People who don’t read can tell you: Where did we lose?

My aunt\’s son applied directly to a vocational technical school before the college entrance examination. Because his grades were not good, the school recommended several similar schools to all poor students, saying that he would apply in advance without taking an exam. It is said that this phenomenon is quite common. His family felt it was a pity and asked him for his opinion. He said that since his grades were not good anyway, it was impossible to change his fate in the remaining two months. It would be better to enroll in a technical school and be assigned a job after studying. We have learned about this job before, that is, after graduation, we were sent to factories in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to work as assembly workers. My eldest sister asked us for our opinion, and we advised her to withdraw her wish. I talked to my child on the phone and he said that several people had already filled in, including his deskmate, and he didn’t have to go to class anymore. Reason with him, analyze the pros and cons, and ask him to think about whether he can handle night shift work when he gets older. By that time, I had no real knowledge on how to settle down and make a living when I returned to my hometown. He had never considered any of this. Like other children, he only wanted to have a ready-made job without any effort and earn three to five thousand a month. Finally, we said that if we work hard for two more months, even if it doesn\’t work, it won\’t be too late to go to this school. If you don\’t work hard for the rest of your life at the last chance, you will only have regrets, but if you don\’t work hard enough, there will be no regrets. The child eventually went back to school. After the college entrance examination, he told us that he had also explained the truth to his deskmate and persuaded him to withdraw his wish, but his deskmate couldn\’t listen and thought that he would definitely not be able to do it. Later, the child was admitted to a junior college. Although the school was average, he completed the transition from junior college to bachelor\’s degree through his own efforts and is still studying. His deskmate completed two years of technical school and was sent to a factory in the name of an internship, where he repeated mechanical work day after day on the assembly line. This year, many factories were forced to close due to environmental rectification, and his deskmate encountered difficulties in finding a job and eventually returned to his hometown. . Reading and learning is a process of slow accumulation. It is difficult to say where today is better than yesterday, because the results will not appear quickly. Reading is a subtle accumulation, and the impact of this process on us will last for several years or decades. Year. If you feel that you are not good enough, you will just muddle along and stop working hard. If you feel that there will be no tangible results in the short term, you will give up in advance. People who do not like reading often lose by giving up on themselves and eager for quick success. Sister Ling’s circle of friends asked: Are you looking for security guards or delivery drivers? It turned out that a relative in her hometown asked her to find a job for her son, saying that wages in the city were higher than in the countryside. Sister Ling said that although she was in the city, she was not like my relatives who thought that a job would be delivered to my door with just a phone call. This young man was a few years younger than me, but he only had a high school diploma. He asked me where to find a good job. What about him? It happened that a friend was looking for a small truck driver to connect the two companies. The young man quickly arrived by car from his hometown. The friend who ran the factory asked him to work the next day because he was in urgent need of workers. Sister Ling invited the young man to dinner in the evening. During the dinner, the young man toasted her with wine and said, \”Sister, I really regret not studying hard. If I had been like you, I would have had a good life today.\” Sister Ling sighed, he could say this sincerely did not expect. Many years ago, a young man was about to enter his third year of high school. His grades were not satisfactory, but he was still fooling around all day long. He dismissed anyone who had good grades. His parents told him to study hard, but he said that it was useless to go to college. No, I can’t find a job, and there is someone else who has graduated from college and returned to his hometown to raise pigs. Relatives and friends advised him that if he didn’t study hard and go to college, what would he be able to do in the future? His parents were honest farmers and couldn’t help him.Too much help. The young man said excitedly, \”I can\’t fight my father, but I can fight hard.\” After graduating from high school, I really went south to work hard. Sister Ling said that it was impossible for someone like him to become famous, not because he had no capital, but because of his uneducated attitude. But another young man in the same village is different. Although he did not go to college, he is willing to learn and study hard. He learns from the master to make handmade furniture. He treats furniture as art and is very particular about it. Now people from all over the world come to him. Do. In the vast world, everyone fights with bare hands. Some people end up with wealth and blessings or success, while some people fight with bare hands until the end. The difference may be that in reading, it is not the diploma you get, but your attitude towards knowledge. This society has been rewarding people who study more. When educated and uneducated people enter the society, they can distinguish themselves within a few years. The result of studying may be a diploma, but the end point is far more than a diploma. It is the tireless perseverance and unyielding quality cultivated in the process. People who are unwilling to study will first lose because they do not want to make progress. Zhou Ying in \”That Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Full\” spent a lot of manpower and material resources to open a girls\’ school. When enrollment was not going smoothly, she did not hesitate to intimidate merchants and lure poor people, just to send girls to study. At the opening ceremony, she said: \”It is actually more important for girls to receive education than for boys. Because a girl will become a mother, the backbone of a family, and even the support of a family, her knowledge and insights are the whole family\’s. It is a blessing, even a blessing for the whole nation.\” After Zhou Ying experienced many years of ups and downs in the business world and changes in the world, she understood the benefits of reading best. Back then, Zhou Ying and the girl Chun Xing worked together in the Wu family, and both worked as errands for the educated young master. With such excellent resources and a relaxed learning environment, and such a good-tempered Wu Pin, Chun Xing was unconscious from the beginning to the end. She can definitely learn some knowledge and skills from the young master. But Zhou Ying seized this opportunity, first eavesdropping on the master\’s lectures, and then tried to clean and observe in the apprentice room, and finally got the qualification of a formal apprentice and started taking classes. Zhou Ying became the boss and eventually the richest man in Shaanxi, while Chun Xing was still the girl Chun Xing. One time when Zhou Ying was about to leave Wujiadongyuan to wander around the world, Chun Xing said, I really envy you, you can go wherever you want. Zhou Ying said, how about you come with me? Chunxing did not have the courage to leave, and said, \”Zhou Ying, you are different from us.\” Chunxing didn\’t know how to support herself after leaving the Wu family, because she knew the work that all girls could do, and she had no skills and no knowledge. You can only earn a limited amount of hard-earned money by working day after day. To use the popular saying in the workplace today, there is no \”gold content\” or \”irreplaceability\”. Regardless of ancient times or modern times, it is difficult to grow without learning and making progress. Zhou Ying\’s success is not due to how many books she has read, but because of her thirst for knowledge and curiosity about new things. She is willing to try and accept new things, as she finally said to Cixi: \”Follow the current situation and seek new things.\” Change.\” The British poet Shelley once said, \”The more we read, the more we discover that we are ignorant.\” Because the more we learn, the more we have a clear understanding of ourselves and the more we know our own shortcomings. The more you see and the farther you go, the more insignificant you will feelSmall. Learning is a process of constant introspection, constantly overthrowing and refreshing oneself, and finally one can take a long-term view and grasp the overall situation. People who are unwilling to learn are stuck in their ways and will eventually lose in knowledge and structure. When it comes to reading, I also regret it. At that time, I ranked first in the township in the high school entrance examination, and I was very hesitant to choose between high school or technical secondary school. This question does not need to be chosen today, but it was worth considering at that time. Going to a technical secondary school meant jumping directly out of the farm and having an urban household registration, and you would receive grain and oil subsidies when you went to school. There are too many unknowns in high school. In the words of a relative, \”Even if you are number one in the township now, you will definitely not be able to keep up mentally when you compete with kids in the county in the county!\” Various voices add to various situations, family status, financial situation Due to the burden, the short-sightedness of a country boy, and my weak will and lack of self-confidence, I finally chose to study in a technical secondary school. It doesn’t mean that you have to go to college, but when you enter the society, you will find that the fewer books you read, the easier it is to be subjective and simplistic in your views, and it is easier to complain about things. And those who read more obviously have a broader vision, have a better judgment of complex situations, and are more likely to change the status quo. The pancake lady who was very popular a while ago and earns 30,000 yuan a month has a very high income, but no matter how good her business is, she only has one stall. No matter how quick her hands and feet are, she only has 24 hours a day. In addition to the time for purchasing, preparing, and sleeping, she has only a few hours to sell. There are only a handful of them. We saw her high salary, but we did not see the hardship behind her and the narrow path for her future advancement. No matter which industry you are in, it becomes more difficult the further you go. If you want to break the boundaries, only continuous learning can expand your thinking and break through limitations. Just like a tree, if it grows for one year, it can only be used to make a fence. If it grows for 10 years, it can be used for making sandalwood bars. If it grows for 20 years, it can be used for pillars. If it grows a little longer, it can be used for beams. Similarly, those who graduate from primary school can work in farming and do small businesses, those who graduate from junior high school can learn technology and become mechanics, while those who graduate from university can design high-rise buildings, and those with master\’s and doctorate degrees can create more things. There is nothing shameful about using a tree as a fence, but if it had been grown for another 20 years, it could have done much more. There is no shame in not having a high degree, but if you learn more knowledge, you can do more things and have a wider range of choices. If you don\’t study, you will lose on the road before you reach the end. You will lose on the road of eagerness for quick success and failure to make progress. In the end, it will be difficult to break through yourself and break through limitations, let alone expand into new situations. A diploma is not everything. If one day, even if the diploma is useless, our thirst for knowledge must not be annihilated.