Rainy today in Ningbou
All of the educated students from china would answer it with out thinking,''It was James Watt."That is our answer too in the International Trade class when Mr Yu asked us.'I am sorry .You are wrong.' said Mr Yu,' He just improved it.'But we had learn it in our elementary school from a text that it is James watt."That is wrong." said Mr Yu,"There are two mistakes in that article in my opinion. One is Watt just improved it.The other ,which I think is much more important is that the article indicate that invention is an easy job. Watt invent stream engine just beacaus he watched the water bubbled up in a pot."
"The point is that Watt had done lots of work before he could improve the stream engine. The text in our elementary school seems to tell us that invention is an easy thing. This is absolutly wrong. Any invention or great work is done by hard work. "
I think that is right. We had learn that when we were young. That is only one of thousands article we had learned. Many thoughs and consciousness formed at that time. We could not see whether they are right or wrong even we doesn't realize they are exist. May be we should always remember Martin Heidegger's words, "We are thrown in to this world."
We are thrown in the world that we are always influenced by other people and other opinions.