I have never doubted that British society attaches importance to youth education. On the contrary, their respect and tolerance for young individuals was unimaginable before I went abroad. But this is a seemingly loose society, with no street offices and no neighborhood committees. A law-abiding citizen can hardly feel the existence of the government except the annual tax bill. There is no unified textbook in primary and secondary schools, and the school board with parents' participation is the most binding to the principal's power, not the education bureau. Because of the lack of administrative participation, how will this slogan of "inspiring a generation" be embodied and implemented? After the slogan was published, a large number of suspicious comments on the Internet made me more suspicious.
While I was thinking, my 14-year-old daughter's middle school organized a camping activity and volunteered to participate. My daughter hesitated to sign up. I went to ask for details and learned that it was originally an adult activity, but starting this year, teenagers over 14 were allowed to participate. I asked casually, ah, is it because of the Olympic Games? The teacher who answered the phone said, maybe. The teacher also told me that the activities organized with the school are government-funded sports institutions, and professionals will come to the school for training in field survival. Sounds good, so with my strong encouragement, my daughter signed up. This camping stampede just ended last weekend. Daughter and teammates * * * received 10 training and participated in 4 activities. The girls all admit that although they are very tired, they feel the joy of participation, cooperation and sports, which is very worthwhile and will definitely participate in the future.
This is a small example from Britain, which is related to sports and embodies motivation. After careful calculation, excluding the organization funds, the actual cost of camping equipment paid by the government for each student is about 1 000 (RMB 1 000). You can get it if you participate. Not without participation. After use, you can return it to the school for preservation and reuse it next year. Is this activity based on community and grass-roots schools and open to all children more practical than slogans? This is an English-style, real, unobtrusive, ostentatious and unforced incentive.
Spend less, do more, leave a legacy and inspire a generation. This is the slogan of the British. How to achieve it? Don't talk about ostentation and creativity. And this idea began when bidding for the Olympic Games. Observing the propaganda film of London's "Olympic bid" in 2005, people's eyes are accompanied by a girl running across the streets of London, sweeping the Tower of London, the Parliament Building, Buckingham Palace and the Thames. However, what attracts the world's attention most is the simplicity, humor and love of sports of the British in the film. Full of British humor, no exaggeration and no arrangement, the promotional film for the Olympic bid has become the first creative highlight of London's March towards the Olympic Games. The "8 Minutes in London" at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games once again showed the creativity of Britain to the world.
On the evening of July 27th, 20 12, when people paid more attention to the Olympic Stadium, danny boyle, the director of the opening ceremony who won the Oscar for directing Slumdog Millionaire, voluntarily disclosed many details. His key words included "country style", "storm" and "007". Another soul figure of the opening ceremony creativity is the famous British director stephen daldry who directed The Reader and The Hours. Like many English people, Dudley has different feelings about Shakespeare's plays. He chose Shakespeare's classic The Tempest as the theme of the opening and closing ceremonies.
These published details satisfy people's curiosity about the opening ceremony. We have rehearsed the opening ceremony for 157 times, and we won't know what it will look like in the end until the last moment when the veil is lifted on July 27th. However, no matter what happens, it is not surprising, because the British are "no more creative than ostentation and extravagance."