①165438+1October 25th is Thanksgiving Day in the west. It is reported that many schools have carried out a series of activities with the theme of "thanking parents for their feelings", including hitting parents on the back, washing parents' feet and doing housework as much as possible. It is understandable for schools to educate students about gratitude through activities, but gratitude education should be integrated into every day of students' lives.
Gratitude is a noble sentiment, the minimum quality of life and the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. There are many examples of gratitude in Chinese history. After the death of Yuan Chonghuan, a national hero, Jia She's Rightists "risked their lives to bury their loyal souls", and their children and grandchildren lived and died together, guarding the grave. According to word of mouth, 17 generations have guarded his tomb for more than 370 years. What he feels is great kindness and virtue, which is greater than the righteousness of the country and the nation. Even today, there are many examples of gratitude around us. After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, as an orphan and survivor of the Tangshan earthquake 32 years ago, Zhang Xiangqing, who is now the chairman of Tianjin Rongcheng United Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., has donated 654.38 billion yuan to the Wenchuan disaster area. Facing the reporter's camera, he just said calmly, "We have experienced it personally and feel the same for that kind of tragedy. Tangshan people who stand up from the ruins should have a grateful heart! "
Gratitude is a virtue, and with the development of market economy and the influence of multi-culture, this traditional virtue of the Chinese nation seems to have been impacted and is being forgotten. There was a report, "Why did they forget the sponsor?" It tells the story of Wang Ruchen, an 84-year-old man from Shenhe District, Shenyang, who donated money to help students and was left out by students. Since 13, the elderly have successively sponsored 40 poor students to complete their studies, of which 10 is a college student. However, when he was blind and ill in bed, he never received a letter from a college graduate who had kindly completed his studies, let alone visited him at home! Perhaps the word "gratitude" is out of date for some people now, but it is always a shameful act against social morality and is despised and condemned by people. Although the lack of social gratitude consciousness is limited to a few people and individual phenomena, its influence cannot be underestimated, and its harm will lead to indifference of human feelings and decline of social morality.
Our school education should not only impart knowledge, but also help educate students to understand the truth of being a man. Schools should establish a long-term mechanism to make gratitude education one of the main education in schools. Educational forms should be varied and rich, and some meaningful activities should be selected according to students' psychological characteristics, so that students can be influenced and understood unconsciously.
And let them develop a good character and a sound personality from an early age. Let them know that they appreciate their parents' kindness and honor their parents; Be grateful to and serve the motherland; To appreciate the grace of nature, we must learn to live in harmony with nature's creatures; To appreciate the goodwill of society, we must learn to get along with people with different personalities, classes and cultural backgrounds. At the same time, teachers and parents should also set an example for their children. In a word, less show form and more guidance can really cultivate students' gratitude step by step.
Therefore, in today's high-speed economic development, while the whole society attaches importance to students' ideological education, let the act of "gratitude" truly integrate into students' lives every day.