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There's a movie called "Growing Up Education" that I think every girl should see, and it has a great educational significance for girls.
The heroine Jenny is a 16-year-old high school student, and her parents have high expectations for her, hoping that she can study hard and be admitted to Oxford University to change her destiny.
But she met the mature uncle David on a rainy day, and compared with the little boys of the same age, he was very charming and charming. Jenny was deeply fascinated by the temperament of the uncle, and under his pursuit, she became his girlfriend and embarked on a path of downfall.
The uncle is very rich and very free, often driving her around to play, in and out of various high-end clubs, bars, concerts, to eat in high-end restaurants, wear beautiful clothes, eat mountain treasures and seafood that have not been eaten before.
She was deeply fascinated by this extravagant life, began to doubt the meaning of reading, no longer as sad about studying as in the past, and no longer regarded oxford university as a must-achieve life goal, she began to make up various reasons to stay away from the supervision of her parents, play with him, and her grades plummeted.
Jenny was completely depraved, and she was eager to marry him, thinking he could change her destiny. Just when they were discussing marriage, she realized that she had been deceived, that the uncle had a wife, and that the wife was pregnant.
At this time, she suddenly woke up, knowing that taking shortcuts would not work, and she regretted it and went to ask the teacher to give her the opportunity to continue studying. Fortunately, all this was still too late, and eventually she was admitted to Oxford and lived the life she once dreamed of.
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The significance of this film is to tell girls that there is no shortcut in this world without making any efforts, and the life they want must be realized by themselves.
Jenny's family is not very good, but it is not poor, it is considered to be lower middle, and the only requirement her parents have for her is to be admitted to Oxford, because this is the only way for her to change her destiny.
It's just that this road is really difficult, the competitive pressure is very large, in order to get into Oxford University, she has completely lost her personal life, and she keeps repeating her studies every day.
For a female wolf who is in the middle of the flower season, such a life is really boring, not to mention that you don't know when it will end. So for such a life, she has a little resentment in her heart.
When the mature and golden uncle appeared beside her and took her to experience a life completely different from the past, she could never go back to the days of hard work.
She can't go back because such a good life came so easily that she didn't have to pay anything to get it. And on their own, you have to face the boredom of not knowing when it is a head.
That's why a lot of girls want to take shortcuts, it's really too hard and tiring to struggle on their own, and if there's such a shortcut in front of them, who doesn't want it.
It is said that from frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality, Jenny has enjoyed that luxurious life, let her go back to that road, it is too difficult. Don't say that a girl is difficult to resist, even an adult may not be able to resist.
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Jenny was lucky that she was still very young and had taken the wrong path, and could have gone a different way and re-walked, the capital of her trial and error in her youth. At the same time, she is also a very smart person, and she can still be admitted to the ideal university with a hard work.
But girls in real life may not have the luck of Jenny, once they take the wrong road, there is no way back to go, and they are not willing to go back to the road that needs to be struggled by themselves.
They have enjoyed the beauty of the ultimate life, and it is difficult to say stop and stop. They tend to make mistakes and don't stop their mistakes in time.
This society, which is full of material desires, has all kinds of temptations, more luxurious cars, more luxurious houses, good-looking and expensive bags, watches, lipstick, shoes, etc.
Most people yearn for that kind of good life, but the good life often needs material and financial support, some people live the life they want on their own, and some people don't.
People who have not lived the life they want will wonder if there are any shortcuts to take, and they can easily get these things without having to pay so much.
So when they have that opportunity, they often can't resist.
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There are always people who think that taking shortcuts is one of the fastest ways to happiness, but often in our view of shortcuts, it can be full of all kinds of traps.
Like Jenny of "Growth Education", she could have rewritten her life on her own, got into a good university, got a good job, and could have made more money. But she didn't take that path.
The shortcut she chose had a big trap waiting for her, and this trap was that the uncle originally had a wife, and she was played with by him. Even if she succeeds in marrying him and enjoying the kind of life she wants, when she is old and fading, she will find that the person she married will always like only young girls.
Those shortcuts that seem to be easy to take are really not necessarily so easy to walk, and only by relying on themselves to struggle is the most secure and reliable.
Actress YongMei shared her experience when she was young, when the place where she worked was opposite a very high-end shopping mall, and the things in it were so expensive that she couldn't afford to buy them. This gave her a lot of motivation to fight, and she wanted to see if she could get it on her own.
She also has the opportunity to take shortcuts and marry wealthy businessmen so that she can easily get these things. But she didn't choose this path because she wasn't willing and felt she could do it too. Today, she has fulfilled her youthful aspirations.
Relying on men will indeed make your life reach a higher level faster, you just need to have youth and beauty, but when you exchange these things with youth, but at the same time, you lose yourself a little bit, you will no longer work as hard as in the past, you will give up the struggle.
Relying on others is always unknown, you don't know what turmoil will happen in the future, and then you may become very passive, because your youth and beauty will be lost, but you have no more exchangeable capital.
A woman who relies on her own efforts to live the life she wants, this life will not be too bad no matter what, because in the process of struggle, not only has she achieved herself, but also has the ability to make money to support herself, which allows you to go farther and see the wider world.
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Illustrations in the text | Stills from "Growing Up Education"