The earliest "source" of "involution" is a few pictures of famous schools. Now many college students refer to irrational internal competition or "voluntary" competition. This word is widely circulated among college students, causing waves of online discussions.
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Yu Hanyu, a counselor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Hunan University, said: "Now, involution expresses an endless energy consumption cycle. In fact, as a counselor, I personally can understand this kind of competition and a certain degree of comparison psychology, but now in the process of communicating with students, we even hope that students should consciously think and not let themselves enter this gyro-like infinite loop. "
Yang Chen, an associate professor at the School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, said that involution is a challenge for individuals and the whole society. She said: "Students need to understand' what kind of person I want to be'; Makers and executors of educational policies, as well as parents of students, need to think clearly about' what kind of talents our educational goal is to cultivate' and' what kind of people we want to see our children become'