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在新泽西州市郊的一座小镇上,一个由26个孩子组成的班级被安排在教学楼最里面一间光线昏暗的教室里。他们中所有的人都有过不光彩的历史:有人吸过毒、有人进过管教所、有一个女孩子甚至在一年之内堕过3次胎。家长拿他们没办法,老师和学校也几乎放弃了他们。
就在这个时候,一个叫菲拉的女教师担任了这个班的辅导老师。新学年开始的第一天,菲拉没有像以前的老师那样,首先对这些孩子进行一顿训斥,给他们一个下马威,而是为大家出了一道题,有3个候选人,他们分别是──
A:笃信巫医,有两个情妇,有多年的吸烟史,而且嗜酒如命;
B:曾经两次被赶出办公室,每天要到中午才起床,每晚都要喝大约1公升的白兰地,而且曾经有过吸食鸦片的记录;
C:曾是国家的战斗英雄,一直保持素食习惯,热爱艺术,偶尔喝点酒,年轻时从未做过违法的事。
菲拉给孩子们的问题是:
如果我告诉你们,在这3个人中,有一位会成为众人敬仰的伟人,你们认为会是谁?猜想一下,这3个人将来各自会有什么样的命运?
对于第一个问题,毋庸置疑,孩子们都选择了C;对于第二个问题,大家的推论也几乎一致:A和B将来的命运肯定不妙,要么成为罪犯,要么就是需要社会照顾的废物。而C呢,一定是一个品德高尚的人,注定会成为精英。
然而,菲拉的答案却让人大吃一惊。“孩子们,你们的结论也许符合一般的判断,但事实是,你们都错了。这3个人大家都很熟悉,他们是二战时期的3个著名的人物──A是富兰克林·罗斯福,他身残志坚,连任四届美国总统;B是温斯顿·丘吉尔,英国历史上最著名的首相;C的名字大家也很熟悉,他叫阿道夫·希特勒,一个夺去了几千万无辜生命的法西斯元首。”学生们都呆呆地瞅着菲拉,他们简直不相信自己的耳朵。
“孩子们,”菲拉接着说,“你们的人生才刚刚开始,以往的过错和耻辱只能代表过去,真正能代表一个人一生的,是他现在和将来的所作所为。每个人都不是完人,连伟人也有过错。从过去的阴影里出来吧,从现在开始,努力做自己最想做的事情,你们都将成为了不起的优秀的人才……”
菲拉的这番话,改变了26个孩子一生的命运。如今这些孩子都已长大成人,他们中有的做了心理医生、有的做了法官、有的做了飞机驾驶员。值得一提的是,当年班里那个个子最矮也最捣乱的学生罗伯特·哈里森,后来成了华尔街上最年轻的基金经理人。
“原来我们都觉得自己已经无可救药,因为所有的人都这么认为。是菲拉老师第一次让我们觉醒:过去并不重要,我们还有可以把握的现在和将来。”孩子们长大后这样说。
~~~extracted from the internet~~~
September 29th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
nice story…
September 29th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
great story. If you have the url or the english version pls share with us ya! THANKS THANKS!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Is a touch story~
too bad it is somehow not applicable in our society~
sometimes it is sad to see students are being kicked back to 社会大学 whenever they done wrong:(
What can we do to these people besides throwing them bac to 社会大学?
I guess it is definately a debate question:P
October 12th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Hi mary, I had a suggestion, how about releasing a cd with text featuring all the stories said by u for the past one year. This will be an approve proposal that I guess your boss will thumb up! It will definitely be another best memories accumulated for Mary’s work, as the previous autograph session is your zhi you zhi zai book!
October 21st, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Almost a month liao ler.. nv update ur blog ah?? eh… post more about K.K. ler..
October 25th, 2009 at 7:09 am
mary,真的很喜欢你的故事,很感兴趣,读了会让人沸腾,让人感情汹涌。。
October 29th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Hi Mary,
I like your Yi Ren Yi Ban but it a pity that you only on aired from Mon – Wed, which is a waste of resources.
Anyway, is it possible if you could paste all the story that you have read out on your blog? Where did you get the URL of it? Because most of them are quite meaningful and inspirational to read.
Will continue to support you.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
thanks for all your positive comments… some things are not within my control~~~
BUT i m really glad u all like the stories…
that gives me motivation to share more~~~
:O)