Napoleon, who was famous for his force, attached great importance to education and accumulated intellectual resources. When Napoleon was young, he was influenced by the famous scientists Monge and Laplace, so he knew the intellectual value of the school. He said: "Of all our systems, public education is the most important. Now and in the future, everything depends on it." He once asked parliamentarians to carefully understand the public education in elementary, secondary schools and national middle schools. *** Education situation, find out why some schools are successful and others are lax. "Napoleon attached great importance to the role of teachers and scholars, and respected the objective laws of education itself. He had special feelings for the Polytechnic School of Paris, which was founded and played a major role at the critical moment of the Revolution.
1804 On December 2, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor. The next day, he personally handed over a flag to the Polytechnic School on the Champ de Mars with the words "For the science and honor of the motherland!" "The banner leader at the time, Arago, the first graduate of the school, later became a famous astronomer. In 1814, when the Russian, Austrian and Prussian forces came to Paris, students from the Polytechnic School asked to join the war. Facing the disaster of annihilation, Napoleon said: " I don't want to kill my goose to get the golden eggs! " Later, this famous saying was engraved on the center of the ceiling of the large ladder-shaped classroom of the Polytechnic School of Paris, which has always inspired teachers and students of the school to work hard and study hard.