Speaking of Tao Xingzhi, almost everyone in China's education circle knows it. Tao Xingzhi189110 was born in Huangtanyuan Village, Xixiang, Shexian County, Anhui Province, and 1946 died of cerebral hemorrhage in Shanghai on July 25th, at the age of 55. According to the current words, it is really a pity to die young before retirement age, and regret the life of others. But the story of Tao Xingzhi has been circulating.
Once, a friend's wife came to see Tao Xingzhi and said that her child had broken a newly bought gold watch. She was very angry and gave the child a good beating. Tao Xingzhi shook his head again and again and said, "Oh, you knocked an Edison." Then, he personally went to a friend's house, invited the child out and took him to the watch repair shop to see the master repair the watch. They stood beside the watch repairman and watched him take the watch apart and soak the parts in the potion one by one. I watched him wrap them one by one and then refuel the machine. It took more than an hour to repair, and it cost one yuan and sixty cents. Tao Xingzhi said with deep feelings: "The watch shop is a school, the watch repairer is a teacher, and one yuan and sixty cents is tuition. Watching at the watch shop for more than an hour is a class, and unpacking clothes by yourself is an exercise. Parents should pay a little tuition, try to cultivate their children's interest in asking questions and take the initiative to learn, instead of letting their children be beaten. In this way,' Edison' will not be driven away and will not be beaten away. "
This seems simple, but ordinary parents and teachers can't do it. Tao Xingzhi is good at using multi-angle thinking to find out his own advantages and highlights from children and students who have made mistakes. And he is good at using positive emotions of negative emotions to overcome and defeat negative emotions, fully tap its internal incentives, turn destruction into creation, and turn backwardness into progress.
Tao Xingzhi was smart and studious since he was a child. A teacher in a neighboring village decided that the child would make great achievements when he grew up, so he was admitted to this school for free. One day it snowed heavily, and when Tao Xingzhi got to school, the teacher had already started talking. Afraid of affecting the teacher's lecture and other students' study, he just stood outside the door and listened to the teacher attentively. This learning spirit touched everyone in the school library.
Tao Xingzhi has two important famous sayings, one of which is: "Heaven and earth have their own endowments in life. Come for a big event and do a big event. " Another sentence is: "Come with heart, go without grass." Tao Xingzhi devoted his life to "education" and did a "great thing". And he himself, however, "didn't take half a grass." Only a lifetime of fame will shine on the land of China.
Special Speech by Mr. Tao Xingzhi
Mr. Tao is very good at speaking. His language is humorous and vivid. Anyone who listens to it will be deeply attracted by him and impressed by the powerful logical power in his speech. Among countless speeches in his life, one was unique and even more amazing, and it is still memorable.
It was a speech by Tao Xingzhi 1938 at Wuhan University. On that day, the auditorium was packed, and not only the teachers and students of the whole school came to listen, but also the teachers and students of the nearby schools and people from all walks of life heard the news. They all know that Mr. Tao Xingzhi is a famous educator, and they all want to see his style and hear what he has to say.
After the meeting began, several gentlemen took the stage to speak. When it was Tao Xingzhi's turn, there was a burst of warm applause at the meeting. I saw him unhurriedly carrying a leather bag onto the platform. He wore glasses and a suit and didn't speak. He glanced at the audience first. Everyone held their breath, looked at him and waited for him to speak. Some people also open shorthand books to write down every word Tao Xingzhi said.
To everyone's surprise, Tao Xingzhi didn't speak. He grabbed a big cock from his bag. The cock croaked. The audience was dumbfounded and wondered what medicine he was selling in the gourd. Then, Tao Xingzhi took a handful of rice from his pocket and put it on the table. He held the chicken's head with his left hand and forced it to eat rice. Chickens crow and don't eat. Tao Xingzhi broke the chicken's mouth again and stuffed the rice in. The chicken struggled and refused to eat. Then, Tao Xingzhi gently released his hand, put the chicken on the table and stepped back. I saw the rooster shaking his wings, looked around at him, and then bowed his head and ate leisurely.
At this time, Tao Xingzhi spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, you all saw it. You force a chicken to eat rice, or you force it to eat rice, but it doesn't eat. However, if you change the way and let it be free, it will take the initiative to eat rice. "
Tao Xingzhi scanned the venue and stressed: "I think education is like feeding chickens." Teacher Wang forces students to study, and forces them to learn knowledge. They don't want to learn, and even if they do, they won't digest it after eating. Soon, he will return the knowledge to Mr. Wang. But if students are allowed to study actively and give full play to their subjective initiative, the effect will be much better! "
Tao Xingzhi finished, put the rooster in the purse, bowed to everyone and said, "My words are over." He withdrew from the stage.
The audience didn't react at the moment. But just after a while, thunderous applause broke out at the meeting. Many people applauded and shouted: "Good! Mr. Tao speaks well! Well said! "
"Four Candies" —— Tao Xingzhi's School Management Art
When Tao Xingzhi was in Yucai School, there was a student named Wang You, a famous "king of the children" in the school. He often makes trouble, and he makes trouble many times. One day, Tao Xingzhi saw Wang You hitting a classmate with clods, and immediately stopped him and told him to come to the principal's office after school. After school, Tao Xingzhi came back from working outside and saw Wang You wandering in front of the principal's office at a distance, so he hurriedly invited Wang You into the principal's office.
After entering the principal's office, Tao Xingzhi took out a piece of candy from his pocket and said apologetically, "This candy is for you, because you came on time and I was late." Wang You looked at the headmaster with puzzled eyes and took the sugar hesitantly. At this time, Tao Xingzhi smiled at him, thought for a moment, then took out a piece of candy and handed it to him, saying, "This candy is also a reward for you, because I won't let you smash your classmates, so you stopped at once, which shows that you listen to me very much and respect me very much." At this time, Wang, you look nervous and more and more nervous. Then, like magic, Tao Xingzhi took out another piece of candy and said seriously, "I have investigated." You hit that classmate with mud because he didn't obey the rules of the game and bullied girls. You hit him, which shows that you have compassion and a sense of justice, and you should be rewarded! " Unexpectedly, when Tao Xingzhi's voice fell, Wang You burst into tears. He cried and said, "President Tao, I was wrong, I was wrong, and the students are not right anymore. I shouldn't have done this to him. " Tao Xingzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and then took out the fourth piece of candy and handed it to him. He said happily, "I'll give you another piece because you can correctly understand your mistakes." Now that I have run out of sugar, our conversation should be over. I hope you will correct your mistakes in the future, study hard and concentrate on your studies. " Since then, Wang You has really studied hard, united his classmates, observed school discipline and never made any mistakes again.
This little "four sweetness" embodies Tao Xingzhi's superb critical art. When Tao Xingzhi saw Wang You standing in front of the principal's office waiting for him, he couldn't help but feel happy for his punctuality. The first piece of candy praised him for coming to the principal's office on time, and also created a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere, which made Wang You feel the kindness and tolerance of the principal and narrowed the psychological distance between them. On this basis, Tao Xingzhi didn't criticize Wang You directly, but grasped the advantages of his obedience and further praised him from the "side". The second piece of candy not only impressed Wang You with the tolerant attitude of the headmaster, but also began to consciously reflect on his mistakes, so as to truly recognize them. Then, Tao Xingzhi did not directly criticize the result of his beating, but started from the opposite side of the matter and praised Wang You's reasons for beating. By praising Wang You's good motivation for making mistakes, Wang You naturally realized the bad consequences of hitting people, so the third candy not only made Wang You completely conquered by the principal's personality, but also voluntarily admitted his mistakes. Things could have ended here, but in order to prevent delay, Tao Xingzhi took out the fourth candy to further motivate him, praised him for admitting his mistake, and educated him not to make mistakes again in the future, thus extending his criticism to Wang You's later behavior.
In the whole process, Tao Xingzhi did not directly mention Wang You's mistakes from beginning to end, but integrated his care, love and expectation into a relaxed, harmonious and humorous scene, so that Wang You could fully realize his mistakes through step by step, inspiration and encouragement. The whole process of criticism is naturally smooth and "natural". Tao Xingzhi's Four Candies really played a critical role of "silence is better than sound".
"Ding Bai, rather than being a fake scholar, should be a real person."
Guang Xiao, the son of Tao Xingzhi, has no formal education. /kloc-in the summer of 0/940, I was introduced by a friend to work in a radio repair shop in Chengdu. After entering the factory, the factory depends on his education, but he can't come up with it. In desperation, he wrote to the vice principal of Yucai School, asking him to send Xiaozhuang School's diploma to the emergency.
The certificate arrived, but before Guang Xiao handed it over to the factory, my father's urgent telegram arrived. In his letter, Tao Xingzhi severely prevented Guang Xiao from using this certificate and asked him to return it immediately. Then came an express letter, which said: "We must adhere to the idea of' Ning is the truth, not a false scholar' ... If your work and study are cancelled, you'd better go back to Chongqing ... In short,' Pursuing the truth and being a true person' can't compromise at all. If you remember these seven words, you will benefit for life. I hope you must work hard in this respect. This is the real learning. " Attached to the letter is a letter that truly reflects Guang Xiao's academic qualifications.
The seven words "pursue the truth and be a real person" embody the spirit of Tao Xingzhi's pursuit of truth all his life, and also become the motto of Guang Xiao.
Be honest and be a real person.
Tao Xingzhi proposed to teachers and students that the task of teachers is to "teach thousands of people to seek truth"; The task of students is to "learn from others and be a real person". To this end, he advocated that "honesty and no deceit" education must be carried out frequently in adolescence. Listen! President Tao is telling the story of "axe and cherry tree": "Young Washington cut down his father's favorite cherry tree in order to test whether his axe was sharp. This incident made a mess of the domestic workers. It is said that the host will be furious when he comes home today. When the servants were worried about studying the countermeasures, they suddenly heard the footsteps of shoes they had never heard before knocking on the floor. This is indeed the return of the master. When Washington's father angrily pursued it, Washington bowed his head honestly and admitted his mistake. Father immediately calmed down, patted Washington on the head and praised him for bravely admitting his mistake as a heroic act, saying,' This is more valuable than a thousand cherry trees.' "
President Tao also recited his long poem "Respect the Old Man and Return the Gold Bracelet": "Respect the Old Man and Live in Baoding. The noblest personality, an ordinary person. Everyone in Baoding believes that the husband and wife open a meat bag shop. But feeling that the capital was not big enough, a friend expressed sympathy and borrowed a pair of bracelets to pawn, but there was silver in the gold bracelet. On New Year's Eve, the money was redeemed and the silver bracelet became pure red gold. This bracelet is not genuine, so ill-gotten gains cannot be collected. Fortunately, on New Year's Eve, the husband and wife went out to look for the boss and asked the pawn boss to change bracelets, not bare gold, but gold. ..... There are dozens of steamed stuffed bun shops in Baoding, but Laojing is the most famous. Laojing doesn't advertise, everyone believes in themselves. " In this way, the virtue of "honesty and no deceit" is deeply rooted in the hearts of students under the continuous education of Tao Xingzhi.