All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten幼兒園教給了我所需要學習的一切

Robert Fulghum

在校園里，我們不斷學習新的知識，學習做人的學問，但你還記得幼兒園學習到的道理嗎？

Most of what I really need to know about how to live， what todo， and how to be， I learned in 1）kindergarten. Wisdom was not atthe top of the graduate school mountain， but there in the 2）sandboxat 3）nursery school.

These are the things I have learned： Share everything. Playfair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Cleanup your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’resorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat.Flush. Cookies and milk are good for you.Live a balanced life—learn some， thinksome， paint， sing， dance， play and worksome everyday.

Take a 4）nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world， watch for traffic，hold hands， and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Rememberthe little seed in the plastic cup—The roots godown and the plant goes up; nobodyreally knows how or why，but we are all like that.Goldfish， hamsters，mice and even the littleseed in the plastic cup—theyall die. So do we.

And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and thefirst word you learned， the biggest word of all： LOOK. Everythingyou need to know is in there somewhere， the Golden Rule andlove and basic sanitation， ecology and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we all—the wholeworld—had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon andthen lay down with our blankets for a nap. And it is still true， nomatter how old you are， when you go out into the world， it is best tohold hands and stick together.

1） kindergarten n. 幼兒園

2） sandbox n. （供兒童玩的）沙坑

3） nursery n. 托兒所

4） nap n. （日間的）小睡

大部分我真正需要學習的東西，比如如何生活、如何做事、如何做人，我在幼兒園里都學到了。智慧并不在研究生院的山巔上，而是繾綣在幼兒園的沙坑里。

以下這些是我學到的：分享一切；行事磊落；不打人；物歸原處；收拾自己弄臟的地方；不拿別人的東西；傷害了別人要道歉；飯前洗手；便后沖水；點心和牛奶對健康有益；生活要勞逸結合——將學習、思考、繪畫、歌舞、玩耍、勞動適當地安排在每天的生活中。

每天下午小睡一會兒；出門在外要注意交通安全，手拉手，互相照顧；留心身邊的奇特現象；別忘了塑料杯里的小種子——根往下延伸而莖葉向上冒，沒人知道為什么，但我們都是這樣長大的。金魚、倉鼠和老鼠，甚至那塑料杯里的小種子——有一天它們都會死。我們也一樣。

記住在兒童學習入門書里你學到的第一個生字，也是人生中最重要的一個字：看。你需要學習的一切都通過它實現了，從為人準則、愛情真諦到衛生習慣，從生態平衡到養生之道。

想一想，假如我們所有人（整個世界）都在每天下午三點左右吃點心、喝牛奶，然后蓋著自己的毯子躺下來小憩，這將是個多么美好的世界啊！還有一點千真萬確：無論你多大年齡，出門在外能夠與人攜手為伴、互相扶持才是最好。