若问高三语文老师:语文能给学生什么?他或许会告诉你,给应试的方法。若问文学家:语文能给学生什么?他或许会告诉你,给文学的食粮。若问教育家:语文能给学生什么?他或许会告诉你,给做人的道理。……这些答法,不能说没有道理,但并不理想。因为语文不仅是应试语文,语文的内容不仅是文学,语文不是政治的附庸……语文给学生什么呢?著名特级教师于永正在一次讲话中借爱因斯坦的一句话作了回 If you ask a senior Chinese teacher: What can Chinese language give to students? He may tell you how to give it a try. If you ask a writer what language can give students, he may tell you to give food for literature. If you ask the educator: What can the language give the students? He may tell you and give reason to life. ... These answers cannot be said to be unreasonable but not ideal. Because language is not only an exam language, the content of language is not only literature, language is not a vassal of politics... What does language give to students? Well-known special teacher Yu Yong is making a reply in Einstein’s sentence in a speech