Relying on "sending small advertisements" to attract traffic, the 57-year-old professor actually "became an instant hit" on the Internet, and his fans increased by nearly 1.6 million in just a few days.
At the moment, this is simply "pouring wealth into the sky".
And his traffic password is very special, which was summarized by netizens as "writing poetry in Vanity Fair".
Some time ago, some students at Beijing Normal University were studying on their own in the classroom and did not pay attention to the extra leaflet in their hands.
At first, people thought it was a small sales pitch.
Looking at the content, it turned out that a teacher recommended an online course of "Introduction to Social Sciences" that he opened at station B: "It's free, no credits, no homework, you can come if you want, and you can go if you want." ”
The flyer is printed in color, with a brief introduction to the course, a signature, a photo, and contact information, full of sincerity.
Looking back again, a thin figure had paced out of the classroom with a leaflet.
This teacher is Chen Zhixin, an associate professor at Beijing Normal University.
Because the school's education system did not schedule his own classes, and he was about to retire, he didn't want the general education course "Introduction to Social Sciences" that he had worked hard for a year to be sealed on his desk, so he thought of opening a free online course.
He deliberately put the course on station B, which young people love to browse, and then printed leaflets and distributed them to the students in person.
In the dead of night or at dawn, he records lessons in the middle of the night or at dawn.
There is no cold and loneliness in the camera, but he is fully engaged in teaching, thinking and talking, as if he is standing on a podium in a classroom, and the students are sitting below.
From economics, political science, and literature to demography, anthropology, and more, his course covers almost all aspects of the social sciences.
The course was recorded for three whole months.
It's hard to imagine how he managed to deliver consistently high-quality output in front of an empty lens.
Since there was no other way to tell the students, he thought of the most primitive way and distributed hundreds of flyers to recommend his classes.
I thought that 100 people would be satisfied to come to the lecture and communicate with each other, but who knew that his class had received great attention.
After uploading the video, the students were quickly moved by the sincerity of the preaching and teaching, and more and more people poured into his account, and the number of followers skyrocketed by hundreds of thousands overnight.
Seeing that he didn't know how to make an account, some enthusiastic netizens also "taught" on the spot in the comment area, teaching him how to make his avatar, name, and cover better.
And Chen Zhixin also replied seriously: "Loyalty is ten thousand gold! Infinite gratitude! Change it soon, thank you, thank you!"
And really changed it carefully.
Intentions and sincerity are the magic weapons to do one thing, and all efforts will be seen.
Nowadays, people in school, outside the school, and in various industries have become his loyal fans.
Some netizens said: "Hello teacher, on the way to Beijing Normal University, thank you for coming to us." ”
Another teacher training student who is about to graduate said, "I was really touched to see you prepare a course so hard and let everyone study it for free." It's hard to see a teacher like you in this era...... You have finally made me understand what a real teacher, a real education should look like. ”
Chen Zhixin unintentionally planted willows, but let people see the most beautiful appearance of being a teacher: sincerely, do my best, do not ask for returns, do not seek fame and fortune, educate students, and help others become talents.
The popularity of Professor Chen Zhixin has also aroused many people's thinking.
If teachers could be so selfless, enthusiastic, and upright, perhaps the tragedy of the sudden death of Xie Peng, a "34-year-old graduate student" a few years ago, would not have occurred.
At around 10 p.m. on November 23, 2021, Xie Peng, a third-year graduate student at Liaoning Technical University, collapsed in the school's self-study room, his body twitching and his teeth clenched.
The last time he saved the document was at half past two in the morning that day, that is, he was about to be tired into a "dog" for the whole day, and when his body reached the limit that he could not support, he fell to the ground with a bang.
Classmates rushed him to the hospital, but they couldn't get him back, and the hospital's death certificate had pale words: "sudden cardiac death".
In fact, as early as half a year ago, Xie Peng told his good classmates that he went to the hospital for "coronary arrhythmia" because he was unwell, and asked his tutor for leave to go home for treatment, but he was not approved.
Why is the mentor so unkind?
Because Xie Peng is so easy to use.
It is so useful that the tutor Dong Mouwen not only did not let him go back to see a doctor, but also postponed his graduation for half a year, although he had the conditions to graduate on time.
During his graduate studies, Xie Peng not only undertook a large number of tutors' project work, traveling, checking information, writing materials, and making PPT, but also tutored students preparing for the doctoral examination, wrote papers and experiments for his junior brothers, and even distributed Mid-Autumn Festival benefits to other members of the research group.
Miscellaneous work also radiates into life, serving tea and water to the tutor, cleaning the office, running errands for the tutor to get clothes at home, delivering cigarettes, and so on.
In Xie Peng's words, he was "one person for one army" and "one person for five people" with his mentor, and he was assigned countless large and small tasks by his tutor every day, so busy that he forgot to sleep and eat, and he had no time to go home during the holidays, let alone find a job.
Xiao can be a follower, and a big can be a right-hand man, such a useful student, Dong Mouwen is naturally "reluctant" to put it.
Dong Mouwen sometimes arranges work for Xie Peng very freely, and when he thinks of something after ten o'clock at night, he calls Xie Peng, and Xie Peng is also on call and starts working immediately.
The school lights out at ten o'clock in the evening, in order to complete the work that can never be done, Xie Peng deliberately rented a house from outside the school, staying up late to work is the norm, drinking coffee and smoking when sleepy, tired to "going crazy".
So is Xie Peng so willing to be squeezed?
Because he wanted to be better so much.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2010, Xie Peng has 8 years of work experience in construction and design in a construction company.
Wanting to have a better working environment in the future, he decided to pursue postgraduate studies.
In September 2018, Xie Peng went ashore for graduate school and studied at the School of Civil Engineering of Liaoning Technical University, and his tutor was Dong Mouwen.
He cherished this opportunity for further study, was active, hard-working, and had excellent grades, and obtained a patent in his first year of study, which was very "appreciated" by his mentor.
However, as Dong Mouwen became more and more inseparable from him, the burden on him became heavier and heavier, and he was even postponed for half a year for no reason.
Dong Mouwen also made it clear that if he refused the task he arranged, he would continue to refuse to sign for graduation.
In order not to offend his mentor and graduate successfully, Xie Peng had to work hard day and night, and his fatigue made him depressed, and he often complained to his friends that he was "almost exhausted".
It wasn't until after his sudden death that his family learned about these situations from his chat records, and what made them even more heartbroken was that when Xie Peng was dying, he was still writing materials in the study room and did not have a moment to spare.
And the graduation certificate that Xie Peng has been thinking about will be available in more than ten days.
He didn't make it to that point.
The so-called "learning from high school as a teacher, being a role model", as a teacher, is not to oppress students from above, let alone to pass on distorted values.
Many people still remember the incident when a well-known professor gave a speech to students and was knocked off the stage.
In 2023, a professor named Chen Hongyou from Hefei Normal University was invited to give a speech at Lujiang Middle School in Hefei, Anhui Province.
Originally, the school had good intentions and wanted students to see the "high mountains" and appreciate the demeanor of well-known professors.
Who would have thought that the remarks of this "big Buddha" would directly destroy the three views.
He encouraged students to study hard and "study to make more money".
Professor Chan also said that if you read good books, you will have more choices in choosing a mate in the future, and the genes of your offspring can be stronger:
"If you have good grades, you can find foreigners to marry and have children, and hybridize to create better elites. ”
Perhaps because the word "hybridization" was not harsh enough, Professor Chen continued to introduce a "man and woman theory".
"If you are admitted to a good university in Anhui, you can choose any good man or woman in Anhui, a good university in Beijing, a good man and woman in the country, and a good university in the United States, you can choose a good man and woman from all over the world. ”
Professor Chen's "rough words" nakedly convey the theory of the supremacy of interests for profit.
The good will of "seeking knowledge" is simply and rudely drawn to the result orientation of "money, good men and women".
Just as Professor Chen was talking about it and moving himself on stage, a student surnamed Jiang, a senior in high school, rushed to the stage, grabbed the microphone, and angrily reprimanded him:
"All he has in his eyes is money!"
"We don't study for the sake of engaging in objects, let alone admiring foreign countries, but for the rise of the Chinese nation!"
The audience applauded, and Professor Chen left in a gloomy manner.
After the incident was exposed, Professor Chen was suspended from the school for inappropriate remarks.
Did Professor Chen fail at a poor level? Not really.
He has been engaged in education for more than 30 years, has made great achievements in academics, published many papers in authoritative journals, and served as a consultant in many junior and senior high schools in the province, with more than 1,000 lectures in various schools.
But because of the wrong three views and the flaws in the teacher's morality, he stumbled and planted an ugly heel.
He forgot that the eyes of the students should contain the stars and the sea, full of hope, and not be instilled with negative energy and lost in utilitarianism.
As teachers, some people write poems in Vanity Fair, and some people turn the ivory tower into Vanity Fair.
No matter which way you choose, you can always be seen by the bright eyes.
Those who chase fame and fortune have been duly punished.
And those pure original intentions are being held in the palm of the palm by countless people, with high respect!
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