On the importance of reading

The ancients said: There is beauty like jade in the book, and there is a house of gold in the book. In ancient times, reading could change a person's birth and destiny. Reading could help a poor scholar reach the pinnacle of his life, enter an official career, and successfully marry Bai Fumei. So I will study hard for ten years. In order to study, he cut the walls and stole the light, hung the beams and stabbed the buttocks. In ancient times, there are allusions such as Mencius' mother moved to Mencius three times, Li Bai ground an iron pestle into a needle and a crowing rooster danced.

? In today’s 21st century, people of the new era. With the development of society and economy, the material foundation continues to improve, but the spiritual world cannot withstand any resistance. Why did the ancients have character? Why modern people are prone to anxiety. impetuous?

? If you ask me: "What is the meaning of reading?" I would like to give the following examples.

? Ye Shuhua, a 95-year-old female academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has short ear-length hair, plain clothes, and speaks fluent English. She is a leading figure in Chinese astronomy and is known as the "Mother of Beijing Time".

On November 2, Ye Shuhua participated in several activities at the 4th World Top Science Forum. Her valiant speech and her "listening" attitude attentively. The experience of Academician Ye Shuhua is a typical "history of women's struggle to study" that constantly breaks through social constraints.

In 1935, Japanese imperialism further invaded China, and 8-year-old Ye Shuhua moved with his family from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. In order to get the chance to go to school, Ye Shuhua returned to Guangdong alone.

She completed her studies in two middle schools and was admitted to the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy of Sun Yat-sen University with excellent results. Ye Shuhua likes literature, and the idea of ??scholar-bureaucrats in ancient Chinese books "not bowing down for five buckets of rice" has subtly shaped her character. The war and humiliation suffered by the motherland. This makes it an inevitable choice for her to devote herself to serving the country.

In 1950, not long after the founding of New China, she and her husband came to Nanjing from Hong Kong and applied for jobs at the Purple Mountain Observatory. Then Purple Mountain Observatory only recruited one male.

Ye Shuhua immediately wrote a letter to the director of the station, asking why only men were recruited, and listed five major reasons for his injustice. One can imagine how shocked the station director was at that time by this letter. In the end, Ye Shuhua got his wish and entered Xujiahui TV Station, which was affiliated with the Purple Mountain Observatory at that time, and became a female staff member.

Dean Ye Shuhua’s personal growth journey makes us understand the importance of studying. Finally, she became a female scientist who broke the "ceiling".

The second character, the 36-year-old Chinese female mayor Wu Yi, broke the 200-year "tradition" of male mayors in Boston. Due to cultural traditions, personal connections, and personality reasons, Chinese Americans enter politics in the United States. The proportion is not high. Among Asians, they cannot beat Indians.

Therefore, Wu Bai’s success is particularly exciting for everyone.

In fact, Wu Yi received 63% of the vote. Regardless of her personal background or policy agenda, she has been recognized by mainstream society. Wu Yi was born in a family of immigrants from Taiwan, China, and is the eldest of four siblings. Wu Yi's grandparents came to Taiwan from the mainland around 1949.

Her parents immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1982 and settled in Chicago. Wu Yi's father was admitted to the Illinois Institute of Technology graduate school, and his mother taught Chinese in the community.

Because his parents’ English was not very good when he first arrived in the United States, Wu Yi has been working as a translator for the family since he was 4 or 5 years old, and filling out various forms required by the government.

America in the 1980s was not a very tolerant place. Wu Yi was teased by her classmates about the rice and stir-fried vegetables in her lunch box, and her friends also made fun of Wu Yi's parents' accent when they spoke Chinese.

Like those self-made and cautious first-generation immigrants in the 1980s, his parents’ expectations for Wu Yi were to study hard, find a stable and lucrative job, preferably a step-by-step doctor, and try his best to deal with problems. Be patient and give in, and don't cause trouble that is irrelevant to your survival.

Wu Yi has been a top student since he was a child.

Won the Presidential Scholarship at the age of 18, took basic college courses in high school, got perfect scores on both SAT and CT, and was a member of the math community and school band. In addition, her Chinese and English are both at native level, and French and Spanish are at business level.

? The above two women who have profound attainments in scientific research and politics both know that studying is an indispensable link on the road to success, so they have overcome obstacles all the way. A stepping stone for his future success. If we don’t read, we are likely to be shut out.

As for ordinary people, studying hard can find a job, which can give you a diploma to make a living in the face of social involution, and a craftsmanship and skills that will not worry about life.

? Reading well can make you calm, thoughtful and wise when faced with problems. It can be your motivation to keep moving forward, and you will have a yearning for life.