"Historical Records: The Family of Confucius" has a saying: The mountains stand tall and the scenery stops. Although you can't reach them, you still yearn for them.

? Excerpt 1:

There is a classic dialogue between father and son, which tells us the big difference between studying hard and not studying.

? Soon after his son started school, he asked his father, a farmer, why people should study. My father said that if a small tree grows for a year, it can only be used as a fence or as firewood.

? 10-year-old trees can be used as purlins. A 20-year-old tree is of great use. It can be used to make beams, columns, and furniture.

? If a child does not go to school, he can herd sheep at the age of 7. When he grows up, he can herd a large flock of sheep, but he can basically do nothing else except herd sheep.

If he graduates from primary school, he can use some new technologies to farm in the countryside. In the city, he can work on construction sites, as security guards, or as a small businessman. The knowledge from primary school is enough; if he graduates from junior high school If he graduates, he can learn the operation of some machines; if he graduates from high school, he can learn the repair of many machines; if he graduates from college, he can design high-rise buildings and railway bridges; if he graduates with a master's degree and a doctorate, he can Invention creates something that we didn't have before.

"Do you know?" The son said he did.

Dad asked again: Is it shameful to herd sheep, farm, or work as a security guard? The son said it was embarrassing.

? Dad said: Son, it’s not a shame. They neither steal nor rob, they work to earn money and support their children and parents without any shame.

It doesn’t mean that if you don’t go to school, or if you go to school less, it will be useless. Just like a small tree of one year, it is useful, but not as useful as a big tree.

Those who do not study or study little are also useful, but if they contribute little to society, they will make less money.

? If you study more, you will spend more money and time, but if you contribute more, you will earn more money and your status will be higher.

That conversation left a deep impression on my son. From then on, my son did not need coercion or inducement in his studies, and he would make the best choice.

Excerpt 2:

I saw an article in the March 2017 issue of "Yilin? Reading" titled "Why Do We Go to College", written by Liu Tong, There is this passage in it: University is like a happy and comfortable paradise, with unlimited choices and maximum freedom. Go to university, not for anyone else, just for yourself, so that you can spread your wings and fly to know more and more. Funnier and better people.

? ? Life case:

A college classmate who lived in the same dormitory wrote me a letter after he was admitted to Peking University for graduate school. There was this sentence in the letter: "When I arrived at Peking University, I felt like It’s like catching the last train to heaven!” This sentence is often quoted by me in class to encourage students.

Personal reflection:

When I was a child, I didn’t know how to study, and I didn’t know why I studied. When I got older, I went to and from school on time every day, and my parents never asked whether I was doing well or not (because I was busy) I had no time to care about my livelihood, and my parents had never experienced what it was like to go to school), so I spent my time in elementary school and junior high school in a muddle.

When I was in junior high school, I had a close relationship with a classmate from the same village (his brother was the first college student after the college entrance examination was resumed in our village). At this time, he often told me about the benefits of his brother going to college, although he had never I have been exposed to it, but I still yearn for it.

Although my grades were good after high school, I didn’t study hard. I failed the college entrance examination by 6 points in the first year. My family asked me: "Are you still going to go?" I thought it was too easy to get into college, so I didn’t Without hesitation, I chose: "Go", so I paid the re-study fee and continued schooling. After re-study for one year, I really felt the hard work of study and my own efforts. The hard work will be rewarded. One year later, I received the admission notice from the university. (played by the township radio station), and since then I have embarked on another starting point in my life. I feel that the biggest gain from repeating a year is not getting the college admission notice, but the tempering of strong will, quality and self-confidence.

If life is a book, then college life is the most beautiful color page in the book; if life is a play, then college life is the most exciting scene in the play; if life is a play, then college life is the most exciting scene in the play; Life is a long journey from birth to death, so college life can enable us to see the most brilliant scenery. Four years of college life are full of passion, vitality, unrestrained thoughts, full of lofty ideals, expectations and fantasies. The university strengthens self-cultivation, improves the ivory tower of its own knowledge system, and gains the most important sincerity, friendliness, and respect in life. Four years of youth with no regrets!

In the late winter of 2010, I went to the Third Hospital of Peking University to see a doctor. I walked around the Tsinghua campus in the evening. Because it had just snowed, I didn’t feel anything special except seeing three or five hurried figures. Afraid of catching a cold, I rushed back to the hotel.

In the summer of 2016, I came to Peking University for an inspection to introduce talents. I entered the campus with a letter of introduction from my employer. Then, under the leadership of classmate Wang, I went to the archives and teaching building of Peking University. I walked around the campus and had a meal in the cafeteria. I once told students that even if you are a security guard at Peking University, you might have graduated from some other famous university. Today, I looked at the profile of Peking University from the official website. It only has 1,117 words, and there is no fixed school motto. I kind of understand what my classmate said. It means "heaven".