Xie Yun has a preliminary and rough plan for his future.
She has an understanding of the course of history. If this parallel world develops in a similar direction to the world she originally lived in, there will be many changes after the autumn harvest.
The first is the change in the education system.
Since the movement began in 1966, apart from the absurd and inhumane aspects, there have been some positive thoughts and influences.
At Xie Yun's former county high school, the first to respond to the movement were several students with excellent grades and bright futures. If it weren't for the movement, most of them would have been admitted to university, stayed in the city, and lived a good life.
It is obvious that these people actively responded to the movement and organized the rebels not for personal gain. They were really questioning the college entrance examination system and believed that this system did not conform to their concept of fairness.
They feel that under the current system, the proportion of poor and lower-middle peasants who are able to persist in their studies, take the college entrance examination, enter university, and become elites is too small.
Moreover, the few students who were admitted to college stayed in the city after graduation and did not return to their hometowns; even if they did not get into college, many of them found jobs and became workers after graduating from high school and did not return to their hometowns. This situation is unfair to rural areas.
Education itself and its results cannot benefit rural areas.
The existence of this system demonstrates that true equality has yet to be achieved in this society, and that inequality still exists. No matter how loudly we shout slogans, in our hearts, no one truly believes that being a farmer is good, let alone being a poor and lower-middle peasant. Everyone believes that workers and cadres are superior, and that the purpose of studying is to escape the countryside and become a city dweller.
Therefore, when the news of the suspension of the college entrance examination came, these top students were very excited. They demanded a thorough reform of the current education system, opening education to poor and lower-middle peasants, and eliminating the urban-rural gap, the mental and physical gap, and the gap between workers and peasants, collectively referred to as the "three major gaps."
These people also asked the original owner to join them in lobbying government officials and going to various communes and brigades to persuade everyone to carry out educational reforms, because the original owner was also an excellent student, got along well with everyone, and was also a supporter of educational equity.
But when the movement really began, the original owner made a decisive decision to drop out of school and return home. His reason was: I came from the countryside, I should return to the countryside, to practice the revolution in practice and strengthen my body and will.
She was different from them. Although some of them came from poor families, they had both parents, large families, and many relatives and friends. Unlike her family, which only had her mother and her brother, she lacked any foundation. If something happened to her, she couldn't even imagine the impact it would have on her mother and brother. She didn't want to take any risks.
Those top students eventually went home, because once the movement started, the consequences were beyond their control, and they didn't want to see those out-of-control scenes.
But to some extent, their demands were realized.
In 1968, an education reform was launched across the country.
Education reforms are underway across the country. In some places, the six-year primary school system has been shortened to five years. Previously, the five-year system remained unchanged. Three years of junior high school and three years of high school have both been shortened to two years.
Each brigade must establish its own primary school. Previously, several brigades cooperated to run a primary school, but now they must separate and establish their own primary schools.
Brigades with the conditions should establish middle schools, while those without the conditions should cooperate with several neighboring brigades to run middle schools and implement the "seven-year integrated system."
Each commune should establish a high school.
Vigorously popularize education.
All school-age children were required to attend school and complete primary and secondary education, and attendance was free. Class times were also flexible, with schools closed during busy farming seasons to allow children to return home and participate in the labor force. This effectively eliminated the two major obstacles to schooling: tuition and household chores.
After receiving education, they stay in their hometowns and become educated new farmers, or work in village-run factories.
This is actually quite speechless. Although it has achieved educational equity to a certain extent, it is also "class solidification" in another sense.
Of course, if all classes were truly equal and the three major differences were truly eliminated, that would be the perfect situation. But this is impossible, at least not in the short term.
The fire of education reform should soon reach Liushutun.
The memories of the original owner that Xie Yun took over only went up to the day she arrived, and she had no idea what happened afterwards.
The book "Traveling Back to the 1970s to Raise Children" focuses on the emotional development and child-raising experience of the male and female protagonists. The base camp is in the army because the two followed the army as soon as they got married. Even if it writes about the situation of the Zheng family in Liushutun, it is limited to the Zheng family. Most of the stories are about family matters and various disputes. There is no description of the development of the times. Therefore, Xie Yun does not know the specific situation.
But she understood that Liushutun would not be immune to the tide of the times. More teachers would be needed, and she could even participate in school management as a representative of the poor and lower-middle peasants stationed at the school.
Another change was the sending of educated youth to the countryside.
The educated youth from Liushutun are mentioned in "Traveling Back to the 1970s to Raise Children" because the male protagonist Zheng Guoqiang's sister Zheng Lanping likes the educated youth from the city.
She initially pursued him through formal means, such as giving him gifts and helping him with work, but was rejected every time. In desperation, she had to take a different approach. When the artistic young man was playing the flute alone by the river and "accidentally" fell into the river, she hoped in his kindness.
Unexpectedly, he was a cruel person and just turned around and left.
Seeing this, Zheng Lanping was also panicked. She couldn't swim, so she didn't dare jump far into the river. She struggled at the edge of the river. When she saw the man was gone, she tried to climb out by herself, but she didn't expect that the more she struggled, the deeper she slipped. She almost drowned. Fortunately, a young man from the brigade, Liu Jiangang, passed by and jumped in to pull her out. This started Zheng Lanping's love story. Her official match was Liu Jiangang.
With the help of the heroine, the two went into business and became the first group of people to get rich.
However, this happened after the 1970s, and Zheng Lanping is still a 14-year-old child.
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