Don't discuss reason and morality, just talk about learning. You can recall that there are always some smart (young) people around you at any time. When listening to the class, the teacher said a little and understood. If you encounter problems in your homework, just take a look at the answers. Then I did other things, and I did well in the exam.
According to Schopenhauer's point of view, these smart people often indicate the natural mediocrity in the years to come.
Coincidentally, we seem to have learned a similar view in middle school-hours, but not necessarily good. Although this article is mainly about Kong Rong's cleverness and wit. However, these eight words come from the mouth of Dr. Yang Chen, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, which makes people think deeply. This is actually a common social phenomenon.
Indeed, there are too many children who are smart and witty when they are young, but become ordinary when they grow up. A typical example is Jean Zhong Yong, which was also learned in middle school.
Although we now know that a person's achievements in life are not absolutely related to his childhood cleverness, we still want to find out some of them.
Before I say anything, I'll tell you two short stories of Buddhism, both of which happen to be about Huineng, the sixth ancestor.
The first story is about a monk lying on a wheel telling a poem (J) (lyrics in Buddhist scriptures, usually four sentences are a poem):
"There are tricks in the lying wheel, which can break all thoughts. I can't afford the environment, and Bodhi is getting longer and longer. "
I have the ability to cut off all distractions, change the external environment and keep my heart still, so my practice is improving every day.
Huineng, the sixth ancestor, thinks this is the wrong way of practicing, and the correct way is:
"Huineng can do nothing and keep thinking. Count your heart, how long is Bodhi? "
I said that I have no ability, I can't cut off all my thoughts, and my mood changes with the change of the external environment. I don't know how to improve my practice.
The second is Huineng and Shen Xiu, two famous Buddhas. Shen Xiu said:
"You are a bodhi tree, and your heart is like a mirror. Always wipe, don't get dust. "
Say that your body and mind are like bodhi trees and mirror platforms. Brush them constantly to prevent them from being polluted by dust and dirt and blocking the bright nature.
Huineng said:
"Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not Taiwan. There is nothing in the original, where is the dust? "
No bodhi tree, no stage. Since there is nothing, where does the dust come from?
Zen is divided into two schools: Shen Xiu and Huineng. Shen Xiu practiced gradual cultivation in the north (declined after the Tang Dynasty), and Huineng preached epiphany in the south. Just from the realm of practice, it is generally believed that Huineng's realm is higher than lying on the wheel and beautiful, grasping the most fundamental thing in one step, similar to the protagonist in martial arts novels. This method seems to be the most fundamental and convenient, but it ignores human nature and can be done in a few days. Of course, many people who think they are smart think they can do it. For the general public, the magic method is more practical. Since you are not a genius, you are not smart or ambitious, you should be serious and responsible, improve yourself through constant introspection, and finally understand the truth.
In fact, gradual practice and epiphany are not in conflict, but more like quantitative and qualitative changes in philosophy. Step-by-step practice is the basis of epiphany. Without enough accumulation and practice, it is impossible to achieve epiphany. It's easy to look up at the stars, but difficult to keep your feet on the ground.
Back to the topic, it's time, which is not necessarily a good reason: success is also smart, and failure is also smart.
For these smart children, the threshold of "knowing" is too low. It's too easy to "pass" as soon as you learn. The "communication" here refers to the understanding of knowledge points, not the overall mastery.
In primary school and junior high school, some children are smarter than knowledge, so they can get 100% with 80% energy, not only being among the best, but also spending a lot of time playing. When people ask, they can confidently say that they will anyway. However, while "gifted", some bad habits have been quietly breeding, such as impetuous, careless, overconfident, impatient and unrealistic. It's just that these bad habits are covered up by good grades.
In high school, the difficulty of knowledge increased sharply. There are still smart children who can learn and play while still staying at the top (stable at 600-650 points, or above). However, this is rare. For most children who used to be very smart, they can only rely on listening carefully and brushing the questions, first stabilizing, keeping up with the progress, and then thinking about improving.
When I am used to doing a few difficult problems in junior high school, I can master the knowledge points roughly, and I will unconsciously think that I have mastered the fundamental method of learning. There are two consequences, one is to be satisfied with a little taste, and the other is to overestimate one's ability.
Even if doing difficult problems is really effective in mastering knowledge, the difficulty of junior high school and senior high school is different. It takes a lot of time and energy, and if you spend 120% of your energy, you may only get 90% of the harvest, which will be compensated by patience and practicality. Patience and sureness have long been lost by many clever children.
Some children, in high school, listen to a knowledge point, understand it, and then stop attending classes. When I looked up and listened to another sentence, I understood again. I don't think it is difficult, but I don't know that cleverness is mistaken by cleverness. When listening to a class, we should not only listen to the basic knowledge points in the textbook, but also listen to the framework of knowledge and the details added by the teacher. Most of the so-called smart children are not geniuses. They attend classes intermittently, or only teach themselves and do problems after class. Lighter people lose detailed knowledge. In the worst case, the knowledge system cannot be established. By the time I reach the third year of high school, my grades will either decline or enter a bottleneck, and I can't improve further.
A leaf can't see Mount Tai. Habitual only pays attention to understanding tiny and isolated knowledge points, and is complacent in it, which directly leads to narrow vision and complacency, and finally limits a person's overall pattern. It's not surprising that everyone finally disappeared.
This article only talks about high school learning. In fact, everything is the same at any stage, so it is easy for you to understand what others are doing, and sometimes you can even say that I can do it. But when you really do it yourself, you may not be able to do it. For example, if you can play ball, how long has it been since you learned new skills? You can write in brush. How long has it been since your handwriting improved? You can play musical instruments. When can you practice the more difficult fingering? You can sing. How do you control your breath? Has your range expanded? You are a teacher. How long has it been since your knowledge reserve was updated? Even playing games, how long did you stay in your post?
When answering these questions, please don't move out without talent as a shield, because your people set you up or you think you are a smart person.