The eagle sculpture in front of Nelson Middle School, the oldest school in America, is a hungry eagle. In order to realize the lofty ideal of flying all over the world, it practiced all kinds of flying skills hard, and as a result, it forgot to learn the skills of foraging on the fourth day of its journey and starved to death. The ideal is tempting, but the premise is to live, which reminds me of Premier Wen's inculcation to students in Changzhou Vocational Education Park-"learn to survive".
Premier's entrustment is not unreasonable, because it is not uncommon for eagles to starve to death because they cannot eat. Wei Yongkang, a child prodigy, is one of them. 17 years old, admitted to China Academy of Sciences for master's degree and doctor's degree. However, at the age of 19, he was expelled from school because of his poor self-care ability. In recent years, two mainland students of the University of Hong Kong dropped out of school because they could not adapt to the life of the University of Hong Kong. The "favored one" fell down before spreading his wings. Such an example is heartbreaking.
Learn to survive, and you can display your talents and realize your dreams. "If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?" The advice of the ancients is thought-provoking 1972, UNESCO published a document-"Learn to live: Today and Tomorrow in Education", which is of great guiding significance to the reform and development of education in the world. Learning to survive is a compulsory course for every student to grow up.
Advocating ideals or paying attention to survival is actually a matter of concept. The contest between Chinese and Japanese summer camps has become a pain in national memory. In 2005, the "summit confrontation" between Chinese and American high school students in CCTV's "Dialogue" column reflected the lack of pragmatic and rational spirit of China students. The teams of the two sides worked together to complete the "Helping Poor Children in the World". China students used guzheng, piano, flute and other music concerts to raise money for charity performances, establish Hope Primary School and send volunteers to teach. American students divide the plan into two parts: health and education, and put forward specific plans on how to ensure the provision of clean drinking water, how to establish a medical college, how to train local medical staff, how to prevent mother-to-child transmission of AIDS, and even how to educate local women on proper contraception. China's idealism and American pragmatism are particularly pale and powerless.
Learn to survive, starting with self-reliance. Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the novel Robinson Crusoe, comes to an isolated island and faces the threat of hunger, cold and fierce beasts ... give up hope or learn to survive? Finally, he learned to farm, dig ditches to divert water, and break stones to make a fire. As a result, he was reborn from the death line. He learned to survive and got it!
The eagle sculpture at the entrance of Nelson Middle School in the United States should be placed at the entrance of all schools.