In the third class on the afternoon of 24th December, 2018, Anqing Foreign Language School’s Senior High Department held a psychological counseling seminar for the 12th-grade students in the School Lecture Hall entitled ‘the Peach Garden in the Heart& Water and Cloud Everywhere--Positive Attitude Can Help You Succeed’. The lecture was given by teacher Wang Manyun, a national psychological counselor and attended by all the teachers and students from Grade 12.
Specifically, the lecture was divided into the following four chapters: mentality problems prevailing among the 12th-grade students; how to recognize anxiety; correct cognition and strengthening confidence; ways to deal with negative emotions. Teacher Wang Manyun introduced to students Yexdodson’s law, the apple picking principle and the schaffer pendulum test in a smiple way, which helped students better understand the College Entrance Examination and themselves. The atmosphere was warm and the interaction was frequent. Through a series of small games, questions and psychological tests, the importance of mentality for success was intuitively demonstrated.
Overall, the lecture, which lasted two classes, ended in applause from the students. What’s more, the lecture helped students grasp relevant psychological knowledge and understand that: eggs are food from the outside to break yet eggs are life from the inside to break; People feel pressure breaking from the outside yet feel growth breaking from the inside.