Education does not represent a person's quality and filial piety, which is what my 57-year-old Aunt Chang has learned from her own experience. Her son is the most educated person in the family, and people around him have always praised him, thinking that his high education will make him a person who knows how to honor his parents. However, during the three years she spent with her son, Aunt Chang found that his high education did not make him a kind person for his family.
The son was indifferent to Aunt Chang and her husband, and even verbally accused and disrespected them. This made Aunt Chang wonder if a high degree could truly reflect a person's character and filial piety. Aunt Chang, who is from rural Shaanxi Province, and her husband have struggled to provide for their son's education and rely on farming and odd jobs to support the family. My son has worked hard from elementary school to high school, and his academic performance has always been among the best, and he is still a top three student every year.
In the end, he was successfully admitted to graduate school and became the pride of the entire family. Relatives must have a good opinion of Aunt Chang and her husband, thinking that they have raised a productive son, and even look forward to his son taking them to the big city to enjoy a happy life after graduation. However, Aunt Chang found that although her son was highly educated, he was indifferent to himself and her husband. Since he was a child, his son did not like to talk, did not like to communicate with his parents, and did not even call Aunt Chang and his mother much.
Aunt Chang went to school to pick up her son many times, but she was only treated indifferently by him, and Aunt Chang did not understand why her son would be so cold to herself. After graduation, his son stayed in Shenzhen to work and found a graduate student girlfriend in Guangxi. The son's wedding was held in Guangxi, and Aunt Chang and her husband took out only 50,000 yuan as a bride price, but the son and daughter-in-law did not show enthusiasm and gratitude, and everything seemed cold and ruthless.
Aunt Chang's disappointment and grievances accumulated again and again, and even fell into loneliness and helplessness at her son's house. The daughter-in-law has a bad attitude towards Aunt Chang, often loses her temper, and even disdains Aunt Chang's efforts. Aunt Chang came to her son's house and took care of the children every day, did housework, and even bought food at her own expense. In order to maintain the harmony of the family, Aunt Chang endured her daughter-in-law's indifference and vexatious teasing.
However, when she said a sentence in Shaanxi dialect in front of her grandson in order to put the child to sleep, her daughter-in-law misunderstood her meaning and lost her temper with her. The son also supported his daughter-in-law in this matter, and even blamed Aunt Chang for being too emotional. Aunt Chang's pain and grievances made her decide to leave her son's home, and she realized that she was completely disrespected in this home, just used as a tool for work.
She chose to leave and go to work in other places, she understood that in this world, only relying on herself is the most reliable. She also began to understand that a high degree does not represent a person's quality and filial piety, and that education and being a person are two different things. Aunt Chang's story has led people to think about their education and quality. Education is a measure of a person's level of knowledge, but it does not represent a person's quality and filial piety.
A person can have a high degree, but if there is a lack of respect and concern for others, then no matter how high the education is, it is just a dead letter. On the contrary, even if a person is not highly educated, if he treats his family well and is filial to his parents, then he also deserves our admiration and respect. In real life, we need to pay more attention to a person's quality and filial piety, not just the pursuit of academic qualifications. Only on the basis of quality and filial piety can academic qualifications truly exert their value.
Therefore, we should cultivate a healthy educational concept that focuses on cultivating students' moral and emotional qualities, rather than just pursuing academic excellence. References: - "Cultivating the Moral and Emotional Qualities of College Students" (Source: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University) - "Education does not represent a person's quality and ability" (Source: People's Daily)