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<What if???>《如果》
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If they cancel the rest of the school year, students would miss 2.5 months of education. Many people are concerned about students falling behind because of this. Yes, they may fall behind when it comes to classroom education...
如果，这个学期剩下的课程被取消，学生们可能会失去将近两个半月在学校受的教育时间。许多人都在担心学生们会因为这个情况而把学业落下。是的，就学校课堂教学来说，他们或许是会的......
But what if...
但是，如果......
What if instead of falling “behind", this group of kids are ADVANCED because of this? Hear me out...
如果，孩子们因为这段境遇不是“落后”了，而是因此成长进步了呢？请听我继续讲......
What if they have more empathy, they enjoy family connection, they can be more creative and entertain themselves, they love to read, they love to express themselves in writing.
如果，孩子们因为特殊时期变得更富有同情心了，并且更加享受家庭时光了，他们变得更富有创造力并会愉悦自己了，他们可能爱上了阅读，他们爱上了通过写作来表达自己。
What if they enjoy the simple things, like their own back garden and sitting near a window in the quiet.
如果，他们喜欢上了去做一些小的事情，比如他们喜欢上了自家的后花园，或者就只是安静地坐在窗边。
What if they notice the birds and the dates the different flowers emerge, and the calming renewal of a gentle rain shower?
如果，他们更多地注意到了鸟儿，更加关注到了每天的生活，他们看到了各种花儿的绽放，以及一阵温和的细雨带来的平静复苏？
What if this generation are the ones to learn to cook, organize their space, do their laundry, and keep a well-run home?
如果，这一代的孩子们能够在此期间学会烹饪，能够安排好自己的空间，自己洗他们的衣服，并保持家庭的和谐发展？
What if they learn to stretch pound and to live with less?
如果，他们学会了理财并懂得怎样生活更加节俭？
What if they learn to plan shopping trips and meals at home.
如果，他们学会了合理安排购物行程以及计划好在家的每一餐。
What if they learn the value of eating together as a family and finding the good to share in the small delights of the everyday?
如果，他们领悟到了能够和家人在一起吃饭是一种珍贵的仪式，并分享每天小幸福的美好所在？
What if they are the ones to place great value on our teachers and educational professionals, librarians, public servants and the previously invisible essential support workers like truck drivers, grocers, cashiers, custodians, logistics, and health care workers and their supporting staff, just to name a few of the millions taking care of us right now while we are sheltered in place?
如果，孩子们开始高度重视身边的老师们，教职员工，图书馆管理员，公务员及之前并不常被注意到的重要工作者，如司机，收银员，后勤人员及医护人员和保安等等？这数以百万计中为我们负重前行的人，是他们的践行使我们可以得到庇护。
What if among these children, a great leader emerges who had the benefit of a slower pace and a simpler life to truly learn what really matters in this life?
如果，在这些孩子们当中，未来出现了一个优秀的领导者，诞生在这次慢生活节奏和简单生活中，并真正地领悟到了生活的真谛？
What if they are AHEAD?
那么，是不是其实他们已经领先了？