Which episode of "Starting Line" resonates with you the most?

Vickie 2022-03-27 09:01:21

One weekend two months ago, the Hangzhou Primary School Entrance Exam. A friend said that the children of his relatives are going to take the test to the best primary school in Hangzhou, and this primary school also requires examination qualifications. It takes a huge amount of money (a huge amount of money in my opinion) to qualify for the exam. Another friend's neighbor's child also took the exam that day. A very smart and clever elementary school bully, he didn't sign up for the best school because his parents only had high income but had no other relationship. The friend's original words were "just rich" .

At that time, I deeply felt that the class had been divided and solidified, and that it was useless for us to work hard in the current direction to improve the class. And a lot of the plot of this movie made me feel this deeply.

1. The Raj family moved to a wealthy area, and Pia told Mitta that no one was playing with her. And the parents of the children explained that because Pia speaks Hindi. English-speaking children grow up to go to prestigious schools in the capital and enter good companies after graduation; Hindi-speaking children, even if they are rich, will just inherit their father's business and become a businessman when they grow up.

2. When Raj was desperate to find a scalper for Pia to enter a prestigious school, the scalper said something: The poor cannot adapt to those schools.

3. The principal said that if she didn't help her classmates with homework when she was a child, no one would play with her; even if she was invited to a party, she was isolated in a corner and played by herself.

4. After Raj's final speech at the entrance ceremony, two people wanted to applaud but were blocked by their partner beside him.

Another point I want to say is that a movie is a movie after all. In real life, a wife will probably get up and leave when her husband starts to speak, instead of sitting there listening to him finish and standing up to applaud.

The distribution of social resources is unequal, and there will never be a fair world. This is true of India, and the same is true of China.

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  • Raj Batra: My life is Hindi but my wife is English.