According to media reports, Dan Liang's insistence on postgraduate entrance examination stems from the knot left by his failure in the college entrance examination. He has always loved studying and wanted to study medicine, but his scores in the two college entrance examinations were not satisfactory, and he finally passed the college entrance examination. In order to make up for the regret of low academic qualifications, postgraduate entrance examination became Dan Liang's dream. After graduating from junior college in 2006, he entered the computer science and technology major of Nankai University. After graduating from junior college in 2009, he began his first postgraduate entrance examination. However, in the process of preparation, the family suddenly changed and my father was seriously ill in bed. He is the only child in the family, and the burden of care mainly falls on his shoulders. Over the years, while taking care of his father, he has to work to earn money, and he is often physically and mentally exhausted, but even so, he has not given up studying. After seven failed postgraduate entrance examinations, I finally landed successfully this year, and my long-cherished wish was realized.
Dan Liang's Postgraduate Entrance Examination Results
It can be seen that Dan Liang's journey is quite difficult. Because of his multiple responsibilities, he can't devote himself to his study. He can only use the gap between taking care of his father and working to recite, do problems and remember words. In his bedroom, the desk, wall and ceiling are covered with dense English sentences and mathematical formulas; At my father's bedside, there are mathematical formulas-so I can look at the gap between feeding my father water. Because of repeated wars and defeats, Dan Liang has never been married. During this period, many people advised him not to take the postgraduate entrance examination, worked hard and even sneered at him, but these did not shake his determination. He said he was like Xu Sanduo in Soldier Assault. At first, he had a poor foundation and couldn't catch up with others, but he believed that "gold always shines" and was willing to find a way out for everyone to see, "Can a graduate student of 4 1 year old be good?"
The wall is covered with review materials. Dan Liang proved himself successfully with extraordinary efforts. Like his 49-year-old aunt Yuan Meng Garden who took the postgraduate entrance examination, he gave people great spiritual encouragement: no matter when and how old he is, he can't lose his enterprising spirit in life, he can't underestimate his potential, and he can easily bow to difficulties. But in the eyes of many netizens, life is not a TV series. No matter how touched you are mentally, the reality is something you can't afford to provoke. A common question in the comment area is, can you find a good job after graduate school in your 40 s? Is it really necessary to go to graduate school at an advanced age?
In their view, it is never too late if graduate school is purely knowledge-driven, or if it is to realize unfinished dreams. But if we take it as a stepping stone to career promotion or a better life, objectively speaking, it is not suitable for all ages. Dan Liang hopes to become a teacher after graduation, preaching and giving lessons to dispel doubts. However, at present, there is generally an age threshold of 35 for the recruitment of primary and secondary school teachers. The age requirements of college teachers are relatively relaxed, but basically all require doctoral degrees. Not to mention whether there is a tutor who is willing to take an older doctor, even if Dan Liang successfully finished her Ph.D., she will be nearly 50 years old. Even if some colleges and universities are willing to hire older people, does Dan Liang have enough energy and conditions to compete with young people around the age of 30 in the face of the brutal competition of promotion or resignation?
Therefore, many netizens worry that Dan Liang's dream of taking the postgraduate entrance examination with more than ten years' efforts and his long-cherished wish of earning a stable and decent life with a high degree will probably come to nothing in the end. Even if he doesn't become a teacher and works in an enterprise, limited by his age, it is difficult for him to have room to make great achievements, and his income may not be as high as when he sells vegetables. If you want to get ahead and improve your living standard immediately, Dan Liang may turn around and finally find himself standing near the origin. Is it safer and more desirable to let go of the knot earlier, do a good job in a down-to-earth manner, improve your skills over time, enjoy the family happiness of ordinary people, and not delay getting married and having children?
Dan Liang is selling vegetables. Dan Liang put all his eggs in one basket for the postgraduate entrance examination, which is not like a careful plan after rational weighing, but more like an escape from reality, an obsession rather than persistence. There are many ways for people to prove themselves. Why do they want to hang themselves from a tree and choose a difficult road with no turning back? In fact, not only for Dan Liang, in recent years, for the phenomenon of advanced postgraduate entrance examination, netizens generally sing bad or give up, thinking that the sinking cost is too high, which is an endless road. Compared with the bloody story of pursuing dreams without fear of danger, everyone prefers the choice of stable return and high cost performance. In the face of the reality of difficult employment, inspirational quotations such as "there is hope if you work hard" and "where there is a will, there is a way" seem to be outdated proverbs.
Indeed, in the face of reality, netizens' worries are not unreasonable, but judging the value of Dan Liang's efforts and the quality of his choice simply by the size of the reward seems quite convincing, but it is also a biased consideration, an argument of "judging heroes by success or failure". This statement ignores an important point: the same choice means different things to everyone. Some people value how much return they get, and whether the input and output can be directly proportional. Some people value "I tried, tried, conquered, I persisted, and I came to the end". Only after this process did he feel that he had lived up to his life. Therefore, we can see that after the Ministry of Education abolished the age limit for postgraduate entrance examination on 20 14, many elderly people joined the postgraduate entrance examination army, of course, in order to seek a higher starting point, but also to explain their lives and prove that they can realize their wishes, no matter how old they are, they have the courage to challenge reality.
Such self-proof and challenge may be a bit unworthy of the name from the result, but it is of great significance to individuals. No power is accumulated in a person's heart like a dream. Therefore, whether Dan Liang's choice is correct or not, and whether his efforts are meaningful, you should ask him the answer. Whether he can find an ideal job or not, his efforts and choices are worthy of respect.
Of course, we still hope that all walks of life in society will be more open, and the government will do more things to promote equality of opportunity, so that everyone's dream-seeking journey is not limited by age, gender and status-as long as they are willing to work hard, there will be opportunities for upward mobility and the possibility of coming again.