Liu Shaotang
I am a local literature writer. In my 40 years of creative career, I have published 30 books. Long stories, medium stories and short stories all happened in my hometown, and also described the historical fate and times of my hometown.
In these novels, you can find the embodiment of my emotions and clearly see the shadow of my childhood.
The North Canal comes down from the north of Tongzhou and turns into ten ring Erba Road. It hit several piles of green willows, white sand and Gorkon, turned around and embraced a large beach. Fiona Fang has more than ten miles, and the rivers branch off seven times and enter eight times. There are green vines with white stripes, green vines, and villages along the river are like watermelons that bloom early and are full of stars. One of the small villages with only dozens of families is my birthplace.
I never left this small place until I was 9 years old. The water, soil and folk culture of the North Canal nourished my body and mind and cultivated my temperament.
When I was born, I faked my death. The village of the North Canal is called Caoming, and I didn't cry for an hour (two hours). Grandma Zhao, the midwife, saved me. Grandma Zhao used to be the senior of the Yihetuan Qingdengzhao, and she was in her early 80 s when she delivered my baby. Her simple face is engraved with deep weather-beaten wrinkles. In summer, she likes to sit in the shade of a big pagoda tree outside her home in Chai Men, watching me running in front of her with a willow branch in my hand, and then she calls me by my nickname and gathers around her to tell me the story of the boxer fighting foreign devils in Eight-Nation Alliance.
When I was 4 years old, I had a lunch break in dog days. While my mother was asleep, I crept out of the house, dug a hole under the fence and went straight to Liu Kezi field by the pond in the south of the village. As hot as fire, birds seem to be afraid of burning their wings, hiding in the depths of willow trees, closing their eyes, opening their mouths and sticking out their tongues to catch their breath. I want to take this opportunity to catch a titmouse with black head, white neck and red chin flying with wings. However, some birds sleep at night. As soon as I entered the willow field, I woke up the sleeping bird with a night call and flew into the sky. I can't catch anything flying in the sky, but I want to catch something flying in the water. A pool of clear water, patches of green algae, wisps of green algae wrapped around the waist of the dog's tail flower, and small fish with bulging eyes, wearing between the green algae, drilling up and down. I couldn't swim at that time, only dared to go down to the water. But fish is more difficult to catch than birds. I stared at a tail and was about to reach for it. As soon as the fish shook its tail, it ran away and twitched back and forth in the water. This annoyed me and aroused my interest. I lost my mind and became red-eyed. I took a step forward, stepped empty, and the mirror-clear water swallowed me up. I let out a cry of horror, took a sip of water and then lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was lying on a piece of white sand under Liu Yin. It was an uncle named Liu who saved me from the disaster, carried me ashore, lifted my legs and poured out all the yellow soup and green water in my stomach, only to narrowly escape death.
I was very naughty when I was a child. I experienced three difficulties and eight difficulties, and I was able to grow up thanks to several other rescuers.
In the spring when I was five years old, there were bandits in the North Canal Valley. One night, bandits robbed the village and the whole family fled, leaving me alone on the kang. An uncle named Li Er Bigfoot climbed up the wall to build a house, went down to the yard, entered the house, held me in his arms and took me out of danger. In the late autumn when I was 6 years old, my friends and I were chasing rabbits in the harvested fields, and I accidentally tripped over the dead vines. The stubble as sharp as a bayonet stabbed me in the throat. It was an old man named Zhao who gave me first aid and found a folk prescription to heal my wound and survive.
Later, Ji Deaf said that storytelling attracted me, so I stopped playing wild.
The deaf grow melons by the river. There is a braid twisted like a dead vine on his head, and his ears are so deaf that he can't even hear thunder. Two shoulders and a pair of baskets, two acres of Gua Tian are planted on the river bank. Watermelon, melon, cantaloupe and melon are planted every year, and a shed is built to see melons. I am good friends with his grandson Yoshiko. Every day at noon, Yoshiko will bring a wicker basket to his grandfather for dinner, so I went to Gua Tian with Yoshiko. Ji deaf people like storytelling and can speak Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but no one wants to listen. Even Yoshiko heard grandpa say, "Say something ...". However, I was fascinated by it. Ji Long introduced me as a bosom friend, and he worked harder and harder. Speaking of excitement, he grabbed the gun and waved and shouted, "Hey! Come to the general's name, Zhao Zilong will not die under the gun! "
There is always a "button" to tell a story. What about the aftermath? Always refused to decompose immediately. My heart is fried, and it is very uncomfortable; Soon I went to school and didn't know many words, so I went to the temple fair to buy books.
So, I learned to play while playing.
Is childhood mainly about study or play?
A: I remember an expert said: If a flower is heavily fertilized, it will die. Let it bloom slowly and naturally, give water, sunshine and air properly, and fertilize properly, and the flowers will bloom healthily and beautifully. If parents can give their children a happy childhood, without worrying or complaining, and make their children's personality sound, their children will "stand upright". I don't object to children's learning expertise and knowledge, but learning expertise is only a carrier. The ultimate goal is to cultivate children's good life, study, thinking habits and creativity through this carrier, so that children have good migration ability and the ability to draw inferences from others, instead of mechanically learning knowledge and expertise repeatedly. If you want your child to learn, the premise must be that the child is willing to learn. As long as they are willing to learn, they can learn literacy, mental arithmetic and artistic expertise. But if you just let the child carry it, it will deprive him of a happy childhood. I don't agree.
Why should there be nine-year compulsory education and why should education be gradual? That's about it.
Parents know how heavy the learning burden is after their children enter primary school. Why not give them a happy childhood? Pulling out the seedlings will harm the children.
As a teacher, I also hold the first view. Education itself is a gradual process, the so-called "ten years to plant trees, a hundred years to educate people." The way to encourage others is wrong.
As a parent, I am helpless and unwilling to let my children lose at the starting line because of fierce competition.
Let it be.
I was shocked to hear that a student walked into a dead end because he could not meet his parents' "demanding". Parents' "nurturing" mentality undoubtedly puts a heavy "yoke" on their children. So I think this wishful thinking of "cultivating Excellence" is very inappropriate.
Americans attach great importance to children's natural development and are good at guiding their interests. They think that playing is a child's nature, so children should be given more time to play, and playing itself is beneficial to children's intellectual development. Of course, they also attach importance to "cultivating Excellence", but they never force their children, but let them choose independently according to their personal interests. American children don't have that many games. Children's childhood is completely spent without pressure and care, but they have a lot of knowledge and skills.
Therefore, it is necessary for parents to learn from the American concept of educating their children and cultivate them naturally, instead of attaching too much importance to "parenting" and imposing their ideal wishes on their children, so that their young minds are overwhelmed. You know, children are tender seedlings, and they need to stretch their waist freely in the sun and rain to grow into towering trees.
If there is "choosing the best", we must "cultivate the best"
I believe that every parent is willing to make their children "worry-free", but I am afraid that parents alone can't make their children "worry-free". After all, parents and children live in real life. Without considering the factors of social reality, it is impossible for children to "worry".
In the real society, the entrance examination is "merit-based admission"; Employment work is "priority"; Even when shopping at ordinary times, we should be choosy, hoping to buy something better. This is also "choosing the best among the best". No way, modern society is a competitive society, whoever can't adapt to the competition will be eliminated; Whoever is not good enough will be eliminated. Under the pressure of competition and the principle of "choosing the best among the best", we have no choice but to "cultivate the best". If you don't "edify", perhaps, children will lose not only the happiness of childhood games, but also a successful tomorrow in the future.
"worry-free" means "cultivating Excellence"
I think that letting children "worry" is "raising". Let children grow up naturally and happily, and let children accept their favorite knowledge in a free state. In the long run, it will be much better than forcing children to sit in the training class and "cultivate excellent students".
It is a good thing to advocate quality education now, but to really give children a free sky, don't embark on the old road of "quality education only" Regardless of the child's specialty, blindly going to this class and practicing that skill can only distort the child's nature. Cattle holding their heads and not drinking water will only stimulate children's rebellious psychology, which is not good in the long run.
"Worry-free" is not laissez-faire, but to explore the advantages of children and let their specialties be brought into play. In our traditional concept, the so-called "good students" who are not good at facing setbacks and communicating with others are bound to encounter greater setbacks in social life.
Give the child a blue sky.
From primary school and middle school to university. I once "enjoyed" the "excellent" treatment of teachers and parents, and even felt very proud at that time. However, when I really stepped into the college threshold and looked back on my childhood, I had a little more regret.
None of us can avoid the current examination system, but it is not only "cultivating excellent students" that will make a difference. Today, with the rapid updating of knowledge, we need not only solid knowledge, but also the ability to adapt to society and develop ourselves. And this ability is not learned in textbooks. On the contrary, if you leave your children's spare time, take them out for a walk, see the outside world, feel the breath of life, and let them increase their social knowledge, it should be twice the result with half the effort. When college students treat leeks as wheat again, there will always be an unspeakable sadness in their hearts.
Let children learn and grow in happiness.
I have a daughter who has just entered junior high school. Since she was a child, we have been actively encouraging her to learn and progress, and at the same time paying more attention to let her learn to grow up happily. During the winter and summer vacations, other people's parents urged their children to attend this remedial class and that training class, so we asked the children's opinions and asked her what she liked to learn and whether she would like to participate. For a time, the child was fascinated by the guzheng, so we let her study during the holiday. It doesn't matter whether the academic performance is good or not, as long as the children are happy. Because of this, children have achieved good results in their studies and hobbies. And she didn't suffer much and didn't spend much effort. Through my daughter, I realized that parents must create a relaxed and happy life and study environment for their children, and never put too much pressure on them or force them to do things they don't want to do.
Short phrase
It is the common wish of children and parents to make children a happy person. But the most important thing is to make them feel happy and know what happiness is. Happiness should be natural from the heart and must not be imposed by the outside world. Give children some space for independent development, let them breathe freely, and they will feel happy. Imagine that children's time is full of English, piano and so on. They were not interested all day. Will there be happiness?
Don't force children to study, let them play in their spare time. Parents can also play and study with their children, make friends with them, exchange feelings with them more, and understand their thoughts. Only in this way can children not only learn things, but also have a happy childhood.
It is possible to carry out the "excellent training" project for children from kindergarten, but it must be carried out in a scientific way, not a "cramming" method; Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, rather than arranging children's time without even time to catch their breath. If we only pay attention to "cultivating excellent students" and don't let children "worry", it will be counterproductive and make children feel disgusted with learning.
I often hear many parents who want their children to succeed in life say that everything they do is for their children, but children also say that everything they do is to live up to their parents' expectations and hardships. Children don't seem to have their own inner needs, and they think that their parents' needs are the direction of their own efforts. Children probably don't know what else should belong to them. They have lost "today" and will never find their own "tomorrow". In the hearts of these children, they are the hope and pride of their parents, not themselves!
The main contents of cold-faced funny games and learning in Ma's childhood;
"I, Ma Lisan." He said, "He is five feet and four inches tall, and he never weighed more than 100 kg from childhood to adulthood. It seems that there is little hope in the future. Jain 19 14 was born in Beijing. Hui nationality. My ancestors lived in Yongchang, Gansu. I never knew whether it was Yongchang Prefecture or Yongchang County. Think about it, even my father, my uncle and my grandparents don't know, how do I know where to go? So, I was born a fool ... "
Ma Lisan talks about himself as if he were talking about cross talk. However, although he claims to be confused, the audience can be familiar with him-big ears and sunken cheeks, a pair of small eyes that can't be opened all the time, and a thin body in a gray cloth dangling; The hoarse voice is calm and alert, and the silly expression is sharp; For him, the most common things can also dig out jokes, and the most common language can also stimulate people's laughter. ...
The Ma family are all crosstalk performers. Grandfather Payne studied under the ugly grandson. Father Ma Delu and brother Ma Guiyuan are both famous crosstalk artists. It is said that his father didn't let Ma learn crosstalk at first, but let him go to school. But Ma has never been able to conceal his wisdom, talent and imagination in the art of cross talk. At the school physical education class, whenever it is windy and rainy, the teacher asks the horse to tell us cross talk. Later, forced by livelihood, I had to drop out of school to talk about cross talk. At the age of 15, he worshiped eight virtues of symphony: eight artists who used to speak cross talk-Li Deyang, Li Dexiang, Zhang Dequan, Ma Delu (Ma's father), Zhou Deshan (Ma's master), Yu Delong, Jiao Dehai and Liu Dezhi. They all have the word "German" in their names, so they are collectively called "Eight German Mutual Phones". Zhou Toad Zhou Toad: Zhou Deshan. As a teacher, I started my career as an artist.
Abandoning the land from "abandoning the wasteland": a performance place set up in temple fairs, markets and street open spaces when performing cross talk before liberation. The actors performed on the flat ground, and some people rented tables and stools from the audience to sit on. After more than ten years, he traveled all over the country, enjoying a good reputation in Beijing, Tianjin and Northeast China. He was praised by the audience, bullied by the local ruffians and beaten by the Japanese. He has cooperated with masters such as Geng, Liu Kuizhen, Hou, and so on, and his skills are improving day by day. In 1950s, he joined Tianjin Quyi Troupe.
Speaking of horse crosstalk, it can be said that it is natural to tell stories and reveal the truth, and there is a pleasing sense of relaxation from beginning to end. The famous director Xie Tian said: "Ma's performance does not advocate shouting, but is devoted to' teasing'. Although his voice sounds like a normal speech, the audience is willing to make do with him, and he can keep the audience together. This is like "Yun Zheyue", with endless aftertaste. " As for the unpredictable and amazing imagination of horses, it is even more amazing.
The main contents of the text of Soul of the Yellow River:
This paper mainly talks about the landscape of Hukou Waterfall in the Yellow River and praises the great spirit and spirit of the Yellow River, the mother river that feeds the Chinese nation.