Chapter 591: Underestimating Calligraphy
This kind of thing still requires self-awareness. Liu Lan had no way to make everyone follow her instructions. When she saw that most people had left, she closed the front door.
Liu Lan had a classmate from the Classical Literature Department who also took the regular script class. He sat in the back row and immediately stood up to help her close the back door when he saw this.
Liu Man smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Xiong Jie."
The other students immediately looked at the boy with envy and jealousy. Thanks to Liu Lan, her classmates are now famous in the school.
The most famous among them are squad leader Liang Shengnan and Xiong Jie. Xiong Jie was the green boy in the Calabash Brothers when the video was filmed. It was he who made the pose of blowing his mouth into the air that made everyone notice the sudden smoke.
Xiong Jie is a thin and small man who wears thick glasses. He is not good-looking and extremely introverted. He doesn't communicate much with Liu Lan. Before the video went viral, he was the most inconspicuous student in the school. Now his study and life have not changed much, but when he walks on the street, his classmates will take the initiative to say hello to him. Xiong Jie didn't complete the credits for the public elective courses in the first two academic years, and he was exactly three credits short, so he chose this regular script course.
Looking at this large classroom that can accommodate about a hundred people, Liu Lan only knows Xiong Jie.
When the class officially started, Liu Lan said, "Dr. Li has already taught us the origin and development of regular script, the writing posture and method, and the brush-handling techniques in the previous class, so I will not repeat these contents. I will mainly talk about the characteristics and composition of regular script character structure. I hope everyone can get started quickly to prepare for the upcoming final exam."
A classmate raised his hand and asked, "Liu Man... ahem... Teacher Liu..."
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He changed his address to "Teacher Liu", and the class burst into laughter. Liu Lan herself also felt that this title was strange, and said with a smile, "I'm not a teacher either, you can just call me Liu Lan."
The classmate thought of a suitable name amidst the laughter and said, "Senior Liu Man, I want to ask how the final exam will be?"
This is the issue that all students are most concerned about. Dr. Li's absent-minded teaching method has worn out everyone's interest and enthusiasm for calligraphy. Now everyone just wants to take the exam quickly to get credits, and does not expect to learn any knowledge.
"Dr. Li should have explained the assessment method when he started the course, and I still follow the rules he set," this is Liu Lan's most basic respect for her senior.
Dr. Li was only disqualified from teaching by Professor Su, but he still had to prepare his doctoral thesis at school. Liu Lan met him several times at the Calligraphy Research Institute, and he ignored her as usual, and his face looked even worse. It was not known whether it was because he was in a bad mood after the first draft of his thesis was refuted by Professor Su, or because he was dissatisfied with Liu Lan taking away his lecturer opportunity.
Liu Lan originally wanted to ask him for his previous courseware for reference, but seeing his attitude, she gave up the idea. Fortunately, Xiong Jie was a top student who attended classes honestly and studied hard. Although Dr. Li's previous classes were so bad, Xiong Jie never missed a class and took notes seriously in every class. It was by referring to Xiong Jie's notes that Liu Lan knew what Dr. Li had taught before.
Another classmate said, "Senior Liu Lan, I see that you are a student like us. Let me tell you the truth here. Dr. Li’s lectures are very poor. I don’t think I have learned anything. It’s better for me to buy a book on regular script and learn it by myself." When they heard what he said, some people laughed secretly, and some followed suit.
The student regained his courage and continued, "I am a complete novice in calligraphy, so I chose this course because I thought I could learn a little bit, but in the end, I am still a complete novice. I believe that many people here are in the same situation as me. If we use our level to write so-called calligraphy works as assessment results, wouldn't it be a laughing stock? It's not that we can't write, but I'm afraid it will be a mess and shameful."
"Yes, if the assessment score is too low, it will affect our weighted average score."
Liu Lan didn't expect her classmates to be so serious. In fact, she would definitely let things down in the final exam. As long as the content of what she wrote could be seen, she would pass. If it was a little more beautiful, she would definitely get above 90 points. As for whether it was artistic or not, it didn't matter anymore. Besides, it was only a short semester with only one class a week, so she really wouldn't learn much.
Liu Lan said, "The purpose of the school offering this course is not to train calligraphers, but to arouse everyone's interest in calligraphy and to pay attention to their own calligraphy. In this way, even if there is no teacher to teach, you can find famous calligraphy to copy in your spare time. Calligraphy itself requires hard work and long-term accumulation. Whether it is one course or ten courses, it is not enough. The master leads the way, and the practice is up to the individual. Whether it is me or Dr. Li, we only play the role of a guide."
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