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女兒因學遊泳而收獲了獎學金
俗話說，種豆得豆，種瓜得瓜。可在女兒的培養上，我卻種豆得瓜。
女兒還是學前時，為了培養她強壯的體魄，我曾經給她報過遊泳班，還報了兩期，可每次都是乘興而去，敗興而歸。因為她實在是一見水就怕，所以，看來實在是“沒有遊泳細胞”，讓她學遊泳，真是勉為其難。於是，就中止了她的遊泳學習，轉而培養她的藝術細胞，讓學舞蹈和鋼琴。雖然在這兩者的學習過程中，都遇到了困難，產生過畏難情緒，特別是練鋼琴時，她曾一度用手猛捶鋼琴，但由於老師的鼓勵，還有她自己的天賦，最終都堅持下來了，還獲過CMC全國第二名的好成績，拿到了皇家音樂學院榮譽十級證書。之後，她的老師還要她指導幾個鋼琴初學者。
後來，在她弟弟2歲以後，我們送她弟弟去熟悉水性的時候，女兒又提出想學遊泳。於是一切重新開始。那個難啊，第一級前後學了7次才過，因為她死活不肯把頭放到水裏。為了學習跳水，老師耐心指導，大人連蒙帶逼，都不起效果。她抗拒，她哭喊尖叫，最後兩個教練拉起她，前後晃悠著把她扔進水裏，。。。然後，她就遊起來了。從此她就對遊泳產生了濃厚的興趣。周末，當她上完中文學校的課後，一個人就背著書包跑去YWCA學遊泳。一級一級堅持下來，最終通過了十級，獲得了救生員證，當上了遊泳中心的教練和救生員。
如今，女兒有幸成為了今年“九鼎獎學金”的獲得者。在頒獎大會上，她發表了簡短的演說致詞。出乎意料的是：在她的致詞中，她沒有說如何刻苦學習取得今天的成績，而是認為，是從遊泳中學到的自強不息、堅忍不拔和刻苦耐勞的精神，才使她獲得了今天的成績，且希望把這種精神帶到她今後的職業生涯中。
天啊，女兒學業上取得的成績，卻陰差陽錯地因她學遊泳而得。我這不是意外大收獲，種豆得瓜了嗎！
附：女兒演說選斷
As a child, I was terrified of water.I refused to put my head underwater and to jump in the pool: the teachers had to pick me up and drop me inside the swimming pool.Two lifeguards picking up a screaming, 6 year old throwing a tantrum and just swinging her inside the water!Again and again, encouraged by my parents, I took the first level of swimming classes. 7 tries later, I finally passed and moved on to the next level.Little did I know that years later, I would grow to love swimming so much that I would get a lifeguard license and work as a swimming instructor. I now coach young children who, just like myself, are afraid to jump in the pool. Not only did I overcome my fear of water, but I gained the ability to help others and share my love of swimming while making a meaningful impact on others’ lives.
I am studying law because I want to lower barriers to equal legal representation and make justice accessible to all.I am ready to bring the sense of drive, persistence, and hard-work I had in the swimming pool to my future career. I hope that in 10, 20, or 30 years, I am able to look back, just like I am looking back right now at my swimming accomplishments, and feel just as proud to have grown stronger and to have made an impact and a positive contribution to other’s lives.
我也一直害怕水，現在依然怕，估計這輩子沒有希望了。
祝福你們家的小妹妹人生幸福，順心順意！
謝謝你的光臨和祝賀。你在文章中說，你寫東西不細，對我更是如此。所以，我很害怕寫那那些細膩描寫的東西。
還是聽老婆的話好，她是上帝派下來監督你的。
你女兒要放飛了，我還是想把她留在身邊。