Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 8 Educational Thinking

Da'an's marriage gave Lao Mu a breath of relief, but for this matter, what Lao Mu seemed to value was not the marriage itself, but the change of his cousin's status. He was no longer the same old cousin three years ago. In the past, when my cousin was still in the countryside, I was really afraid of not being able to find a good partner, but now, with knowledge and a solid job, I no longer have to worry about finding a good wife. The power of knowledge is Infinity, no wonder the ancients said "you don't need to build a high-rise building, there is only a golden house in the book, don't hate a bad matchmaker when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book", these years, the achievements I have made in teaching, the honors I get every year A certificate can only prove one's achievements in education, and compared with young teachers with diplomas and academic qualifications, he is obviously at a disadvantage.All these fully prove that if you want to have a good future, the first thing to bear the brunt is to get into a good university and master more advanced knowledge, so that you can make achievements in the future. Thinking about these things, it seems that Mu Zhen's future is different. A new dawn has been seen.

Sitting on the edge of the bed with a cigarette dangling from his mind, Lao Mu didn't even notice that the cigarette had burned to the end, until the cigarette butt burned his finger, and then hurriedly threw the cigarette butt to the ground.It was late at night, but Lao Mu didn't feel sleepy at all. He subconsciously put two fingers into his jacket pocket and took out an empty cigarette case, which indicated that he would stop smoking again tonight.

Old Mu frowned slightly, got up and picked up the simple kerosene lamp, first picked up the cigarette butt that had just been thrown on the ground, extinguished the embers of the cigarette butt with his hands, put it on the corner of the bedside table, and then put it on the ground again. Carefully illuminating every inch of the place, Lao Mu's hungry eyes stared at every corner illuminated by the light. He searched the narrow two square meters in front of the bed, and he looked at almost every inch of the open space, which disappointed him. Unfortunately, the second discarded cigarette butt was never found.

Old Mu, who was addicted to cigarettes, still didn't give up. He opened the door with the lamp in his hand, and the breeze blew the flame to one side. He hurriedly covered it with his hand, and the lamp flame straightened up again. He squatted down in front of the rubbish heap that came out, and scratched there with a short stick. Every time he saw a little bit of white paper exposed, a hint of surprise would appear on his face. At this time, a cigarette butt would make him If you find a treasure, pinch it and rub it on the trouser leg twice, hold it in your hand, and continue to pull it there.He rummaged through a pile of rubbish, and found seven or eight cigarette butts that he had just pinched with his hands.

After returning to the room, Lao Mu put down the kerosene lamp, piled the cigarette butts in his hand on the table, and began to search in the drawer of the table.The first drawer opened was where Xiuhua kept her needlework. He knew that there would be no results, so he simply swiped and pulled it; the second drawer contained some commonly used car repair tools, and it was clear at a glance that there was nowhere to hide cigarette butts; When he opened the third drawer, he was taken aback for a moment. He knew that this was the drawer where his son usually put his study books, but the first thing that caught his eye was a very new looking "General of the Yang Family". How could there be such a thing? A book, his thoughts of searching for cigarette butts disappeared immediately, he picked up the book and looked at it.

"Last year, my son listened to the storytelling "The General of the Yang Family" on the radio. At that time, he thought it was a waste of study time, and he was drunk, but now he doesn't know where to get this book?" Lao Mu sat down in the armchair in front of the table, Looking at the "Yang Family General" in a daze.

In Lao Mu's mind, his son was indeed very smart. He clearly remembered that when his son was three years old, he could recite a poem "Ode to the Goose" by King Luo Bin after only teaching it twice, and he could recognize it at the age of five. There are hundreds of Chinese characters, and there is basically no difficulty in reading comic books, and the speed of addition and subtraction is faster than that of adults. At that time, the education of the son was only to satisfy the son's thirst for knowledge, and never taught any rules. The "Grandpa That Uses Your Brain" from here is always read with great interest, and he can also vividly explain to his sister the scientific principles of why it rains before seeing lightning and then hearing thunder, and explaining idiom stories. Not only the language is fluent, but also the expressions are rich. I am better than myself.

Summarizing several years of teaching experience, Lao Mu feels that accepting new things is actually the instinct of life, and learning knowledge is only one of the most common channels to accept new things. It is just a question of what to learn and how to learn?This also corresponds to the common saying that "a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes." Learning is an instinct, but how to maximize this instinct is a profound knowledge.

Over the years, although I have summed up some experience in teaching, these experiences are all derived from practice, and have never risen to the height of forming a theory.But this did not stop him from thinking about learning. If we want to truly dig out the nature of human learning, teaching is only an external cause, and learning is an internal cause. The most important thing is solidified knowledge. Only when internal factors play a role can you really learn what you have learned, and you can really infer what you have learned. Just like the inventor Edison, he did not go to any school, but he liked to deal with bottles and cans since he was a child. Self-experimentation, researching so many things shows that there are many things that should be learned, which come out of their own hearts and are developed from what they have learned, just as Confucius said, "Learning without thinking is perplexing, thinking without thinking Just like "Learning is lazy", the learning and thinking here should be said to the learner himself, rather than the rules set by the guide.How many Edisons are there in the world?Who would be willing to use their own child as a guinea pig?What's more, the current exam-oriented education will not change your job just because you can invent something. What you really rely on is exam-oriented education to get a good grade in the exam.In the past few years I have been teaching, there are students who are promoted to university every year. What do they rely on?It's not how I teach, but the key lies in my understanding. Enlightenment is more important than guidance. Teaching is just guidance, guiding them how to enlighten. Only a person who can do this is a really good teacher. A really good student.As for Zhener's study, how come I can't do this in the past few years?Since I started studying with me, I have always held on to him firmly, never really let him go, let him think freely and play freely. This may be a failure he has cultivated in his children. It happens to children, and I don't want my children to lose any opportunities in the future.It is precisely because of this that I dare not let go and let the children choose any one thing independently.

The son likes to read, this may be the nature of the son.In fact, it is also related to my own induction of my son when he was young, but since I entered school, I gave up this induction, and let my son study hard from textbooks.

To sum up, the result of exam-oriented education is all about grades, and grades are the lifeblood of students. If grades fail to pass the exam, it is only a fantasy to enter a higher school, and the muddy rice bowl cannot be replaced by an iron rice bowl!Lao Mu sometimes feels that the current exam-oriented education system itself kills the space for students to develop freely and the instinct of students to learn freely. However, under this education system, they have to study textbooks well. The process of changing yourself and improving yourself, if you want to change yourself, you must submit to this educational system, learn the knowledge in textbooks well, and then get a good result that others cannot get in the test. This is the teaching result.Although the control of his son's studies has been stricter, it can be said that his son is admitted to a key middle school, which is not a small success.

Thinking of this, Lao Mu put the book in the drawer, then slowly pushed the drawer tightly, and took a notebook for his son to write from the table, found an unwritten page number in it, tore it off, and then Seven or eight cigarette butts were opened one by one, and the shredded tobacco was knocked on the paper. In an instant, the shredded tobacco piled up in a small pile on the paper. Put it on the cut paper, spread the shredded tobacco, shake your hands, and roll it into a dry tobacco roll like a thin carrot, then pinch the thin end and remove the long pointed tail, put it in your mouth, He put the thick end up to the flame of the kerosene lamp, took two puffs, the green smoke from the shredded tobacco showed that it had been drawn.

Lao Mu held his newly completed "masterpiece" in his mouth, thinking about his son's vacation again.This holiday is different from any previous holidays. The study after school starts is a new start. This new start does not seem to have much to do with the years of primary school study. Use this holiday to guide your son to read some extracurricular books, and grow up. Some extracurricular knowledge is very necessary.Thinking about my study back then, there was no one to take care of it, and no one to guide it. When I was in elementary school, the adults were busy with all kinds of work arranged by the production team and had no time to take care of themselves. No one told me how to deal with the exam and how to do well in the exam. That’s why I had the opportunity to freely read a lot of extracurricular books. These benefits came in handy when I was in middle school. Others think that writing essays is difficult, but for me, I will always be at my fingertips. Cope with ease, and get the teacher's praise from time to time.It was just because of the unexpected illness before the college entrance examination that he lost the opportunity to change his job. Not only that, but for a period of time after graduating from high school, he lost his memory and couldn't remember anything. I couldn't find what I read back then, but thinking about it now, it was simply a gap in my knowledge.

Now I want my son to read some books, but where should I go?In the past few years, the school has never bought a single extra-curricular reading material except for textbooks and reference books. To rural people, the library is just a noun. and.Thinking of this, I can't help but feel sad, and I can only use Yuan Mei's sentence "Books can't be read without borrowing" to guide my son.

Borrowing books in the countryside naturally requires a place. Lao Mu took another sip of the homemade cigarette in his hand, and suddenly remembered a person. This person was an old scholar in the village who he called Ma Sanye.

Ma Sanye is more than 70 years old this year. Before the liberation, he taught a private school. Although he did not engage in education after the liberation, he is also a highly respected figure in the village.Besides, according to the traditional titles of the elders in the village, this Mr. Ma has the longest seniority in the village. Although everyone is used to calling him Mr. Ma, in fact, according to his seniority in the clan, there are many people who are called ancestors.For some unknown reason, this old pedant spoke very little, making it difficult for people to get in touch with him. Since he could remember, he only met and said hello sometimes, without any other communication.But this old pedant has a son who was admitted to a university in BJ in the early years. It is said that he is now an official in a certain provincial government. In addition, he usually likes to read some ancient books. He should have a lot of books at home. Borrowing books from him is undoubtedly a good choice .As for whether I can borrow it, I have no idea in my mind. This is also a good way to exercise my son's social skills, so why not do it?Lao Mu was thinking about it in his heart, and he let out a long breath as if he felt relieved.The cigarette in his hand was about to burn out, when the cigarette butt fell down suddenly and hit Lao Mu's other hand. The sudden pain made Lao Mu tremble urgently.

"Alas!" Old Mu sighed, blew out the lamp, and lay down on the bed.

(End of this chapter)