参观学习焦裕禄先进事迹心得体会

参观学习焦裕禄先进事迹心得体会
农机局召开开展“讲党性修养、树良好作风、促科学发展” 教育活动动员会后，按照局活动领导小组的安排，积极投入到 学习提高认识当中，通过学习毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三 个代表”重要思想和科学发展观，学习 xx 同志《加强领导干部 党性修养弘扬良好作风继续推进党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争》 讲话精神，思想认识有了进一步提高。5 月 14 日根据局活动领 导小组的安排，在党小组召开学习体会经验交流会上大家积极 发言，积极畅谈自己的学习体会和思想认识，对县委组织开展 “讲、树、促”活动的决定有了新的认识，大家一致认为县委 的决定对我县工业企业战胜危机、树立信心起到了良好的促进 作用。决心在县活动领导小组的带领和指导下为提高党性修 养、加强作风建设、坚持科学发展的思想，努力把为老干部服 务工作提高到一个新水平。会上我结合参观学习焦裕禄同志先 进事迹情况汇报了自已的体会和思想。焦裕禄同志参加革命工 作十八年，一贯听党的话，对党的工作忠心耿耿，为人民鞠躬 尽瘁，为无产阶级革命事业奋斗了一生 .焦裕禄同志不愧为党的 好干部、县委书记的好榜样、人民群众的贴心人。他的一生是 革命的一生，战斗的一生，光辉的一生。他没有死，将永远活 在全国人民的心里！ 5 月 12 日，在开展“讲党性修养、树良好作风、促科学发展” 教育活动中，局党委为更好的开展教育活动，组织机关工作人 员到兰考焦裕禄同志纪念馆和焦裕禄工作的地方参观，缅怀焦 裕禄同志的生平和先进事迹，感到很有意义。 以前没有到过兰考，对焦裕禄同志事迹的认识上比较模 糊，只知道个大概，具体的情况了解的不是很多。这次通过实 地参观，听工作人员具体讲解，可以说近距离地观察、了解了 焦裕禄同志感人的事迹和崇高的精神。通过参观学习，内心很 受感动、很受鼓舞，也感到很受教育。结合参观学习情况，我 也进行了一些思考，为什么焦裕禄同志离开我们 40 多年了，他 的事迹至今为人们念念不忘，他高尚的思想品德和崇高的精神 至今为人民所称颂，现在重温他的事迹后仍然感受鼓舞，通过 近一个多月的不断学习，认识到关键就在于焦裕禄同志心里时 刻装着老百姓，真正代表了广大人民群众的切身利益和与当地
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实情况相结合的工作思路，并以自己的实际行动践行了党全心 全意为人民服务的宗旨。今天，通过参观学习，我们不光是缅 怀焦裕禄同志，更应该学习焦裕禄同志的精神，努力干好本职 工作，以实际行动践行入党誓言。要学习焦裕禄精神，关键是 要学习好以下几点： 一是学习他一贯听党的话，对党的忠心耿耿，为人民鞠躬尽瘁 和热爱本职的思想。焦裕禄同志，无论是在厂矿企业工作，还 是在党政机关工作，都能做到干一行、爱一行、专一行、精一 行，勤勤恳恳，兢兢业业，表现出了一个共产党员的优秀品 质。做为老干部工作人员更应该象焦裕禄那样，把满腔的热情 投入到为老干部服务的工作当中，使离退休老同志思想稳定、 身体健康、生活幸福，为我县农机化发展做出应有的贡献。 二是学习他甘于吃苦、甘于奉献的精神。焦裕禄同志工作中经 常深入到生产第一线，把群众的革命干劲和实事求是的工作态 度结合起来，通过深入的调查研究，掌握了大量的第一手资 料，摸索自然条件和客观规律，从而找到了改造客观世界、战 胜自然灾害的正确途径。当组织上安排焦裕禄同志到环境、条 件较差的兰考县任县委书记时，他没有任何抱怨，没有任何要 求，而是积极主动地投入了工作中，与当地与群众打成了一 片。为了尽快改变兰考的贫困落后面貌，他以身作则，身先士 卒，积极带领兰考人民，同内涝、风沙、盐碱三大自然灾害作 斗争，一直坚持带病工作到生命的最后一刻。焦裕禄同志在困 难面前不退缩、不畏惧，坚持实事求是、调查研究的工作作风 值得我们认真学习。当前世界范围内的经济危机还没有结束， 我县工农业的稳定发展还要经受进一步的考验，这对我们做好 的工作是一个很大的考验，当前情况下如何做好工作需要每一 个共产党员结合开展“讲党性修养、树良好作风、促科学发 展”教育活动，拿出自己的实际行动，要象焦裕禄同志那样用 自身行动向党证明不亏为一个共产党员荣誉称号。 三是学习他全心全意为群众谋利益的崇高精神。作为一名共产 党员，焦裕禄同志对人民群众怀着非常深厚的感情，他心里时 刻装着老百姓，在工作中认真履行职责，想群众之所想，急群 众之所急，以自己的实际行动，践行一个共产党员的义务，努 力为群众办实事、办好事。老干部工作人员担负着服务党的宝 贵财富的重要使命，老同志身体健康、思想稳定，使局领导和 各个部门做好工作的重要基础。老干部工作人员认真履行职 责，想老干部所想、急老干部所急，努力用自己的实际行动向
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局党委交一份满意的答卷。这次参观学习也使我想起电影《焦 裕禄》里的一个细节，有一对孤寡老人，无依 无靠，生活非常 艰难。在冬天天气严寒、将要下大雪的时候，焦裕禄首先想到 了这两位老人，一大早就赶到老人家里，嘘寒问暖，给老人送 去了御寒的衣物等，并说“我是你们的儿子，是毛主席派我来 看望你们的”。这个细节非常感人。作为一名干部，就要像焦 裕禄同志那样，牢记党的宗旨，立足本职岗位，扎扎实实做好 工作，积极为广大群众和离退休老同志搞好服务。
四是学习他廉洁自律、克己奉公的工作作风。他参加革命工作 以后，特别是担任领导职务以后，始终继承与发扬党的优良传 统和作风，身不离劳动，心不离群众，艰苦朴素，永葆劳动人 民的本色。参观时看到他用过的一条棉被，棉絮大都漏在了外 面，他穿的一件上衣，不知补过多少补丁，这些都深深的教育 了我。他严于律己，坚决反对特殊化，坚持同破坏党的组织纪 律等一切不正之风，作不懈地斗争。焦裕禄同志对自己、对家 人非常严格，他不允许自己和家人搞特殊化。作为一名干部， 也要像焦裕禄同志那样，自觉严格要求，坚持以身作则，清正 廉洁，做到老老实实做人，清清白白干事，在干部群众中树好 自身形象。 焦裕禄同志是党的好干部、好党员。他不为名、不为利，不怕 苦、不怕死，一心为革命，一心为人民，完全彻底为人民服 务。焦裕禄同志是我们永远学习的好榜样。
本文为 Word 版资料，可以任意修改编辑。如果你看到我上传的资料这个后缀，请删除后使用。 高效学习方法和技巧 学习需要方法，找到适合自己的方法，学习才能事半功倍。接下来，我结合我自己的学习情况，给大家总结的高效学习《五部曲》 一、预习是学习的重要环节上课前充分预习，考试前充分地复习，与“打有准备之仗”有同曲之道。预习效果好，听课才能有针对性；听课有针对性，复习才能顺利进行；复习深 刻，作业、考试才能得心应手。所以说预习是学生学习过程中一个必不可少的环节。 二、掌握好高效的听课方法课上集中精力听课，是掌握知识的捷径。听讲时，思想上必须与老师讲解的思路保持一致，听老师对事物是怎样分析、推理；听老师解决问题是用 什么方法、技巧；听老师对问题有哪些提问和解释。这样才能把握住听课的重点。听讲中，要把自己在预习中的理解，和老师讲解的相比较，看自己和老师有哪些相同点和区别 点。 三、合理安排复习时间很多科学家通过研究发现，有几个时间段有利于巩固记忆：一是学习后最初几分钟内，电生理活动引起蛋白质的合成；二是学习后在 48 小时内复习； 三是一周之后脑突触发生永久性变化。根据人在学习过程中这一生理变化，采用复习加强记忆就显得特别重要了。如果我们能够在学习的内容即将忘记时进行复习，那么复习的效 果最好，效率也最高。著名的心理学家艾宾浩斯通过实验发现了人的记忆与遗忘规律。实验证明：在学习仅过了 20 分钟后，就忘记记忆内容的 42%，1 天后忘却量已经达到了 66%，到了第 31 天，忘却量高达 79%。他根据实验结果，画成了著名的遗忘曲线。并表明遗忘的规律是“先快后慢”。这条规律提示我们，—定要尽早、及时地对所学知识进行 复习，以便在知识还在大脑内时就加深印记，否则大脑中已经没有痕迹了，只能再费精力重学。合理安排复习时间特别重要并且必要，制定复习计划，严格按精英特计划执行，并 力求形成习惯，是我们每一位学生都应该力求努力做到。 我们为什么要复习呢？因为我们记忆效果没有那么好，不可能过目不忘，所以需要重复、增强记忆。同时，复习的进展 也有利于学习效率的提高。 四、做作业的科学方法这里有七种做作业的技巧： 1、先复习后做作业。复习是做好作业的关键，只有复习得好，作业才能做得好。做作业前先把老师这一节课所讲的内容认真地看一看，弄清楚基本原理和概念后再去做作 业，作业才能做得既快又好。 2、认真审题。 做作业最关键的—步就是审题，连题都判断错了，作业内容就全错了。首先第—步要弄清楚题目的内容，所给的条件，什么要求，需要联系哪些知识等等；其 次是考虑好解题思路、方法、步骤，要善于把—道题分成几部分，化大为小、化难为易、分清其中的已知和未知，弄清各部分的联系，设计好整个解题步骤，—定要让自己做到不 明白题意不做题，不清楚方法步骤不下笔。 3、细心的做题。 做题是表达思路的全过程，这个过程要求既动脑、又动手。做题的关键是要保证“规范”、“准确”。要做到这两点就要求学生认真的抄好题，书写格式必须正 确、规范，严格按照各类题的解题要求，仔细演算解题的每—步，得出正确的结果。只有平时做题认真细致，步骤完整，思路正确，表达严密，准确无误，考试时才能按照这种良 好的习惯进行 五、重视错题积累在学习的过程中，同学们可能遇到过一错再错的现象
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究其原因，多数是由于在学习中不求甚解，不注意总结积累所致。那么，该怎么办呢？实践证明，自编一本“易错题集”是避免做题一错再错的最好办法。错题本的复习方法： 1、每周把该周错题本中记录的题目快速浏览一遍；2、每月把该月错题本中记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；3、每个季度把错题本中三个月记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；4、大考前 把该错题本中的所有题目认真复习一遍，确保题不二错
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When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. 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The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending. Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then yo u better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-style movie poster teasing Iran sanctions — “SANCTIONS ARE COMING,” it read — lay unfurled across the table directly in front of him. But he made no remarks on the subject.He did, however, comment on Sen.-elect Mitt Romney of Utah, who wrote in the Washington Post on Tuesday that he was troubled by Trump’s “deep descent in December” and that his deficit in “presidential leadership in qualities of character … has been most glaring.”“I wish Mitt could be more of a team player,” Trump said. “And if he’s not, that’s OK too.”Seeming to warn Romney about the fate that lies ahead for Republican lawmakers who vocally criticize him and his preside ncy, Trump boasted that he “got rid of” former Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, both of whom opted not to seek new terms last year.Accusing both men of seeking publicity in taking stands against him, Trump suggested that Flakewould be seeking a job as a paid cable news contributor — or perhaps in another profession that Trump himself once plied.“Jeff Flake is now selling real estate or whatever he’s doing,” he said dismissively.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others ’ shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don ’ t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of peoplewho have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can ’ t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is cryig.Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don ’ t, don ’ t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone ’ s day with this message.Since we went to school, we have access to English all the time, because it is one of the necessary subjects. Before we attend college, we keep our attention on the grammar, but now college means the new stage and we should pay attention to practical English. Here are some suggestions.First, it is important to speak out loudly. The purpose of learning English is to communicate with foreigners, so as to get to know more about the world. Grammar is not the only thing we care about. What we should do is to open our mouths and improve our ability to use spoken English. It begins with reading textbooks. When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. In doing so, he contradicted his own recent claim that the U.S. had achieved its objectives of total victory over Islamic State militants in Syria.“Look, we don't want Syria,” he continued. “We're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death,” he said, seemingly contrasting the war-wracked country with Iraq and its vast oil reserves.Iran “can do what they want there, frankly,” he added, a comment likely to unnerve officials in Israel, who have worried that a U.S. withdrawal from its positions in eastern Syria would allow Iran to expand its influence there.“It’s not my fault,” he said. “I didn’t put us there.”Trump offered little further clarity on the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, which he initially said would take place in 30 days, saying now that the pullout will “take place over a period of time.”Later, in a long riff a bout Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscow’s 1979 invasion of the country — an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. “They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending. Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then yo u better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-st
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