"Principal, do you know?"

Yin Xiaochuan looked up in surprise. He originally thought that Xu Shang didn't know about this situation. After all, Xu Shang was not in school for the past month. Otherwise, he should have done something according to Principal Xu's design of "one-to-one rural mutual assistance".

Yin Xiaochuan was a little skeptical, but before he could say anything, Principal Xu asked back.

"Mr. Yin Xiaochuan, how many parts do you think the correct exam-oriented education... that is, education designed for exams, should consist of?"

“How many parts does it consist of?”

Yin Xiaochuan has never thought about this question: exam-oriented education?

The education he was currently receiving was quite different from the traditional exam-oriented education, and this should not be the answer either, because he heard the emphasis in Xu Shang's words.

"Is it... composed of two parts: classroom learning and after-school learning?"

"I didn't expect that in half a year, you, Mr. Ogawa, would be able to come up with your own answer. But unfortunately, you answered about the external manifestation, while I asked about the essence."

"I won't continue to embarrass you—"

Xu Shang paused for a moment and said slowly:

"In my opinion, correct exam-oriented education should consist of three parts: knowledge itself, learning model and exam-oriented skills."

"In addition to knowledge itself, exam-oriented education should teach students to build their own learning models. An excellent student can deconstruct the knowledge he or she has been exposed to in the shortest time and quickly transform it into his or her own knowledge accumulation by building an efficient structure for learning knowledge."

"In addition to knowledge itself, exam-oriented education should also teach students how to best respond to exams... This is an extremely important ability. As long as there is competition in our society, each of us must learn how to take exams, learn the mentality of taking exams, learn how to target exams, and learn the skills of taking exams."

"but--"

"I have hardly seen any teacher in any rural school teach students anything other than knowledge itself. I have seen too many rural teachers who only read from textbooks, and the teaching process is like a chicken talking to a duck; I have also seen too many rural students who try to cram knowledge into their stomachs, and then excrete it the next day and forget it completely."

"Excellent teachers will teach students how to form their own learning models, which will benefit them throughout their lives. Almost everyone knows that what a junior high school graduate can learn in a week may only take a college student an hour."

"Good teachers will also teach students how to cope with exams. With the same level of knowledge, those who are good at taking exams can score 10 or even 20 points more than their competitors. In the end, they stand out from the competition."

"Of course I am not saying that rural teachers are not excellent, but they are excellent in morals and quality, but rarely in ability. Good birds choose trees to roost in... Excellent teachers are also human beings, and they will naturally gather in the best schools because of higher salaries and benefits."

"Mr. Ogawa, the reason why the country students are behind you is not today, nor is it half a year ago. It is the moment you stepped into school and became students..."

"Over time, a huge gap has already formed between you."

Yin Xiaochuan felt himself trembling, as if he could feel the thunder in the sky, the storm in the field, the huge waves, the roar of the earth. He seemed to be unable to stand steadily, as if a powerful force had strangled his throat and made him unable to breathe.

Yin Xiaochuan stared at Principal Xu.

It turns out that the principal really knows everything.

Really know everything.

…

Xu Shang knew more than Yin Xiaochuan imagined.

Many people actually haven’t noticed or realized that the education system is undergoing profound changes.

Rural children have actually been out of the game long ago. In the early years, there was a legend that rural school students could get into top universities, but now it is almost completely unheard of.

The reason why no one pays attention to it is because the rural areas are about to disappear.

But don't think this is the end...it's just the beginning.

Young people from small towns will be eliminated in the next round of education arms race.

Then it was students from county towns, then students from third-tier small cities, and even students from big cities were not spared... until education and knowledge were completely monopolized, just like the imperial examination resources were monopolized hundreds of years ago.

The great scholars from aristocratic families hold collections of books, real examination papers from previous years, and even the works of the chief examiners...How many country folk who are not dependent on them can transform themselves into someone else, wearing brocade clothes and riding a horse to parade in the streets?

Good things are always being snatched away.

People always spare no effort to modify the rules to make them more favorable to themselves. The originally fair rules of the game always gradually become unbalanced in the process of modification.

"Principal, in this situation, should we do something?"

"Oh? Ogawa-san, what do you think I should do?"

"I think..." Yin Xiaochuan swallowed his saliva, "Can we give more preferential treatment or opportunities to students from the countryside?"

Principal Xu smiled.

"Mr. Ogawa, I give them opportunities, but does society give them opportunities?"

"Will someone just chase after them for opportunities? Will someone give them special treatment because of their identities? They can be thankful if they are not abused."

Yin Xiaochuan shook his head: "If you say that everyone became inferior people just because they were lazy at the beginning, I think there may be some truth in it. But now, they work so hard and are so diligent, but they are still inferior people. This doesn't make sense!"

"This world is irrational, so who will reason with you? Adults only talk about their own interests, and only children talk about reason!"

"Mr. Ogawa, some people are destined to be at the bottom!"

“Nothing is predetermined…that’s what you taught me!”

"That only proves that you haven't learned enough. Survival of the fittest, the strong rise and the weak fall. This is the truth!"

“This is not right!”

"So what do you think is right?"

Xu Shang looked down at Yin Xiaochuan from above, like the sun shining on the earth: "So Xiaochuan, what you have seen, what you have learned, and everything you have witnessed, does it tell you...what you are going to do?"

“I, I, I…”

Yin Xiaochuan sat on the ground with his head down, his whole body shrouded in the shadow of Principal Xu. All the experiences of the past six months were as vivid as photos in his mind. He was thinking, pondering, and longing for an answer -

Suddenly, he stood up, and the sunlight shone on him again, outlining a golden outline of him, he said.

"Principal, I have found my true dream."

"Oh, what is it?"

"My dream is to destroy the class you created!"

A light smile passed across Xu Shang's face, like the ice and snow on the mountains melting, like a deer drinking water nearby, like buds sprouting green, like stars of fire igniting, like the wind blowing across the prairie.

"OK,

I'm right here, waiting for you to come and destroy me."