APAD：Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.

Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.

This proverb means that a person’s upbringing and early experiences shape their personality and character in the long term. It is used to suggest that a person’s childhood has a significant influence on their future behavior.

 

This tree looks like it had a rough time as a twig. Does it remind you of anyone? Unlike this poor tree, people can still change.

Absent any wind, once a rock or an arrow is launched, it will fly on the course set at the beginning. The biggest changes in the path it follows will be set at the very beginning.

Even things with guidance, like airplanes or rockets, start out in a particular direction. The longer they go in one direction, the more difficult it is to change the ultimate destination.

Ultimately, this quote is about children, and how they are raised. If they are raised “correctly,” they will do well in their society. If they are allowed to misbehave from the beginning, it will be much harder to correct their behavior later in life.

"3rd time's theCharm" (for APAD this year;-). Agreed w/ Song

 

 

 

the songs that hold memory of my childhood :-))

So the twig's a sapling, not a small branch at the tree top.

I always misunderstood.

Appreciate your childhood education：）

Also, appreciate my childhood education:)

请教童鞋们一下，我上面的“童年的教育”，英文表达对吗？对“的”怎么表达不确定～

all should be right

or ECE

Each culture has memorable nursery rhymes

谢谢百科全书，你咋什么都知道：）我开始还以为是你的专业简称：）

是啊没错，

Indeed. 我家后院以前有颗小花树，有点歪，不明显，越长大越歪的厉害，搬不正了。后来把它挖掉了。