Vol 5 Chapter 301: New year, new journey (1)

Bai Yansong thought for a while: "From your insights just now, I seem to see that you attach great importance to the role of education in the country and in the development of science and technology, but what do you think about the burden on elementary and middle school students? The local government has introduced measures to reduce the burden, including restrictions on school time."
"Ah, this..." Wang Ai put his hands on his lower abdomen and shook his head again and again, looking into the distance: "I, as I get older and learn more, sometimes I feel very emotional. It is our educators, especially It’s really difficult to be an education policy maker. Ah, what I said may not be right, it’s just one of my ideas."
After finishing talking, Wang Ai bowed his head and pondered. At this moment, the CCTV director had the camera facing Wang Ai and waited silently for about ten seconds. In fact, Wang Ai thought about this issue for ten minutes before speaking. He knew how much influence he had. He had to tell the truth and be worthy of convincing his audience, and he had to speak accurately and explain education-related issues. . Therefore, it is almost a matter of careful consideration.
"Let me talk about the college entrance examination first." Wang Ai pondered for a while before slowly saying: "What is the nature of the college entrance examination? It is the state's selection system for distributing higher education resources. Your university campus can hold these people, these teachers are just Can teach these people at the same time, then, how do these people come? The college entrance examination. The college entrance examination is definitely not the most ideal, the most ideal should be to teach students in accordance with their aptitude, but how do you judge this talent? Who will judge? So the college entrance examination is still under realistic conditions , The best system, because at least it doesn’t matter what your parents are doing, they will speak up."
The two hosts were both college students, and they understood as soon as they heard, and couldn't help but nod their heads.
Wang Ai continued: "The college entrance examination has another function, that is, the state uses the power to allocate educational resources to guide the direction of mass education. For example, now, we have just discussed the importance of technological development to the country, and then look back at our college entrance examination? All are cultural courses. In the future, our country’s economy, science and technology, and national defense will catch up with hard power, but soft power, that is, cultural influence is not enough, and we need more excellent cultural products. That might make some adjustments, such as increasing the number of enrollment for some art students."
Speaking of this, Wang Ai was a little thirsty, took the tea cup in front of him, took a sip and said, "Why are the primary and secondary schools heavy? One is that our parents are not stupid, and it is irresponsible if we know that we let our children go to school and herd sheep. The other is Entrance rate. I just said that the country’s educational resources are limited. Who are they allocated to? The college entrance examination. The country’s educational funds are also limited, and the number of teachers who graduate each year is also limited. Which school is allocated? , What's the test? The admission rate."
Bai Yansong said with a smile upon hearing this: "You mean, the school also has the college entrance examination?"
"Isn't it?" Wang Ai smiled and spread his hands: "Can't all be entrusted to the teachers' morality and sense of responsibility? Still have to use the system to restrain and guide, right? If you don't have the rate of enrollment, what will become? , Teaching good and bad, teaching more and teaching less, is that endless? But this rate of enrollment will inevitably lead to overburden, just like students compressing their rest time for the college entrance examination. Schools are for enrollment rate. , It will compress art classes, music classes, and physical education classes. The motivations and patterns are the same."
"According to what you said, the admission rate can't be changed?" Duan Xuan interjected and asked.
"It can be adjusted." Wang Ai nodded: "Like I said just now that the college entrance examination is adjusted, the demand for soft power is strong, and the admission rate of art students should be adjusted. If the burden on primary and secondary schools is too heavy, the admission rate can be adjusted appropriately. Assess the ratio of school work. However, it can only be adjusted, not destroyed."
"Then do you think it is a good way to limit school hours? How do you think some parents have responded to the problem of picking up children from school?"
Wang Ai thought for a while: "How can I say that education policy is difficult? Any decision will not have a good side. If you don't let school leave early, you will be given a cultural class, which will make the child's body and mind burden more and more. The bigger. You stipulate that school should be dismissed earlier, and if you stipulate that elementary and middle school teachers are not allowed to start make-up classes, you will suppress the impulse of middle and elementary schools based on the enrollment rate. As for what the children will do after school, I think, most children No matter how nice it is, I must have gone to play."
"If it were me anyway, I would definitely go play." Duan Xuan interjected.
"Eh, don't underestimate this play." Wang Ai laughed for a while and said: "What do you say you can play? Listening to music? Playing games? Reading novels? Playing football? What do you think about it? Compressed aesthetic education and physical education, some of our parents will take their children to various training classes, such as piano classes, calligraphy classes, Chinese studies classes, etc. This is actually aesthetic education and moral education. Some children are sensible and go home. What is housework? Labor education."
Speaking of this, Wang Ai stretched out five fingers: "Ethical, intellectual, physical, and beautiful!"
Duan Xuan said, "Where is your foothold?"
Wang Ai nodded: "This is the objective effect. Now that most of our talents are marketed, parents are anxious, and the proportion of intellectual education is increased, but the other ones are also very important. What should we do? It is to reduce school time and let children realize To receive other education."
"Then why can't schools be forced to organize various clubs? For example, Japanese elementary and middle schools have many extracurricular clubs, such as Go clubs, football clubs, etc." Bai Yansong asked.
Wang Ai thought for a few seconds and shook his head decisively: "It can't be done. Not all developed countries can learn it. If the time is not there, you can only fall back in early learning. Let me put it this way, Japan is a developed country, which means Japanese people do not look up. But we? We are a developing country. We look up to Japan, the United States, and Europe. This determines that China, whether it is the society as a whole or the parents of students, is very motivated. Strong. If you are in China, you want to do this. I promise you that the leader will check it. It's all Go. When the leader goes, all the books are replaced."
"What if the system guarantees it? For example, give rewards? Run a competition?"
"That is football entering the campus?" Wang Ai said nonchalantly: "Going back to what we discussed at the beginning, the number of employees in the cultural and sports industry is very small. You are so involved in guiding parents to follow this path. In the end, the elimination rate is extremely high. The students and the parents have been pitted, and no one will listen to you after that, and you are back to the original point."