Catherine's miracle is persistence

Winston 2021-12-11 08:01:34

In the middle of the last century, the Wesley Institute for Women in Massachusetts, USA, known as the "Ivy Without Men", has a new art history teacher named Catherine Watson. She is beautiful, mature, confident, and has an open and free mind. , Determined to impart new ideas to students. But at that time, American feudal conservative thinking was still very serious. Wesley’s education is not to teach them how to acquire knowledge and wisdom, but to define the future marriage of students as a criterion for the success of education. After Catherine came here, she did not follow the traditional teaching style of the school like other teachers, but boldly challenged the tradition, encouraged students to discover their own interests, and supported them to practice their ideas. Her approach was not only challenged by the daughters of some large families, but also questioned and condemned by parents and all parties in the school. But she persevered stubbornly with her firm belief, and finally won the respect and love of the students. Only by persisting to the end can she have the last laugh. All the seemingly impossible changes in the world are made by people. As long as you stick to your goals and don't give up, you may see miracles happen. Strictly speaking, each of us has not exerted our own limits. Limited to habit, subjective cognition and other reasons, each of us may waste some of our potential in one way or another in our life. Many times we feel that we can't make it through. In fact, that is not the real state. As long as we bite our teeth and persevere, you will find that we can survive most of the situations, and we are actually much stronger than we think! Only by persevering to the end can we discover our own potential to the fullest and have the last laugh.

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  • [referring to a childlike drawing of a cow]

    Katherine Watson: 25 years ago, someone thought this was brilliant.

    Connie Baker: I can see that.

    Betty Warren: Who?

    Katherine Watson: My mother. I painted it for her birthday. Next slide. This is my mom. Is it art?

    Susan Delacorte: It's a snapshot.

    Katherine Watson: If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?

    Betty Warren: Art isn't art until someone says it is.

    Katherine Watson: It's art!

    Betty Warren: The right people.

    Katherine Watson: And who are they?

    Giselle Levy: Betty Warren! We're so lucky we have one of them right here.

  • Connie Baker: [reading from an advertisement] "When your courses are set and a dreamboat you've met, have a real cigarette! Have a Camel!" I've got my courses, I've got my Camel cigarette. Where the hell is my dreamboat?