我的同学成绩一直很优秀。他是我小学，初中的同班同学。然后我们都同时考进县的最好的高中。我们县有一百万人口，就这5个数理班。
在高一的时候，同学家里发生了变故，好像他爸爸病了。在期末考试时，同学不知为什么上午作弊被抓，下午他又给别人抄试题，又被老师抓。当我们听到校喇叭说这个同学品德等地打丙等，我也很为他难过。
后来，他爸爸去世，同学不久进了道观做道士。但是，几年后，同学回家，带回一个姑娘。据说道观和尼姑庵很近。最后他们结为夫妻。
我后来去看他，同学的一句话让我至今记得，他发现原来他的所有的圈子里的人都上了大学，露出些许遗憾之意。
今天把同学的故事与明天就上高中的孩子分享，就是要讲几点。
1）一点小的坏事都不能做。诚实很重要。
2）在别人困难的时候能不能尽量帮一下。
3）看见周围有人犯错是不是分析一下原因，讲话时尽量注意人能不能接受得了，更不要把人逼到绝路。
4) 成功的路不止一条，但关键是怎么样在逆境中前行。
A Story About One of My Classmates: Told to My Child Who Starts High School Tomorrow
One of my classmates was always an excellent student. He was in my elementary and middle school classes, and later we both got into the best high school in the county. Our county had a population of about one million, but there were only five elite math and science classes.
In our first year of high school, something happened to his family—his father became seriously ill. During the final exams, my classmate was caught cheating in the morning, and then in the afternoon he was caught again for letting others copy his answers. Soon, the school broadcast announced that his conduct grade was downgraded to “C.” I felt really sad for him.
Not long after, his father passed away. My classmate eventually left school and entered a Daoist temple as a monk. A few years later, he returned home with a young woman—people said the Daoist temple was close to a Buddhist nunnery. They eventually married.
But my classmate also discovered that almost all of his old circle of friends had gone on to university.
I shared his story today with my child, who begins high school tomorrow, to teach four lessons:
- Even the smallest wrongdoing should never be done—honesty is important.
- When others are in difficulty, do your best to help.
- When you see someone make a mistake, try to understand the reasons behind it.
- Success has many paths, but true strength is shown in how you persevere in hard times.
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