Recently, I saw Professor Wang Wenzhan of Tsinghua University talking about his grandson's mathematics problems on the Internet, and I was deeply impressed.
His grandson was only 12 years old, and his math problem stumped the expert who taught graduate mathematics at Tsinghua University. A senior professor is helpless in the face of elementary school students' math problems.
Professor Wang lamented: "The current primary school mathematics topics are too tricky and complex, which has deviated from the educational significance of mathematics itself, and cannot really cultivate students' mathematical and logical thinking, but only blindly pursues skills and formulas. ”
And some topics are completely fictional, such as chickens and rabbits in the same cage, which do not happen in real life at all, and have no practical application value. Such a topic is designed to be completely tricky, and it has little practical significance, but it is sought after by many experts and professors, what is the significance?
Large, repetitive assignments really don't have much educational value. Even if students learn, there is no practical application, and there is no application of what they have learned, and it is very doubtful how much meaning such learning is.
He solemnly warned that the current education model can only cultivate a group of "problem-solvers". Students learn passively, lack the ability to think independently, and once they enter society, they are overstretched and overwhelmed – because no one tells them how to deal with practical problems anymore.
A junior in high school shared nine of his experiences when he was admitted to Tsinghua University, which made people's scalp tingle. The methods he listed include: getting up at 4:30 a.m. to study every day for 289 consecutive days, 5 minutes for breakfast, 9 minutes for lunch, and 7 minutes for dinner, writing papers until the skin is worn by hand, and then tied with a band-aid to continue writing, memorizing 30 sample essays, moving the desk to an empty classroom to study alone, writing 11 sets of comprehensive examination papers in one day in order to improve the speed of answering questions, writing the past 15 years of college entrance examination papers three times, brewing 5 bags of espresso every day, and finally swallowing the coffee powder directly with water, and reading the biology book 17 times.
Is this kind of learning intensity still the behavior of normal people? People have become machines. This is also why today's children are emotionally lacking, and they will go to extremes when they encounter problems. Because they have all become machines that can only do problems, and without paper, they don't know what the world is like, can they still learn to live and face difficulties? Isn't there a story of a child prodigy dropping out of school because he can't even take care of himself in his daily life? This is actually the best proof of this.
Professor Li Yongle, who graduated from Peking University and Tsinghua University, once said that his daily life skills are very poor, because from childhood to adulthood, his parents have arranged everything for him, and he only needs to concentrate on studying. This situation made him an adult, and he did not even understand the most basic common sense of life.
He also gave an example that the air conditioner in his home was out of order, and he couldn't find out what the problem was. I hired a maintenance master and replaced the battery to solve the problem. Doesn't it look like a joke, but it does exist, do you think it's funny when you see it?
A Cambridge graduate calls himself a waste of wood because he has been repeatedly rejected for job applications after graduation because he has little to show for his abilities other than his academic qualifications.
Their experiences remind us that focusing too much on academic achievement and neglecting the development of life skills and self-care often ends up in individuals who simply have no way to live in the real world, unable to solve even the most basic life problems.
Scholar Xiang Biao likens contemporary young people to "suspended hummingbirds" who must constantly flap their wings to keep flying, and will fall if they slack off. The current education is an endless involution, and you have to make great efforts in order to win the advantage.
Society seems to have only one runway on which everyone races, but the end result is that everyone becomes a useless waste, unable to take care of their own lives well.
We should choose different paths in life, rather than cramming everyone into the same pattern of life. Only in this way can society be rich and colorful, and everyone can find their own position and give full play to their own value.
It is fervently hoped that there will be fewer and fewer "poor" people with high academic qualifications, and that everyone will be able to choose a sunny path in life. In the face of Professor Wang Wenzhan's emotion and those astonishing learning experiences, we can't help but reflect: what is the real meaning of education? Is it to cultivate machines that can cope with all kinds of complex mathematical problems, or to cultivate complete people who can think independently, have life skills, and can face the real world?
We cannot deny the importance of academic achievement, which is an important cornerstone of our future for a better future. But equally, we can't ignore the development of life skills and self-care. After all, life is not only about solving problems, but also about facing the challenges of various practical problems.
The goal of education should be to produce people who have both academic ability and life skills. Such a person is not only able to make achievements in academics, but also to be comfortable in real life and face various challenges.
Therefore, we need to change the current educational model and no longer focus on academic achievement to focus on the holistic development of students. We need to give students more time and space to explore their interests and hobbies, and develop their independent thinking and problem-solving skills.
At the same time, we also need to re-examine the evaluation criteria of society. We should not only measure a person's value by academic qualifications and academic achievements, but also value his character, ability and contribution to society.
Let's work together to break the shackles of "being a problem-solver", so that everyone can find their own life path and become a complete person with both academic ability and life skills. Only in this way can our society be more colorful and everyone's value can be fully brought into play.
Dear readers, what do you have to say about Professor Wang Wenzhan's bitter criticism of the current education model, and that if a person is abolished, he should become a "poor" person with a high degree of education?
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