Tian Zhongyue, the editor-in-chief, summed up the process of the headmaster's thought of running a school as "accumulating wealth and making little money" and "accumulating wealth" refers to the brewing stage of reserves. With regard to "thick accumulation and thin hair", editor Tian explained that "thick accumulation and thin hair" is not only the accumulation of materials, but more importantly, the accumulation of valuable ideas. Editor Tian focuses on two aspects: "thinking" and "writing". 1, the purpose of thinking is to find your own ideas from practice and reading. With regard to "accumulating one's own thoughts from practice", Editor Tian introduced the main contents of thinking to us: knowing the gains and losses and analyzing the cause and effect. It is pointed out that thinking is needed from practice to experience, and more thinking is needed from experience to theory. A person's thinking ability needs to be cultivated. What a person is good at and what he is not good at depends not only on whether he is diligent and has achievements, but also on whether he persists and forms habits. Thinking without results cannot cultivate self-confidence; Thinking without habit will accomplish nothing. People who are good at thinking generally have mastered the method of thinking, and the method of thinking needs repeated practice. With regard to "accumulating one's own thoughts from reading", editor Tian pointed out that a person who only thinks within his original cognitive range and can't jump out of the experience circle will not make any new breakthroughs, so he needs to read. We should read the books of both theorists and practitioners. Reading can make people's thoughts both deep and wide. At the same time, it is pointed out that the thinking after practice lies in knowing the gains and losses, and the thinking after reading lies in finding the way. The key to thinking about reading is "enlightenment", not only to understand the contents of the book, but also to realize one's new ideas, new viewpoints and new viewpoints. "Enlightenment" means understanding other people's ideas and drawing out your own ideas. Only in this way can understanding be improved, thinking be fruitful and reading be valuable. Therefore, the task of thinking is to know the gains and losses, gain experience and come up with ideas. 2. The main purpose of writing is to record the results of thinking, and writing is also the deepening and systematization of thinking. Editor-in-chief Tian pointed out that it is very important to have substance in words, otherwise, "love" will become a "smoke cloud". Writing is the deepening and continuation of thinking. Only when what is recognized is accurately expressed can it be considered as a result. You can't write if you want to. Essentially, you didn't think well, didn't want to be smooth, and didn't want to understand. You can't write clearly until you think clearly. Thinking is the basis of writing, but without writing practice, it is difficult to express accurately. In fact, writing with a pen is more conducive to thinking activities. Many things that were not thought of and unclear during thinking will be supplemented and revised in the process of writing, which will be clearer and more organized, so the writing link is essential. Regarding the attitude of reading, thinking and writing, editor Tian summed up the practical experience of two principals: First, the "three essentials" of President Gu Ma of Longyuan School in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, that is, "being able to stand loneliness, being calm and suffering". The second is the "taking time" and "persistence" of President Zhou Yongqing of Muyang Middle School in Jiangsu Province. "Thin hair" refers to the refining and molding stage. Regarding "thin hair", editor Tian explained that our ultimate goal is not to accumulate materials, experience and ideas, but to form our own "knowledge" about education. Our "knowledge" usually refers to our views on what something is, why and how to do it. The principal's thought of running a school is also the principal's own view on "what to do", "why to do it" and "how to do it" education. Regarding the above three points, editor Tian focused on how to refine the idea of "how to do it". 1, delete useless, highlight useful, and clarify muddy water. The general method of processing information is to delete the useless and enlarge the useful. 2, material classification, simplify the complex, get to the bottom of it. After determining the useful information, we should sort it out. 3, clarify the relationship, distinguish between cause and effect, and explore the law. After classification, the key is to clarify the relationship. Here, editor Tian pointed out very clearly that when learning experience, we should not only pay attention to the results, but also pay attention to the analysis of people's thinking process. Highlight "what is it" by "emphasizing the result"; "Emphasis on process" emphasizes "why" and "how to do it", that is, the thinking process of analysis, comparison, judgment and decision-making and the development process of concrete operation, including the thinking activities in the operation process. The results of learning only are often copied mechanically and painted; Only by learning the way of thinking can we get the "True Classics". 4. Grasp the key points, express them accurately and form concepts. Things that have a clear causal relationship need to be expressed in accurate language to form a concept or a certain mode of operation. If you don't do this step, the result of thinking may be wasted and fall short. Editor Tian also introduced to us the three stages of the formation of his own school-running concept summarized by President Liu of Shunyi Teachers College in Beijing: the stage of vague school-running concept, the stage of initial appearance of school-running concept and the stage of initial formation of school-running concept. As for how to express his thoughts accurately, Editor Tian introduced the "three levels of running a school" advocated by Professor Chen, namely: rational level-reflecting the principal's sense of mission, responsibility and pursuit of goals, which needs to be expressed in clear language or words; Strategic development level-reflecting the wisdom, strategy and strategy of the principal is the end point of achieving the goal; Operational level-that is, specific measures. Specific operations can start from the third level and gradually advance to the second and first levels. Only by seeing the main line of development clearly can we accurately summarize our thinking.