In episode 53, Shanshan (姗姗）told Zhigao (志高) about some parents saying that the Primary 1 textbooks were too easy and that their children were already reading Primary 5 and 6 textbooks even though they were going to be in Primary 1 next year. She was worried that Viveka would lose out. Viveka was the daughter of Alex Lee (Shanshan's boyfriend).
Below were parts of their conversation.
志高：别担心，你没听说过拔苗助长吗？
对孩子的教育一定要循序渐进，千万不能怕输。
就好像灌香肠， 你不能拼命的灌。
你拼命地灌，很容易爆炸的。
姗姗： 可是大家都那么怕输， 我们这些不怕输的就惨了， 就一定被抛到后头了。
志高：每个孩子有自己的天资和领悟力。
学习、受教育不是一百米短跑，一冲就到终点的。
他就好像五千米，一万米， 甚至是全程马拉松。
过程虽然是很长，有些孩子开始的时候跑的比较快，可是最重要的是谁可以顺利到终点。
These were translated as:
Zhigao: Don't worry. Don't you know haste makes waste?
Plan for a child's education in a systematic way.
Don't be afraid to lose out.
Take making sausages for instance.
If you overstuff the casing, it'll burst eventually.
Shanshan: But everyone is afraid of losing out. If we don't follow suit, we'll drop behind the rest.
Zhigao: Don't be certain about that.
Every child learns at a different pace.
Learning is not a 100 m sprint.
It's more like a marathon.
Although it's a long process, and some kids may be faster in the beginning, what matters is making it to the finishing point.
Agree totally.
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