Chapter 95 what's wrong with being second

In the book "The Last 14 Tuesday Lessons", there is a thought-provoking episode. Mitch recalled that in 1979, a basketball game was being played in the campus stadium.Their varsity team is doing well, and the student cheerleaders start chanting rhythmically: "We are number one! We are number one!" Morrie was sitting on the sidelines. He seemed quite puzzled by the sound of cheering. While the students were still shouting "We are number one!", his teacher, Morrie, stood up and yelled: "What's wrong with being second!" The students looked at him in surprise and stopped cheering. Morrie sat down, smiling and looking smug.

Yes, what's wrong with being second?However, what we strive for all our lives is the first place. When I was in Form 5, the school held a volleyball match. Our first team went from the winner to the first team from the loser, and we lost.After the game, some of us girls hid in the locker room and cried bitterly.We want to be first. First, it was only a short-lived victory.What matters is not how many places you get, but what you learn from it.We must have the determination to win, but we must also have the open-mindedness to lose.Did you try your best?If you don't try your best, you don't have the right to cry because of defeat.Trying your best to finish second or wrapping up is more interesting than winning first place by fluke.I would like to share Morrie's short story with all of you who are taking the exam.