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2018年11月21日 星期三

Parenting and Education

A good teacher not only teach, but also educate. The foremost teachers are parents who show the primary principles and rules for any souls new to this world. Parents can teach by words; they can also educate by words. But it takes tactics and diplomacy to acheived desirable effects. They should neither be too soft nor too rigid. The balance is not easy to keep.

In retropect of my family education, I find that my mother plays a focal role. Before 13, I was every inch a naughty boy, fearless as a calf, wild as a cat and overactive as a crazy little monkey. It sort of makes my hair stand on end to imagine how much trouble such a naughty boy could bring and how unfortunate my mother was then. But my mother did not give up. She tried to discipline me in all kinds of ways.

For instance, she asked me to help her with the cooking and learn by observing, which served as my internship in culinary   skills; she required me to take turns with my elder sister to clean the rooms every morning and say to it I did a satisfactory job, which familarized me with the seemingly trivial but actually strenuous houswork; she brought me to do challenging manual labour when I was a little older to deepen my comprehension about the rural life she, my father and their ancesters had been living so as to offer me the opportunity to reflect if that was what I want in my life; she also spared no rod when she suspected I stole something or treated my studies trivially, and that not only shaped my attitude toward things but also molded the most significant core within me— my personality.

Though the earlier memories about corporeal penalities and habitual disciplines carried out by my mother were somewhat bitter, the later fruits are undoubtedly sweet. The saying "Spare the rod, spoil the kid" makes much sense for some generationls in certain historical and social contexts. In fact, the philosophy included in the saying is something of universal value: it sends a strong message to all parents under heaven that kids should not be spoiled.

"Spolied" is a trite expression now, for there are too many spoiled little kings and princesses. "Corrupt" is the right alternative. Parents who fail to discipline and educate their children from the very beginning of their childrens' conscious days are debasing their kids by reconciling them with the easy flaws, and even evils in human nature. Those negative elements include greed, selfishness, rudness, ppugnaciousness, boldness, cunningness and laziness, which are actuallly the SEVEN childish SINS.

Love, like sugar, is a double-edged sword, which can cut as well as corrupt. Parental love is particully so. Loving your kid doesnot mean you should protect them from everything and provide them with everything, in which case you are actually brewing the sugary love cane into a toxic liquid.

Parents are not merely children's protector and guarder, but also their teacher, educator, guider, prosecutor, punisher, and judgers.

Parents play so many roles. They shoulder heavy responsibility; they enjoy great authority; they also live with potential jeopardy.

Parents are just like monarchs possessing advantageous positions and sufficient resources (at least spiritual ones). They can either become saints or turn out to be tyrants. Their children are the continuity of their kingdom.

It is both our luck and our mishap that we dwell in a world where the number of saints and tyrants pales before the number of the mediocre.

"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World"
Yet to my great surprise and disappointment, I find no one majoy university in the world concentrating on parent education/family displining.

Our world is not serious about family education. But we should be serious. We should draw all possible resources to best possible products in the world—individuals.

How can we help other people

We are all individuals. If we want to be, we could always be isolated individuals like separated isles. But isolation and separation could engender alienation---alienational from others and alienation from our true and better self.

I believe I am not a very isolated individual. I am connected to this world in various ways via varied means and channels. As a connected individual living a pretty balanced life, I believe I am aware of many problems plaguing other individuals, especially many younger and less experienced ones.  When I see those poor fellow creatures, I want to help them. One important way to help is to share my experience and thoughts with them. But it takes skills and tactics to achieve desirable effects.

Today I met such a young man and I tried my efforts. It seemed that my efforts was paid back in a way. I am not sure how long the effect will endure, but if he turns to me next time, I will still try to offer him colace and confidence.

So many of us are living in shadows cast by different monstrous things or beings. Some even think they are wading in the death valey and heading for another world.   They are actualy daydreaming in a hellish world.  They are creatures forgotten by HIS ALLMIGHTY. But maybe God just create those individuals to test their fellow beings' mercy. We should not let God down and need to extend our hand to those suffering souls and hurting hearts.

Yes, as the lyric of a song goes: If everyone offers some love, this world is bound to become a better place to live in.

2018年11月7日 星期三

近期的几个考试

自从拿到最高学位之后,考试对于我而言似乎已经是一种遥远和陌生的事情了,但最近,情况有了不同。这些自然不是学术的考试,而是一些应用型的技巧考试。

第一个就是后天下午的驾照考试,这是第三次考了,这次一定要发挥好,通过它。

第二个是二十四号的加拿大安省翻译资格证候选人考试,英译汉和汉译英我都报考了。十多年前,虽然已经通过了中国人事部的翻译资格证笔译二级考试,但这次也不能掉以轻心,毕竟到了罗马之地,行罗马之事,也就是所谓的知己知彼、百战百胜。以前的面试的实力,很可能错在策略,而不在实力上。

看翻译资格的考试样题,2个小时里面完成一段英译汉或者汉译英,是在有点杀鸡用牛刀。不过,也许考试方考察的就是精雕细琢甚至吹毛求疵的耐心和细心。

这段时间要好好练一练。

2018年11月5日 星期一

舒服一些的现代奴隶牢笼

按揭的房子车子,日渐昂贵的马子孩子卵子精子机子,都标示着其实越来越多人飞蛾扑火般地拥抱一个不属于自己的按揭的人生。

只有极少数大佬日日海天盛筵,过着超越古代帝王千倍的穷奢极欲的生活;大部分余下的都签署了卖身契,却把如豆烛光当作人生希望的太阳,榨干自己最后一丝鲜血与思想,在现代奴隶主义大道上狼奔豕突奔向幸福生活的背影。

你跟他们谈新形势奴隶主义和资本主义,他们却耻笑你不懂超级gczy。

绝非只是说某一国,美帝也一球样。这就是新的全球主义。

全球主义唯一的好处,似乎是明白人还可以在国内外较自由躲避和迁徙,找寻一个尽量舒服一点的现代AI掌控下的资本主义的华丽奴隶牢笼。