I recently read an article on the official account of WeChat, which was quite enlightening. The main content is the speech of Shi, Vice President of Tsinghua University. The specific publication time is uncertain. When I passed Baidu, I found that it was the keynote speech on the cultivation of innovative talents in China in September 20 14 at the third annual meeting of the European and American Alumni Association and the China Overseas Students Association.

But I was deeply impressed by what the Israeli ambassador said about education.

Three years ago, after winning an Israel Prize, I was invited to attend a celebration reception at the Israeli Embassy. At the reception, the Ambassador told me how the Israelis value education, and I also told him how the China people value education. He looked at me with a smile and said, your education method is different from ours. He gave me an example of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon perris, saying that when he was in primary school, his Israeli mother only asked two questions every day. The first one is "Did you ask a question that the teacher couldn't answer at school today?" The second question is "Did you do anything that impressed your teachers and classmates today?" Hearing this, I sighed and said that I have to admit that my two children come back every day. My first sentence was "Did you listen to the teacher today?"

Although I have no children yet, "did you listen to the teacher today?" I have really heard this question on different occasions and in different families. Our education system attaches great importance to obedience, so you have to be an obedient child from an early age. Even the song written by Jay Chou, an idol who influenced the post-80s and post-90s generation, is "Listen to Mom".

Smart children will consciously become obedient children in such a society and such an education system.

And those children who ask the teacher some questions that the teacher can't answer in class will be thought by the teacher that you are making trouble, thus labeling you as a bad boy, and then other obedient children will automatically alienate you, so that you can either have a strong heart and fight loneliness to the end, or succumb to loneliness, so as to learn to be smart and be an obedient child.

The same is true in the family. Curious babies are curious about everything when they first know the world. Why the sky is blue, why the grass is green, why the dog can't talk, why the image on TV moves, why the orange peel can't be eaten, why why why why?

Why so many? Why do parents get bored when they ask so many questions? How many parents have enough knowledge to answer 100 thousand why? How many parents can be patient?

Obedient children can only keep learning attitude, but can't think about why. This is what Confucius said: "Learning without thinking is useless". Learning without thinking will lead to confusion and nothing, which will lead to the consequences of knowing what it is but not knowing why.

Over time, this way of thinking is formed. Finally, the talents of the whole country can achieve the ultimate in the known field, but it is difficult to explore and discover in the unknown field. In the industrial and commercial field, you can only make money from manufacturing, but not from intellectual property and technology, which is often blocked by human technology.

I often see the contrast between Chinese and foreign primary school students and middle school students. It seems that China is much better, but at this stage of college students, the gap is a bit big.

A female college student in California recently used her magic charger to charge her mobile phone in 20 seconds, which attracted the attention of technology giant Google. German college students made headlines all over the world-Munich college students built an electric car, which can run 1232 km at a time, breaking the Guinness World Record!

If China children's daily task is to ask a question that a teacher can't answer, and do something that impresses both teachers and classmates, then the requirements for children are to keep thinking every day, what kind of questions the teacher doesn't understand, and what kind of things can stand out and cultivate children's thinking ability. Then we should stand up bravely and ask questions in class to cultivate courage. We should actively show our advantages and cultivate courage. To be able to express your views clearly is to cultivate the ability of communication and expression.

At the same time, your child has cultivated so many abilities, while other children can only watch your child being cultivated, and the gap is not a little big every day. Of course, teachers and parents also need to strengthen their study, so that they can stop being hard on themselves every day and deal with all kinds of problems raised by their children. A country where the whole society keeps learning and thinking is hard not to be strong.

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In fact, this ability to think independently is also very needed in the field of financial management.

Some people don't know how to manage their money and don't want to learn. They just want experts to give you advice. I don't know that various wealth management products are suitable for different people. Maybe if you buy someone a good product, you will lose money.

For example, there are always some experts and gossip circulating in the market. For example, this stock has 10 daily limit; For example, I bought 100 lots and made a lot of money. Buy it quickly. For example, to establish a xiong'an new area, the investment trillion will definitely rise; For example, the mixed reform of state-owned enterprises is a big policy direction, so buy it quickly!

Facts have proved that it is not unprofitable, but it is a loss when you buy it. Why?

Many people asked in the stock review area: "Why do I go up as soon as I buy it and fall as soon as I sell it? I only have one hand. Is it necessary for the dealer to stare at my hand? " Why?

Because you know, but you don't know why, because the news you know was let in by others, because everyone in the stock market is your gambling opponent. You believe in gossip, you don't learn the knowledge of stock trading, you don't think about the logic of stock rising, who will lose if you don't lose?

Why is there a saying that the stock market is 7 losses and 2 draws 1 gains? Because 10 people, only 1 is willing to think, 2 is willing to learn, and 7 is obedient.

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When I have a child in the future, I will also ask him, "Did you ask a question at school today that the teacher couldn't answer?" At the same time, I hope I can keep studying and deal with a "disobedient" child!