Chapter 93: Risks and Benefits
As they counted, they talked about their ability to count to a hundred, and then thought about Sun Kang’s teaching session earlier.
Sun Daqing quietly said to his little cousin, "Little cousin, I still like it best when you teach us how to recognize characters. When Grandpa teaches me, I can’t remember anything at all."
"Mm-hmm, me too," another cousin agreed.
"Mm-hmm, I can’t remember either," chimed in a third.
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The other young male and female cousins present all heard this and nodded in agreement, saying that Grandpa wasn’t a good teacher and they couldn’t learn from him; their little cousin was the best at teaching.
Zhao Zhitong listened and then disagreed. "It must be your fault. When you first started learning characters with Grandfather, weren’t you perhaps feeling resistant or unhappy about it?"
At this, her young male cousins were startled. They thought back, and it was indeed the case.
Previously, when learning with their little cousin, they felt like they were just playing games. The entire learning process was very relaxed, so they found they could remember things quickly.
Conversely, when Grandpa said he would teach them characters or check their homework, they would instinctively resist. They would feel unhappy and even reluctant to learn characters with him.
Realizing this, Sun Daqing exclaimed, "You’re right! The moment I think about Grandpa teaching me characters, I just want to hide."
Sun Daji also nodded. "Mm-hmm, me too. I’m afraid of Grandpa."