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The imperial examination system is a talent selection system that has existed in China's feudal society for thousands of years. As early as the Sui Dynasty , in the imperial examination system and On the basis of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system , and other examination systems, the imperial examination system has been basically established, and in the following time, it spread to many civilizations in East Asia and Southeast Asia along with the Han culture.
It is true that the examination system of the feudal dynasty was due to the fact that the country at that time was under a clear hierarchical system. In order to maintain order from the grassroots to the "Emperor", this method came into being.
The emergence of the examination system also made it possible for people to cross social classes. "Bringing a noble son from a poor family" has become the dream of countless scholars, which represents people's desire for power in feudal society.
Today, although our social life has undergone earth-shaking changes, the talent selection system still exists. The difference is that today we select talents through the college entrance examination-General College Admissions National Unified Examination, and Those who have achieved outstanding results will still be crowned with a long-standing title - Zhuangyuan. This title originally came from those who got the first place in the imperial examination. Nowadays, it is also used to describe those who have won the exam. The person who got first place among them.
Behind this title, it actually implies people's good wishes for this person: if you get good grades in the exam, you will definitely "prosper" in the future, at least in ancient times.
However, according to a survey by the Central Academy of Educational Sciences, since my country resumed the college entrance examination system in 1977, in the past 34 years, as many as 3,300 college entrance examination top scorers across the country have become leaders in a certain field. Sheep have not become people with social status such as entrepreneurs, artists, and social activists.
Does this mean that the title of "No. 1 Scholar" has lost its value today?
"Being a question writer" and "reading to death"
At the end of 2020, a Tibetan young man from Litang County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province Ding Zhen became a bright spot in people's sight without warning. Through videos and various publicity, this young man who has never left his hometown became famous overnight.
Some time later, various voices naturally erupted on the Internet, including some ridiculing and abusive remarks. In this regard, a certain media expressed support for Ding Zhen and used the term "question maker" to describe those who made negative voices.
The so-called "question writer" comes from the self-deprecation of a user on a social media - "a question writer in a small town". It is used to express that one comes from a small place and has no other choice but to study hard and be good at exams, but at the same time lacks social Resources and life perspective .
Regarding this view, the majority of netizens have also started a discussion: Many people have studied hard for more than ten years, but it is not as valuable as a smile. This view may be a bit extreme, but we should note that these are two different ways of realizing the value of life.
For most students who can obtain the title of "No. 1 Scholar", changing their lives through exam-oriented education actually implies their life status: having extraordinary learning talent and full motivation.
This motivation often comes from the family, or the economic conditions are relatively limited, or the family life is not particularly satisfactory. So for them, studying hard and coming out on top in exams is, to a certain extent, a way of relieving stress.
As the saying goes, "studying to death/studying to death" refers to those who only know how to stick to the rules and don't know how to adapt. It has a derogatory meaning, but it does not mention that they must have good grades.
So we can know one thing: No matter what the life of those who become the "number one" is, at least they are capable of achieving excellent results in some exams, and they are not people who do not know how to adapt, but Many times, without a good living environment and social resources, I can only try to change my life through hard study.
Success: You are never alone.
Many people believe that the so-called "success" is not the process of being the best in a certain field and surpassing others with your own talent and hard work? Why can’t these “problemists” who were in school no longer work in society?
This view is naturally misunderstood.
When receiving education, especially when receiving compulsory education, the quality of an individual's performance certainly depends on himself - whether he has a good level of intelligence and reaction ability, whether he can draw inferences from one instance, whether he can persist in working hard...
And this achievement is directly reflected in the grades. In society, there are many standards for judging whether a person is "successful": Napoleon's continuous failures at the end of his career did not affect his historical status.
The British anthropologist Edward Taylor did not go to university, but he became the first anthropology professor in the UK; although our country's sprinter Su Bingtian did not win a medal for personal performance in the Tokyo Olympics, his performance It's already very good.
The achievement of all these achievements, on the one hand, does not have an absolute criterion, and on the other hand, it cannot be achieved by relying on personal ability.
As the title of the article says, our "industry leaders" also examine these "top picks" from a certain perspective. Maybe they have not achieved such achievements, but they have done well in other aspects.
Of course, the reason why they fail to become industry leaders is closely related to their experience and identity.
For most students who can achieve excellent results in the college entrance examination, their future trajectories are highly similar: they will often enter the top universities in the country or even the world, and then choose a major based on their own expertise for further study.
Most of them will continue to go to school along this path, and then engage in related professional research, usually as scientific researchers and college educators; others will leave college after graduation and work in companies or other units, Such people will enjoy extremely high treatment, but it is difficult for them to become "leaders" - they have strong business capabilities, but often do not have good leadership skills.
To become a leader, you need personal charisma. They struggle alone for a long time in life, and they often appear to be "high-minded". This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for industry leaders to emerge among many top students.
Finally, whether you can become the number one pick and whether you can become an industry leader is an evaluation criterion from the outside world. For different individuals, their lives will be determined according to their own talents and growth environment. They do not have to follow a certain route to develop a "personality" for themselves.
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author | Tommy Da
editor | Wan'an
first psychological writing team | A group of young people who like to look up at the stars
Reference: Jean Piaget Biographie. (2020, January 29).
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