Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2, 000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from wealthy families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3, 000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”

He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His roost important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.

As a student, I was most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the teacher asked a question, I always lowered（垂下）my head because I was afraid that the teacher saw me.

One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson. He wanted us to be active in class, so he asked us some questions, but no one answered. “Let me tell you a story first,” he said, “When I came to the United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches（演讲）. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing. The students around me always took a cardboard（硬纸板）and wrote their names with eye-catching color, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speakers（演讲者）needed the answers from the students, he could see and call their names.”

“I couldn’t understand that at first. My classmates told me the speakers were all top people, who meant chances. When your answer surprised him, it meant he might give you more chances. In fact, I really saw a few students get great chances because of that.”

After listening to the story, I understood that the chance would not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance on the cardboard.

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