Recently, I read an article about Zhucheng Experimental Middle School’s “Read Thousands of Books, Travel Thousands of Miles” activity, and I felt a lot of emotion. "Reading thousands of books" is easy, but "traveling thousands of miles" is difficult. I think this is probably not just my experience. In a material society, we don’t have to worry about not having books to read. As long as you are willing to read, you can find books to read through various channels at any time. For ordinary people, "traveling thousands of miles" is a bit difficult, especially for the majority of middle school students, not to mention going abroad, even going out of home or school is probably not easy. In the past, teachers in some schools could organize spring outings or outings for students every spring. But now if someone organizes spring outings or outings for students, people would say that they are insane. The poor students can only stay in school and study hard, and there is no freedom to go out of school. Of course, I do not advocate students running away from home, but educators create conditions and organize and prepare students to go out of school. This can not only increase their knowledge and broaden their horizons, but also enrich their life experience, which is very important for their growth. It is of great benefit.

"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles" is Du Fu's famous saying. Looking at the ancient and modern, many successful people at home and abroad have walked along this road. Sima Qian, the historian of the Western Han Dynasty in my country, in order to write "Historical Records" well, he went to the coast of the East China Sea, explored Dayu's cave, and collected a large amount of information. Finally, he wrote what Lu Xun praised as "the historian's swansong, without rhyme." "Li Sao" is the immortal history book. Li Bai traveled to the famous mountains and rivers of his motherland throughout his life, so he wrote the famous poem "Flying down three thousand feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way falls from the sky." If he had not seen the Yellow River with his own eyes, how could he write the poem "The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky". Du Fu himself was a faithful practitioner of this famous saying. Before he was 20 years old, he traveled to Qi and Zhao in the north. "He would be at the top of the mountain and see all the mountains at a glance." This aroused many people's yearning for "the five mountains alone". After experiencing the suffering of war, he lamented that "the flowers shed tears when feeling the time, and the birds are frightened when they hate farewell." Only then did he come up with excellent poems such as "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells" that have been passed down through the ages. If Wang Wei had not personally experienced the desert, how could he have the famous saying "The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets over the long river". Xu Xiake, a geographer of the Ming Dynasty, traveled several times in his life before writing the geographical work "Xu Xiake's Travels" with high literary value. The records of the Butterfly Society in his travel notes were not witnessed by him or written down. How did you know that there is such a wonder in the world? Zhou Enlai, a recent man, "turned away after singing the song of the river". In order to save the suffering motherland, he did not hesitate to travel across the oceans to explore the truth of saving the country and the people. Meiyuan New Village has left his footprints, and the Bandung Conference still seems to be echoing his sonorous voice. The road he has traveled for the Chinese revolution is more than ten thousand miles! The Danish fairy tale master Andersen once said: "Travel is life." In 1831, Andersen began his first overseas wandering. Carrying an umbrella, a walking stick and a simple luggage, he visited all countries in Europe, and successively completed works such as "A Wanderings on the Island of Amager", "Fantasy" and "Travel Silhouettes". Friends, there is no need to give more examples. I think the significance of "traveling thousands of miles" to us is self-evident.

Modern society has provided us with convenient conditions to enrich students’ life experience as much as possible within our ability. This is also the requirement of the new syllabus for students. Modern education should not only focus on students' acquisition of knowledge and improvement of abilities, but also cultivate their emotions, attitudes, and values. The ancients also told us that "what you see on paper will eventually make you realize it is shallow, but you will definitely know that you have to do it in detail." That kind of emotional experience on site cannot be replaced by any book knowledge.

Principal Li Qingping believes that "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles" is not only a combination of reading and writing, but more importantly, allowing students to be educated in "walking", learn to think, and pay attention to society and society. Life. What students are missing now is this kind of extracurricular "class".