Chapter 356 Cheer up
Director Wang was sitting on a chair in the hotel room, looking at the open notes in front of him with a solemn expression, holding the pen in his hand and holding on to it for a long time.
He has been sitting there for nearly an hour, with only a few words on his notebook and a large blank space left.
Time passed by, and Director Wang was like a later Internet writer who was used to procrastinating, as if he would never start writing until the deadline was reached at the last moment.
But unlike Internet writers who have an empty mind and don’t know what to write, Director Wang’s mind is very messy, with many ideas colliding fiercely, making him unable to write and not knowing how to write.
This is an inspection and research report. This time, Director Wang's responsibility is not only to take the college students to travel around and participate in summer camps, but also to write a report and write down what he saw on the road.
In the past few days, I have followed students everywhere to participate in activities, and I have watched the whole process, especially the performance of the American students, which was completely crushing.
Not only for Chinese students, but also for students from other European countries.
Director Wang was also shocked. He had also read some reports, materials, and articles about education in the United States. He used to sneer at those who advocated the effects of quality education.
Now after experiencing the comparison with reality, his thoughts began to waver.
They are also college students, and the American college student representatives are very special.
The legendary quality education is so terrifying?
So in the future, should China’s education system learn from the United States and start developing quality education?
The concept of quality education has been around since the 1990s. By 2005, it had been promoted for at least ten years.
From the first use of the concept of "quality education" in a central document in 1994, to 1996, it was proposed to "reform the talent training model and transform from 'examination-oriented education' to comprehensive quality education."
We have been calling for educational innovation and educational reform for so many years, but there is still no conclusion on how to reform it.
After so many years of shouting about "quality education" reform, many places still adopt the exam-oriented education system. They are just pretending to follow the slogans, but in fact they still make students learn to death.
Director Wang thinks that he should investigate more to see what is going on in the United States, so as to have a reference.
However, Director Wang cannot do this himself. His responsibility is to take the students to the "International Summer Camp" successfully and then bring them back safely, all of them safe and sound.
What's more, he doesn't have the means or funds to do this. He doesn't even have the money to take a taxi.
But he quickly thought of Qin Shaoyan. This was a sponsor. He could discuss it with him and see if he could help find a car, take him around, or help him find information.
Director Wang immediately put down his pen, got up and went out, came to Qin Shaoyan's room and knocked on the door.
Still, the staff came to open the door. The sofa in the room was full of people. The table in front of me was filled with laptops and various pens and papers. The whiteboard next to it was filled with all kinds of incomprehensible words. the term.
What "vertical layout, transformation, play style, ecology, layout, innovation, pain points, traffic" means, you can understand each word separately, but you can't understand them when they are combined together.
When Director Wang saw this posture, he knew that Mr. Qin was in a meeting again, so he immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Mr. Qin was busy. I will come over in a while."
"It's okay, Director Wang, please sit down. I'll be done soon." Qin Shaoyan greeted warmly, turned to say a few words to the others, and then sent them away.
After the others left, secretary Xiao Chen brought them two cups of coffee and then left.
"Director Wang, do you have anything to do with me?" Qin Shaoyan asked with a smile.
“It’s not a big deal.” Director Wang hesitated, “I plan to write an inspection report on American education, but the information at hand is limited, and I also want to go to American schools to see it. It’s just a matter of life. The place is unfamiliar and traveling is not convenient, so I shamelessly came to Mr. Qin for help."
"This is a good thing," Qin Shaoyan said generously, "I will send a car to Director Wang. I’ll find an international student studying there to be your translator and guide. Walk around and see more. If you need anything, just tell me.”
"Thank you so much, Mr. Qin." Director Wang excitedly grabbed Qin Shaoyan's hand and shook it, "Thank you Mr. Qin for supporting my work."
"This is also my small contribution to China's education. It’s just a matter of strength, not worth mentioning.” Qin Shaoyan said seriously, “I hope Director Wang’s report can be completed smoothly.”
Director Wang nodded solemnly, and then asked: "Mr. Qin, I heard that you come to the United States often and have a good relationship with Facebook in the United States."
"Yes." Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"
"The American Facebook network started from American universities, so it should have a deep understanding of American universities." Director Wang asked solemnly, "Mr. Qin, what do you think of American college students?"
Qin Shaoyan frowned, "This topic is very broad, and I don't have much contact with American college students, so I don't know much about it."
"Then what do you think about American quality education? See?" Director Wang changed the question.
"Huh?" Qin Shaoyan frowned even more tightly, "You want to ask about quality education in the United States. To be honest, I don't know much about the United States and I am not an expert in education, but quality education is I still know some things."
"But there are some things I can't say."
"Why?" Director Wang was confused, "Mr. Qin just said it. , don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about it, and I won’t write it in the report.”
Qin Shaoyan smiled, "The United States does not use so-called quality education. It only has elite education for the upper class and happy education for the lower class."
"Children from different classes receive education and enjoy educational resources. It’s completely different.”
The American education model is a tool used to solidify social classes.
Elite education is to cultivate the ruling class, while happy education is to cultivate "submissive people".
The two types of education begin to differ from the preschool education stage.
Rich families live in high-end communities, pay more land taxes, and enjoy better educational conditions, while poor families do the opposite.
High-quality preschool education and primary and secondary education means a greater possibility of going to a good university. After graduating from prestigious universities and becoming social elites, their children continue this cycle.
Most children from poor families enter the society and do low-end jobs after high school. Only the outstanding ones are likely to go to college, and most of them go to community colleges with relatively cheap tuition.
The quality of education at community colleges is sky-high compared to those of Ivy League universities.
Happy education has caused many students to remain functionally illiterate after high school. They cannot read, write, or calculate. Learning is the same as not learning.
"Some people in China have been talking about education reform, saying that the burden on students is too heavy, and advocating reducing the burden." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "What kind of high-end private schools in the United States are like, Director Wang, you will never imagine."
"What? Like?" Director Wang asked curiously.
“It is no different from domestic schools. They all make students learn to death.” Qin Shaoyan said, “Students in private schools have strict discipline and rules requirements and training in school. Those who do not abide by discipline It is common for children to be warned or suspended from school, and even improper dressing will be severely punished.”
“Children in private schools have a heavy academic load, and the academic pressure of students is not low, even more stressful than in China. When I was still young, it was normal for students to work on their homework until 12 o'clock in the morning, and it was common for them to sleep for four or five hours a day when they were busy. " Director Wang looked shocked. Domestic schools don't do this. This is not the case. It's pretty ruthless in China.
If Director Wang knew that American students even continued to take drugs in order to get exams, he would go crazy on the spot.
“Of course the educational resources of this kind of private schools are top-notch, especially the teachers are the best.” Qin Shaoyan continued, “In addition to the expensive fees you can afford in this type of school, , it also depends on the parents’ education, occupation, family background, and the way parents get along with their children, etc. It’s not something you can get by just having money.”
After chatting with Qin Shaoyan, Director Wang discovered that these in the United States. Private schools that specialize in educating elites are completely different from the American schools I saw in the information.
Director Wang said with emotion: "The students trained by this elite model are indeed very strong. It seems that our Chinese students did not lose unfairly."
The educational resources are better than those in China. , the school is better than that in China, how could it not be excellent? How can domestic students compare with other elites?
"Well, why did the domestic students lose?" Qin Shaoyan was a little confused.
Director Wang and Qin Shaoyan talked about what they saw during social activities, focusing on the outstanding performance of American students.
Qin Shaoyan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Director Wang, you have misunderstood."
"Well, where is the misunderstanding?" Director Wang was very surprised.
“Not all those educated by elites are elites.” Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, “The students you see are different. Our students don’t need to belittle themselves.”
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"Different? How is it different?"
"Because these students are from political families, their life plans have been set long ago and they were trained according to the standards of politicians." Qin Shaoyan explained, "Speeches, They have learned skills such as showmanship and performance since they were young. This is what they are good at."
"The specialization directions are different, so the comparison is meaningless."
"Don't believe it. If we do advanced math with our students on the street, they will never be able to do it.”
“You can trick people into preparing in advance, but if you can’t do advanced math, you just can’t do it.”
"Oh, that's it." Director Wang suddenly realized it and slapped his thigh and said, "I thought American college students were all-round supermen."
Qin Shaoyan smiled and said nothing, an all-round talent It's not that they don't exist, but they are only one in a million. How could they all be gathered in this summer camp by such a coincidence?
"I have a presumptuous request." Director Wang asked tentatively, "The students have been a little discouraged recently. Can Mr. Qin say a few words to the students to encourage them and cheer them up? ."
Qin Shaoyan was stunned and quickly declined: "I am really not humble. I am just a scumbag who graduated from an ordinary university. How can I talk to outstanding students from these key universities? It is inappropriate and inappropriate. "Well, you'd better ask Gao Ming."
"Otherwise, Director Wang, you should do it. You are a top student, a leader of a ministry, and an educator, so you should give this speech." ”
"Well, to be honest with Mr. Qin, I have already said it." Director Wang sighed, "It's just that the effect is not obvious."
You can't even figure it out and you still expect me to do it. You really think too highly of me. .
If you ask me to teach students a little bit of social experience to prevent them from being deceived, I know a little bit about it. I really don’t know how to give people blood, so I don’t have that skill.
"Mr. Qin, don't be too humble." Director Wang complimented, "Mr. Qin built the campus network from scratch, which shows that Mr. Qin is outstanding and is already very good. Anyway, Say a few words. "
Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Qin Shaoyan had to agree, thinking about how to deal with this matter with a few words.
The next journey was from the west coast of the United States to the east coast again, but not to New York, but to Washington.
Before going to the United Nations Headquarters, another stop on the trip is to visit the White House.
The White House, the presidential palace of the United States and the highest government agency, is full of mysterious aura.
When they heard that they were going to visit the White House, students from other countries were very excited, including American students.
Because these American students are different from students from other countries, they have separate arrangements. The broker in the middle has promised them that they can meet the President of the United States and take photos with them.
Qin Shaoyan was doubtful about this, but Davis guaranteed it, saying that they had already received the money and would definitely be able to handle it.
Compared with the excitement of students from other countries, Chinese students are generally not very interested. They kept chanting words along the way, and occasionally looked at the notebooks in their hands, as if they were reciting something.
Qin Shaoyan took a few curious glances and found that the materials they were holding were the content of the United Nations debate competition. These students were reviewing nervously in advance.
In their opinion, debates and speeches at the United Nations Headquarters are much more important than visiting the White House.
And the debate competition at the United Nations Headquarters will not only include college student representatives from various countries, but also a group of famous experts and scholars invited, and even a live broadcast on television.
Such an important occasion made Chinese students extremely nervous and worried about the debate competition in a few days.
If something goes wrong, it will be embarrassing in front of the whole world.
Compared with the sense of relaxation among college students in other countries, Chinese students appear to be very tight.
This caused them to stumble from time to time while reciting the materials, and they were under great mental pressure. Some female students were so nervous that they could not speak and almost broke down and cried.
The entire bus was filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere. Looking at this situation, Qin Shaoyan felt that these students had been hit a bit hard recently and it was time to relax and cheer them up.
So after visiting the White House, Qin Shaoyan decisively asked the bus to turn around and go to another place.
The students were surprised to see that the car did not return to the hotel as planned, and then saw them turning into a park with dense trees.
After getting off the car, they saw a familiar building, the Lincoln Memorial.
The students were curious as to why they were brought to this place. Do they still need to visit the Lincoln Memorial today?
Qin Shaoyan said nothing and led everyone through the path between the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool, heading south.
Then the students saw 19 life-size statues of soldiers scattered on the grass.
"Where is this?" Director Wang looked around with some confusion.
“This is the memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Korean War built by the United States.” Qin Shaoyan said.
(End of this chapter)