As soon as Xu Jiahao said this, everyone present was shocked. Even the other students who came with Xu Jiahao were confused and had no idea why Xu Jiahao said this.
The students from Class 3 (26) and Class 3 (27) who came to attend the symposium were also confused. They didn’t know why this famous senior from Ruxu No. 2 Middle School suddenly did such a thing.
What are you doing?
Senior, you are dissatisfied with our poor academic performance, so you advise us not to continue studying and try another path. You think you can't pursue further study?
No, what do you mean?!
Don't think you can speak carelessly just because you are from Kyoto University!
The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead. Even if most of the people present at the college entrance examination next year cannot compare to you, I believe that I am definitely the only one who can pin you down under me!
Xu Jiahao ignored the students' reactions and continued, "Let me give you an example. Let's take our Ruxu County as an example! How many junior high school and high school graduates are there? Tens of thousands! Can all these tens of thousands of students get into high school and university?"
Just as everyone was looking at each other, everyone present saw Xu Jiahao chuckle.
“Not really!”
"The existing examination system in our student days, that is, the junior high school entrance examination that you have experienced, and the college entrance examination that you are about to experience, is essentially a screening mechanism. The best students go to the best high schools and universities, the second-best students go to the second-best high schools and universities, and so on..."
"So, the fact that we can meet at No. 2 Middle School is essentially the result of selection! Why? Because we are all second-rate students in Ruxu County, and the best batch has already gone to Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School!"
Xu Jiahao's speech was like a bolt from the blue, shocking the students so much that they were speechless. The entire conference room was silent, and only Xu Jiahao could be heard talking.
No, bro, what do you mean?!
Don’t think that we won’t hit you just because you are our senior and a student of Kyoto University!
Are you looking down on Ruxu No. 2 Middle School?
What? You are also from Ruxu No. 2 Middle School? You even cursed yourself?!
This... that's okay!
Insulting others is called insulting, but if you insult yourself, it is called self-mockery!
The art of offending, understand?
Xu Jiahao held the microphone and continued, "I am not saying this to make you feel sorry for yourself and think that we are not as good as the students of Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School! If you go to a good high school,"
"Of course, this is a bit off topic, let's get back to the topic! As we just mentioned, the junior high school entrance exam and the college entrance exam are essentially a screening mechanism! Why is it nine years of compulsory education? It is so that everyone can finish junior high school! So what will happen after completing nine years of compulsory education?"
"That is the first screening in our lives - the high school entrance examination! The high school entrance examination is a very fair examination, even the college entrance examination is not as fair as the high school entrance examination. The college entrance examination also has regional protection. If you are from other provinces and want to apply to a good university in our province, the score line will be much higher! For example, our school is like this."
As soon as he finished speaking, the students below the podium burst into laughter.
It’s Kyoto University, those who understand will understand.
It is extremely difficult for country people from other provinces to get into Peking University, but it is different for people from Beijing.
Not to mention the increased difficulty of the Beijing exam paper.
There was a year when the whole country used a unified examination test paper, but after that time, this was no longer done. The meaning of this is self-evident.
Xu Jiahao smiled and continued, "In the high school entrance examination, you can go to the corresponding high school according to your score! If you score above 700, you can go to Ruxu Middle School or Ruxu No. 1 Middle School. If you score above 650, you can choose Ruyin Middle School or No. 2 Middle School."
"But if you only scored 600 points, your options are a little limited! You can either choose to go to a regular high school in a town or a vocational high school in the county."
"Perhaps you have never thought about what those students should do if they can't even pass the vocational high school entrance exam? To put it bluntly, if they can't even pass this exam, they can only go home to farm, or pack up their bedding and take a train south to a big city to work as screwdrivers in a factory."
"This is the first screening we have ever experienced!"
Xu Jiahao changed the subject, "Luckily, although everyone was admitted to Ruxu No. 2 Middle School, not the best Ruxu Middle School in the county... Of course, I want to say here that Ruxu Middle School is the best high school in the county, but that's just an old saying! I declare here that Ruxu No. 2 Middle School deserves the title of the best high school in the county because of our old class!"
Xu Jiahao flattered and hit a straight shot, causing everyone, including Zhou Yu, to burst into laughter. But after laughing, everyone except Zhou Yu began to applaud spontaneously, as if everyone wanted to agree with Xu Jiahao's words and prove that what Xu Jiahao said was right.
"Let's go on. If you have passed the first screening, then there is a high probability that you will pass the second screening! Even if you are likely to be admitted to an ordinary university in the future!"
"But I know that everyone sitting in this conference room will be admitted to a 985 or 211 university like us in the near future, but...what about the other people in this school?"
"There are those who can only get into junior colleges, and those who can't even get into junior colleges! These are the people I mentioned who can't pass the second screening."
"But can we say that those who fail to get into college will not be able to survive in this life and have no way out?"
"No, studying and going to college is just the quickest and easiest way for us as students. On this road, what you need to do most is to thoroughly understand the knowledge in the books and get a good score. Doing these things well is enough!"
"Similarly, even if you don't study, if you want to survive in this society, there are other paths you can choose and take! Of course, those paths will be much harder and more laborious."
"Many people still have many choices after dropping out of school. Our society is now in a period of rapid development, and there are opportunities everywhere. Even if it is just the lowest level of hard labor, you can live well in this society and get a higher salary than those white-collar workers sitting in the office."
After saying so much, Xu Jiahao finally began to speak out what he had been preparing for for a long time and what he really wanted to say.
"Some people may ask, since you said studying is not the only way out, why are you still studying so hard? And even got admitted to Kyoto University? Are you saying this on purpose, just to make us realize that studying is not the only way out, and we can choose to drop out of school and learn a craft?"
"On the contrary!"
"I have said so much because I want to tell you that although studying is not our only way out, I am still here to persuade you to continue studying well. If you have the ability to continue studying, you must study well."
“Because, although studying is not our only way out, it can give us more options when we enter society in the future.”
"Maybe everyone thinks studying is tiring and boring! Yes, that's right, I don't object to this, because that's how I went through it in the beginning. Not only me, but also many of the people who came here today went through it this way!"
"Studying may be tiring and boring, but at our age, if we really don't study, what else can we do? Should we just enjoy ourselves and spend the time we should be studying playing games or going to bars?"
"If you spend the time you should have spent studying playing games, going to bars, and dating, then in the future, what you do today will eventually be like a boomerang and hit you. On that day, you will regret it. If I hadn't played games and gone to bars when I was in school, what would I be like now?"
"Maybe someone will say, I don't play around, I don't go to bars, and I don't fall in love! Senior, didn't you say there are many options? Then I'll do as you said, learn a skill, or go find a job directly. Isn't the current environment very good? Then I'll go to work directly! If I work directly now, I can earn money four years earlier than you, right?"
"Indeed, it is human nature to have this idea. Many parents have this idea, including my former classmates. They all think that if I go to work now, I can not only save at least a few thousand yuan in tuition fees every year, but also earn at least three thousand yuan a month!"
"Rounding it off, he earns at least several thousand yuan more a month than college students like us! Isn't this more cost-effective than going to college?"
"But what I want to tell you is that having this idea is totally wrong!"
Xu Jiahao said a lot, but essentially he was not telling everyone to just study!
Xu Jiahao has said so much, what he wants to say is, don't stop learning, only by keeping learning,
Studying in school is the most intuitive manifestation of this approach.
School is the best place for you to keep learning. Once you leave school, it is difficult for you to resist the influence of external forces and study in depth without scruples. You may stop studying because of busy work or external temptations, and eventually sink into the past.
"So, in the end, I hope everyone understands one thing clearly. What I want to say is that even if you are not in school in the future, you must keep the habit of learning! Because only by continuing to learn, there will be more and more paths for you to choose from!"
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After the symposium, students from Senior 3 (26) and Senior 3 (27) returned to the classroom with high spirits. It was as if they were so excited that they couldn’t wait to study hard and take the college entrance examination the next day to prove themselves.
After these students left, Zhou Yu smiled at Xu Jiahao and other college students.
"You are worthy of being my student!"
Zhou Yu looked at Xu Jiahao and the others standing in front of him and couldn't help but smile with emotion. Then he glanced at Xu Jiahao and joked, "You spoke very well tonight, and it was quite similar to the way I gave you guys a boost last year! Could this be something you, Xu Jiahao, have prepared long ago?"
Zhou Yu's self-deprecation and jokes made everyone else, including Xu Jiahao, laugh.
Zhou Yu likes to encourage his students, which is a consensus reached long ago by students like Xu Jiahao.
At the beginning, everyone was excited about the teacher's encouragement, but when everyone realized that Zhou Yu was just trying to motivate everyone, everyone... still felt excited.
Zhou Yu is really good at speaking!
Of course, this is only one aspect of the reason. Another reason is that, in everyone's later cognition, the enthusiasm that Teacher Zhou gave can basically be achieved!
As one of the parties involved, Xu Jiahao also smiled embarrassedly.
Xu Jiahao scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and said to Zhou Yu, "Teacher, really not. How would I know what kind of symposium you would hold tonight? I can't predict the future... Actually, what I said tonight is what I have been thinking about for a long time."
After Xu Jiahao went to Peking University, he saw and heard a lot more, which made his values and worldview, which had not yet been formed, grow rapidly. Because of these few short months, Xu Jiahao also increasingly understood why Zhou Yu always told them, the kids, to keep studying and never give up.
"Teacher, you were right. We should continue to learn. Only by continuing to learn can we make continuous progress! Only by continuing to learn can we gain a firm foothold in this society!"
Xu Jiahao's words attracted the approval of others present.
Although the universities attended by other people present were not as good as the Peking University where Xu Jiahao studied, after all, the worst ones were ordinary 211 universities, and they had a huge impact on the students. The experiences they had in school and the influence of their teachers had a great impact on these children.
It was also during these short few months of university life that these children finally understood why their class teacher had insisted that they study and study again, and would rather take the exam for a second-tier university than a first-tier university.
A better school means more resources and better education, which is why these students eventually gathered from all over the world and returned to Ruxu No. 2 Middle School.
They want to say thank you to their teacher in person.
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