英语作文I have the courage to

I have the courage to

A philosopher once said that a man without courage is a

slave. So what is courage? It is courage to face difficulties

without fear, courage to bear humiliation for the sake of

the overall situation, and courage to sacrifice for justice.

Today, however, I would like to say that one kind of

courage is to dare to ask questions.

In My Best Teacher, Mr. Whiteson is training his students.

He hoped that every child would dare to ask questions

without fear of authority under the reminder of the O

point. If you have any questions, put them forward, and

don't let your brain sleep. Mr. Whiteson made his

students understand this truth and let them benefit

from it for life.

Throughout the ages, all those great creators and

discoverers have a heart that dare to ask questions.

Among them, Galileo, the great physicist, is a more

prominent scientist.

As we all know, Galileo boldly questioned Aristotle's

theory that "if two objects fall from the same height at

the same time, the heavier one must fall first". He

believed that under such conditions, two objects should

land at the same time, regardless of the order.

At that time, Aristotle was regarded as a "prophet", and

his theory could not be questioned. So we can imagine

how people were dissatisfied, disdained, ridiculed and

angry with Galileo's suspicion. However, under great

pressure, Galileo still insisted on his question and made

an experiment publicly on the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

We can't help thinking that if Galileo did not have the

courage to ask questions and challenge authority, would

he succeed? The answer is no.

This shows how important the courage to ask questions

is to us, but it is this important courage that is gradually

missing.

Someone once did a questionnaire survey: "There were

43 sailors on the Willy, 24 barrels of wine. How old was

the captain of the Willy?"

They distributed questionnaires to primary schools in

France and Shanghai for students to answer this

question. However, the results of the test were amazing

- 90% of French pupils thought that the question was

wrong and could not be answered, while only 10% of

students in Shanghai answered like this! The other 90%

of Shanghai students answered honestly, "43+24=67

(years old)".

Why do only 10% of primary school students in China

answer correctly? Isn't it because most students lose

their courage to ask questions under the "authority"?

I think we all need to think about this answer.