There, all children, whether disabled or not, can get real respect, whether they drop out of other schools or not, they can get equal attention, whether they are poor or rich. All children are carefully cared for, keeping their pure and kind nature, exploring their potentials and specialties, and cultivating their good habits of lifelong benefit.
Every child wants to come back to school as soon as he leaves school, and he still remembers the happy primary school days for many years after graduation. Do you want your children to spend the most precious primary school life in such a school?
This dream castle does exist. The "Freedom Mountain" near Tokyo, Japan in the 1940s was the location of this children's paradise. The word "Ba" in its name "Ba Academy" symbolizes the harmonious development of body and mind with a black and white pattern similar to Tai Chi.
This primary school only existed for a few years in World War II, but none of the children who went out from here lost themselves in the harsh war environment, and they all lived a valuable and dignified life.
Among them, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi became a famous Japanese program host, the seventh UNICEF after Audrey Hepburn, and the first Asian goodwill ambassador. 198 1 published "Little Doudou by the Window", describing her two-year primary school life in Ba Xueyuan. After the publication of this book, it quickly swept the world and had a far-reaching impact on parents, children and educators all over the world.
After reading this book, I realized that Sousaku Kobayashi was a great, patient and caring educator. He has a profound academic background and is a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. The establishment of the Japanese Rhythm Association was the first person to popularize rhythm in Japan. These are all learned from the postscript, and the whole book is told from the perspective of Xiao Doudou.
Xiao Doudou fell in love with Ba Xueyuan for the first time. The gate of the school is two rooted trees, and the classroom is made up of six buses.
When I first met President Kobayashi, Xiao Doudou fell in love with this person who influenced her life. Otherwise, there would be no Tetsuko Kuroyanagi who brought joy to countless families later, nor would there be the first United Nations goodwill ambassador. Xiaodou was expelled from school as soon as he was in the first grade because he was maverick and disobedient.
But President Kobayashi gave her great tolerance, patience and trust. When I first met him, he patiently listened to Xiao Doudou for four hours. He kept saying to the expelled little Doudou, "You are a good boy. In order to find the wallet in the urinal, Xiao Doudou dug up the whole cesspit and piled it on the ground like a hill. The headmaster passed by and just said, "put away what you dug." "Even parents will be furious when they see their children digging a cesspit and a pile.
Not only Xiao Doudou, but every child can get the sincere love, respect and guidance of the principal. What he often says to Gao, who suffers from dwarfism, is: "You can do it." Even a special competition link was designed to let Gao Qiao win the championship in every sports meeting.
Later, Gao, who had a successful career, held the position of "harmonious interpersonal relationship" in a big company. "I really don't feel inferior because of physical defects." This sentence stung all of us. How many healthy people among us don't feel inferior because of childhood circumstances and environment? How many people struggle to heal themselves in adulthood, and finally can reconcile with themselves and get out of the shadow of denying themselves?
As early as the war-torn 1940s, Ba Xueyuan carried out advanced, scientific and natural educational ideas. Every morning, write the learning tasks of the day on the blackboard. Students can choose their own courses and start learning from their favorite courses. Starting from interest, it is very efficient. After the learning task is completed, you can go for a walk in Jiupin Buddha in the afternoon and get in touch with nature.
Like writing, you can write a composition; Those who like physics can light an alcohol lamp to make the flask "glug" and bubble. Artest, who likes physics, later became famous and worked in a famous research institute in the United States, and made amazing achievements.
How lucky you are to find your strengths and interests in childhood. Under the exam-oriented education, I spent my best youth on doing problems and exams. What a sad thing. When we grow up, we always think that if we have been doing what we liked when we were young, it must be a different life now.
The school encourages children to wear the worst clothes to school. Children are lively and active, and will not be scolded for always wearing out clothes, nor will they compete with each other because of clothes. Lunch only requires "mountain flavor" (vegetables, meat) and "seafood" (fish). No, the school will add it.
When the children of Ba Xueyuan grow up, they are not traumatized by the war, but grow up strongly and optimistically. For example, peas can handle where you will go. Facing his best friend, Taming, who had polio, died at a young age. Doudou did not collapse in sadness, but moved on in nostalgia. An agricultural college at home accounts for two-thirds of the students in Freedom Mountain. His family property was destroyed in the war. He accepted the reality frankly, worked optimistically, and realized his dream again with his own hands.
Children are a gift from God and the hope of every family. Education is the hope of our country, especially for children. It is priceless for a child to grow up in a free, happy and caring environment and give him tolerance, patience, respect, trust and guidance.
Parents and educators in China already have excellent educational awareness, but there is still a long way to go in practice. I hope more people will read this book, learn the advanced educational ideas in it, and let children have a healthy personality and spend their lives independently and calmly.
First draft: Chen Yuwei Editor: Zheng Chaoting Typesetting: Yin Le