Wen | Ding Hui
On October 22, Mr. You of Fujian Province complained to the media that the book "Children's Poems 2" published by Tianjin People's Publishing House included 17 original poems by his daughter You Ruoxin, but 6 of them were modified by the publisher without authorization, and even misinterpreted poetry. In addition to the revisions, the manuscripts of the minor poets attached to the poems are also P-figures.
On October 22, Zeng Rongdong, assistant general manager of the book cooperative publishing company Beijing Huizhi Boda Books and Audio-Visual Co., Ltd., responded that the problem was being dealt with, promising to recall the first edition of the book before Double Eleven, modify the reprinted version, and publicly apologize.
However, Mr. You said in an interview with the media that after the solution was determined, the publishers have not made substantial progress, "The longer these contents circulate in the market, the greater the impact on children, and we hope that they can solve it as soon as possible." ”
Mr. You's voice deserves to be taken seriously. As one reader commented, the original intention of education is to cultivate a child's sincere concern, and sincere concern is to make a heartfelt thought and emotional response to everything that happens in the world around them.
The poems children write reveal their concern for the world around them. You Ruoxin's poems contain her own observations of life, and every word and sentence also hides an emotional attitude towards what she sees and hears, and words are the characteristics of her poems.
Judging from the two poems that have been tampered with by the media, "If there is a ghost in the next pen" was originally intended to criticize the students' behavior of memorizing the full score of the essay, but the publishing house changed it to "The next pen is like a god", and the word difference became to encourage this behavior. Another essence in the title of the poem "Bai Juyi" was changed to "Daddy's White Hair", the poem after the change, can not be said to be unreasonable, but also has no "inner taste", less of the child's aura, the author's personal characteristics have become blurred, the child is of course wronged.
Whether from the perspective of an adult or at the request of the publisher, modifying the content and title of the poem without the author's authorization is the publisher's disrespect for the creator. Publishers not only do not respect the creator, but also measure the child's understanding by the standard of an adult, underestimating the child's understanding, which is also another kind of "arrogance".
In addition to the behavior of the publishing house that does not respect the child's creative achievements, the act of "changing" will also give the child negative feedback. It should be known that the various existing cognitions of adults are "standardized", and the thinking and language of adults carry the shadow of the "standards" of various social behaviors, and this "standard" cannot be used to limit children's imagination.
It is worth noting that starting from "Children's Poems", the most valuable thing about the series is that it provides readers with a perspective of "children seeing the world". The selected poems exude the innocence of children between the lines, as well as the imagination of the imagination, which makes people can't help but be amused to read. The creativity and text tension of the children are all things that impress the reader, without any deliberateness. Some readers say that all I can do is open my mouth and suck in the purity of this soft heart.
It is precisely because of the purity of children that the poetry collections belonging to children emit a different light, although the words are simple, but they are touching. As adults, we may wish to look at children's imagination and imagination with a more open mind.
Text: Ding Hui