Do you choose to be a first-class scholar or a student with a sense of justice? (Part II) Do you choose to be a first-class scholar or a student with a sense of justice? (the second part)

Estell 2022-03-29 09:01:09

"Choose to be a first-class scholar or a student with a sense of justice" is the combined title of the two film reviews "Scent of a Woman" and "Aguilar and the Spelling Bee". As a second-rate student in terms of scores, I have always hated first-rate students in terms of scores, and judging from their performance today, they are worthy of my contempt. "Woman Fragrance" is not about reporting mistakes, but procedural justice. After analyzing "Woman Fragrance", I plan to continue to talk about procedural justice in the film review of "Aguila".

'Why'd anybody represent a school that doesn't even want to put a door to a toilet stall ?' This is Akira's rhetorical question when the principal is eager to pull her into the spelling bee.

Here Akira has some rhetorical questions about the meaning of "heroes see alike": since you think I'm a hero, that's fine; but I don't think you're a hero too, why should we see the same thing? Here, Akira's school is a public school, but Akira himself is beyond the conditions of public school students, and the family background also proves this: my brother is studying in the Air Force Academy! As a single-parent black boy who lost his father, it was extremely progressive.

Although Akira's own academic literacy belongs to students in private schools, black girls cannot have the concept of learning in private schools (do you have any? Ask someone who understands American society). Following such a tradition, Akira values ​​the concept of freedom provided by public schools. Since my own conditions are good, give me a chance to be lazy!

But my Akira, Procedural Justice will not give you such a chance! The "procedural justice" in the film "Spelling Bee" focuses on the concept of "freedom" - the school has no money to install toilet doors - funds limit the school's freedom and free development - but, "procedural justice" Give Akira's principal the opportunity to prove the value of his school - first use "procedural justice" to deny that we are a school that is not favored, anyone has the freedom to sign up for the competition, and after signing up, he has the ability to prove his worth, and then use the value to prove his worth. Asked to get a price increase, so we can prove Akira's statement that "unwilling to represent a school that is unwilling to install toilet doors." In a society that fully respects freedom and "procedural justice", a society where people at the bottom can be free is a standout. unstoppable. That is to say, there is no such thing as "if the public power does not give me freedom, I will not be free".

The author once studied in a high school that ranks fourth in Shanghai in terms of the average score in the college entrance examination, language, mathematics, and foreign language. Hong Kong, I belong to the second batch of the liberal arts class. My mother works as a class teacher in an ordinary high school. In the classes she leads, no one has ever been able to be admitted to Fudan University.

But the concept of freedom does not mean "others set a standard for you, and you choose according to it", but "others provide you with many standards" - although "procedural justice", a prerequisite for "many standards", may under certain conditions becomes the limiting factor, so I have already addressed this in the previous short article.

Although it is unbelievable that a public school with all kinds of mediocre people can qualify for such super-powered students as Akira, I emphasize that the most incomprehensible part of our Chinese students is such a black man who pursues "lazy freedom". Girl, finally won the national championship of the competition: this still depends on the "procedural justice" obtained by the school. In Chinese schools, poor areas mean that there are no excellent teachers, although a considerable proportion of black public schools in the United States The same is true, but they are provided with a prerequisite for procedural justice. If there are good seedlings in poor schools, good teachers are still willing to intervene.

Turn to talk about why first-class academics are not a good choice in front of students with a sense of justice. The Korean boy in the film is a first-class academic bully, but according to my impression, this kind of student, on the one hand, is similar to the "School Philosophy" in the history of Christianity. Therefore, the academic itself is meaningless; on the one hand, it is too much to gain a sense of honor through the achievements, which is no different from money worship. The academic superiority of Asians is at a disadvantage in the face of "procedural justice".

But with the two pictures here, I think teenagers can only recognize the "lack of logical spelling" in Figure 1. Do you think a Chinese teenager can recognize what is "lack of logical spelling"? Like the Latin root word in Figure 2? But after all, this is another freedom conferred by "procedural justice", leading young students to acquire advanced knowledge.

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Akeelah and the Bee quotes

  • Terrence: Man, that's a white word if I ever heard one. It's a trick. Stop playing!

  • Katie Kerwin McCrimmon: [commentating on TV] Several of the kids placed very high in last year's bee, especially Dylan Chiu. He's come in second two years in a row.

    Derrick-T: Kick his butt, Akeelah! B-U-T-T, butt!