I don't know if you have the same feelings as Uncle Eggplant:
I am increasingly afraid to speak online.
The hostility that is entrenched on the Internet is growing day by day, and some people seem to want to release all the unhappiness and repression in real life here.
When the Internet can find everything you've ever said, it becomes a weapon to kill people without blood.
Don't use people with hearts to keep "digging graves", dismantling the meaning you originally wanted to express, and then splicing them out of context and publishing them in a large area.
Most of the people who see it will not trace the truth of the matter, but choose to directly believe the malicious misinterpretation of some people.
As a result, an unintentional act of unintentional words becomes original sin, and you cannot turn over.
And the drama that Uncle Eggplant wants to introduce today has such a poor person.
Head of English Department
Yes, this time, Sandra Wu is no longer the former agent who fell in love with the female killer in "Killing Eve", and instead became the head of the English department of the university.
The story revolves around the multiple dilemmas of career and family love that Dr. Kim Ji-yoon faced after becoming the head of the English Department.
As the first female director of the school, and with the face of a minority, she has attracted much attention from the beginning of the story, which can be described as both opportunity and crisis.
Before the director's stool was hot, her superiors threw her a hot potato - layoffs.
The target of the layoffs, the superiors targeted the respected old teachers.
They stick to the rules, use the same teachings for decades, are unwilling to improve the teaching methods for the times or students, and only a few students are willing to choose their courses, which is a "drag bottle" that cannot bring benefits and reputation to the school.
At the same time, there are a few tricky things on her hands:
An elderly female teacher was subjected to "soft violence" by the school, and the office was forcibly moved to the narrow and dilapidated basement of the gymnasium, like a social animal forced by the company to "voluntarily resign".
The heroine needs to help her get out of her current predicament.
Second, the heroine also needs to persuade the stubborn older male teachers to support young but outstanding black female teachers to obtain tenure.
This black teacher was loved by his students. She will transform boring knowledge into vivid and interesting interactions.
However, the old teacher holds inherent pride and prejudice, and does not favor the young teacher's approach, believing that she is too flattering to the students.
Among these troubles, the most profound influence on Uncle Jia is the following incident.
A teacher named Bill inadvertently performed a "Nazi salute" when he mentioned fascism in class.
This move poked at the sensitive nerves of the students.
The student with ulterior motives held a playful mentality, pinched his head and tail to pick up the gesture for a second or two, and added a military hat and uniform to his later stage.
There is no doubt that this video went viral on the Internet.
The storm of public opinion grew fiercer and fiercer, until the teacher's pale explanation became a sophistry in the eyes of society, and the situation became darker and darker.
In order to retain the support of external funds and the honor of the industry, the school announced the teacher's indefinite suspension and discussed dismissing him.
As a result, Bill, a senior teacher who was originally loved by students, was forced to carry the thorns of sin because of this unintentional act, and became a "garbage" that everyone spit on.
The female protagonist did not want the future of the teacher's Asian assistant to be implicated, and told the assistant teacher not to contact the reporter, and was charged with "falsehood" by the reporter.
There is a cultural movement in foreign countries called "Cancel culture", or "abandoned culture", which means to boycott a film in which an actor participates and refuses to read or promote the works of a certain writer.
As for the reasons for abandoning someone, the public's ideas vary, but "it is often the person who is abandoned who makes objectionable remarks or acts that are unacceptable, so that continuing to fund the person will leave a bad impression".
Of course, if the person does something that violates morality or the law, it absolutely needs to be severely punished. For example, a certain top stream who was imprisoned some time ago, a celebrity who visited the X National Shrine, and a certain Internet celebrity who danced in front of the historical museum were blamelessly boycotted.
But if the truth of the matter is not the case, and it is not advisable to be met with unwarranted resistance. For example, during this time, a movie was maliciously credited with a star because it involved a war background (in fact, it was misunderstood), and black people were considered racist because they said "that" in Chinese, which were abnormal and unwise.
When art shines into reality, we will find that this kind of thing is not uncommon.
It is good that the public spontaneously increases their sensitivity to specific events, but being overly sensitive to everything can fill life with "minefields".
After all, who can guarantee that they will not do anything in their life that may be blamed?
There is also a scene in "The Head of the English Department" about a female student who supports the misunderstood teacher Bill, who comes to his office to give him some advice on how to get out of trouble.
She closed the door with her hand, but Bill suddenly panicked and told her to open it quickly.
This scene reminds me of a similar scene in "Chance and Imagination", why do they, as teachers, care so much about the closure of students of the opposite sex?
Because once the door is closed, no matter what the truth of the matter is, it will be covered by eye-catching gossip.
Many people are now forced to be cautious and cautious when expressing their opinions online, and the explanations in parentheses may be more than the number of words in the main text.
Like a bird of fright, the slightest deviation is eager to immediately slip to his knees and apologize.
Wouldn't it be too tiring to live like this?
Returning to the series itself, "The Head of the English Department" is a realistic drama that reflects the plight of teaching, and it is also a good drama that makes people think deeply by showing social issues.
At the end of the episode, the heroine voluntarily resigned from the position of head of the English department, which was lamentable.
However, this choice may be more suitable for her.
Sometimes the purpose we embrace is pure, but on the way, we always encounter many things that do not meet our initial expectations.
And she, freed from the distractions of her position of power, was able to devote herself to the literature she loved.