On April 23, a netizen posted that the Faculty of Arts of a 211 Normal College requires students to copy their graduation theses by hand after passing the defense, and has arranged as many as several documents to copy the requirements, but the number of words above 30,000 can be exempted.
According to the content of the online post, the "transcription requirements" of the graduation thesis arranged by the college as many as several documents include that the specific format of the paper for copying needs to be printed by the students themselves, 400 words per page, at least 30+ sheets of paper are required, and the pen for copying should not be too thick.
According to The Paper, student Xiaoling (pseudonym) told reporters that the name in the online post is the Faculty of Arts, "Since last year, some students have expressed their hope to adjust the regulations to cancel the hand-copied graduation thesis, but they have not been able to change." ”
The reporter noticed that many netizens had posted on social platforms that they had encountered a situation where the school required hand-copying of graduation papers.
According to the "2020 Graduation Thesis Handwritten Requirements and Attachments" provided by Xiaoling, the college requires that "the body of the thesis exceeding 30,000 words can apply for exemption from copying, and the consent form for exemption application signed by the supervisor will be attached to the end of all materials when the thesis manuscript is submitted in the future." The 30,000-word requirement is only counted as the number of words in the [main text], excluding references and appendices".
In addition, the above requirements stipulate the order of hand-copied and stacked papers, which should be stacked in the order of "cover page - Chinese abstract - English abstract - table of contents - paper body - notes - references - appendix (with figures) - acknowledgment - proposal report - defense record form - grade evaluation form".
Xiaoling said that the students had also discussed this matter in private, and many people believed that the graduation thesis accounted for 8 compulsory credits, and as an academic thesis, it should pay more attention to the content rather than the handwritten or printed form. In terms of writing, there is a special assessment of three strokes and one stroke, and it is not necessary to reflect it in the graduation thesis.
After the news was reported, it instantly aroused heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens think this is a kind of "formalism" and oppose it.
Some netizens also believe that since there are normal students and literature majors, they can practice calligraphy if they are given enough time.
Some media commented, "If you really want to improve students' writing skills, should you add writing courses to your daily learning?" ”
The Paper commented that it was graduation season, and the pressure on young people was not small. Regardless of the policies or measures introduced, the first thing to consider is the feelings of the students.
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Source: China Youth Daily