1. Interpretation of "Growth"

1. During the growth stage, one must constantly improve oneself.

2. The environment has a great influence on human growth. We must work hard to eliminate the influence of bad environment.

3. Smoothness and sophistication, which seem to be the goals of maturity, are actually harmful to human growth.

4. We must correctly treat the mistakes made during the growth process. Growth is the process of constantly correcting mistakes and moving towards maturity.

2. Famous aphorisms about growth

I want to step on the soil step by step and leave deep footprints. ——Zhu Ziqing

Reflection is a mirror that can clearly show our mistakes and give us the opportunity to correct them. ——[Germany] Heine

Everyone I meet is more or less my teacher, because I learn something from them. ——[U.S.] Emerson

3. Classic Materials

1. Honesty and Growth (The Story of the Cherry Tree)

It is said that Washington once treated his father as a child. A beloved cherry tree was cut down. When his father came back and found out, he asked his family: "Who did this?" Washington was a little nervous, but after thinking about it, he bravely walked up to his father and said with a shy look: "Dad, I did it! ”父亲反问道：“小鬼，把我心爱的樱桃树砍倒了，你不知道我要揍你吗？”华盛顿见父亲怒气未消，便回答说：“可我告诉你的是一个事实呀！ After hearing this, his father not only did not punish Washington, but praised him: "Admitting a mistake is a heroic act and is worth more than a thousand cherry trees."

2. To grow up, stay away from the shadows ("Always get out of the shadows." "Prison")

The French poet and essayist Jean Genet was born in 1910 and was abandoned by his parents when he was an infant. When he was 15 years old, he was sent to a children's correctional institution as a thief for stealing a small item. From then on, he vowed to steal for the rest of his life and take revenge on society. Before World War II, he spent time in juvenile correctional institutions and detention centers across Europe. Afterwards, he was brought into high society. With the encouragement and help of a social organization leader named Oliwal, in 1945, 35-year-old Jean Genet began to publish novels and screenplays. He once said in a TV interview that he writes diligently to "get out of prison forever." This former prison thief won the 1983 French Literary Award.

3. Growth is a process of self-improvement (Ramen Icaha reformed)

Nobel Prize winner, Spanish medical scientist Santiago Ramón Ikaha was born in a surgeon's home. He was unwilling to study because he was indolent and he failed in all subjects at school. After he was expelled from school for stealing money, he became acquainted with a habitual thief and wandered around. When he returned home, his father was furious to death and no one in the neighbors paid attention to him. The pressure finally made him repent, and he studied hard and ranked among the best after graduating from high school. He became even more determined after entering college. At the age of 25, he became the chief medical professor of his alma mater. He later won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1960 for his academic innovation and creation of the neuronal cell theory. , became a world-famous medical scientist.

4. Growth also requires encouragement (a girl’s criticism changed Greenia)

Victor Greenia in France was born into a wealthy family and has lived since childhood. He is extravagant and does not do his job properly. People call him a "second-rate man" with no future. At a grand banquet, Greenia was unexpectedly humiliated by a beautiful young girl. The girl said to Greenia: "Please stand far away. I hate it when a playboy like you blocks the view!" For the first time in his life, the arrogant Greenia encountered other people's contempt and cold treatment of him, and he was furious. But this shameful shame did not make Greenia lose his mind. Like a sleeping person who suddenly wakes up after being slapped hard, he began to feel regret for his past. He left a letter home. letter and quietly left his hometown. The letter wrote: "Please do not inquire about my whereabouts. Let me study hard. I believe that I will create some achievements in the future." After that, he devoted himself to learning and studied metals under the guidance of his mentor Barbiere. The organic synthesis reaction caused by magnesium created the Grignard reaction. This achievement earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1902.

Children’s growth requires the guidance of their parents (Zeeman found his way back)

A dam burst in the Netherlands, and people rescued a struggling woman in labor from the flood. This person was the mother of Peter Zeeman, the physicist who later won the Nobel Prize. After Zeeman entered college, he was confused by the colorful city life and pursued dressing up for fun, but he failed in physics. When his mother saw his report card, she had mixed feelings and said with tears in her eyes: "If I had known you were such a mediocre person, I really shouldn't have struggled so hard in the storm!" What his mother said made Seman secretly cry. The determination to turn sharply upward. When he graduated, Zeeman had excellent grades. At the age of 31, with the help of his teacher, he made significant achievements in physics. In 1902, he and his teacher won the Nobel Prize at the same time.

5. Literature and growth (a book saved a thief)

Ostrovsky, the author of "How the Steel Was Tempered", lost his sight and While he was paralyzed, his secretary read him letters from all over the world every day.

One day, a special letter aroused his interest: "Dear Ostrovsky:

Hello! I am a thief who stole a suitcase on the train and opened it. When I looked at it, I saw a book titled "How Steel Was Tempered". I flipped through it, but I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. I was deeply moved by the protagonist of the novel and decided to save my life. Well. Korchagin should learn, change his past, turn a new leaf, devote his limited life to the cause of communism, and never regret his wasted years until his death..."

Secretary Reading this, Ostrovsky laughed with joy.