There is such a story.
One morning after the storm, a man came to the seaside for a walk. Walking along the coast, he noticed that there were many small fish washed ashore by last night's storm in the shallow water pit of the beach. They are trapped in shallow puddles and can't return to the sea, although they are close at hand. There may be hundreds or even thousands of small fish trapped. Before long, the water in the shallow water pit will be sucked dry by sand and evaporated by the sun, and these small fish will all die.
The man walked on. He suddenly saw a little boy walking slowly in front, bending over every puddle-he was picking up the small fish in the puddle and throwing them back into the sea. The man stopped to look at the little boy and watched him save the fish's life.
Finally, the man couldn't help walking over: "son, there are hundreds of thousands of small fish in this puddle, which you can't save."
"I know." The little boy replied without looking up.
"oh? Why are you still throwing? Who cares? "
"This little fish cares!" The boy replied, picked up a fish and threw it into the sea. "This care, this also care! And this, this, this ... "
Today, you will start your college life here. Each of you will learn how to save lives here. Although you can't save people all over the world, all of China or even a province or a city, you can still save some people and alleviate their suffering. Because of you, their lives are different from now on-you can make their lives better. This is something you can and are willing to do.
Here, I hope you study hard and never give up! Remember: "This little fish cares! This little fish cares! And this, this, this ... "
This is a speech by an American teacher who works in a medical college in China. When he showed his lecture to the school, a leader somehow disliked it and asked him to rewrite it. Later, the foreign teacher insisted on using this speech.