How to be a good person

How to be a good person

——A Tsinghua student’s speech at his alma mater

Author: Machang Hui, Jiangling II graduates in 2004, "Orioles Literary Society" Ren Xuesheng second president, now studying at Qinghua University, and English due to outstanding eloquence, was funded by a United States visa office. This speech is a report that was returned to the high school alma mater Jiangling No. 2 during the sophomore year. The following is the original speech:

Dear teacher, dear classmate:

Hello everyone! My name is Ma Changhui and I am a 2004 graduate of Jiangling No. 2 Middle School. I am currently studying at the Department of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering of Tsinghua University. I am very excited when I return to my alma mater today.

Every time you walk into this campus, there will be a special feeling, as if there is a voice in the heart. In the four years of Jiangling No. 2, there were too many laughter and many sadness, so that when I was about to leave her, I thought I would forget this memory. After more than two years, I finally realized that it was the four years of ups and downs that gave me the courage to fear, so that at any moment, in the face of various challenges and suffering, Can tell me firmly: I can't beat me, make me stronger! I have been thinking about such a problem for a long time. What do I have to do to become a good person? What qualities should a consistently good person have? The road to life, long journey, search for up and down, there are gains and losses. When I finally can sit here and face the teachers and sisters of my alma mater, I find that I already have an answer in my heart.

A good person should have a broad mind, how big the world is in one's eyes, and how far his life path can go. The so-called vision determines fate. Only when one can see the future of the nation and the nation can we combine our destiny with the country to become a person who keeps pace with the times, an ordinary but great person.

I support everyone to a better university, not just for a good university diploma. For a hundred years, the education of the university is focused on cultivating one's character. The impact of a good university is subtle. Here I can tell you about some of my things in college. Tsinghua has more than 1,000 work-study positions, some are collective cooperation, some are teacher work assistants, and some are solely responsible for... The purpose of all these positions is to train one's basic ability to do things and cultivate a self-reliance spirit. To educate young people to persist in creating wealth with their own hands. The university's study room is very quiet, and it is quieter than the high school's usual quality examination. All of us know that there are many students on campus who are learning and they need a quiet environment. Good order is maintained by everyone. A person must not have only oneself in his eyes. Only his own person can easily go astray. When you think that the world is against you, it must not be the wrong world, but you are in the wrong direction. No one can take it except yourself. You are on the road. Try to look at your life from the perspective of a bystander, and you will find that there is no road in the world. Somewhere there is a way, not that it does not exist, but that you cannot see it.

A good person must have a solid style, that is, to endure hardships. There is nothing in the world to get something for nothing. What people can see is the aura of victory. What you can’t see is the hard work behind you. Don’t have too much extravagance for life. When you want something, ask yourself why you are qualified to get it. A person gets something and is destined to lose something else. Only what you should get after you work hard is what you really have. Therefore, when you have a lofty ideal, you must constrain yourself and fight hard against it. Otherwise, the ideal can only be a fantasy.

Just take my high school as an example. I am also very hard. I have to do 8 more materials than the average classmate. I get up at 5 o'clock every day and go to bed at 11 o'clock. Every morning from the dormitory to the classroom, the day is still not bright, walking and walking. I will feel very tired. Really tired and tired, I really want to stop and rest, but I know that the most difficult time is the moment before the victory. If I stop, my life will end and my dreams will not be realized. So I walked though hard but firm.

The road to life is bitter and sweet. The high school era is the youngest time. At this time, don't pay, wait for it. Modern society, with rapid changes, excellent talents emerge in an endless stream, do not want to be eliminated by the society, we must lay down their own foundations, do not think that the society is lacking you can not, the fact may only be that you left the society can not survive. Only the true power will never leave you, become a boulder under your feet, and let you climb to a higher level.

A good person must have good conduct. Words and deeds, your life, the beauty of the appearance can only determine the first sight, good character can determine a lifetime, the law is based on moral norms, and moral norms are maintained by the whole society. In fact, we can put ourselves in the ground and think about it. When we were taking a lunch break, suddenly someone shouted loudly on campus. Is it very annoying? When we were riding a car, someone was smoking in a closed compartment, was it annoying? When you queue up to buy something, someone is in front of the queue, is it very angry? When you look at others from the perspective of a bystander, you can reflect on yourself well.

I think that a person's performance is not the most important. The attitude towards learning is the most important. From a student's attitude towards learning, he can foresee his life. The so-called attitude determines life, I give everyone my motto: triumphant can not forget the shape, frustration can not be lost. No matter how beautiful, I am just a student. No matter how lost, I am still a student. My main task is to study hard. I hope that you can do the same. At all times, you can maintain a minimum and responsible attitude towards life.

A good person must grasp the most important things in life. Life is limited, and when you spend your energy on one aspect, there will be a lot less in other areas. Always be clear and aware that the most important thing in your life stage is that many people are used to focusing on small things that are not important, and they are getting farther and farther away from their original goals. In the end, I completely lost my direction.

I talked about love in high school, but now I strongly oppose high school students falling in love. Because love is a luxury of life, it is based on a certain foundation. People who don't fall in love don't have to envy others, because the world is much bigger than what you see. A person can only meet better people and have a better love if he is good enough. People who are in love can also think about it. Is the love you insist on in high school so good now, is it worth your time to make a bet on the future? You will have a lot of machines to talk about love in the future. Why do you fall in love when you are the least? A person must always recognize his position and know his priorities before he can perfect himself and realize his dreams.

A good person must know how to honor his parents and his motherland. The grace of the parents is high in the mountains. People who have no parents in their hearts will never have a country or a nation. If you can't understand what I said, then go back and do an experiment: no matter what kind of career your parents are doing, you can follow them for a day, don't have to do their jobs, just watch them work, you can experience their hard work. . Just think about your parents, they have their own parents, there are you, and there are multiple burdens on your shoulders. Think of our country again and shoulder the heavy responsibility of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. As the hope of the country and the backbone of the nation, we have multiple responsibilities. When you do anything, think about it. You are a Chinese. You are a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. You are a descendant of the dragon. What qualifications do you have to give up? What qualifications do you have to work hard?

Great ideals, solid style, good conduct, grasping the weight of life and the motherland are the five basic qualities that I think a good person should have. The so-called Chinese people want to be in the motherland when we need us. When the people need us, we can stand on the ground and use our hands to support the sun in the east!

thank you all!