"Of course I believe you didn't mean it, but that shouldn't be the reason for you to do so!"

Looking at Mr. Campbell's red face, I muttered, "This little thing won't make you so angry, will it?"

Mr. Campbell is more and more excited: "Thinking of others, caring for and respecting others is a person's minimum accomplishment, which is reflected in small things." It is important for children to have a degree and a good position, but good habits are as important as self-cultivation when getting along with others. If education and position represent a person's identity, then habits and self-cultivation are a person's second identity, and people will judge a person by it. "

I was impatient, so I picked up a book and flipped through it. I think Mr Campbell is too harsh. If this kind of thing is in our country, is it still a thing?

In the evening, I lay in bed thinking for a long time and decided to leave Campbell's house. Since they don't like me, I'll find another more tolerant family.

The next day, I said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, regardless of their efforts to stay. However, what happened next surprised me.

I went to five or six houses in a row, and they all received the same question: "I heard that you don't open the toilet seat when you urinate?" The tone and expression made me realize that this is an incredibly serious matter for any of them. It is conceivable that in the face of such a problem, I can only escape in shame.

At this point, I really understand what Mr. Campbell said, "Habit and cultivation are people's second identity." In people's eyes, I am not only an international student who received higher education in China, but also a humble person who lacks "self-cultivation".

I don't blame the Campbells for spreading my "bad habits" everywhere. On the contrary, I fell into such a dilemma, my resentment towards them disappeared, and I was even very grateful to them. Without them and that embarrassing experience, I don't know if I will be so boring and informal, and I don't know if I have an ugly mantra!

An old man accidentally dropped the new shoes he just bought from the window on the high-speed rail, and everyone around him felt sorry. Unexpectedly, the old man immediately threw the second shoe out of the window, which was even more surprising. The old man explained, "No matter how expensive this shoe is, it's useless to me. If anyone can find a pair of shoes, maybe they can put them on! "