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Irecently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs1. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average persons.
He responded that, in his opinion2, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip3 on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a veritable4 sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen， instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle5 of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge6, a towel or a mop7. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively8 carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
This renowned9 scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something valuable from it.
Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?
最近，我听到了一个关于一位著名科学家的故事。这位科学家在医学方面取得了非常重要的成就。有个报社记者采访过他，问他为什么认为自己比一般人更有创造力。
他说，在他看来，这一切全都源于他两岁时和他母亲在一起时的经历。当时，他在厨房里努力从冰箱里拿一瓶牛奶，可瓶子太滑了，他没有抓住。瓶子掉在了地上，牛奶溅得满地都是——简直是一片牛奶的海洋。
他母亲来到厨房，没有对他大喊大叫，也没有狠狠地教训或惩罚他，而是说：“罗伯特，你制造的麻烦真是棒极了！我很少看见这么大一汪牛奶。呃，反正事情已经发生了，那么，你想不想在我们把它打扫干净以前，在牛奶中玩一会儿呢？”
他真的在牛奶中玩了起来。几分钟后，他母亲说：“你知道，罗伯特，不管你什么时候把事情搞得像这样一团糟，最终，你都得把它打扫干净，并把每件东西按原样放好。所以，你想怎么收拾呢？我们可以用海绵、毛巾或者拖把。你想用哪一个？”他选择了海绵，然后，他们一起把地上的牛奶打扫干净了。
然后，他母亲说：“你知道，罗伯特，我们现在要解决的问题是如何用两只小手有效地搬运一个大牛奶瓶。你刚才的实验是失败的。现在，我们到后院去，把这个瓶子装满水，看看你能不能找出办法来，在不让它掉到地上去的情况下搬运它。”通过试验，小罗伯特发现只要用双手抓住瓶子顶部接近瓶嘴的地方，瓶子就不会从手中滑掉。真是一个妙不可言的教训！
然后，这位著名科学家说，从那时起，他就知道不必害怕犯错误。不但如此，他还从中认识到错误是学习新知识的良机。其实，科学实验也是如此。即使实验失败了，我们还是可以从中学到有价值的东西。
如果天下所有的父母都能像罗伯特的母亲教育罗伯特那样教育子女的话，那不就太好了吗？
江涵秋影摘译自Enlighten Education
He responded that, in his opinion2, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip3 on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a veritable4 sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen， instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle5 of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge6, a towel or a mop7. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively8 carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
This renowned9 scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something valuable from it.
Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?
最近，我听到了一个关于一位著名科学家的故事。这位科学家在医学方面取得了非常重要的成就。有个报社记者采访过他，问他为什么认为自己比一般人更有创造力。
他说，在他看来，这一切全都源于他两岁时和他母亲在一起时的经历。当时，他在厨房里努力从冰箱里拿一瓶牛奶，可瓶子太滑了，他没有抓住。瓶子掉在了地上，牛奶溅得满地都是——简直是一片牛奶的海洋。
他母亲来到厨房，没有对他大喊大叫，也没有狠狠地教训或惩罚他，而是说：“罗伯特，你制造的麻烦真是棒极了！我很少看见这么大一汪牛奶。呃，反正事情已经发生了，那么，你想不想在我们把它打扫干净以前，在牛奶中玩一会儿呢？”
他真的在牛奶中玩了起来。几分钟后，他母亲说：“你知道，罗伯特，不管你什么时候把事情搞得像这样一团糟，最终，你都得把它打扫干净，并把每件东西按原样放好。所以，你想怎么收拾呢？我们可以用海绵、毛巾或者拖把。你想用哪一个？”他选择了海绵，然后，他们一起把地上的牛奶打扫干净了。
然后，他母亲说：“你知道，罗伯特，我们现在要解决的问题是如何用两只小手有效地搬运一个大牛奶瓶。你刚才的实验是失败的。现在，我们到后院去，把这个瓶子装满水，看看你能不能找出办法来，在不让它掉到地上去的情况下搬运它。”通过试验，小罗伯特发现只要用双手抓住瓶子顶部接近瓶嘴的地方，瓶子就不会从手中滑掉。真是一个妙不可言的教训！
然后，这位著名科学家说，从那时起，他就知道不必害怕犯错误。不但如此，他还从中认识到错误是学习新知识的良机。其实，科学实验也是如此。即使实验失败了，我们还是可以从中学到有价值的东西。
如果天下所有的父母都能像罗伯特的母亲教育罗伯特那样教育子女的话，那不就太好了吗？
江涵秋影摘译自Enlighten Education