Someone asked, has anyone ever rejected admission letters from prestigious schools such as Harvard and Boston? What is the reason?
A girl jumped out and answered from her own experience that she had rejected Stanford University.
She is the champion of the fencing championship, the national team, and admitted to the university with special points. Of course, due to her superior family background, she was well trained, not only for expensive fencing training, but also an all-A student.
The reason for rejecting Stamford was that she was fed up with the falsehoods of her peers. There are many wealthy classmates in her fencing team, and the life circle is surrounded by teenagers in the same environment. When dealing with them, she often impacts her own values. She couldn't stand the $300 earphones hanging from her teammates' ears, and shouted that she could only use cheap ones; The friends of this group of heaven's favorites have all been admitted to the famous Ivy League schools.
Coupled with something happening at home, she quit the national team, gave up her degree from Stanford, and was scolded by her coach.
This post caused a long discussion, and many readers expressed their views from various angles.
A young Chinese immigrant who entered Stanford on a scholarship jumped out and clarified that there are many wealthy but educated classmates in the university, unlike her stereotype.
This stereotype is worth chewing on. The rich and powerful children must be pretentious and extravagant?
In the past when I was in the Advanced Placement class, I especially looked down on my classmates who depended on their families to study abroad. The facts showed that their grades were not as good as my group of poor students who had broken teeth and swallowed blood. Half truth, half jealousy. Of course, later facts have proved that the career achievements of the students are not based on the grades in the middle school years. There are too many variables, and they are completely out of control. The reason for this is that the personality of the individual is more responsible. At that time, the heart was arrogant and naive and shallow.
The girl who gave up Stamford went to another ivy to study medicine. Some readers said that among these prestigious schools, only the medical department still retains its original intention, and it is also concerned with cultivating new blood that truly serves the society. That's another topic. On this topic, from the film "Patch Adams" can explore a thing or two.
Patch Adams
Some readers say that universities also know the responsibility of social justice, so almost half of the places in elite schools are reserved for talented poor students, and the other half of students who pay high tuition fees pay for poor students' scholarships. Is this really the case? Unless you have been born and died like Malala, have extraordinary talent and courage, it is difficult for ordinary people to appreciate a thing or two. (Malala has just been admitted to Oxford University)
After watching the Thai movie "Gunman Genius", I remember that a long time ago, I heard about the A-level world unified exam. There was a similar cheating method, and the questions and answers were passed through the time difference. I heard that it was sent by email from Malaysia to the UK. Now with social media instant messaging, it's even more convenient.
Although cheating is described in the play as tense and exciting, like the Hollywood movie "Ocean's Eleven", in fact, the center of the film is moral questioning.
Could it be that due to social inequality resulting in a huge disparity between the rich and the poor, the hero and heroine use their wits to calculate crimes and use their brains to get paid, so can we give infinite sympathy and punish them lightly?
Isn't this phenomenon of cheating in standardized exams familiar in our country? From the Primary Six UPSR to the professional lawyer examination, there are endless forms, each time, is there no so-called compensation means caused by social and economic inequality?
Primary school teachers in rural areas leaked questions to help the backward students in the school stand on tiptoes over the stone hurdles and strive for greater opportunities to participate in a better future. The teachers are for the sake of the family. Is it not in good faith to give extra points to specific groups of candidates when grading the bar exam, so that more students can pass?
In fact, after finishing university and working as a part-time job, the mere tens of thousands of baht can only be saved to 100 million in what year and month. On the other hand, before graduating from high school, the male and female protagonists can earn this amount as long as they take an exam and sell the answers to their classmates. With this huge sum of money, the male protagonist can immediately improve the dilemma of the laundry at home; in addition to studying in Boston, the female protagonist can also avenge the anger she has suffered. She can play the unspoken rules in society, and she will not lose.
Later, there was an accident, the male protagonist was arrested, the female protagonist nearly shaved his head, completed the task in a thrilling manner, and pocketed a huge amount of money. Can this life be forgotten in the rivers and lakes? When the play is here, do not let the audience breathe, and immediately poke again. The male protagonist turns black and threatens the female protagonist to engage in another international exam cheating business together.
This is the director's blow to the audience. Due to the distinctive character of the protagonist and the high acting skills of the actors, the audience couldn't help but love, sympathize, and have a strong sense of substitution. This time, the male protagonist has become greedy in order to make up for the grievances he has experienced. Like many ordinary people who have taken this step, they have tasted the sweetness and want more.
In the beginning, it was very simple, for the washing machine in the store that needs to be replaced urgently, for the tuition fee for further education, in order to retaliate against the unfairness of the society, and later it was not only for this simple reason.
This is a slippery slope effect. Seeing this, do the audience who sympathized with them at the beginning still continue to sympathize? To get to the bottom of it, it's the education system that is deceiving, not the casino in "Hiding the Sky".
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