Chapter 13 Sixth, exercising children's physical strength is the prerequisite for cultivating their intelligence

If you can do what I say, abandon those so-called orthodox education methods, if you can focus on your child's present instead of thinking about how to achieve his bright future all day long, then you will soon find that your child Soon with the ability to observe, remember and reason.You can totally trust me because it's a law of nature. When his senses are sufficiently active, he will soon have a judgment commensurate with his physical strength.If he has spare physical strength, he can use it to develop his thinking ability.Therefore, exercising children's physical strength is the prerequisite for cultivating their intelligence.To make him wise, you must first make him strong.

Let him participate in more labor or activities, whether it is running or shouting, anyway, don't let him always be in a static state, and he will become a vigorous person in a short time. If you always treat him as a robot, pointing at him all day long, letting him do this for a while, and not allowing him to do that for a while, over time, he will become a fool without his own opinions.If his hands are always at the mercy of your brain, why does he need his own brain? Here, I must reiterate: If you are a traditional pedant, it is best not to read my book. Some people think that it is right that the brain dominates the body, as if the two cannot be active at the same time, otherwise physical exercise will damage the functioning of the brain.

This is simply a huge fallacy.There are two kinds of men who work only with their bodies and never with their minds: the peasant and the savage.Peasants, though physically strong, are rough and dull.Savages, on the contrary, are known for their keen insight and observation. Where does this difference come from?In the education that farmers receive, they always do what others say, or imitate others, or they still do what they did when they were young when they grow up. They don't know how to change, they always follow the rules, and never think about living in their own way. In this way, habits replace thinking, and obedience replaces rationality.

Look at those savages again. They have no fixed place, no specific task, and no one to obey.There are no rules in their lives, only their own will. Therefore, when he encounters a problem, he has to think and solve it by himself.Their physical strength and intelligence are in a mutually reinforcing relationship: the stronger their physical strength, the higher their intelligence; the higher their intelligence, the more they can improve their physical strength. Those knowledgeable teachers, I want to ask you a question: Which one is more like a farmer or a savage, my student or your student?

Your student is always under your control, and he does only what you tell him to do.He doesn't have to think about everything by himself, because you have already planned for him. You worry about his future and happiness, and he doesn't have to think about it himself, just listen to your judgment.Before going out, he won't check to see if it's raining, because he knows you've already checked the weather for him.When taking a walk, he doesn't have to care about what time it is, because he knows that you will naturally call him home for dinner. His body did not grow stronger, nor his mind more flexible.You make him do things that don't work with what little rationality he has, and he no longer believes in the importance of rationality.

Look at my pupils, more precisely, natural pupils.He has exercised himself to do some things since he was a child. He has no habit of asking for help, and he has no problem with boasting.In addition, whenever he encounters something related to him, he will think, make judgments, and even try to predict the development of things. He knows little about the world, but he always spares no effort to accomplish what he should do.In order to act better, he has to constantly observe things.In this way, his experience is getting richer and richer, but these experiences do not come from people, but from nature.

It is precisely because he is not disturbed by education that he can better educate himself.He has to think for himself in everything, and then act, so that his mind and body are exercised.As his body grows stronger, so does his wisdom and judgment. In this way he would acquire two things which few men possess at the same time: a strong body and a developed mind.In time, he will combine the rationality of a wise man with the vitality of an athlete. Under the independent guidance of nature, the child is freed from the weakness of the body and the dullness of the mind, and gradually develops the understanding that is the easiest and the only one that can be cultivated in childhood, which will benefit him throughout his life.

During exercise, children learn how to use their physical strength properly, know the relationship between their own body and external objects, and how to use tools that are suitable for their own body. And those children who have been kept in the house by their mothers for a long time, they don't even know what gravity and resistance are, but they have the idea of ​​​​pulling down trees and destroying rocks. They are really stupid.