Destiny is not an inspirational story for complaining about

Early in the morning, I received a call from the mother of classmate Jiang Zhan. "He has been complaining recently that his life is not good and he does not want to take the college entrance examination. As parents, we have no way to communicate with him. We hope that the teacher can find a way."

After arriving at the school, several teachers They also unanimously reported to me that besides Jiang Zhan, there were several classmates who were also a bit "passive and sabotaged", but Jiang Zhan's intelligence was still good. As long as he continued to work hard, it would not be a problem to get into college. The main thing was to adjust his mentality. I think it is necessary to "organize" the work style, but what method should be adopted?

It happened that the teachers of the last two classes were unavailable for class. I entered the classroom after the bell rang and saw some students lowering their heads to study, while others were looking around and chatting. When the classmates saw me coming in, they all became quiet instantly.

"Students, you have had a hard time this semester, and the teacher understands you very well. There are no classes in these two periods. Let's relax. Let's talk about the future. For example: What kind of university do you want to get into? What kind of person do you want to be after graduation?"

No one spoke for a long time, so I had to call the name: "The study committee member will speak first." The student committee member was the first student in the class to be recommended. The purpose of speaking was to "stimulate" Jiang Zhan's classmates.

“After entering university, I want to read more, participate in more social welfare activities, contact more foreign friends, be an excellent diplomat, and travel around the world.”

“Very OK, remember to send postcards from all over the world to the teacher.”

With the encouragement of the school committee, several other students with good grades also spoke one after another. I have been secretly observing Jiang Zhan and the few classmates who were "passive and slow at work". On the surface, they seemed absent-minded, but their expressions were somewhat disdainful, which gave me the impression that "there is something big about it."

The speech was interrupted at this time, and I quickly called him, "Jiang Zhan, the teacher wants to hear your thoughts. I have always thought that you are a very thoughtful person."

Listen Jiang Zhan was a little surprised that I commented on him like this. "I have no idea. A person like me with mediocre background and average intelligence cannot be recommended like some classmates, nor can I afford to go abroad. Being admitted to university is simply a luxury. It is better to go home and do business after the college entrance examination."

His tone was full of complaints and sarcasm. I saw a few people nodding and some students shaking their heads.

I then asked Jiang Zhan: "Tell me, what does it mean to be of noble birth and superior intelligence?"

He looked at me, shook his head and said: "Anyway, I'm not. My fate is bad, so I accept my fate."

I motioned for him to sit down. After a pause, he said: "I fully understand Jiang Zhan's current mood and thoughts. I also believe that this kind of thinking represents the views of some students in our class. Regarding fate, I do not support complete acceptance of fate, at least for everyone here. Classmates, I think they are very promising. The key is how to treat them. "

"There is a child who has not received his father's love since he was a child, and he didn't see him for the first time until he was 28 years old. To his father. So he vowed to be responsible for his children and give them a lot of love. But unfortunately, when he grew up, his sales work did not go well and he was very poor. His wife left him and his son was only one year old. He became a single father. He couldn't afford to rent a house and was homeless with his son. At the worst time, he only had a dozen dollars in his bank card, carrying a diaper in one hand and pushing a stroller in the other. He went to a homeless shelter with his son. When there was no place to stay, the father and son could only spend the night in parks, subways, and bathrooms. But he never gave up hope and never felt that he was worthless. He became a stockbroker. Later, he joined a financial company. In this company, only one person could be left among a group of 20 interns, and the probation period lasted for half a year. He persisted for his dream. Come down. In the limited time to take care of his son and develop customers, he tried every means to improve his work efficiency. It can be said that he encountered various hardships and difficulties.

In the end, did he succeed? "

At this point, I stopped and observed the reactions of my classmates. I continued: "This person is Chris Garner, a black investment expert. After becoming a financial investor, he donated generously to charity activities and became a well-known philanthropic figure. "

The classroom was extremely quiet.

"What I want to say is that every student here, whether from an average family background or average intelligence, is not in a difficult situation like Chris. Why? Because you have no burden. Chris had the burden and responsibility of raising his son, and he had no chance of failure. His pressure is the pressure of living, and your pressure is just to go to school. Even if you don't succeed once, there will be a second time. If you want to complain, Chris has more reasons than any of you. He could complain about the lack of father's love, complain about his wife's departure, complain about his son who needs to be taken care of, complain about the government's insufficient relief, complain about the probation period being too long, complain about social injustice... But Chris didn't complain at all. On the contrary, he saw all this as a reason not to retreat. He has always stuck to his dream because he believes that as long as he works hard enough today, a happy tomorrow will come! He has a firm belief that fate is not something to complain about. As long as you work hard, you believe you will succeed! "

After I finished speaking, there was no sound in the classroom for a long time. Later, Jiang Zhan stood up and only said: "I want to be a person like Chris." ”

When I walked into the classroom the next day, I found the blackboard slogan that day was: “Fate is not for complaining. I believe we can succeed!” ”

I smiled happily.