从失败中吸取经验获得成功的演讲稿

thespider’sbite

wheniwasinmiddleschool，apoisonousspiderbitmyrighthand.irantomymomforhelp—butinsteadoftakingmetoadoctor，mymomsetmyhandonfire.

afterwrappingmyhandwithseverallayersofcotton，thensoakingitinwine，sheputachopstickintomymouth，andignitedthecotton.heatquicklypenetratedthecottonandbegantoroastmyhand.thesearingpainmademewanttoscream，butthechopstickpreventedit.allicoulddowaswatchmyhandburn-oneminute，thentwominutes–untilmomputoutthefire.

yousee，thepartofchinaigrewupinwasaruralvillage，andatthattimepre-industrial.wheniwasborn，myvillagehadnocars，notelephones，noelectricity，notevenrunningwater.andwecertainlydidn’thaveaccesstomodernmedicalresources.therewasnodoctormymothercouldbringmetoseeaboutmyspiderbite.

forthosewhostudybiology，youmayhavegraspedthesciencebehindmymom’scure：heatdeactivatesproteins，andaspider’svenomissimplyaformofprotein.it’scoolhowthatfolkremedyactuallyincorporatesbasicbiochemistry，isn’tit。butiamaphdstudentinbiochemistryatharvard，inowknowthatbetter，lesspainfulandlessriskytreatmentsexisted.soican’thelpbutaskmyself，whyididn’treceiveoneatthetime。