ImportanceofEducationChina,asadevelopingcountry,isdeterminedtocatchupwithandevensurpassthedevelopedones.Ithinkthatoneofthebestpossiblewaystodosoistogivefirstpriority(ÓÅÏÈ)tothedevelopmentofculture,scienceandespeciallyeducation.Inmoderntimes,whenscienceandtechnologyaremakinggreatprogress,theeducationoftheworkforceisofprimaryimportance.Moreover,manyofthesuccessinadvancedcountrieshavedemonstratedthatanation'sprosperitymainlydependsonthequalityofitslabourforce,namelythosewhohavebeenwelleducated.InadevelopingcountrysuchasChina,ourinvestmentinculture,educationandscience,andespeciallyelementaryeducation,mustenjoytoppriority.Thisiscrucial(¾ö¶¨ÐÔµÄ)forChinatocatchupwiththedevelopednationsintoday'ssurging(ÐÚÓ¿µÄ)wavesoftechnologicalrevolution.Otherwise,thegapbetweenChinaandadvancedcountrieswillbewidenedratherthanbridged.TheplaceofScienceandTechnologyinModernLifeHumanlifecannotcontinuewithoutscienceandtechnology.Formanyyears,humansocietyhasdevelopedwiththeadvanceofscienceandtechnologywhilethedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyhasinturnbroughttheprocesstomankind.Sothelifewearelivingnowismorecivilizedthanthatofourforefathers.Thedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyhavebroughtaboutmanychangesinpeople'slife.Forexample,theinventionoftelevisionandspacerockethaveopenedaneweraformankind.ThroughtheuseofTVpeoplecanhearthesoundandlearntheeventshappeningthousandsofmilesaway.Owingtotheinventionofspaceshipandrocket,thedreamofman'slandingonthemoonhasnowcometrue.Scienceandtechnologyalsoplayanimportantroleinoursocialistconstruction.Wemaysay,oursocialistconstructionisjustlikeaskyscraper,whilescienceandtechnologyareitsbase.Withoutthebase,theskyscrapercan'tbebuilt.Therefore,weshouldtryourbesttocontributetothedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologysoastoprovideamoresolidbasetobuildourcountry.OnOpenPolicyTheopenpolicymeansthatourcountryisopentoinvestment,tradeandtechnicalandeconomiccooperationwithothercountriesonthebasisofequalityandmutualbenefit.Thepurposeofopenpolicyistoacquireadvancedtechnology,managementskillstoserveoursocialistconstructionsoastopromotetherealizationofthefourmodernizations.Wemustadheretotheopenpolicy.Becauseeconomicrelationsbetweenstatestodayhavebecomeincreasinglyclose,andnocountrycanpossiblyadvancebehindclosedoors.Onlyinthisway,canwegraduallyclosethegapbetweenourcountryandthedevelopedcountries.Throughtheimplementationofpolicy,wecanlearnadvancedtechnologyandmanagerialexpertisefromabroad;makefulluseoftheforeigncapitalstosetupgreatenterprises;absorbusefulandhealthyideasandnewknowledgeofthemoderncivilization;andbroadenourviewsandraiseourlevelofcompetence.ParentalHopesandPersonalIdealsAllparentshopetheirchildrenwillhaveabrightfuture.However,parents¡¯expectationsfortheirchildrenarenotalwaysinaccordancewiththeirchildren¡¯spersonalideals,andsometimestheyareevenconflictingwitheachother.Thisisoftenamaincauseforquarrelsandgapsbetweenparentsandchildren.Butwhatleadtotheconflictbetweenparentalhopesandpersonalideals?Thefollowingthreefactorscontributetotheconflict.Firstofall,inthisfast-changingsociety,parentsandchildrenhavetoomanydifferencesinmind.Secondly,traditionalpatriarchyisstillinfluencingChineseparentsinmodernsociety.Theyareusedtomakingdecisionsfortheirchildren.Third,nowadaysyoungpeoplehavestrongindependence,whowanttoplantheirownfutureandcontroltheirowndestiny.Thustheconflictbetweenparentsandchildreninevitablyappear.Inordertosolvetheconflict,bothparentsandchildrenshouldpaytheirefforts.Foronething,parentsshouldgivetheirchildrenrightstomaketheirowndecisions.Theymayhelptheirchildrenmakechoicesinsteadofreplacingthemtomakechoices.Foranother,childrenshouldlearntorespecttheirparents¡¯advicessinceparentstendtohavemorelifeexperience.Besides,tocommunicatewitheachotheractivelyisnecessarytotheirunderstandingeachother.Aslongasbothparentsandchildrenlearntothinkfromtheotherside¡¯spointofview,theconflictsbetweenthemcanbeavoided.