Comment | Tang Shangjun decided to go to college. What enlightenment does the ending of the 2016 college entrance examination story bring?
2024-08-14
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Repeating a course and failing over and over again is not an inspirational example. Only by bravely getting rid of obsessions, recognizing yourself and looking forward, and making academic and life development plans that suit you can you write your own wonderful life.
On August 13, Tang Shangjun posted a video on social media saying that he had decided to go to college. He said: "The college entrance examination has been over for more than two months, and college is about to start. After thinking and weighing for a period of time, I decided to end this long high school life and start a new chapter in my life. I decided to go to college this year."
This means that Tang Shangjun has let go of his obsession with school and major, and finally chose to "get on the shore" after 16 attempts at the college entrance examination, and he should be congratulated. His experience of repeating a grade also shows that repeated failures are not an inspirational example. Only by bravely getting rid of obsessions, recognizing oneself and looking forward, and making academic and life development plans that suit oneself can one write his own wonderful life.
Tang Shangjun had been admitted to universities including 985 universities many times before, but he gave up repeatedly. This year, his college entrance examination score was only 601 points. When filling out the college entrance examination application form, he chose to accept the adjustment of all the colleges he applied for, showing everyone his determination to take the college entrance examination for the last time. But after being admitted to the information engineering major of South China Normal University, he was "confused again" and even asked netizens in the live broadcast room for their opinions on whether to "go to college" or "continue to repeat the year".
Some people are worried that he may still want to repeat his studies deep down, and that not being admitted to his ideal major is just an excuse. In addition, his current retaking of a course is different from his retaking of a course many years ago. In the past, he could rely on scholarships from the retaking institution to repeat his course, but now with live streaming, he can repeat his course through live streaming and become a "retaking internet celebrity" to gain traffic and rewards.
In a live broadcast by Tang Shangjun after the announcement of the college entrance examination scores this year, the number of people in the live broadcast room reached 100,000 shortly after the broadcast started. In this regard, some netizens joked that Tang Shangjun has found a way to make money by not going to college and continuing to repeat his studies as an Internet celebrity. He received a lot of rewards for each live broadcast. Now it seems that Tang Shangjun has given up the choice of being a "repeater Internet celebrity", which requires courage for him. In fact,No matter from which angle you look at it, becoming an Internet celebrity because of repeating a grade, and turning repeating a grade into a way to make money, is a distortion. Tang Shangjun's recognition of this point is undoubtedly of great significance to his subsequent academic and life development.
Candidates have the right to choose to repeat their studies. Tang Shangjun took the college entrance examination 16 times and was regarded by some netizens as an inspirational example of "striving for his ideal". But it must be said that his previous "ideal" was a bit vague. As long as he wanted, he could keep repeating his studies, but was his life like this, repeating his studies year after year? Although we respect the choices and different lifestyles of each individual, repeating one's studies as a lifestyle is not worth encouraging.
The emergence of the phenomenon of "repeating high-scoring students" is due to the "famous school complex" created by "only academic qualifications" and "only famous schools". After being admitted, high-scoring students in the college entrance examination give up going to college and choose to repeat their studies. This is their right, but irrational and blind repetition may affect their own life development. For example, if Tang Shangjun had chosen to go to college earlier and continued to study for a master's or doctoral degree after graduating from undergraduate studies, he would have graduated and worked for many years.
Students need the opportunity to take the exam, but how to treat the college entrance examination retake is up to the students to make their own choices. Tang Shangjun said, "I will strive to enter the society as soon as possible, realize my own life value, give back to my family and society. I am grateful to my family and friends for their understanding and tolerance of my willful pursuit of dreams, and I am grateful to the society for its concern for my future..." Indeed, he took the college entrance examination 16 times, which was already very willful. From another perspective, he may not have made a life plan that suits him.
Now that his story of repeating a grade has come to an end, I hope it can inspire more students and parents to make rational choices.
Jiang Li, special commentator of Red Star News
Editor: Zhao Yu
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