리오넬 메시에게 -Johana Fucks

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https://youtu.be/hfKaZw-GF90

메시에게 쓴 아르헨티나 초등학교 선생님의 편지

 
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/sports/argentinian-teacher-writes-lionel-messi-a-letter-asks-him-to-be-the-hero-her-students-deserve-not-a-quitter-257534.html

Argentinian Teacher Writes Lionel Messi A Letter, Asks Him To Be The Hero Her Students Deserve

OPEN LETTER TO LIONEL MESSI from a teacher


Wed Jun 29, 2016

Teacher Yohana Fucks' letter made waves across Argentina, as she called on Barcelona star Lionel Messi to reconsider his decision to retire.



The letter in full:


https://youtu.be/TjuqKh58TB0

"Lionel Messi,

"You will probably never read this letter. But I will write it all the same, not as a football fan but as an Argentine teacher, in this profession that I chose and love as you love your own.

"I could write to you about your marvelous talents in the most popular sport in our country, the pleasure it gives me to be one of the generations lucky enough to see you show off the magic in your boots, or about the admiration you awake in every country in the world. But that would only serve to repeat cliches. Instead I will write for your help in a much tougher challenge than you have ever faced, I want you to help me in the difficult mission of moulding the behaviour of those kids who see you as a football hero and an example to follow.

"No matter how much love and dedication I put into my work, I will never receive from my students that incredible fascination they feel for you. Now they will see their biggest idol give up. I beg you not to give the satisfaction to mediocre people; those who, frustrated by the thousands of dreams they didn't achieve aim their resentment at a football player, those who speak about the rest because it is free and easy to do so. You are hearing this from a teacher who, despite the distance between us, deals with that nasty Argentine habit of thinking somebody else's job is simple, that scoring goals is as easy as building a house or a future for a person. It is that sick compulsion to bring someone down, or turn into idiotic judges that slam with contempt and arrogance the performance of others, only valuing victories and writing off mistakes as failures, those same errors that make us human and keep us learning.

"Please do not quit, don't let my students think that this country only cares about winning and coming first. Do not show them that no matter how successful you are in life, you will never manage to keep the rest happy and, worse still, do not make them feel they must live to make others happy. Do not send them this mistaken message that, despite overcoming so many adversities, fighting from a young age to become the triumphant man you are today, all that is tainted by the critics of those envious people who deep down would kill to be like you.

"If something like you, who had your family at your side, who has a hefty personal wealth and the support of so many people, cannot do it, how can they believe they are capable of carrying on having to face so many battles, day-in, day-out?

"I do not talk to them about how wonderfully Messi plays football, but of the thousands of free kicks he practised to manage to put the ball in the angle beyond the reach of any goalkeeper. I tell them of the Messi who put up with countless painful injections to keep chasing his dream; the Messi who with all the money he has earned helps other kids like him with their own difficult situations; I tell them of the adult Messi, the man who raised a family and deals with the most important job in the world, being a good parent; the Messi who stops a fan who mobs him in the middle of a match from being harmed; the Messi who can even miss a penalty because our faults make us humans, and that shows them even the greatest of all time is imperfect as well.

"Do not give up, do not put the shirt with our country's colours away, because when you pull the shirt on you become an Argentine that represents us all. Not all of us await medals and cups to feel wonderfully proud you are one of us. Please do not make my students feel that coming second is a defeat, and that the value of a person depends on how full his trophy cabinet is, or that losing a game is to lose glory.

"My students need to understand that the noblest heroes, be they doctors, soldiers, teachers or football players, are those who give the best of themselves for the good of others, even knowing that nobody will value them more for that, knowing that if they do manage a triumph it will belong to everyone while if they fail it will be their failure alone. Even so they keep trying. But above all, they have heroism and courage, when they fight and overcome losses with bravery and integrity, even with the whole universe saying we will never make it.

"And one day they will enjoy the greatest victory: they will feel happy being themselves, with the demons they had to face in order to make it no longer an issue.

"Everybody talks about balls, I believe in the strength of your heart."




리오넬 메시에게,

"저는 선생님이 돼 아이들을 가르치고 있지만, 제가 아무리 노력해도 저를 향한 학생들의 존경심은 그들이 당신을 좋아하는 마음에 미치지 못합니다. 그 아이들은 지금 영웅이 포기하는 모습을 보게 됐습니다. 당신을 지치게 만든 일부 아르헨티나인들의 어두운 면을 잘 알고 있습니다. 그러나 대표팀 은퇴는 당신을 욕하고 깎아내리는 그들에게 굴복하는 것이나 다름없습니다. 그들처럼 승리의 가치만 느끼고 패배를 통해 성장하는 가치를 무시하는 어리석음에 넘어가지 말아주십시오.

아이들에게 이기는 것만이 우선이고 유일한 가치라는 선례를 남겨선 안 됩니다. 아르헨티나의 어린아이들이 인생의 목적은 다른 사람을 행복하게 해야만 한다는 생각을 하게해선 안 될 것입니다. 당신이 어린 시절부터 어떤 어려움을 이겨내며 오늘의 메시가 됐는지 잘 알고있습니다. 성장 호르몬 결핍이라는 희귀병을 앓은 당신이 어린 나이에 고통스러운 주사를 몇대나 맞아야 했는지 우리 모두가 알고 있습니다. 그러나 지금 당신이 대표팀 유니폼을 벗는다면 이 나라의 아이들은 당신을 통해 배울 가치를 보지 못하게 될 수도 있습니다. 지금의 당신처럼 가족은 물론 부와 명예까지 있는 사람이 졌다는 이유만으로 포기해버린다면, 오늘도 하루하루를 어렵게 살아가는 이 나라의 많은 사람들은 인생의 가치를 잃어버릴 수도 있습니다...

나는 학생들에게 메시를 얘기할 때, 메시가 얼마나 멋지게 축구를 하는지는 가르치지 않습니다. 아이들이 메시에게 배워야하는 건 경기장에서 보이는 화려함이 아닙니다. 아이들은 경기에서 프리킥으로 단 한 골을 넣기 위해서 메시가 같은 장면을 수천번이나 연습한다는 사실을 알아야 합니다. 아르헨티나 져지를 벗어선 안 됩니다. 모든 팬들이 당신에게 승리만을, 우승만을, 트로피만을, 메달만을 바라는 게 아니라는 사실을 알아주세요. 제발 우리 아이들에게 2위는 패배자라고, 지는 건 빛을 잃게 되는 일이라고 말하지 말아주세요.

진정한 영웅은 패했을 때 포기하지 않을 겁니다. 진정한 영웅이라면 이길 때는 같이 이기고, 질 때도 혼자가 아닐 겁니다. 우리는 승패와 상관없이 당신 옆에 있습니다. 그러니 당신이 우리나라를 대표할 때만큼은 리오넬 메시가 아닌 아르헨티나 그 자체라는 마음으로 대표팀에 남아줬으면 합니다.

결과와 관계없이 사랑하는 일을 하며 행복할 수 있다면, 그게 가장 위대한 우승이 아닐까요?

진심을 담아,

비알레 초등학교 선생님, 요하나 푹스"