What do you mean they don't have collective exceptions every day like you?

Yao, head of the teaching supervision team of Chengdu University of Technology, introduced Shao Zhoucheng's email to the school leaders.

Survey: What do you think of English failing graduates who have written excellent physics papers and been awarded special degrees?

According to the regulations of the school, Shao Zhoucheng, a senior student of Chengdu University of Technology, will not get a diploma and a degree certificate because he failed the English test once in two or four semesters as a freshman and failed the CET-4.

But he didn't expect that my learning style would have a major turning point half a month before I graduated from college.

Students who fail English should write a physics paper with a score of 95.

On June 12, Yao, head of the teaching supervision team of Chengdu University of Technology, found an unusual graduation thesis in a routine spot check of graduation thesis defense.

"The first feeling is' thick'." Yao said, "The undergraduate graduation thesis can reach 1.5 million words, and the graduation thesis printed with the No.5 word has 78 pages." Yao roughly estimated that this paper has at least 60,000 words.

In fact, the number of words in this undergraduate graduation thesis entitled "Space-time View and Physics" is 78,000 words.

Yao spent more than 40 minutes reading this paper, and focused on checking whether the literature he quoted was true. Yao noticed that the senior student in the department of applied physics not only quoted the classical practices in physics, but also expressed his own views.

What moved Yao even more was that the newspaper's thank-you speech was not a cliche. "Students use a whole page to write a thank-you letter, recall their college experiences and feelings, and express their gratitude to the teachers, classmates and relatives who have guided, funded and cared for him. There is a feeling of respecting others and knowing how to be grateful between the lines. "

The reporter of China Youth Daily saw that this thank-you letter entitled "Stay in the Common Science Park every night on 2011April 18" was one page long. In this paper, he thanked the instructor who took care of his two doctors during his college years and helped him to correct and revise the paper. In addition, the class next door often discusses life and society with him. Finally, he did not forget to thank the author of the reference.

Yao Guosheng speculated from this: First, this student has a solid physical foundation and extensive common sense; Second, this student has a thorough logical thinking and a good learning position; Third, this paper is the blood and sweat of students.

Professor Li, the thesis instructor, and Professor Zhang, the marking teacher, both gave the thesis a high score of 95 points.

After reading the paper, Yao pondered for a few minutes and wanted to know more about the student. In the corridor outside the national defense classroom, Yao and three students talked about Shao Zhoucheng, the author of the paper "Space-time View and Physics".

The evaluation of the three students is: "This buddy is very' professor'."

"What do you mean by very' professor'?" Yao is puzzled by this evaluation. After the explanation of three students, Yao made it clear that the students thought Shao Zhoucheng had the ability to be a professor in some aspects, and sometimes Shao could instruct his classmates like a professor.

However, after high evaluation, three students were worried about Shao Zhoucheng's future: "His English is a bit difficult."

In this regard, Yao also has a hunch. When browsing the papers, he found that among the 82 references he cited, only 65,438+0 were in English.

In fact, Shao Zhoucheng's English performance is worse than Yao expected. Later, the Academic Affairs Office retrieved the student status file and found that Shao Zhoucheng's English scores in the first two or four semesters were 43, 465, 438+0, 47, 38 respectively, and he failed in Band 4. According to the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Credit System in Chengdu University of Technology and the Detailed Rules for the Granting of Bachelor's Degree in Chengdu University of Technology, Shao Zhoucheng cannot obtain a diploma or be awarded a bachelor's degree.

"Without universal browsing and a thorough understanding of undergraduate learning content, you can't write it."

When the world was in the afternoon, Yao came home and recalled it again. He thinks this student's professional knowledge is good, but it's unfair to this student that he can't get a diploma because of his English scores and can't be awarded a degree. "The student has handed in something, why don't we recognize it?"

In an interview with China Youth Daily, Yao said that Shao Zhoucheng was neither a "talent" nor a "fool", and "I used a special student to locate him".

Yao Yue thinks more and more impulsively. He turned on the computer and wrote an email with the same content to the vice president in charge of teaching, the director of the academic affairs office and the executive vice president of the graduate school. In this email entitled "We'd better not abandon the special students", Yao introduced the paper and the author, and recommended the author Shao Zhoucheng's "Still Future Talents" to three recipients, even though he has never met Shao Zhoucheng himself.

In the email, Yao suggested that this "special (eccentric) student" be allowed to graduate and be awarded a degree, so that he can continue to study as a graduate student in our school. At the end of the article, Yao especially suggested taking special measures for special students.

"There are only a few special students like this, so we should treat them differently." Yao said in an email. He explained to the China Youth Daily reporter that the reason why he used the word "consultation" was to "diagnose the value of his paper first, and then decide whether it is worth collecting".

Professor Cao, director of the Academic Affairs Office, saw Yao's email that night. He is highly valued. Early the next morning, the first thing Cao Xingjun did after going to work was to read Shao Zhoucheng's student status file and graduation thesis, and personally interview Shao Zhouben.

Through investigation, Cao came to the conclusion that it is almost the same as Yao. The director of the academic affairs office who studies geophysics thinks that Shao Zhoucheng's graduation thesis systematically discusses the classical and relativistic concepts of time and space. Although it has not been renovated, it is a pretty good summary.

On the same day, the paper was sent to two professors from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Sichuan Normal University in the same city for off-campus expert appraisal. Three days later, two professors responded to these comments.

Professor Yang Haitang of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China believes that Shao Zhoucheng may describe the evolution of the concept of time and space in physics with a clear context, which shows that he has a practical grasp of all theories. In the part of special relativity, the author uses rules to describe the contents outside the undergraduate course. In the part of general relativity and symmetry, we can see that the author has some basic understanding, and the department content is usually studied at the master's or doctoral level.

"As an undergraduate thesis, this is an excellent thesis. Without extensive reading and a thorough understanding of undergraduate learning content, it is impossible to write. " The doctoral supervisor engaged in high-energy theoretical physics research said in the comments.

Professor Yan Jun of Sichuan Normal University thinks that the topic selection is the main and frontier problem in theoretical physics. This paper has its own characteristics in expounding the average property of time and space in special relativity, covariation in Newtonian mechanics, Riemann tensor and conservation rate in special relativity, and the law of conservation of time and space, and it is not easy for undergraduates to derive more in this paper.

"This article has surpassed the level of individual undergraduate graduation thesis, and it is an excellent graduation thesis, which fully meets the requirements of undergraduate graduation." Yan Jun said.

At the same time, Shao Zhoucheng's department of applied physics submitted a statement to the Academic Affairs Office on the application of Shao Zhoucheng, a fresh graduate of the Department of Physics. Tong, vice president of the Geophysics Institute where the department is located, signed the report: "Please ask the Academic Affairs Office to consider hiring as a special talent." Jiang Guo, the professional director of the Department of Applied Physics, also submitted a written speech in his own name, expounding Shao Zhoucheng's professional academic level.

On June 20th, Shao Zhoucheng's graduation thesis was supplemented as an excellent thesis at the university level.

On June 23, the Academic Affairs Office entrusted the graduate school to apply the paper detection system to detect the papers of "Space-time View and Physics". The results show that the repetition rate of this 78,000-word paper with the existing literature is only 2%, and the repeated parts are clearly marked.

"It's not easy." A young teacher of Chengdu University of Technology said, "It is very good that the repetition rate of graduate papers can be controlled within 10%. "

By the school publicity, awarded a special degree.

For such graduation thesis, whether the author is allowed to graduate and lose his degree depends on the attitude of the school. According to Cao, a student who failed in four English courses and Band 4 got a degree certificate after graduation, "breaking the prescribed standards is a bit big", so the school is very stable.

On the morning of June 22nd, the Academic Affairs Office held a meeting to discuss Shao Zhoucheng's graduation qualification, and the participants had different opinions. In fact, from the perspective of education and governance, some teachers in the Academic Affairs Office do not expect this reduction, because it is an impact on the abnormal teaching order.

During the day, the academic affairs office made a special report to the school affairs Committee on Shao Zhoucheng's graduation qualification. Cao emphasized in his report that Shao Zhoucheng failed in four English courses and got 16 credits, but his total score reached the graduation standard. The school board decided that the academic affairs office would further verify the reliability of the paper and report it to the school academic degree evaluation committee.

On June 24th, when the Academic Affairs Office reported the awarding of bachelor's degree to the second plenary session of the 3rd academic degree evaluation committee of Chengdu University of Technology, Shao Zhoucheng's situation was reported as a special case. Academic degree evaluation committee, a school member who attended the meeting, reviewed the materials provided by the Academic Affairs Office. After discussion, he decided to publicize Shao Zhoucheng's graduation thesis in full, and awarded him a bachelor's degree after publicity without objection.

On June 28th, the Academic Affairs Office drew up a publicity draft and submitted it to the school leaders for approval. At 8: 26 on June 29th, the "Announcement on Approving Shao Zhoucheng's Graduation and Granting a Bachelor's Degree" was posted on the campus online.

According to the publicity content, during the publicity period from June 29th to July 29th, there is no objection to Shao Zhoucheng's student status and graduation thesis, and the school will issue Shao Zhoucheng with a diploma and a bachelor's degree. On the news website of Chengdu University of Technology, I said to the bulletin board, warmly welcome this announcement. As of noon on July 18,1:30, the number of hits of this announcement was 5806, more than twice that of the last announcement.

Teachers and students are highly concerned. Less than two hours after the announcement, a student came to Cao's office. This excellent paper writer who failed CET-4 hopes to enjoy the same treatment as Shao Zhoucheng. Cao Xingjun's answer is that the thesis needs to be evaluated by a third party before deciding whether to grant a special degree.

Did you do something good, or did you ruin your talent?

While many teachers and tutors are busy with the graduation thesis of an ordinary student, Shao Zhoucheng, the protagonist of the incident, is extremely quiet. From beginning to end, he didn't show obvious automatic movements.

On June 24th, after academic degree evaluation committee decided to publicize Shao Zhoucheng's situation, the teacher of the Academic Affairs Office immediately informed Shao Zhoucheng of the school's decision and asked Shao's opinion on the publicity of the paper. Surprisingly, Shao Zhoucheng did not directly agree, but said, "Go back and think about it first."

This consideration is two days. It was not until June 27th that Shao Zhoucheng replied to the Academic Affairs Office and agreed to publish the full text of his thesis.

At that time, the young man in Bazhong, Sichuan Province was in conflict. "I want to get a diploma and a degree certificate, but I don't want so many people to know about my career."

Shao Zhoucheng, who is introverted, finally decided to accept the publicity: "In the end, I still think that the diploma and degree certificate are very important. No matter whether you are pursuing further studies or looking for a job, you need two certificates, otherwise the university will be incomplete. Moreover, this is also a confession to the family. "

Many people wonder why Shao Zhoucheng spent so much psychology on his graduation thesis when he knew that he could not get his diploma and degree certificate before graduation. If you were someone else, you might choose to break the jar.

Shao Zhoucheng said that writing a graduation thesis has nothing to do with getting a diploma. Writing a graduation thesis is a confession to oneself and a summary of college life.

Shao Zhoucheng, who was interested in mathematics and physics since childhood, spent a lot of time reading. When he was a freshman, he bought Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and some of them read it many times. Senior high school studied physical knowledge such as field theory and narrow sense absolutism. When he can't understand a lot of knowledge, he will read it again and again, go to the library to check the information, and read it several times to understand.

Shao Zhoucheng expressed his willingness to take the time to study the knowledge he was interested in. I can write this graduation thesis because of the accumulation of previous knowledge.

But in the face of English, Shao Zhoucheng obviously doesn't have enough patience to break through. At the beginning of his freshman year, he also spent some extra-curricular time on English. "But the consequences were not good, and then he became discouraged." I didn't spend much time on English when I was a sophomore. Every time he failed in English, he didn't take the exam again.

Therefore, when he graduates, he can calmly face the end of not getting a diploma and a degree certificate. "I am very calm in my heart and will thank the teachers at school."

Shao Zhoucheng rejected some teachers' initiatives to let him go to graduate school, and he decided to work. By the beginning, he had submitted dozens of resumes and accepted several interviews. When asked about graduation by the employer, he will tell the truth: it may take some time to get the diploma and degree certificate. But he "will never mention to the employer that the school will make an exception and issue a certificate."

On the Internet, many netizens gave their thumbs up to the school's decision. Some netizens commented that Chengdu University of Technology has done an invaluable voluntary activity for graduates.

At this moment, Cao's heart is very tangled. As an individual, I really don't know whether I should be happy or uneasy about being able to attend in person and try my best to finish it in a hurry, he wrote in his blog. In the future, if Shao Zhoucheng inherits his research and has academic achievements and achievements, we will do a good deed and set a good example, and more people will benefit. If he gets a diploma and a degree certificate as he wishes, finds a job, abandons his mathematical time and space that he thinks about day and night, and runs in the time and space of fact, I am doing something wrong, regardless of wealth, which not only destroys his talent, but also prevents others from getting similar opportunities.