In 1977, just after the End of the Cultural Revolution, the country was in ruins and awaiting rejuvenation, and leaders at all levels were very anxious, and the "Reference News" published a message in which a foreign reporter asked Comrade Deng Xiaoping whether he had resumed his work, and replied, "He is a party member, how can a party member not work?" This message can be said to be "thunder in the silent place", and the people rejoice and rush to pass it on. In September, the news came out that the college entrance examination would be resumed, ten years of trees, a hundred years of trees, due to the ten years of cultural revolution, science and technology, education, health and other aspects of talent is not connected, the situation at that time and the Qing Dynasty Gong Zizhen's poem is very close: "Kyushu is angry and thunderous, Wan Ma Qi is sad, I advise Tiangong to shake it up and demote talents in an eclectic manner."
I was a high school graduate in 1977, and by September I had gone to the countryside to know the youth, but when I took the college entrance examination that year, I still followed the name of the Chinese Journal that fresh graduates graduated. I am ready to take the college entrance examination, inquire everywhere, pass on the fourth middle school so-and-so day at two o'clock in the afternoon there is a big class, the second middle school so-and-so afternoon teacher talks about chemistry, we take a stool, usually in the auditorium to listen to lectures, the teacher is not charged, the organizers are free to lecture, the whole society is full of enthusiasm for the country, for the motherland to cultivate talents, students are eager for knowledge, the pursuit of knowledge is full of motivation. At that time, the biggest obstacle we all encountered was that there was no textbook, no review materials, and experts in the education sector were consulted, saying that the 1975 middle school textbook was a relatively systematic and comprehensive textbook, but it was very difficult to find at that time, and it was impossible to put together a complete set. There are many mimeograph review materials circulated in the society, very sought-after, as long as you get a mimeograph, you are very face-saving, will provide students with copying, borrowing, reprinting, are voluntary.
Think about the fact that students now have such a heavy burden, there are endless revision questions, endless lessons, and endless books, who understands our difficulties?