Chapter 8 Attitudes towards money
We rode out of the building complex. Maybe I didn't have enough stuff, but my son rode his own car very slowly, and when he got to the corner of the north wall of the hospital, he was 30 or 40 meters away from me. Suddenly, a small car came from the other side, and the strong light startled my son, "Daddy, Daddy," I hurriedly looked back when I heard my son shouting. I saw the car go in the other direction. The son was still swaying on the bicycle in a panic and kept shouting "Daddy, Daddy", and finally fell.
Seeing that my son fell there, I quickly got out of the car and ran over. He crawled on the ground and "screamed" for help, without the slightest intention of getting up on his own. I suddenly felt that this was the sadness of education.
Chinese children are overly educated by "love" from an early age, and that kind of forced "love" will numb people's perception of life. Just like today's examination-oriented education, there is a kind of compulsion from the teacher to the school and then to the system, people only emphasize the importance of curriculum and teaching methods, only emphasize classroom order and teaching methods that can encourage students to study hard, it only requires teachers to be experts in their subjects, and it is necessary to establish objective standards for academic achievements that teachers and students aspire to. This kind of education with a strong utilitarian nature, people can only receive blessings from scores from an early age, and psychologically speaking, their true love can only revolve around the benefits of scores. This potential psychological characteristic of utilitarianism fundamentally determines that the true love of students after becoming social members will only be revealed among families, clans, classmates, and colleagues. Such people are generally more concerned about their own interests or the interests of their own group, and are prone to creating opportunists, who are eager to benefit from the benefits that society has to offer, but do not care about the returns. Although utilitarian education can also cultivate high-skilled talents, it cannot cultivate people's social trust spirit. Teachers in utilitarian education receive the few respects they receive from others, not because they have set an example for others for their moral behavior or done anything for the happiness of others, but only because they have helped a few people pass examinations through repeated knowledge training, and it is difficult to promote social progress, and nothing more. The people cultivated by this kind of education generally lack the courage to say that they can do it. is like the son in front of him, when he encounters danger, the first thing he thinks of is not to save himself, or when he is in danger, he just thinks of asking for help.
"Get up. I let out a loud sigh.
This was a big surprise to his son. He scurried up from the ground and looked at me bewildered.
"Shout something, shout. When you encounter danger, you don't want to overcome it yourself, and you scream Daddy, can Daddy help you? Can Daddy pull the car back, or can you keep you from falling? Tell you, Daddy can't help anything!" The son's wide eyes sparkled in the light of the street lights. I couldn't help but say, "Asking for help from others shows that you don't have confidence in doing things, and you can't do anything." You can't see yourself, who will look at you?"
As he spoke, my son quickly picked up the car and walked side by side with me to our home not far away in the night.
When I got home, "Poor son, take off his pants and let Daddy see," I squatted down and touched his legs in distress and said, "My pants are all rotten." ”
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore. The son was perfunctory.
When my wife heard me say that she had to look at her son's legs, he had to take off his pants, "Fortunately, there was only a red mark." The wife said, "Learn to be careful what you do in the future." ”
"Joy, human life is very fragile and not as strong as imagined, and it is not like in TV dramas and cartoons, where you can't die. Today you just stomped on the ground and your legs turned red like this. If there is a traffic accident, the person will die at the touch of it, and the life will be over. There is an old Chinese saying that 'people help themselves, and heaven will help'. "I take it by reason.
"What does it mean for people to help themselves, and heaven will help?" the son asked.
It means that no matter what you do, if you don't give up your efforts, even God will help you. I said.
"Understood. The son nodded incomprehensibly. After a pause, he said excitedly: "Dad, I'm very handsome today." “
"Why?"
"Look, look again. The son gestured from the left pocket to the right pocket, and then took out a lot of animated cards from the pocket.
"Where did you get so much?"
"I won it. The son said proudly.
"How can you win so much?" I said in admiration, disbelieving my eyes.
"Skillful!" the son looked like a general.
"Where's the height?"
"Most children only know one technique, but I know three. ”
"Which three?"
"The first is the land auction method. This is the kind of technique that everyone knows. "My son put a stack of cards in the ground for me to demonstrate. I hit a few times, and because of the strength of my hands, I always managed to knock over a few more shots each time than the child.
"The second is the buckle play. Only a few people have the hang of this method. The son confidently said, "Dad, you will definitely not be able to compare to me this time." He reduced the small pieces of paper to less than three, put them on the ground, made a dimple in the palm of his hand, and turned them down, buttoned, and lifted, and the cards were all turned over.
"I don't think it's difficult. "I tried it several times, but it didn't work, and I couldn't turn over the three little cards. I use the first method, and I can only knock over one at a time, and sometimes I can't even knock one.
"Dad, admit defeat. The son's tone was imposing.
I didn't bother with it, and after trying a few more times, it still didn't work, so I had to admit defeat.
"One to one," said the son, "Dad, you're going to be even worse in the next way."
"No, I don't see. ”
"The third is the slap and suction, which is my trick. Most of the time the cards are on the flat ground, and when one is the most, the first two methods are not used, and the slapping method is different. My son said and showed me how. It's a bit strange, I tried it, and I didn't know it at all. "Dad, it's not something you can practice in three or five strokes. I've been thinking about it since kindergarten. The main thing is to slam the palm of the hand against the card, and then suddenly lift it between stopping and not stopping, the timing is very, very important. My son squinted and gestured with his two fingers, trying to tell me the mystery between his palm and the card.
My son's superb technique dumbfounded me. You can imagine how involved he was in the battle. In this process, he must have racked his brains and tried his best to find and improve the chances and methods of winning. His third way of playing is the premise of invention.
"Joy, how can the third method be turned over if the hand doesn't get the animation card?"
"It was the wind that fanned it upside down. ”
"The first method, why don't you turn over when the wind is the strongest?"
"This, this...... Then how do you say you translated it?" the son asked blankly.
"It's the palm of the hand that moves quickly forward and backward, creating a whirlwind that sucks it over. ”
"Whirlwind currents. What does the whirlwind look like?" asked the son.
"It's something you need to learn to discover. Later, when you go to secondary school, you will learn this knowledge. I said, "Airplanes fly by airflow." ”
"Do birds fly by air currents?" the son associated.
"Yes. You're so smart!" I complimented.
"What time is it, it's been a long time, and I won't be able to go to school tomorrow. Hurry up and take a shower. The wife said.
"Dad, what should I do if the wound hurts?" said his son timidly while taking a bath.
"It's just a red mark that doesn't get in the way. I said, "You must be a brave lad who plays so well with your animated cards." ”
"I, no, I'm afraid!" said the son, grinning as he sat down in the bath, "Daddy, tell me a story." ”
"Okay. You are very brave when you go into the bath, and Dad will tell you a story full of wit and courage of the heroes of Liangshan, in which there are 108 heroic legends, called 'Water Margin'. I said.
"Who's in there?"
"Do you know Wu Song?"
"'Wu Song Fights Tigers' has been staged on TV. The son replied quickly.
"Do you know Lu Zhishen?"
"It's also played on TV. ”
"These are the characters in the story, and there are many more exciting characters that you don't know about. ”
"Quick, quick. The son said impatiently.
"The story is very long, it takes a month or two, I won't tell the mythological story anymore, will you be more literate in the future?"
"Good. ”
Since then, "Water Margin" has entered his son's life and cultivated his heart.