Improve yourself where you stand. ——Edward Everett Halme]

The purpose of life is self-development. ——Oscar Wilde

Our youth are a growing and rising force. Their mission is to create new lifestyles and living conditions based on the logic of history. ———— Gorky

There is nothing more inspiring than trying your best to improve your life. ——Thoreau

Most people want to change the world, but few want to change themselves. ——Wang Shao Boys' High School

Hawking's Story

Scientist Hawking's learning ability did not seem to be strong when he was a child. He learned to read very late, and his grades in the class have never been higher than in school. In the top 10, and because his homework was always "very untidy", the teachers felt that he was "hopeless", and his classmates also regarded him as an object of ridicule. When Hawking was 12 years old, two boys in his class bet with a bag of candy that he would never be successful. His classmates ironically nicknamed him "Einstein." Unexpectedly, more than 20 years later, the little boy who was not outstanding at that time really became a master figure in the world of physics. What is the reason for this?

It turns out that as he grew older, little Hawking became interested in how everything works. He often took things apart to get to the bottom of things, but when he put them back together, he was at a loss. However, his parents did not punish him for this, and his father even served as a "coach" for him in mathematics and physics. When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, Hawking found that he was very interested in the study of physics. Although physics in middle school was too easy and too simple, and seemed particularly boring, he believed that this was the most basic science and was expected to solve the problem of where people come from. and the question of why here. From then on, Hawking began his real scientific exploration.

Chinese wall to borrow light

During the Han Dynasty, Kuang Heng was very diligent and eager to learn when he was a boy. Because his family was very poor, he had to do a lot of work during the day to earn money. Only at night could he sit down and read in peace. However, he couldn't afford candles, and he couldn't read when it got dark. Kuang Heng was heartbroken for this wasted time, and felt very painful inside. His neighbor's family was very wealthy, and candles were lit in several rooms at night to light up the house. One day, Kuang Heng plucked up the courage and said to his neighbor: "I want to study at night, but I can't afford a candle. Can I borrow an inch of your house?" The neighbor always looked down on people who were poorer than his family, so he made a vicious sarcastic comment. Said: "Since you are too poor to buy a candle, why should you read?" Kuang Heng was very angry after hearing this, but he was more determined to read well.

Kuang Heng returned home and quietly cut a small hole in the wall. The neighbor's candlelight came through the hole. With this faint light, he began to read books eagerly, and gradually read all the books at home.

After reading these books, Kuang Heng felt that the knowledge he had mastered was far from enough, and his desire to continue reading more books became more urgent. There is a wealthy family nearby with many books. One day, Kuang Heng packed up his clothes and appeared in front of a wealthy family. He said to the master: "Please take me in. I will work for your family for free. Just let me read all the books in your family." The master was moved by his spirit and agreed to his request to borrow books. .

Kuang Heng studied diligently in this way. Later, he became the prime minister of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty and became a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty.

Lincoln’s Steps

A little boy about 1 year old was led by his young mother’s hand to the square in the park, where he had to climb a dozen steps. The little boy broke away from his mother's hand and climbed up by himself. He climbed up with his chubby little hands, and his mother had no intention of carrying him up. When he climbed two steps, he felt that the steps were very high. He looked back at his mother. She didn't mean to reach out to help him, but her eyes were full of love and encouragement. The little boy looked up again. He gave up the idea of ??letting his mother hold him and climbed up carefully using his hands and feet.

It was very difficult for him to climb, his little buttocks were raised so high, his little face was flushed with exhaustion, his baby clothes were stained with dirt, and his little hands were dirty, but he finally climbed up. The young mother then stepped forward, patted the dirt on her son's body, and kissed his red little face.

This little boy was Lincoln who later became the 16th President of the United States. His mother is Nancy Hanks.

Lincoln’s father was a farmer and his family was extremely poor. Lincoln received formal education intermittently, which totaled less than one year. But Lincoln developed the good qualities of loving knowledge, pursuing learning, being kind and upright, and not afraid of hardships since he was a child. He couldn't afford paper and pens, so he used charcoal to write on wooden boards and small sticks to practice calligraphy on the ground. He spent all his time reading, studying, and practicing his speeches. Lincoln was unemployed, worked as a worker, and worked as a lawyer. From the age of 29, he began to run for parliament and president, trying 11 times and failing 9 times. At the age of 51, he finally aspired to the White House and achieved brilliant achievements, and was called "a hero of the world" by Marx. His mother, Nancy, unfortunately died of illness when Lincoln was 9 years old. But there is no doubt that she raised Lincoln with strong and great maternal love, making him brave and determined to move into the future.

It goes without saying that there are countless steps in a person's life - life, study and work. How to face and climb these steps in life? For children, should we hold hands, support them, or hold them? Different parents will have different answers. Obviously, if parents hold and support their children, the children will become dependent and often use their parents as a crutch and find it difficult to stand on their own. If parents carry their children up the stairs and swaddle them in their arms, then the children will become the "brought-up generation", unexperienced, inexperienced in the world, and more difficult to gain a foothold in society. Normally, the children have food to eat, clothes to put out their hands, are picked up and dropped off at school, read with them at night, and even when they are admitted to college, their parents have to work as "nannies". When a child looks for a job after graduating from college, his parents have to go to work to serve as a "job agent"... In this way, it is difficult for the child to become an independent adult and make a difference.

No matter how rich you are, you can't enrich your children. You might as well let your children endure some hardships and have "steps" for them to climb on their own. In this way, the child may be able to "go all in one go" and reach the pinnacle of glory.

Behind the flowers, applause and cheers are hard labor, harsh conditions and terrible tests. For the sake of money and honor, Opoliid asked the young Mozart to perform in public at any time no matter how tiring the journey was. In order to promote his son's genius, he asked his children to get used to listening to sudden and whimsical and difficult suggestions. For example: playing a piece of music that has never been touched before on the spot with difficult skills; composing a few bass improvisations based on the audience's temporary imagination, and playing it immediately according to the specified key, covering the entire keyboard with multiple handkerchiefs without affecting the playing; In the concert, all his own works are played from beginning to end, etc. Moreover, such performances often last four to five hours.

In 1772, the 16-year-old Mozart finally ended his ten-year wandering life and returned to his hometown of Salzburg, where he served as the chief musician in the archbishop's court orchestra.

For Mozart, these 10 years were an extremely important stage of training, accumulation and learning in both art and life. At the age of 8, he wrote three symphonies and several sonatas; at the age of 12, he wrote the opera "The Foolish Girl" for the Vienna Opera House; at the age of 14, he wrote an opera for the Milan Opera House in Italy and conducted the performance himself, performing 20 consecutive performances. , every venue was packed. This outstanding performance that shocked Europe earned Mozart the title of academician of the Italian Music Center - Bologna Academy at the age of 14, and he was awarded the "Golden Wheel" medal by the Pope.

My father followed the principle of gradual progress when teaching young Mozart music. At the beginning, he only taught some simple pieces of music, but Mozart was very receptive and could easily memorize many pieces after listening to them once. The father was afraid that his son would be overburdened, so he did not teach him composition early. However, the 5-year-old Mozart watched his father write music scores and began to learn composition. Once, his father and his friends walked into Mozart's room and saw the child writing intently on five-line paper.

"Mozart, what are you writing?" He picked up what his son had written and looked at it. He couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that his son was writing a piano concerto, and he wrote it completely in compliance with the rules. He deliberately teased his son and said: "Did you know that you can't play this piece of music?" Little Mozart replied angrily: "I know which piece of music should not be modified before playing!" The father was actually speechless after being asked back. .

Mozart’s Growth Story

The father was amazed by his son’s musical talent, and he began to teach him some difficult composition exercises. Little Mozart was very smart and studious. While other children were playing, he stayed at home all day long either practicing piano or composing music. The five- or six-year-old child was immersed in music like an adult. In order to broaden his son's horizons, the elder Mozart achieved success as a boy. From the autumn of 1761, he took his 6-year-old son Mozart Jr. and his daughter Anna to perform in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The performance was a great success. Then, their father took them to perform in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Everywhere they went, they received praise from the audience. But during this trip and performance, the elder Mozart also clearly saw the shortcomings of his son: although he had excellent musical talent, he had a poor cultural foundation because he had not received a formal general education. After returning from the trip, his father provided systematic tutoring for his son, teaching him Latin, Italian, which is compulsory for musicians, and French and English.

It was under the strict requirements of the old Mozart, coupled with the hard work of the young Mozart, that Mozart finally became a world-famous musician and made a huge contribution to world music. An important representative of the music school.