Learning from Uncle Ho about the spirit of self-study
President Ho Chi Minh was a shining example of the spirit of learning, self-study, and lifelong learning to enrich his knowledge and improve his skills in all aspects. For him, learning and self-study were both a science with a specific and rigorous plan, and an art, embodying the spirit of continuous, lifelong learning to simultaneously learn, engage in revolutionary activities, serve the revolution, and better serve the Fatherland and the People.
He once emphasized, "If you don't study hard, you can't progress. Not progressing is regression. As society advances, there are more jobs, and the machinery becomes more sophisticated. If you don't study, you'll fall behind, and falling behind means being eliminated—you're eliminating yourself."
Therefore, it is no coincidence that He said: “I often hear that some comrades, at 40 years old, consider themselves old and therefore are reluctant to learn. Thinking like that is wrong; 40 is not old. I am 76 years old and still strive to learn more. We must learn and engage in revolutionary activities throughout our lives. As long as we live, we must learn and engage in revolutionary activities.”
According to President Ho Chi Minh , learning and self-study are always closely linked, and this is the best way for each person to meet the increasingly high demands of the revolutionary task. Therefore, one should always strive to learn everywhere and at all times. He once confided: "Regarding culture: I only finished primary school. Regarding general knowledge: I saw an electric light for the first time at the age of 17, and heard a radio for the first time at the age of 29." To enhance knowledge and meet the demands of the situation and the revolutionary tasks entrusted by the Fatherland and the People, Uncle Ho placed great emphasis on learning, self-study, and lifelong learning. Therefore, He not only affirmed that "Learning is for working, for being a good person, and for being a good cadre. Learning is for serving the class and the people, for serving the Fatherland and humanity," but also seriously implemented this principle of always matching words with actions, ensuring consistency between words and deeds. "...I am 71 years old this year, and I have to learn every day. I have to participate in both big and small matters. Work is constantly progressing. If I don't learn, I won't keep up. The work will leave me behind," Uncle Ho once confided.
According to President Ho Chi Minh, learning, self-learning, and lifelong learning are a continuous, ever-evolving process. His stories about learning, self-learning, and lifelong learning, especially his foreign language studies, serve as exemplary models for everyone to learn from and follow. Therefore, self-learning and lifelong learning, following the guidance and example of President Ho Chi Minh, not only demonstrate the importance of constantly cultivating revolutionary ethics, but also emphasize that each individual, especially cadres and Party members, must "say what they know and say what they don't know; arrogance, conceit, and complacency are the number one enemies of learning," striving to learn in the spirit of "learning what they do," and "mastering the work in each subject"...
Throughout his revolutionary career, President Ho Chi Minh paid special attention to the training, education, and nurturing of people. He considered people to be the primary factor, the decisive factor in all success. The concept and criteria for the new man, the socialist man, were established by him and have been continuously supplemented and perfected in society.
Reflecting on the example of President Ho Chi Minh through learning.
UNESCO's current recommendation on the four pillars of education is "learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be."
This recommendation also reflects President Ho's views on learning and self-learning. His own experiences with learning and self-learning serve as an example for us to reflect upon, correct, and cultivate ourselves in our studies and work.
Back in elementary school, students learned daily from Uncle Ho's timeless sayings, chosen as slogans for propaganda and encouragement, displayed prominently in the classroom and school, such as: "Learn, learn more, learn forever" or "First learn manners, then learn knowledge"...
In general education textbooks, at every level and age, students read and learn stories about Uncle Ho as an example of morality, character, and compassion… When we were young, we learned about Uncle Ho's simplicity, compassion, and respect for the value of labor through stories such as: "The Old Man," "The Simple One," "A Matchstick"… As we grew older, we learned and heard stories about his interpersonal skills and his brilliant revolutionary leadership art.
Throughout his life, President Ho Chi Minh was a role model, a treasure trove of knowledge about worldview and revolutionary ethics. Therefore, today, our Party considers studying and following his thoughts, ethics, and style as a regular and continuous task for all ages, fields, professions, and social strata. Learning from President Ho Chi Minh is not limited to learning, self-study, self-cultivation, and moral development, but also includes learning from his actions and deeds. Especially in the current period, when progress and development are measured daily, even hourly, his thoughts on learning and self-study are even more valuable. In the current era, when a segment of the population, especially young people, are increasingly reluctant to learn, hesitant to explore, afraid of difficulties and hardships, and instead inclined towards personal enjoyment, spreading President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, values, and actions regarding learning and cultivating revolutionary ethics is more necessary than ever.
The recent campaigns launched by Dak Nong province to learn from President Ho Chi Minh demonstrate that individuals and units have concretized this learning through specific, practical actions and tasks, appropriate to their field of work, social position, and age group. Learning from President Ho Chi Minh is not limited to a particular period or term, but has become a continuous and widespread political activity.
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