人在家中坐，坑从天上来。刚听到班主任老师通知孩子要在开学典礼上分享寒假实践活动绘画作品并脱稿演讲时，我满心都是意外与无措，只觉这任务来得猝不及防，像掉进了一个措手不及的“坑”。
但冷静下来细想，其实这个坑也不叫坑，也算是一次挑战。毕竟，这给了孩子一个难得的在全校师生面前展示自我的机会，能极大锻炼他的表达能力与心理素质。
这事得从孩子学校刚开学的开学典礼说起。开学前两天，班主任老师突然通知我，让孩子准备寒假实践活动的绘画作品原稿，要在开学典礼上分享寒假实践活动，还得脱稿演讲。
我一听，整个人都懵了。心里直犯嘀咕，啥时候画的画？我咋一点儿印象都没有？
后来，我赶忙仔细翻查寒假作业提交软件。这才想起来，1月中旬刚放寒假没两个星期，孩子就完成了画蛇年相关绘画作品的作业，还提交到老师指定的学校作业软件平台上了。之后，我们就没再关注这件事。
谁能想到，一个月后快开学了，老师突然提起这事儿，我都快忘得一干二净了。回到家，我立刻翻箱倒柜找那幅画。
找了半天，孩子却跟我说画不见了。我真是又气又无奈，没办法，当天晚上只能让他赶紧重新画一遍。
时间紧迫，不仅要重新画画，还得写演讲稿并背诵。晚上9点多，老师又发来消息，说学校要求每个上台演讲的孩子穿古装，也就是汉服。
我又急忙在家里翻找汉服。家里的汉服还是三年前孩子参加某个活动时买的，现在孩子长高长胖了，汉服穿在身上明显小了，胸前扣子都快扣不上了。
可第二天就要演讲，实在没时间再去买新的。我只好匆匆忙忙把汉服整理了一下，发现勉强还能让孩子穿上。
接着，我和孩子一起重新完成了绘画，又帮他打了演讲稿。我告诉孩子，不用完全按照稿子一字不差地背，只要大概讲讲绘画过程和寒假心得，有个清晰思路，上台演讲时不慌就行。
就这样，慌里慌张忙了一天多，总算是在开学典礼那天完成了任务。开学典礼前还进行了彩排，过程还算顺利。
孩子跟我说，真的紧张死我了，之前从没在这么多人面前演讲过。以前只在钢琴比赛时上台演奏过，可演讲得说话，这还是头一回。好在，我们最终顺利完成了这次挑战。
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Sitting at home, unexpected troubles come crashing in. When I first received the notice from the homeroom teacher that my child was to share the original painting of the winter vacation practical activity and give an off - script speech at the school's opening ceremony, I was completely taken aback and at a loss. I felt as if this task had dropped from the sky, like falling into a "pit" unprepared.
However, upon calming down and thinking it over, this so - called "pit" isn't really a pit. Instead, it can be regarded as a challenge. After all, it offers the child a rare opportunity to showcase themselves in front of all the teachers and students in the school, which can significantly enhance their communication skills and psychological resilience.
This all started with the school's opening ceremony at the beginning of the new semester. Two days before the start of school, the homeroom teacher suddenly informed me that the child needed to prepare the original painting of the winter vacation practical activity, share the winter vacation practical experience at the opening ceremony, and also give an off - script speech.
As soon as I heard this, I was dumbfounded. I was muttering to myself, when on earth did the child draw this painting? Why don't I have any recollection of it at all?
Subsequently, I quickly and carefully checked the winter vacation homework submission software. Then I remembered that in mid - January, less than two weeks after the winter vacation began, the child had completed the assignment of drawing a painting related to the Year of the Snake and submitted it to the school's designated homework software platform. After that, we didn't pay any more attention to this matter.
Who would have thought that a month later, as the school was about to start, the teacher suddenly brought up this matter again, and I had almost completely forgotten about it. When I got home, I immediately rummaged through everything to look for that painting.
After searching for a long time, the child told me that the painting was missing. I was extremely angry and helpless. There was no other option, so I had to ask the child to draw it again immediately that night.
Time was of the essence. Not only did the child have to redraw the painting, but also write a speech and memorize it. At around 9 o'clock in the evening, the teacher sent another message saying that the school required each child who was going to give a speech on stage to wear ancient costumes, specifically Hanfu.
I hurriedly searched for Hanfu at home. The Hanfu we had at home was bought when the child participated in an activity three years ago. Now that the child has grown taller and fatter, the Hanfu is clearly too small to wear, and the buttons on the chest can hardly be fastened.
But the speech was scheduled for the next day, and there simply wasn't enough time to buy a new one. I had to quickly sort out the Hanfu and found that it could barely fit the child.
Then, the child and I redid the painting together, and I also helped the child draft the speech. I told the child that there was no need to memorize the script word for word. As long as the child could roughly talk about the painting process and the experiences during the winter vacation, and had a clear train of thought, and remained calm when giving the speech on stage.
In this way, after being in a rush for over a day, we finally completed the task on the day of the opening ceremony. There was a rehearsal before the opening ceremony, and the process went fairly smoothly.
The child told me, "I was really nervous. I had never given a speech in front of so many people before. I had only performed on stage in piano competitions before, but this was the first time I had to speak in a speech." Fortunately, we finally successfully completed this challenge.
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