今年一月教师报和中国青年报發表了毛主席給徐特立同志的信,广大教师和青年紛紛来信給徐老,表示要向他学習,并要他談談自己学習的經驗。本刊記者特往訪徐老以及了解他的同志。綜合起来,写了这篇自学的經驗,同时把他的处境和时代都写出来,以說明我們的老一輩是怎样艰苦奋斗去开辟道路的。徐老从私塾里所学得的东西还不到今天高小毕业生的程度,他成为革命的老教育家,都是在工作中自学的結果。从这里我們小學教师和高小毕業生可以得到無限的鼓舞!徐老对于許多来信不能一一答复,特囑記者向来信的同志致意。 In January this year, the Teachers’ Daily and the China Youth Daily published a letter from Chairman Mao to Comrade Xu Tella. The vast numbers of teachers and youth have written letters to Xu Lao, stating that he wants to learn from him and ask him to talk about his own learning experience. Special correspondents visited Xu Lao and understand his comrades. Taken together, I wrote this self-learning experience and at the same time wrote out both his situation and the times to show how our older generation worked hard to open the way. What Xu learned from his private school was less than the graduates of today’s high school. He became an educator of the revolution and was the result of self-study at work. From here our primary school teachers and high school graduates can get unlimited encouragement! Xu old for many letters can not reply one by one, I urge journalists to pay tribute to comrades.