Chapter 25 talk about growth

Not only people have the impetus to go out, any kind of creature will want to go out. Every summer vacation, I don’t know how many parents will watch their babies leave home with joy and joy, thinking: "How wonderful! The child has grown up; how sad! The child is gradually leaving our side. " when you leave your parents Last night, Uncle Qin and Mother Qin brought Vicky home, and brought some summer camp materials, saying that Vicky would go to an academic camp by the bay during the summer vacation. I asked if I could live on campus? Uncle Qin said, "How is it possible? They have to pick up and drop off every day." Then they asked you how to arrange it.

Mom said you were going to 'Grass Hill Music School' for seven weeks. They also ask if you live on campus or not. "It's so far away, of course I live on campus. And my family members are not allowed to visit me usually!" Mom said, "No phone calls, no internet access, no TV, and piano practice at eight o'clock every morning. There are teachers patrolling the corridors, and if you don’t hear the sound of the piano, you will knock on the door to warn, it’s like a concentration camp.” Qin's mother widened her eyes and asked if we can rest assured? "Don't worry! I was spoiled and spoiled at home, and now I have been there for seven weeks. I heard that I still live in a dormitory converted from a stable. There are bugs everywhere, and because of lack of water, the bathing time is limited to five minutes." Mom sighed: "But she's going!"

I laughed and said that this is "women's university is not allowed to stay". When a child grows up, he will want to fly. On the one hand, you are afraid, but when asked whether you will go, you still firmly say that you will. Seeing Uncle Qin's surprised look, do you remember what I said to him at that time? I smiled and asked Uncle Qin, did he think that he left his family behind, packed his bags, flew across the Pacific Ocean from Dalian, and came to New York? Then he brought his wife and son, and gave birth to Vicky.Back then they lived in the boss's basement, but now they not only have their own good house and car, but the house is worth more than 600,000 US dollars.

"If you couldn't let go and take a step back then, would you be where you are today?" I said to Uncle Qin: "People are born with the urge to go out. What is youth? Youth means being able to take steps. Bu Zi, always want to see what the other side of the horizon looks like." In fact, not only people have the impetus to go out, but any kind of creature will want to go out. Do you remember when I pointed to the melon vine and said to you "Look! Why does the melon crawl? You can plant it in the shade, but it can climb into the sun." I also taught you to touch the African impatiens The seeds of flowers, that kind of seed explodes all of a sudden, and pops out the small black seeds, which scares you.

Although it can only bounce about one meter away, but relying on this strength, they can spread from one tree to all over the mountains and plains in a short time. Why do they use bombs to disperse seeds? They also have the urge to go out! Even if parents can't go out, they hope their children can go out. So today, although you are afraid, you still insist on going to that summer camp; even though your parents are reluctant, they still have to agree with you to go.We are one for joy and one for you.The joy is that you have grown up, and you have an impulse to leave your parents and go out to explore the world on your own; what's more, you usually scream when you see bugs, how can you adapt to the life of living in the mountains?

In fact, most of the middle school students in the neighborhood go to summer camps during their summer vacations. For example, several of your classmates went to the academic camp organized by Johns Hopkins University. It is said that it is also very strict there, doing academic research every day for three consecutive weeks.It’s also like the summer camp that Vicky participated in. I heard that it is quite strict, focusing on mathematics and science, and training the skills for taking the SAT exam early. My mother also heard that some people tried their best to send their children to England to go to summer camps held by Oxford and Cambridge!

I know that parents in Taiwan often send their children to summer camps in the United States, but I also heard that Chinese parents often cannot accept the concept of making their children suffer so much. Most summer camps in the United States do not allow children to call their parents in the camp, and the two parties can only communicate by correspondence; except for the specially arranged "parent-child day" in American summer camps, parents are often not allowed to visit. I have personally heard parents in Taiwan complain that they became darker and thinner after participating in summer camps, complaining that the camps made their children suffer too much.What they don't expect is that their children are also stronger, more independent, and more mature.

They don't know that besides teaching, another important goal of summer camp is to teach children to be independent. This afternoon, I saw a mail-order target book on your mother’s desk. She folded one of the pages. It turned out to be a vacuum cleaner with a long plastic tube. Just point it at the bug and press the button. Can suck bugs into the tube. How wonderful! I was looking at another mail-order magazine yesterday and saw that flutter, and I folded it up to buy it for you! So I thought, no wonder the mail-order companies send out leaflets for all kinds of insecticides around this time of year.I believe that many other parents will be like us after seeing it - "Heartbeat! Isn't this just what my baby needs?"

Every summer vacation, I don’t know how many parents will watch their babies leave home with joy and joy, thinking: "How wonderful! The child has grown up; how sad! The child is gradually leaving us!"