In the process of sorting out my children's school bags and wrapping books tonight, I couldn't help but think of the toxic textbook scandal that attracted widespread attention last year. I was deeply worried about this incident, so I deliberately opened my child's Chinese textbook and carefully checked the contents of the catalog.
I noticed that in the first volume of the third-grade Chinese textbook, there was not a single text about the mainland's national heroes, combat heroes, or patriotic scientists. This surprised and puzzled me a little. I don't know if the Chinese textbook of the third grade has always been arranged like this? I can't find the old version to compare for a while?
However, is it really good that a semester has passed without a single article about national heroes in the entire text? I don't think that's appropriate. National heroes are the pride of our country, and they have made great contributions to the country and its people. By learning from their deeds, we can better understand the history and culture of the mainland and cultivate our patriotic feelings.
There was a question in my mind that had been bothering me and making me feel uneasy. That is, without our knowledge, someone has quietly removed from our primary school textbooks those who have sacrificed so much for our country and nation, and defended our dignity and freedom with their blood and lives, that is, the heroes of our nation and the heroes of battle? Does this really exist?
These heroes, their names and deeds, were once taught to be remembered by us from an early age. Their bravery, perseverance, and selfless dedication are the spiritual pillars of every Chinese. However, if they do disappear from our textbooks, will our next generation still know about their existence? Can they still draw from it the kind of spiritual strength that they can sacrifice for the sake of the country and the nation?
This question worries me deeply. Because, if this phenomenon really exists, then our education will lose its most important part - inheritance. Without this legacy, our next generation may forget the heroes who have paid for us, they may forget the hardships and challenges they have had, and they may forget the glory and victories of the past. This is undoubtedly a loss of our national spirit and a kind of forgetting of our history.
Mr. Yu Dafu delivered a profound speech at the conference to commemorate Mr. Lu Xun: "A nation without heroes is unfortunate, because heroes represent the spirit and strength of the nation. And a nation that has heroes but does not know how to respect and cherish is incorrigible, because it means that the nation has lost its own values and beliefs. When a country has great people who do not know how to embrace, love, and revere them, the country is destined to be a hopeless slave state. ”
In addition, someone once said, "To understand a people, you have to look at who the hero they worship." This sentence means that the heroes worshipped by a nation represent the spiritual pursuits and values of the nation.
Qian Xuesen's predecessors also said: "If you want to disintegrate a nation, you only need to remove the backbone and blood of men, and take away the shame and kindness of women." The social climate is broken, and it takes generations to fix it. This sentence warns us that the backbone and blood of a nation, the shame and kindness of women are all important parts of the national spirit, and once lost, it will be difficult to recover.
As the teaching materials of national education for generations of children, Chinese textbooks are the "important weapons of the country" that shape the spiritual soul and will quality of a country! We have to be very cautious about this! I strongly call for more national heroes to appear in the textbooks, so that children can learn the heroic deeds of national heroes from an early age!
We must tell the stories of our national heroes, revolutionary martyrs, patriotic scientists, and servants of the people. These stories can not only inspire children's patriotic feelings, but also help them understand what a real hero is, so as to establish correct values and outlook on life.
