A record of life with my son – buying and selling vegetables

At breakfast today, I suddenly heard my son muttering in his mouth that he didn't know what he was talking about. So I asked him, "What are you talking about, and I can't hear you clearly."

He replied, "Mom, why do you say we study so much math?" It was the fraction and the circle again, and what kind of Pythagorean theorem, I was dizzy. Besides, you don't need these to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Listening to his words, I was very angry and asked him: Where did you hear these words? He said a lot of people in school said that.

I was silent for a moment and said: It is true that you do not need those complicated and profound knowledge to buy vegetables, but this knowledge can determine your position in the vegetable market in the future, whether you buy vegetables or sell vegetables; they can also determine whether you buy high-end dishes or low-cost handling dishes in the future.

The son asked, "Then why do we still want to learn English?" Many people on the Internet say that they have not spoken English since they left school, and English is only useful in exams.

I said that these are all said by incompetent, short-sighted people. People who are really capable and capable will not say so. Our beloved Premier Zhou Enlai, who alone is proficient in multi-Chinese speech, never loses to anyone in diplomatic negotiations. Also, throughout history, celebrities, especially those who have made significant contributions to society, everyone is a mathematician, a physicist, a chemist, a linguist. For example, Einstein, Edison, Nobel, Marie Curie, etc., China's Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, etc. are all celebrities, they are not only proficient in mathematical calculations and reasoning, but also proficient in physics and chemistry, otherwise it would be impossible to develop China's first atomic bomb. Of course, they are more proficient in English, otherwise so much English material will become waste paper. So, learn from celebrities and not be influenced by bad speech.

People must have lofty ideals and serve the motherland after their studies are successful. You can now read more reports on the front line of science and technology and scientific research, broaden your horizons, set yourself a direction of effort, think about how you should go to glory in this life, and leave your heavy mark in this long river of history. Instead of watching those boring videos, listening to the gibberish of a bunch of people who have no ability to complain about social injustice, follow the crowd, and then spend your life in a muddy haze. When it comes to the twilight years, looking back at these short decades, there is nothing.

As soon as I finished speaking, my son nodded sensibly: Mom, I will definitely study hard and never listen to other people's nonsense again.