陶行知提倡“每天四问”,就是每日要反躬自问身体、学问、工作和道德上有没有进步,进步了多少。他大声疾呼,要全体师生“建筑人格长城”。他自己就处处以身作则。在育才学校流传过两只口袋的故事。陶行知的上衣缝有两只口袋,一只装公款,一只装私款。有一天他到远处去募捐,走访 Tao Xingzhi advocates “requiring four questions a day”, which means he or she should ask himself every day whether he has made any progress in physical, intellectual, work, and moral progress and how much he has progressed. He shouted loudly that all teachers and students should “build the Great Wall of Personality.” He himself set an example everywhere. The story of two pockets spread in Yucai School. Tao Xingzhi’s top is sewn with two pockets, one for public funds and one for private funds. One day he went far to collect donations and visit