In recent years, the most misleading sentence for parents in the field of education is "Don't let children lose at the starting line." Some parents are worried that their children will lose at the starting line, and they will instill in their children the knowledge of grand slam and children's age synchronization through various training courses.
If life is described as a game, the metaphor of "starting line" is more appropriate. But "losing at the starting line" is only suitable for short-distance races, such as the 100-meter race. If it is a marathon, you are not afraid of losing at the starting line. On the contrary, marathoners who win at the starting line often get up early and rush to the late gathering because they don't save their physical strength.
It can be seen that whether parents should worry about their children losing at the starting line depends on parents' estimation of their children's life expectancy. If a child's life is a sprint, and it is only ten years, he must not let the child lose at the starting line. As we all know, the key to the 100-meter race is often the start. If you start early, you will have succeeded more than half. However, if parents have a long life expectancy for their children, it means that their life is a marathon, and it doesn't matter whether the starting line is ahead. The characteristic of marathon is who laughs last and who laughs best.
The key to long-distance running is to preserve physical strength, which is the same as the truth that children learn knowledge. When children have no certain experience, they are given knowledge that does not match their age. Children who have no life experience will not have a deep understanding of knowledge, not only will they not have a sense of singing, but they will even hate it. The success of education is not measured by grades, but by whether the educated are more and more interested or less interested in what they have learned. If the educated are more and more interested in what they have learned, education is successful, and vice versa. The degree to which the educated are interested in what they have learned depends not only on the teachers' teaching methods, but also on the children's perception of knowledge. For example, a 5-year-old child just recited Silent Night Thinking mechanically, while a 20-year-old young man who is far away from home may burst into tears and have mixed feelings if he sees Silent Night Thinking for the first time.
Anyone who has bought a new car knows that it has a running-in period. During the running-in period of new cars, the speed should not be too fast. Only in this way can the car go fast in the future. If the new car is driven at a high speed during the running-in period, it will be premature and will be overwhelmed when it is driven at a high speed. Suppose people are compared to cars, and their running-in period is childhood. You can't run at full load in childhood, you should run in moderately. In this way, when children reach adulthood, they can whip their horses and be full of energy.
Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Only people with imagination can do creative work. Imagination and knowledge are natural enemies. In the process of acquiring knowledge, imagination will disappear. Because knowledge is logical, but imagination has no rules to follow. In other words, the essence of knowledge is science, and the characteristics of imagination are absurd. A man's brain can't have two tigers in one mountain: in preschool, imagination dominates and the brain is occupied by imagination. After going to school, most people's imagination will be expelled from the country by knowledge, and they will become intellectuals who lose their imagination and can only repeat the knowledge discovered by their predecessors for life. Few people can keep their knowledge and imagination in their brains. Once they are preserved, they are successful people who can do creative work. Children are exposed to knowledge late in childhood, which is conducive to imagination camping in the brain. If the child becomes an imaginative and knowledgeable person, you can become the father and mother of the master.
Please let the children lose at the starting line. Losing at the starting line may win your life. Winning at the starting line may cost you your life. If you want to take it, you must first have great wisdom. ?