How do Americans teach "Cinderella" uniquely?

With a fairy tale, Americans have taught students life lessons, such as lessons on punctuality, lessons on how to be a good person, how to love people, and mistakes in life...

Like the Vietnamese fairy tale Tam Cam, the Americans also have the story “Cinderella” – a first lesson for millions of American children.

However, the lessons learned from the story of "Cinderella" and the way Americans teach children make the whole world surprised and admired.

Let's review a unique "Cinderella" lesson of American students:

Americans teach "Cinderella" uniquely

"Literature class begins. Today the teacher will be teaching the story of Cinderella.

First, the teacher called on a student to tell the story of Cinderella. After the student finished telling the story, the teacher thanked him and then started asking questions.

Teacher: Which characters in the story do you like and dislike?

Student: I like Cinderella and the Prince, but I don't like her stepmother and stepsister. Cinderella is kind, lovely, and beautiful. Her stepmother and stepsister treat Cinderella badly.

Teacher: What would happen if Cinderella hadn't jumped into the pumpkin carriage by midnight?

Student: Then Cinderella will return to her original dirty form, wearing the same old, tattered clothes. Oh my, it looks horrible.

Teacher: Therefore, you must be punctual, otherwise you will get yourself into trouble. Also, look at yourselves, all of you are dressed nicely. Remember, never appear in front of others dressed sloppily.

Girls, listen: you have to pay more attention to this. When you grow up, every time you go on a date with a boy and you dress sloppily, he might faint (Teacher pretends to faint, the whole class laughs). Now I'll ask another question. If you were the stepmother, would you try to stop Cinderella from going to the prince's ball? You have to answer completely honestly.

Student: (silent, a moment later a student raised his hand to speak) If I were that stepmother, I would also prevent Cinderella from going to the ball.

Teacher: Why is that?

Student: Because... because I love my daughter more, I want my daughter to become a queen.

Teacher: Right. That's why we often think that stepmothers are not good people. Actually, they are not good to others, but they are very good to their own children. Do you understand? They are not bad people, it's just that they cannot love other people's children as much as they can love their own children.

Now the teacher asked another question: The stepmother did not let Cinderella go to the prince's ball, even locked her in the house. So why was Cinderella still able to go and become the most beautiful girl at the ball?

Student: Because the fairy helped. She dressed Cinderella beautifully, turned the pumpkin into a carriage, and turned the dog and mouse into Cinderella's servants.

Teacher: Yes, you are absolutely right. Think about it, if the fairy hadn't come to help, Cinderella wouldn't have been able to go to the ball, right?

Student: Yes.

Teacher: If the dog and mouse didn't help, would Cinderella have been able to go home in the end?

Student: No.

Teacher: Just having a fairy to help is not enough. So you need to pay attention: No matter what the situation is, we need the help of friends. Our friends are not necessarily fairies or Buddhas, but we still need them. I hope you have as many friends as possible. Now, I ask you to think, if Cinderella missed that opportunity because her stepmother did not want her to go to the ball, would she be able to become the prince's wife?

Student: No! If she missed that opportunity, Cinderella would not have met the prince, known him and loved him.

Teacher: That's right! If Cinderella didn't want to go to the ball, even if her stepmother didn't stop her, or even supported her, she wouldn't have gained anything in the end. So who decided that Cinderella should go to the prince's ball?

Student: It's Cinderella.

Teacher: So, kids, even though Cinderella no longer has a biological mother to love her, even though her stepmother doesn't love her, those things still can't make Cinderella love herself. It's because she loves herself that she can find what she wants. Suppose there are some kids who feel like they're not loved by anyone, or have a stepmother who doesn't love her stepchildren like Cinderella, what would they do?

Student: You must love yourself.

Teacher: That's right! No one can stop you from loving yourself. If you feel like others don't love you, then you have to love yourself even more. If others don't create opportunities for you, then you need to create many opportunities for yourself. If you truly love yourself, you will find everything you want. Except for Cinderella, no one can stop her from going to the prince's ball, no one can stop her from becoming a queen, right?

Student: Yes, yes!

Teacher: Now to the final question. Is there anything wrong with this story?

Student: (silence for a moment) After midnight, everything returned to its original state, but Cinderella's glass slippers did not return to their original place.

Teacher: Oh my gosh! You guys are so good! You see, even the great writers (French writer Charles Perrault, author of Cinderella - translator's note) sometimes make mistakes. So there's nothing to be afraid of when you make mistakes. I can guarantee that if any of you want to become writers in the future, you will definitely have better works than the author of Cinderella! Do you believe that?

All the students clapped their hands and cheered enthusiastically!!!”

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