Class Meeting Theme: How to Move Forward with Your 'Shell'
Activity Objectives:
To correctly recognize the pressure one carries and initially form the awareness of actively tempering oneself.
To establish self-reliance and confidence, cultivate the ability to withstand pressure and an optimistic, positive attitude towards life.
Key and Difficult Points:
To help students initially form the awareness of actively tempering themselves and cultivate the ability to withstand pressure.
Theme Explanation:
With the rapid development of modern society, various pressures such as academic entrance exams, parental expectations, and self-expectations are weighing heavily on students' minds. Guiding students to treat these pressures correctly and cultivating their self-strengthening will has become an important part of modern school moral education.
Pre-class Preparation:
Prepare the songs "The Snail and the Oriole" and "The Snail." Inform students of the class meeting theme in advance and ask them to reflect on "how to deal with pressure."
Class Meeting Process:
Introduction: Introduce the theme through an ancient Egyptian legend.
There is a story that says only two types of animals can reach the top of the pyramids: the eagle, which flies up using its natural talent and wings, and the snail. The snail reaches the top of the pyramid subjectively due to its unwavering perseverance and objectively due to its heavy shell. It is this seemingly clumsy and burdensome shell that allows the small snail to reach the summit. During the climb, the snail's shell and the eagle's wings serve the same function. However, in life, most people only envy the eagle's wings and pay little attention to the snail's shell. This is similar to how we envy others for achieving success through certain talents or special skills, while constantly complaining about the heavy "shell" we carry on our backs.
Posing the Question:
So, what exactly is the "shell" we carry on our backs? Students discuss and answer, and the teacher summarizes briefly. Can this "shell" be put down? (Clarification: To survive, humans must inevitably bear many responsibilities and pressures.)
