Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, August 4 (Tong Xiaoyu) In response to the Zhejiang full score college entrance examination essay "Living on the Tree", which has recently caused heated discussion, on August 4, Professor Zhang Yiwu of the Chinese Department of Peking University and PhD supervisor said in an interview with reporters , The candidate’s knowledge accumulation is worthy of recognition, but it is suspected of “falling out of the book” and is not suitable for promotion as a full score composition for the college entrance examination.
Recently, the WeChat public account "Teaching Monthly" of Zhejiang Teaching Monthly Press published an essay entitled "Living on the Tree". According to the article, the above composition is a full score composition for the Zhejiang college entrance examination this year.
In this composition, words such as Heidegger, Lao Shi, Baron on the Tree, and Dadaism are used. In the words of Chen Jianxin, the group leader of Zhejiang College Entrance Examination Composition Marking Group, "Its writing is old and obscure, and its thinking is deep and stable."
Once the article was published, it caused numerous heated discussions. Some netizens commented that the candidate "does not speak human words" and "plays mystery".
Hong Yalan, the head of the Chinese teaching and research group of Changhe Senior Middle School in Hangzhou, has 32 years of teaching experience. In the past few days, she is also paying attention to the controversy caused by the composition.
"I still admire this examinee. His reading accumulation is rare among students of the same age." Hong Yalan said that she usually asks students to read literature, history and philosophy, such as Heidegger's works. When studying "Appreciation of Foreign Novels", students will be recommended to read famous articles by related authors. The author of "Living in the Tree" must have been inspired by the Italian writer Calvino's novel "The Baron in the Tree".
She said that these contents are within the reach of high school students, but the examinee carefully read it and understood it, and finally used it in the college entrance examination composition, and there was basically no mistake. This is more gratifying. But it is not appropriate to rate it as a perfect score.
"If it were me, I would score 48 points." Hong Yalan was worried that once the composition was published, it would set off a wave in society, thinking that pretendingly sophisticated and obscure college entrance examination compositions would be favored.
In response, Zhang Yiwu, a professor and PhD supervisor of the Chinese Department of Peking University, said that candidates use obscure words in the exam. The benevolent sees the benevolent, and the wise sees wisdom. It is worth reflecting on the scoring standards. He believes that the article is not suitable for promotion as a model essay, and this style of writing cannot be encouraged in the college entrance examination.
He said that the essay is obscure in language, and a careful reading reveals that there is no deep thought in it, and it is not even logically clear, and the full score is not good enough. He believes that the college entrance examination is not about selecting thinkers and geniuses, but about finding talents who can adapt to university studies.
"The writing must be able to convey the author's thoughts and have a clear logic." Zhang Yiwu said, this is the ability that candidates must have and the school must cultivate, and it is the standard for college entrance examination selection. "For example, writing essays for the college entrance examination in oracle bone inscriptions or classical Chinese is actually inappropriate." (End)