Down-to-earth. Are you kidding?

1, Ma Yun did badly in school, especially in math. 1982 Ma Yun took the college entrance examination for the first time. He filled in Peking University. But he only got 1 in math. ? After losing the college entrance examination for the first time, to be honest, Ma Yun was very depressed. He thought he was not suitable for the college entrance examination at all, so he began to do odd jobs everywhere to make a living.

He trudges on the rugged road every day on a heavy tricycle full of goods. /kloc-Ma Yun, 0/8 years old, often looks at the front and is at a loss. Can he only be such a "camel Xiangzi" on three wheels all his life? He is unwilling, of course he is unwilling!

On one occasion, Ma Yun sent books to a cultural unit on three wheels. In the waiting room of Jinhua Railway Station, he found a book-writer Lu Yao's novella Life. The story of Gao Jialin in life deeply infected him. From then on, he understood a truth: the road of life is not only long, but also tortuous. If you want to achieve something, you must go through some tempering.

After much deliberation, he decided to take the college entrance examination again. He began to study hard. 1983, 19-year-old Ma Yun took the college entrance examination for the second time. This time, he is full of confidence. But God likes to play jokes on him. He failed miserably again, and got only 19 in mathematics.

After the results came out, parents gave up hope for him, thinking that the child was doomed to fail the college entrance examination, and advised him to relax, learn some skills and make a living as a temporary worker.

However, Ma Yun is still unwilling. He is unwilling to be a temporary worker all his life. He wants to go to college. He knows that only by going to college can he change his fate. As his parents no longer supported him to enter the university, he had to study while working. At that time, he often went to the library of Zhejiang University to study. In Zhejiang University, he met five failed students, who often got together to talk about their ambitions and ideals.

But he has perseverance and courage. Through his own efforts, he finally succeeded. He said: dreams, down-to-earth, tears are closely related.

2. Once in class, Socrates gave his disciples an assignment to do one thing and shake hands a hundred times a day. After a week, he asked how many people still insisted on doing it, and 90% people insisted on doing it. A month later, he asked again, now there is only half left. A year later, he asked again, there is only one person who persists now, and that person is Plato.

Edison made so many inventions in his 84-year life, and he has been persistently devoted to inventions. In addition to his inventions and contributions in phonograph, electric light, telephone, telegraph and film, he also has many creations and opinions in the fields of mining, architecture and chemical industry, and has made great contributions to the progress of human civilization.

Li Bai, a great poet in Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. One day, while the teacher was not at home, he sneaked out to play. He came to the river at the foot of the mountain and saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle on a stone. Li Bai was puzzled and asked, "Old woman, what are you doing grinding the iron pestle?" The old woman said, "I am grinding the needle."

Li Bai was surprised and asked, "Oh dear! As thick as a pestle, how can it be ground into a needle? " The old woman smiled and said, "As long as you grind it every day, the pestle will become thinner and thinner. Are you afraid it won't be a needle? " Hearing this, Li Bai was ashamed of himself. He turned and ran back to the bookstore. From then on, he kept in mind the truth that "as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle", studied hard, and finally became a great poet, known as the "Poet Fairy".

5. Van Gogh's persistent painting dream. Although it is a pity that his works were not appreciated by people before his death, it is really human to stick to his dreams and draw the pictures he wants in an indifferent and poor environment.