儿子这个礼拜的家庭作业之一是记住一首诗。诗并不长，只有半页纸。但对不喜欢记忆和不善于记忆的儿子来讲，依然是一项挑战。

礼拜一拿到了任务，告诉老爸说：要到礼拜四才检查。别着急，我能对付。

老爸只能放他一马，不值得每天都为这种事情打架吧。但老爸说，你还是读几遍吧，不然会记不住的。儿子嘴里答应着，脑子却在他的游戏上了。

礼拜二小人儿开始用功了。一遍一遍，十几遍过去了，可还是记不住。开始着急了：“Dad, I can't remember it！”

老爸在旁边笑笑：“You forget how you remember your piano recital piece? Try a few times, and then go on for something else, then come back to try again. You have to do this circle for 3-5 times everyday.”

礼拜三老爸下班，儿子汇报：“I tried even in the school。 I get half done by now. I will get the next half memorized before I go to bed.”

呵呵，吃了饭，要随妈妈出门玩一个小时，回来又急了。还是记不住。老爸让他先洗澡，清醒一下，再开始。每一个循环，总给儿子中间一点时间转移注意力。十来 个循环赛下来，儿子宣布记住了，就开始看电视。九点了，到了快上床的时间，老爸提醒一下，儿子又开始一个循环。但中间一句怎么也记不住：“It's too hard, dad.”眼泪都快出来了。

老爸说：“睡觉吧，明天早晨还有时间呢。”人家说不行，万一记不住，就只能是B-了。老爸哑然失笑：“Listen, son. Like your Taekwondo, memorizing something takes time. It takes you 4 months to go up one belt level. So you have to be patient. The lesson you learned from this and Taekwondo is very clear--There are some skills to learn so you can master something faster. However, in most cases, it is the time you spend that counts the most. If you had