I thought physics was my home, but I was a winner after changing to a chemistry department. How important is it to find "true love"?

—— Benjamin List

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On the afternoon of October 6, Beijing time, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Benjamin Leigh (Benjamin List) and David MacMillan (David MacMillan) in recognition of their contribution to the development of asymmetric organic catalysis.

Lister was very interested in chemistry when he was 11 years old, and it was this love that made him take chemistry as a lifelong career. In his opinion, there will be passion if there is love, and even boring laboratory research will become interesting.

In contrast, his friend, another winner, Macmillan’s growth experience is more interesting.

He was born in a working class in Scotland. Because of his brother's influence, he was deeply attracted by the fun of physics and chemical logic in high school. So, after graduating from high school, he applied for University of Glasgow physics department.

When I was studying physics at the University of Glasgow, the class time was relatively early. It was just dark at 8 o'clock,He was going to a cold and leaky classroom to do an experiment. Later, he found that the chemistry class after 2 hours didn't need to get up early, and it was in a warmer and drier space, so he decided to transfer from the physics department to the chemistry department. This seemingly "willful" choice is entirely determined by Macmillan's own interests and is no longer influenced by people around him. Macmillan's life trajectory also illustrates another truth: fate does not talk about science, and success sometimes requires a little "accident".

This interesting story of "changing careers" actually provides reference for our parents.

As Einstein said: "Interest is the best teacher, it can stimulate people's creative enthusiasm, curiosity and thirst for knowledge. The will of people supported by persevering beliefs is more invincible than those who seem to be invincible. The material power of the human body is more powerful.”

When a person is doing what he likes, his personal potential will be maximized. Active acquisition is easier for people to understand and learn than passive acceptance. We are one step closer to success.

Now under the "double reduction" policy, children's weekend time is no longer filled with cram schools, and they have more opportunities and time to explore their interests.

can be art hobbies such as piano, painting, and Go to improve children's cultural literacy, or astronomy, geography, and computer courses that can stimulate interest in learning.

From the perspective of educational psychology, learning interest is both the reason and the result of learning.

Students who are interested in a certain subject (the interest here is a desire for cognition driven by curiosity), they will concentrate on studying it, and after getting a certain sense of pleasure, they will be more motivated to continue , So as to improve the learning effect.

As parents, it should be noted that we should be the "guides" of children's interests, which can inspire children to find their true interests, but we cannot force them to be interested in certain things with utilitarian purposes. I once heard a piano tenth grade girl say to me: "I actually don't like pianos. After taking the certificate, I no longer have any motivation to open the piano cover." "Like" cannot force and deceive myself.Therefore, the interest must and can only be generated by the children themselves.

In fact, everyone has their own special interests in their youth. They have thought about becoming the world-famous Picasso 2.0, thought about becoming a scientist who saves the world, and thought about exploring the mysteries of planets in the universe. But as time flies, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and our interests are also changing with it. Macmillan's story also tells us that no matter when, it is possible to find the interest that belongs to "true love". By then, don't let it go.

Winners are often those who are truly obsessed with their own interests, but for ordinary us, the current persistence is actually a kind of success.

Finally, I will provide you with a few tips:

1. Take good care of your children's curiosity, and don't neglect or deny their exploration behavior.

2. Give children space and time to think freely. Don't always control them with your own thoughts.

3. Develop children's various interests and accept their frequent changes in interests.

4. Believe in your own child and convey positive emotions and correct ideas to him.

5. Cultivate children's interest in learning patiently, and don't rush to fix the interest in the learning of subject knowledge.

6. Take a look at Zhongzhaojun’s "Small Western Theater" and feel your language talent! Maybe the next diplomat is you!