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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 27
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
When, however, I found myself at the school for the first time, I also found myself confronted with two other difficulties. In the first place, I found that all the other children wore hats or caps on their heads, and I had neither hat nor cap. In fact, I do not remember that up to the time of going to school I had ever worn any kind of covering upon my head, nor do I recall that either I or anybody else had even thought anything about the need of covering for my head. But, of course, when I saw how all the other boys were dressed, I began to feel quite uncomfortable. As usual, I put the case before my mother, and she explained to me that she had no money with which to buy a “store hat,” which was a rather new institution at that time among the members of my race and was considered quite the thing for young and old to own, but that she would find a way to help me out of the difficulty. She accordingly got two pieces of “homespun” (jeans) and sewed them together, and I was soon the proud possessor of my first cap.
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定位：Excerpt 27 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
华盛顿第一次上学时，发现自己和别的孩子不一样：大家都有帽子，他却没有。他从小没戴过帽子，也没觉得需要。可看到别人都戴，他心里很不自在。他跟母亲说了，母亲解释没钱买“店里卖的帽子”，那种帽子在当时黑人中还算新鲜东西，老少都想要。但母亲没有让他失望，找来两块粗棉布（牛仔裤料）缝在一起，他很快有了人生第一顶帽子，还特别自豪。核心是：穷不丢人，母亲用双手和巧思解决了问题，也护住了孩子的自尊。做法是：不硬撑面子，也不让孩子感到匮乏，而是用现有条件创造替代方案。
上下文
布克·T·华盛顿是美国黑人教育家，生于奴隶制时代。他在自传《超越奴役》中回忆童年，那时黑人刚获自由，物质极度匮乏。
今日一问
当孩子想要一件别人都有、你却买不起的东西时，你会怎么处理？
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