Junior high school flag-raising ceremony emphasizes: Cultivating reading habits and accumulating life wisdom

Class 902: Lingyun Class

Class Song: 《Brave, Brave》

Class Motto: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Class Goal: To reach the peak and overlook all the mountains.

Class 902 is a united and progressive class, a big family where everyone is equal. It is like a雄鹰, facing the rising sun, spreading its wings, aiming for a higher and farther sky. With the joint efforts of all teachers and students, the class has won many honorary titles such as "Advanced Class" and "Most Beautiful Classroom," showcasing the class's strong sense of honor.

This week's excellent speaker is Yang Tianchuang from Class 902. He is lively, cheerful, loves the collective, is diligent in his studies, and strives for progress. He has hosted and participated in many school activities, has excellent grades, and is a good helper to the teachers.

His motto is: Diligence is the golden key to opening the door of knowledge.

Yang Tianchuang shared his insights on the topic of "Cultivating Good Habits and Striving to Be Excellent Students."

Habits are the foundation of our learning and life, and the support for our healthy growth. Habits have a great impact on our lives because they unconsciously influence our character, reveal our nature, and determine our success or failure. Einstein once said: The achievements of a person often depend on the greatness of their character. And what constitutes our character is the accumulation of good habits in our daily lives. The more good habits we cultivate, the stronger our abilities will be. Cultivating good habits is like giving wings to our dreams; it will lay a solid foundation for our success in life.

Good writing habits, good homework habits, good discipline habits, good listening habits, and good self-learning habits will all determine our fate during our student years and even throughout our lives. The famous American educator Mann said: Habit is like a cable; we add a new strand every day, and soon it becomes unbreakable. Let us add the chain of perseverance to the cable of good habits, let us set sail and achieve the brilliance of life; let us plant the seeds of good habits, water them with perseverance, and use good habits to lay the foundation for a beautiful life and achieve the brilliance of life!

Classmates, books are the most outstanding creations of human wisdom! Humanity created books, and books also record human history. Human understanding and exploration, thoughts and emotions, experiences and lessons are all directly reflected in books. Books are powerful witnesses to human progress. Therefore, books are a key to wisdom, opening one unknown world after another. They are also an unceasing ship, carrying people from narrow corners to the boundless ocean. Therefore, the Soviet writer Gorky said: "Love books—this is the source of knowledge! Only knowledge is useful; only it can make us strong, loyal, and rational people."

In recent years, I have also grown to love reading, especially Tang and Song poetry, and prose from the pre-Qin period. Classical literature is like aged wine, fragrant throughout the four seasons, adding poetry to life. Spring water fills the lakes and marshes; Wang Wan witnessed the magnificence of "the tide is flat on both banks, and the wind is right for a single sail" at the foot of Beigu Mountain; summer's charm intoxicates the fields; Xin Qiji lingered in the countryside, savoring the joy of "the fragrance of rice flowers speaks of a good harvest, listening to the sound of frogs in the fields"; autumn wind brings leisure and elegance; Tao Yuanming built a hut in the human world, enjoying the tranquility of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely seeing the southern mountain"; winter snow showcases pines and cypresses; Confucius stood between heaven and earth, comprehending the profound meaning of "in the cold of winter, one knows the pine and cypress do not wither." When reciting poetry, mountains and rivers are full of meaning; where the gaze falls, plants and trees are full of emotion. Reading more books reflects cultivation, reflects temperament, and yields wisdom.

Classmates, many years later, you may think that the books you have read have become fleeting memories, but they have never really gone far; they are latent. They are in your temperament, your conversation, your mind, and of course, in your thoughts and writing. This is the great wisdom of life.

Therefore, I would like to leave you with this final thought: There are countless paths, but reading is the best one.

"Ten years to sharpen a sword, one day to test its edge." Without the burning of fire, what can we use to charge into battle? The great battle of the junior high school entrance examination is approaching. Perhaps you are not yet ready, perhaps your "sword" is not yet "sharp," so let us act quickly, find our shortcomings, and practice the knowledge we have learned. This process is extremely arduous, but we are not alone. Behind us are our loving parents and teachers who are willing to act as stepping stones and tirelessly teach us. Parents all hope their children will succeed, and teachers all hope their students will flourish.

Establish a new style of civilization and create a harmonious campus. The famous Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi once said: "Teach a thousand things, teach people to seek truth; learn a thousand things, learn to be a true person." Students should first learn to be human beings, to be civilized people, and to be members of society. In this way, we can be courteous, honest, and studious. In life, we find that there are still some uncivilized phenomena. Some students consider swearing cool; some students consider littering chic; some students ignore their teachers and elders. Various uncivilized behaviors not only damage the image of our school's students but also affect the school's reputation. We must start with ourselves, start from our surroundings, and start from small things. Classmates, let us work together to let the flowers of civilized etiquette bloom in every corner of the campus.