"Going ashore" is not the end "Postgraduate entrance examination in Versailles" is an illusory sense of superiority
As major admissions colleges and universities "release the list" one after another, the enrollment of graduate students in 2021 is coming to an end.
More than 3 million people signed up, setting a new record for the number of postgraduate entrance examinations.
Looking back on the arduous process of the postgraduate entrance examination, some people were happy to "go ashore", while others vowed to fight again in the coming year.
These days, the laughter and tears surrounding the postgraduate entrance examination students have also become the focus of media reports and public opinion.
There is a kind of news about postgraduate entrance examinations: "4 boys in the same dormitory are all successful in the postgraduate entrance examination", "30 students in the master class, 29 people on the postgraduate entrance examination", "13 postgraduate entrance dormitories and groups landed"... Click on the links to these reports. What majors were admitted to which school, and what were the "secrets of success" in the review process for postgraduate entrance examinations.
Introducing the learning experience of those who succeeded in the postgraduate entrance examination can inspire later generations, and it is not indispensable in itself.
However, if the focus of news reports is not to really teach learning experience, but to emphasize the results of successful postgraduate entrance examinations, and to attract attention with headlines such as "whole dormitory" and "whole class", it will go wrong.
Under this kind of superiority of the "postgraduate entrance examination in Versailles", the introduction of learning experience and methods often appears empty. There is neither an analysis of the professional characteristics of applying for the exam, nor the prospect of scientific research interests. Only self-discipline, unity, and friendliness are allowed. A universal generalization.
More importantly, one-sided promotion of the success of the postgraduate entrance examination will inevitably give people the illusion that "going ashore" is the end.
As to why these young people take the postgraduate entrance examination, what plans they have after they succeed in the postgraduate entrance examination, and what plans they have for their research life, it seems that there is very little involved.
This kind of report between the lines seems to just want to say that getting the admission notice is a passport to success.
In recent years, in order to curb the transmission of test anxiety and adhere to the correct orientation of educating people, relevant departments have strictly prohibited schools from propagating "college entrance examination champion" and "college entrance examination entrance rate".
In the past, there was less content that only introduced the deeds of high-scoring candidates, but lacked deep thinking about education.
Some places also try not to publish the ranking of high-level candidates to avoid personal hype about candidates.
The society has gradually realized that the college entrance examination is not the final result, but only the process of life. People have a more rational understanding of the college entrance examination results and exam rankings.
The same is true for postgraduate entrance examinations.
For individuals, it is gratifying to be successfully admitted to the university of their choice, and it is also an important turning point in life, but for the society as a whole, the postgraduate entrance examination cannot remain in the "internal volume".
In any case, the number of admissions of colleges and universities is there every year, and there are always so many students admitted. Postgraduate admissions is just a routine work that the admissions unit will do every year.
In the context of the increasing popularity of postgraduate qualifications, public opinion should be even more aware that the postgraduate entrance examination is not only the end, but the beginning of a new round of scientific research personnel training.
At the same time, raising the level of undergraduate and graduate education has also become an intensive call for people of insight.
The elimination of unqualified postgraduates by colleges and universities has been a “fresh” atmosphere in recent years.
In fact, cleaning up students who do not meet the requirements and cannot keep up with the progress of their studies should be a normal way to optimize the quality of education.
The reason why people feel new is that there is more or less "water injection" in some schools, and students equate receiving an admission letter with a graduation certificate.
Under "strict entry and wide exit", the quality of education cannot be guaranteed, and the goal of providing reserve talents for the national scientific research team cannot be achieved, and the campus will inevitably be filled with impetuousness.
The existence of "Versailles for postgraduate entrance examination" shows that only diploma theory and academic qualification theory are still deeply ingrained in some people's hearts.
In fact, there are not many young people who are steadfastly learning. In recent years, some outstanding graduate students have actively tried scientific research and innovation and achieved results that their peers look up to. They have demonstrated the strength of young Chinese researchers in international competition. Reports are more disseminating, and they are more motivated.
No longer talking about heroes based on test results, but to calm down and encourage innovation and breakthroughs, is the proper attitude to effectively strengthen graduate education.
For postgraduate candidates, the successful "landing" is just the beginning.
Entering a new stage of learning, from an undergraduate who focuses on learning professional knowledge to a graduate student who exercises research ability and tries scientific research and innovation, facing the change of identity, it is also necessary to complete the switch of thinking.
No matter which path you choose in the future, graduate students must have the rules and requirements of graduate students. If they cannot keep up with the pace of graduate study, not only diplomas are not readily available, but personal ideals and ambitions are also difficult to fully display.
Wang Zhong’s source: China Youth Daily