In recent years, concepts such as "quit your job and travel", "get old without traveling far", "leave when you say it" and "gap year" have become bestsellers, dreams in your mouth and laments hidden in drama abuse.
These concepts are difficult to spread on social networks in Europe and America, and it is almost impossible to see such bestsellers. The reason can be said to be that the national conditions are different, so what is this different "national conditions"?
Because of the level of economic development? Or is it because of the social system? Or are there other deeper reasons?
On the one hand, travel itself is the mainstream lifestyle of Europeans and Americans, with many and long holidays. It is easier to see the world, so there is not so much desire; On the other hand, they have the opportunity to see the world since they were young.
As early as the16th century, due to the remoteness of the British island country, British aristocrats were already full of yearning for the European continent. Therefore, at the age of sixteen, most of the British aristocrats left the rainy British island and went to the European continent to visit their cultural origins, leaving their footprints in literary capitals or tourist attractions such as Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Florence and Venice.
Generally, this kind of trip will last for six months to one year. Such a trip became the rite of passage for the children of British nobles, and left a special title "Great Travel".
In the book "Education in karl witte" actually written in 19, we talked about such an example:
Carl's study of German benefited from his life to some extent. I created a pure German environment for him in his room, garden, grassland, field, forest, society, long or short journey, under any conditions. From the year he was born, we took him everywhere and tried to explain everything he saw, especially the kind he was interested in.
So, less than two years after his birth, he followed us to Medburg, Harley, Leipzig, Wei Sen Folc, Naumburg, Dessau, Wollitz, wittenberg and other places, and learned a lot that he had never seen before in China.
When he was three or four years old, he would go in and out of these places more frequently, and he would be more impressed by what he saw and heard, have a clearer understanding and have a wider knowledge. He lived in Leipzig for eight weeks when he was three years old, and then followed me to magdeburg, Garberstadt, Salz Vedel, Stendhal and Mansfield when he was four or five years old. Naturally, he saw and learned something more important and interesting.
I was also taken to various social teams and experienced some unforgettable things. Therefore, he is very clear about concerts, plays, operas, waterwheels, windmills, lions, ostriches, elephants, moles, bats, salt mines, steam engines, country fairs, town fairs, excavation, mining, high society, poor people, dance floors and beds where the dead sleep.
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When Carl was 5 years old, he followed me to Potsdam and Berlin, the palaces and parks in Berlin, passing Niz, Prigo, mecklenburg, Rostock, Varnamende and Dobren. And go to the seaside to learn about people's business and navigation at sea when the storm is not big; Then I passed by Ludwig Raster and went to the village of Altemark for a few weeks. No matter where he goes, no matter which social stratum or region, people regard him as their own son, and often ask him some small questions and tell him some new knowledge, which Carl is willing to accept. And these things that we adults rarely master laid the foundation for his future study.
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When he was six years old, I lived in Dresden for six weeks, which gave him a thorough understanding of the beauty of natural scenery, especially some artistic treasures. And through constant observation and repeated discussion to improve their artistic appreciation ability.
In Leipzig, Potsdam and Berlin, beautiful natural scenery can be seen everywhere, so I began to be wary that he would become as fond of innocent and bright pictures as other children. When I was auditing the Dresden Art Museum, especially the Italian Pavilion, I gave him a special warning and explained it carefully.
Since then, I have never found any mistakes or stupid judgments in his artistic appreciation. The mistakes we often hear from adults.
During our stay in Dresden, when the weather was fine, we visited the Shoal of the Schell River and the whole of Saxony and Switzerland. I have been to some places many times, this time I brought a notebook and hired a tour guide, so I didn't miss anything, and everything was still so beautiful. These beautiful scenery amazed a 6-year-old child! Those beautiful places include Bad Mountain Island, lochman, Leibsch Le, Great Orwald, Coustols, Proby Starr, Bastien, Stolpe, Weinberg, Kuni Gerstein, Lilinstein, Sonnenstein and Polsnitz.
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This tradition has continued to this day. Due to the development of transportation and the promotion of world cultural exchanges, the destination of travel has also expanded from the European continent to the whole world.
Because I have traveled to see the world like this since I was a child, do I still need to "walk"? Do you still need a "resignation trip"? I have traveled a long way, how can I have the sense of urgency of "not traveling long"?
On the other hand, the education and growth experience of most children in China starts from kindergarten, primary school, middle school and university and lasts for 15 to 18 years. Life scenes are nothing more than home, school, extracurricular classes, winter and summer vacations, or parents can't accompany their children to work because they are young in primary school. Middle schools mainly focus on topics or cram schools, while universities continue to look for jobs. When they start working, the biggest problem will become that they have no time.
The outside world has become an imaginary appearance. Compared with reality, it can only be a beautiful side. It has become a temptation, and it has become more and more curious without real understanding. Every time I am dragged by these things, I scratch my heart like a cat's paw.
In fact, the spirit of studying abroad also occupies a place in China culture. The so-called "Wan Li Road, thousands of books" has long been considered by the ancients to be the most important part of academic research. So in our bones, there will be such factors, which will be inspired and tempted, but we have lost such a tradition now.
Sun Yunxiao, deputy director of China Youth Research Center, said: "The tradition of studying abroad in China has been almost interrupted in the contemporary era, which is a very regrettable phenomenon and is very unfavorable to the growth of young people. Teenagers in China are very inexperienced. The world of primary and secondary school students is very narrow, with heavy academic burden and few opportunities for experience. I even think that the experience activities of teenagers may have fallen to the lowest point in history. "
Therefore, when children are young, they can go out to see the world through study tours, which can greatly change their spiritual world. Little teenagers will realize that the world is so big and the culture is so rich that things that were far away from them suddenly become very close. This rich and three-dimensional experience will benefit children a lot.
Most of what children learn at school is indirect experience. But they especially need some direct experience. Without enough direct experience, one's understanding of the world is superficial. You don't know what life is like until you have experienced it.
Therefore, in the fifteen to eighteen years of study and life, the meaning of holiday is to let children live a life different from school and return to the essential life.
The growth of life needs broader experience and broader vision, and studying in winter and summer vacation is a good way.
In this way, at least when we grow up, it will be a safe choice to continue to see the world or stay and work hard, so that our children will no longer live a life they don't want in a confused state.