First, what is involution?
"involution" is a popular network term that appeared in recent two years. Its original intention refers to a phenomenon that a certain cultural pattern cannot be stabilized or transformed into a new form after reaching a certain final form, and can only become more complicated within this cultural pattern. The word "involution" has been circulating on the Internet for a long time, and it has become synonymous with irrational competition or forced competition among college students.
To give a simple example: I took a course of court history in Ming and Qing Dynasties at school, and the requirement at the end of the course was to write a course paper of not less than 3,000 words. As long as I meet this requirement, I can get credits smoothly, but many students will write a paper of 5,000 words, 7,000 words or more, which makes me feel embarrassed that I only have a paper of 3,000 words, but the fact is that no matter what you write,
Let me give you another example: there will be various textual research exams in universities, especially the computer level 2 exam. This certificate is not particularly important. At first, I didn't want to take this certificate, but when many friends around me took it one after another and got the certificate, I was wondering whether to take one, and then I signed up blindly with everyone. Although I finally succeeded in getting the certificate, it's really useless if you don't have any requirements for computers in your future work.
This may be "involution". Everyone else is doing it. If I don't do it, I will feel anxious about falling behind others.
Second, the reasons for college students involution
There are many reasons for college students' involution, but in my opinion, there are two main reasons. The external reason is the limited resources of colleges and universities, and the other internal reason is that students can't recognize themselves clearly.
1. Resource constraints
In the current environment, the size of college students is nothing more than the competition of grade points, scholarships, postgraduate places and postgraduate rankings. Grade points require students to work hard to get high scores; Each college or even each class has only a few scholarships and graduate places, which requires everyone to compete with each other; Postgraduate entrance examination is even more cruel and intense. Only a few hundred thousand of the millions of postgraduate entrance examination troops finally landed successfully, and the rest became cannon fodder in this war without smoke. Needless to say, the number of college graduates has increased year by year, and the jobs have not changed, but the requirements are getting higher and higher.
Therefore, if college students want to gain an advantage in the future competition, they can only constantly improve themselves in limited resources and make themselves better. This anxiety abandoned by the times has caused the phenomenon of "involution" among college students.
2. The goal is vague
If students with clear goals are competing with each other, it will be a last resort for those without goals.
This kind of college students have to join the "involution" army when they see that the people around them are constantly working hard, their grades are among the best, and their certificates and scholarships are all soft eggs. They are forced to join the "involution" army only when they see the efforts of other students. They will keep up with the pace of outstanding students and give them a sense of security that I am also working hard. However, in this process, these people have no clear understanding of their own abilities and no reasonable planning, which is the result of being forced to involute.
Third, the views on involution.
The phenomenon of involution among college students is both normal and abnormal.
Normal is because proper anxiety and pressure will promote the rapid growth of college students, which is also a necessary stage on their growth path. Competition among classmates will help them find the meaning and goal of their efforts.
For excellent students, "involution" is just an online buzzword that represents the competition of today's college students. With or without this sentence, they will always be excellent; For ordinary students, being forced to be involved in the exam brings endless anxiety, while leaving the exam will face uncertainty in the future.
It is not normal because the graduation requirements of many colleges and universities are relatively loose. As long as you don't fail the course and meet the minimum requirements of the school, you can graduate smoothly. With a little effort, you can make great breakthroughs and success in all aspects. But it is in this stress-free environment that the phenomenon of involution appears, which is more like irrational competition. More precisely, it is an endless cycle that consumes time and energy.
Fourth, how to deal with the involution.
Involution is not terrible. The terrible thing is that many college students go with the flow. The correct response to this phenomenon can be carried out from the following three aspects.
1. Correct your mind.
Many times, as ordinary people, we are not so anxious at all, so why do we feel so anxious now on the university campus?
These anxieties may come from roommates who began to recite before dawn; From friends who study in the study room every day 1 1; Students from all over the world who participated in various competitions; Even from seniors who have entered the internship in big factories before graduation. These people have done nothing to you. They wanted to get along well with you after graduation, but they had to keep up with them and even join their team invisibly.
Therefore, everyone should learn to correct their mentality, let themselves calm down in the storm of "involution", seek a suitable development direction and learn to choose, so as not to lose themselves because of inner imbalance.
Pay attention to the present
With the arrival of the era of involution, many college students are in a state of anxiety and blindly join the ranks of involution without seeing the direction of development clearly.
Faced with this situation, we should calm down, adjust our mentality, learn to face up to our own abilities, accept our own shortcomings, give up those too high goals, set our goals in the right direction according to our current abilities and potentials, develop and cultivate our strengths, and do things that will help us in the future.
Make the right choice
The right choice is often more important than blindly following the trend. Want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, want to study, study hard in the university for four years, improve the grade point, study with the tutor and make scientific research results; If you want to work in a state-owned enterprise after graduation, you should practice more and accumulate experience. If you want to apply for civil servants and career editors, you should prepare for the study of related subjects early and participate in social practice more.
As long as you have a clear choice, even if you are in the whirlpool of "involution", you will not lose your future direction.
The emergence of involution is not only the motivation to encourage contemporary college students to study hard, but also the root of making college students more anxious. However, no matter what state you are in, only by scientifically planning your own goals and making corresponding efforts can you grasp the future you want in the "involution" army.