When I was in my eighth grade, my teacher performed an experiment for us. He placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in different pots in a class. After twenty minutes, he turned off the stove(烘箱). He took the potatoes and eggs out of the pots and placed them in two different bowls. He then poured out some coffee into a cup.
The potatoes, eggs and coffee beans had faced the same boiling water. However, each reacted (反应) differently. The potatoes was strong and hard before they were put into the water, but it became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was easy to break. Inside it was some liquid with the thin outer shell to protect it. After it was put in the boiling water, the inside of the egg became hard. On the other hand, the coffee changed the water and created something new.
Which do you think you belong to, potatoes, eggs or coffee beans? In our lives, there are many people looking powerful but weak inside. What we should learn from is the eggs and the coffee beans. When we meet some difficulties, we should become hard and can create something new.
