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Socrates said that education is to light a torch, not to fill a container. What does this mean?
Socrates said: Education is to light a torch, not to fill a container. This sentence emphasizes that in the process of education and learning, we should pay more attention to stimulating the curiosity and exploration ability of the educated. If the educated learn passively, then the enthusiasm for learning is not high, and it is difficult to fully understand and summarize the knowledge. So generally speaking, the knowledge of our peers still makes students have a curious psychology and can have a more active learning ability. These real exploration abilities and curiosity are the fundamental driving force for a child to really learn this knowledge.

1. Pay attention to the initiative of learning.

The initiative of learning can guide us to explore knowledge more deeply. For example, when we study Chinese texts, if we want to know my writing background more comprehensively, we need to know the background of the times and the natural environment where the author was at that time. Only by understanding the background can we have a more comprehensive understanding of the whole article, such as why the author has such emotions and why the author has such emotions. All these have paved the way for us to better grasp this article.

2. Cultivate curiosity.

Cultivating curiosity and seeking truth can make us wonder what learning this knowledge can bring us and why this knowledge is like this. So in the process of learning, it is to explore the causes and development process of the problem itself. Then in the process of thinking, our way of thinking will also get some progress, so curiosity is an important driving force for us to learn new knowledge. These laws drive our curiosity when we deal with big and small things in life.

To sum up, it is to emphasize the real significance of the above two aspects to education. Let us take education seriously and constantly learn and improve ourselves.