Only after staying up late to read the education journey of Chinese-American scientist Li Feifei did I know how to educate children.

1. This is the best of times and the worst of times. \”In the 1980s, China was moving toward modernization with a vision, and Chengdu was also developing. But even so, due to the lack of a true understanding of the world, children\’s worldview was essentially narrow and limited. Children pay attention to the things around them. You can only vaguely see the outside world. If you want to see further and see the frontier of the future, you need special influence.\” Li Feifei, a Chinese scientist, expressed his truest feelings about the educational environment. The book \”The World I Saw: The Autobiography of Li Feifei\” has been on the market for less than a week, and its rating on Douban has reached a high score of 9.2. Li Feifei uses delicate writing to connect the inextricable connections between her youth, growth experience, and great artificial intelligence research. Staying up late to finish reading this book made me think again, how much impact does education have on a person? When education becomes the only means to change your destiny, that\’s all. 2. Li Feifei was born in an ordinary family, but her parents were \”not willing to accept it.\” They lost confidence in the system of the world they lived in and seemed out of place in every aspect: their father had no interest in fame and fortune, and their mother despised the social norms of the time. When two people like this combine, their choice of education for their children is destined to be unusual. In Li Feifei\’s memories, I seemed to see my own shadow, and also the shadows of today\’s children: \”The society at that time was obsessed with instilling the concept of \’respect\’ in children. The standard for measuring success was not so much the achievement book as the It was said that I was disciplined, listened carefully, and won praise from the teacher, but my parents didn\’t care about it, and they were even a little disdainful. She fine-tuned the common parenting goals at the time and was proud of it: Of course I want it. Study hard and reach your full potential, but don\’t do it to please anyone, or to get anything. Although she never expresses it explicitly, I get the feeling that she considers \”model students\” and \”good residents\” etc. The formulation was condescending and judgmental. She taught me that my efforts are not to satisfy the teacher, nor to conform to some illusory rules, but also to conform to some illusory rules. \”My efforts are only for myself. It is always difficult to compete with the power of the environment on your own. Even so, you can choose to be independent in your thinking and cultivate your children to be independent. Let your children live for themselves. Today, for ordinary families, cost-effective ways still exist: even if you don’t have the conditions to travel all over the world, you can still read a lot of books. 3. In middle school, Li Feifei’s mother attended a parent-teacher meeting. The teacher commented that Li Feifei was \”not serious enough\” about her future. Not only did she not pay enough attention to textbooks, but she also spent her precious years reading a bunch of \”irrelevant\” books. The teacher never expected that Li Feifei\’s mother would interrupt directly: \”My daughter has loved reading books since she was a child.\” She even had a contemptuous attitude. butHowever, this responsible teacher still believes that there is a problem with reading these books. Students should read more or even only exam-related textbooks. The teacher believes that \”The Unbearable Lightness of Being\”, books by the three Brontë sisters, and science magazines on various strange themes, such as ocean life, fighter jets, and UFOs, are not in line with the school\’s curriculum values ​​and concepts. The teacher spoke with sincerity and sincerity: These things will not be helpful for the future. Feifei needs to put aside personal interests and concentrate on learning the things that will be most useful for the future. However, Li Feifei\’s mother\’s next response made the teacher even more confused: \”Is this what Feifei wants? Is this what I expect from her?\” There is no doubt that such communication is ineffective. When parents\’ educational goals for their children conflict with the direction of the education system, one party always needs to choose to let go. On the way home, Li Feifei\’s mother said to her helplessly: \”Maybe I taught you too well, Feifei. You, like me, don\’t belong here.\” 4. In 1989, Li Feifei experienced a school closure. Li Feifei was 12 years old at that time. In this always democratic family, parents actually began to have \”secrets\” about their children. They started discussing things with their children on their backs until the day the news was confirmed. Her parents unilaterally informed Li Feifei that her father would leave for a while and go to the United States as the first step in the entire plan. The second stage is when the mother and daughter go to the United States to find him. For Li Feifei at the time, this decision was extremely sudden and completely incomprehensible. It is difficult for an adolescent to understand his parents\’ decision. Li Feifei wrote: \”My world was turned upside down in an instant, but no one seemed to care what I thought. Just a few weeks later, my father left, taking away one-third of the family life I had known since birth.\” Everything became different. It wasn’t until I grew up that I realized how much courage my father’s journey to the west required. But as an adolescent, I had no idea.” However, the family’s plan to migrate was not always smooth sailing. , when Li Feifei saw his father again, it was already three years later. If there is any formula for Li Feifei to achieve such brilliant achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, I think one of the necessary conditions is that her parents chose to use the hardships and sacrifices of this generation to serve as a stepping stone for the education of the next generation. When you reach middle age, how easy is it to give up a stable and comfortable life and step out of your comfort zone? 5. When you go abroad at the age of 15, it can be said that you have almost zero foundation in English and you have to face the intense academic studies in high school. After experiencing various struggles such as language barriers and livelihood problems, Li Feifei finally entered Princeton University to study. In order to support their children\’s studies, maintain the family\’s living expenses, and pay for their mother\’s medical expenses, Li Feifei\’s family had no choice but to become \”self-employed.\” They scraped together money and opened a dry cleaning shop. This scene is very similar to the Oscar-winning film \”The World\”, in which a family lives in an Asian community in the United States and makes a living by running a laundry. Although the plots are completely different, they are bothA story of self-rescue. She is about to graduate from college, and Li Feifei, like other Ivy League graduates, is about to step into her role as an \”elite\”. However, when faced with the choice between scientific ambition and real life again, her mother gave her a decisive answer. For most people, Wall Street provides everything a young man could dream of and is a lifelong pursuit. For Li Feifei, Wall Street\’s Offer can help the family get out of household debt, end the fatigue of the dry cleaners, and pay for her mother\’s medical expenses. When Li Feifei asked her mother for her advice on career choice, her mother asked her daughter: \”Is this what you want? Feifei, is this what you want?\” Li Feifei told her mother, \”I want to be a scientist.\” \”Then. Is there anything else to say?\” said the mother. As a result, Li Feifei gave up her high-paying job opportunity and started graduate studies. At the graduate level, Li Feifei understood her direction, neuroscience and computer science. 6. What a coincidence, I happened to see an educational live broadcast room yesterday. A well-known education blogger is connecting with a university physics professor. The blogger asked the university professor, what is the real current situation of students in universities? Can you explain it with a few keywords? The physics professor was unprepared at the time. After thinking about it, he replied that he would not mention the key words to avoid causing bad results, but would just talk about his feelings. I can\’t accurately recount all her content one by one, but I can only roughly summarize it as follows: The professor said that she observed that after entering college, today\’s students have no light in their eyes and no youthful vigor. Although these students have entered the undergraduate level, their learning methods are still stuck at the primary and secondary school levels. They have no real curiosity or interest in academics. They just hope to get something from their teachers to prove themselves, such as awards, certificates, and grades. The wrong focus prevents them from thinking deeply and spending time studying an issue, and their efforts can only be superficial. The eagerness for quick success has led to the prevalence of fraud. As long as you have a superficial knowledge and superficial results, you have completed academic research. To add to this, the university professor also mentioned that his children were studying in the computer department of foreign universities and had already started their careers, so he wanted to do something for children in the basic education stage. She is working hard to help the children of her friends and teach them physics. But before teaching physics, she had to spend a lot of time and energy to get rid of the thinking patterns that had been formed over many years in exam-oriented education such as memorizing formulas, answering questions, and passive learning. This is the world through the eyes of a university physics professor. I stayed up late to read this book \”The World I Saw\”. Countless times, I have been shocked and moved by Dr. Li Feifei’s educational experience. Rarely has a book about artificial intelligence made me so excited, even to the point of tears. In this book, there is a clue that runs through the whole story and is the \”North Star\”. The North Star is mentioned several times not only in the chapter titles but also in the text. ‍‍‍‍‍‍North Star, also known as Beichen and Purple Star, is the star closest to the North Pole. northThe pole stars are on the axis of rotation of the celestial sphere, so they appear stationary to observers on the ground. Li Feifei wrote in the book: \”The real value of using the North Star as a metaphor for ideals is not only that the North Star can guide the direction, but also that no matter how hard we work, the distance to the North Star is always infinite. We can pursue it diligently. , you can be obsessed with it all your life, but you will never reach it. \”I hope every struggling and confused child can find the North Star in life. Love you.