《人民教育》编辑部请我就深化教育改革问题发表一些看法。我对中学的教育了解不多,很难谈具体的改革意见。但我个人深深感受到中学时代的教育,对一个人的成长非常重要。记得有一次听著名科学家钱学森同志谈到,他在北京师大附中所受的教育,对他的成长起了很大的作用,对此我们都有同感。我中学的大部分时间是在北京的贝满女中(现166中学)度过的。几年前,纪念母校建立120周年,不少白发苍苍的老校友,写出了对母校发自内心感激之情的文章,叙说母校不仅给他们启蒙的知识,更教育他们如何做人。现在想来,虽然在旧中国,这些教育有历史的局限性,但“敬业乐群”的校训,毕竟教导我们要永远向上,要爱护集体。中学时代学到的知识,印象特别深刻,因此,中学时代 The editorial department of “People’s Education” asked me to express some opinions on deepening the issue of education reform. I don’t know much about secondary education, and it is difficult to talk about specific reform opinions. However, I personally feel deeply that education in the middle school era is very important to one’s growth. I remember one time listening to the famous scientist Qian Xuesen said that his education in the Beijing Normal University High School has played a big role in his growth. We all share the same feeling. Most of my secondary school was spent in Peking Girls’ School (now 166 Middle School) in Beijing. A few years ago, in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of his alma mater, many old alumni with gray hair wrote an article of gratitude to his alma mater, arguing that his alma mater not only gave them knowledge of enlightenment, but also taught them how to behave. Now think about it, although in old China, these educations have historical limitations, but the “professional and loyalty” school motto teaches us to always be upward and we must care for the collective. The knowledge I learned in the middle school era was particularly impressive, so the middle school era