In a small town on the outskirts of New Jersey, a class of 26 children was arranged in a dimly lit classroom in the innermost part of the teaching building. The inspirational story is that the past is not equal to the future. All of them have had a disgraceful history; Some people have taken drugs, some have been in reformatory, and one girl even had three abortions in one year. Parents can't do anything about them, and teachers and schools almost give up on them.

at this time, a female teacher named fila became the tutor of this class. On the first day of the new school year, instead of giving these children a reprimand and showing them off, as her former teacher did, Fila gave us a question:

There are three candidates, namely ──

A: They believe in witch doctors, have two mistresses, have many years of smoking history and are addicted to alcohol;

B: I was kicked out of the office twice, got up at noon every day, drank about 1 liter of brandy every night, and had a record of smoking opium;

C: I used to be a national war hero. I always kept a vegetarian habit, loved art, drank wine occasionally, and never did anything illegal when I was young. My inspirational story: The past is not equal to the future.

the question that fila asked the children was:

if I told you that one of these three people would become a great man that everyone admired, who do you think it would be? Guess, what kind of fate will these three people have in the future?

For the first question, there is no doubt that the children all chose C; As for the second question, everyone's inferences are almost the same: A and B are bound to have a bad fate, either becoming criminals or wastes that need social care. C, on the other hand, must be a man of noble character and destined to become an elite.

however, fila's answer is surprising. "Children, your conclusion may conform to the general judgment, but the fact is that you are all wrong. Everyone is familiar with these three people. They are three famous figures during World War II ──A is franklin roosevelt, who was physically disabled and determined, and was re-elected as the president of the United States for four times; B is Winston Churchill, the most famous prime minister in British history; Everyone is familiar with the name of C. His name is Adolf Hitler, a fascist head of state who claimed tens of millions of innocent lives. " The students were staring blankly at Vera. They couldn't believe their ears.

"children," continued fila, "your life has just begun. Past faults and humiliations can only represent the past. What really represents a person's life is what he does now and in the future.

everyone is not perfect, even great men are at fault. Come out from the shadow of the past, and from now on, work hard to do what you want to do most, and you will all become outstanding talents ... "

Fila's words changed the lives of 26 children. Now these children have grown up, some of them have become psychologists, some have become judges, and some have become airplane pilots.

It is worth mentioning that Robert Harrison, the shortest and most disruptive student in his class, later became the youngest fund manager on Wall Street.

"It turns out that we all feel hopeless, because all people think so. It was teacher Fila who first awakened us: the past is not important, and we still have the present and the future that we can grasp. " Children say this when they grow up.

A psychologist once said that children grow up the way you describe them. If you say he is a scoundrel, he will gradually become like a scoundrel; If you say he is smart, he may really become very smart.

Many adults keep killing their children's beauty with their own prejudices, but they don't know it at all.