Going to school is not strictly a literary masterpiece or an academic masterpiece. It is a short story similar to a memoir written according to Mr. He Zhaowu's own reading and learning experience. The student days are always the most unforgettable. This book is particularly real and moving because of the campus, because of classmates, because of teachers and students, and because of the people and things who study. At that time, during the war years, Mr. He's seven-year study and life in The National SouthWest Associated University was the focus of the book. He Laoshi said that those seven years were the most enjoyable and unforgettable time in his life, and they also left the deepest impression on me.
Although it is impossible to reach that mountain, I yearn for it. National Southwest Associated University is a product of special historical background, and it is also the place where I can experience the pleasure of "going to school" best. You can listen to the teachings of Hu Shi, Qian Zhongshu, Chen Yinque, Qian Mu, Zhu Ziqing, Shen Congwen, Zhu Ziqing and Hua. Teachers and masters, regardless of factions, all kinds of ideas are no less than a hundred schools of thought contend in the classroom; I can study with Wang Zengqi, Zhang Shoulian, Yang Zhenning and others, express my own opinions, brainstorm at that time, and even influence the course of history. Being so inclusive and not restricting the personal development of teachers and students is inseparable from The National SouthWest Associated University's free and open education model and campus atmosphere. As Mr. Chen Yinque said, "Independent spirit is free thought", when students go to college, their basic study habits and thinking patterns have been formed. In universities, they should not be confined to textbook dogma like primary and secondary schools, but should not be broken. In their study, they should cultivate their independent thinking ability to correctly look at everything in the world, the historical process and things around them.
With this in mind, I have a deeper understanding of education. School and education can be equated, but not completely. In ancient times, it was emphasized that "learning is excellent and being an official". Study hard and you will have a bright future. You can be an official and shine. Going to school is just a way to success, and it is no different from doing business to make money and buying a house and land. In modern times, in order to let children go to school well, concepts such as "chicken baby" and "school district room" emerge one after another, and children's education has become a social problem that parents all over the country are deeply tired of. Parents often value scores, and test scores determine whether they can get a college admission notice. With that diploma, the concepts of "score-only theory" and "increasing one point and killing thousands of people" have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Where are our children? Including myself, I grew up in the template education mode of primary school, middle school and university, but I was imprisoned by it. We were taught from an early age that we should study hard, work hard on problems and be admitted to 985 University, which seems to be the end of education. Students can easily write a standard argumentative essay for college entrance examination and work out trigonometric functions as quickly as possible, but when asked what they like, what they are good at and what they want to do in the future, they often look blank. Even if you are admitted to a university, graduate from work or continue to study in graduate school, as a member of all sentient beings, you feel a little confused about your lifelong career, and it will even take several years to find your career direction, and then stumble forward. If you get high marks in the exam, there will be no shortage of gullies in your life. If you leave school and don't stop thinking, you can go further and further.
The essence of education is not to cultivate score-oriented "problem solvers", nor to make us abstruse, but to restore the innocence of human nature. Only naive people will always ask and think about the truth and trajectory of this world and constantly adjust their own direction. The word "education" is by no means a simple stuffing, which imprisons students in books. It just happened to throw away the book, teach us how to think, and then look for the answer in the book. We can't put the cart before the horse. "Learning at school", enriching the brain with knowledge and learning to think, is one of the greatest pleasures in life.