Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

Since Zheng Xipo became the county magistrate, compulsory education has been rapidly popularized, but its learning cycle is only five years.

It’s not that Hu Zhenhua doesn’t want to carry out nine years of compulsory education, it’s just that there are not enough teachers.

Primary school knowledge is relatively simple, but many schools can only use television for teaching.

Nationwide, the illiteracy rate is over 80%, and in rural areas, it is over 95%.

Even among the non-illiterate people, many people only know a few simple words.

In terms of higher education, after primary school comes middle school, and after middle school comes university.

Guess how many elementary school students there are in the county? 45!

After Hu Zhenhua took a tour of a suburban primary school, he set off for Tunghai University of Technology.

This is a newly established school, covering an area of ​​more than 8 acres, with subject settings covering all aspects.

As the school was established not long ago, it is still a wilderness and rice is still grown in many places.

There were no classrooms, so everyone set up a blackboard under a tree and sat on the grass to attend class.

Although the conditions are simple, it is full of vitality. This will be the cradle of engineers.

There are great differences in education between the East and the West. The East focuses on the transmission of knowledge, while the West emphasizes the development of personality and the cultivation of comprehensive qualities.

In fact, this is related to the national conditions. Here we can make a simple comparison. In 2019, the total number of colleges and universities in the country was about 3100, and the total number of college students was about 4 million.

During the same period, the United States had a total of about 4700 colleges and universities, with a total number of 2 million students.

From the comparison of this set of data, it can be seen that the educational resources enjoyed per capita in my country are still far behind those in the United States.

If we compare primary and secondary schools, the gap is even greater.

Therefore, my country mainly adopts the selection method to recruit talents and conducts diversion at different stages. In simple terms, it provides a relatively fair educational environment in primary and secondary schools, and then selects students with strong learning abilities through examinations.

Education in the United States focuses on cultivating talents and adopts heuristic teaching methods to guide students to actively think and explore problems rather than passively accept knowledge.

Teachers usually ask questions and let students find answers by consulting materials, group discussions, etc., to cultivate students' independent learning and problem-solving abilities.

There is another aspect in which Western education is very different from ours, and that is practical teaching, which allows students to learn and master knowledge and skills through practice.

For example, science and engineering students usually have a large number of experimental courses and internship opportunities, allowing them to deepen their understanding of theoretical knowledge through practical operations; business students will participate in corporate internships, case analysis and other activities to improve their practical application capabilities.

Different educational philosophies have produced different results. Our students are good at taking exams, while Western students are good at solving problems.

Tunghai University of Technology has a Western-style educational philosophy, with students divided into full-time and part-time programs. Part-time students are mostly factory apprentices, working in factories during the day and studying theoretical knowledge at night.

Most of the teachers who teach them are engineers from factories. The reason why these foreigners work so hard is that they can get double the salary.

In another month, the first batch of students will graduate successfully. They will take the knowledge they have learned and go to various parts of the country to contribute to socialist construction.

Most of the part-time students are majoring in engineering.

Most full-time students study science.

Science focuses on learning comprehensive theoretical knowledge. According to the college division, it includes mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, oceanography, atmosphere and other disciplines.

Science belongs to basic science and is the foundation of the palace of science. Any invention or creation is based on basic science.

Engineering, on the other hand, focuses on specific applications, such as mechanical engineering, communications, instrumentation, etc.

Some junior engineers only need to master the operating principles and maintenance of one or several machines, so they are faster to train.

Hu Zhenhua looked at the more than 20 colleges of Tunghai University and said with a smile,

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, so let's get started now."

Zhu Guangping, the director of the Education Bureau and the president of the university who accompanied him, had been looking forward to Lao Hu's visit and immediately replied,

"We've made a start, but we're still lacking everything: teachers, teaching materials, lab equipment, and even more so, students!"

How could Hu Zhenhua not understand what he meant? He wanted to ask for money.

He touched his chin and muttered to himself: Do I look so much like a sucker that I start bleeding just by taking a turn?

People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat. The ancients were right!

Hu Zhenhua looked at Zhuge Lin,

"Donate 200 million yuan to the school immediately!"

"Yes!"

Zhuge Lin acted quickly and immediately signed a check and handed it to Zhu Guangping.

It would not be a problem for TA Company to raise tens of millions of dollars with just a little effort, but Hu Zhenhua did not want to do that. He wanted to force the university to take a path of combining industry, academia and research.

This is the only way for a school to become bigger and stronger.

Hu Zhenhua looked at Zhu Guangping, whose face was full of excitement, and secretly cursed him for being useless. He was so excited just because of these few things!

"Principal Zhu, I won't argue with you if you cry poor today. But if I come back in two months and you still cry poor, I will have nothing but contempt for you!"

Zhu Guangping's smile froze on his face. He was a little at a loss and asked,

"The school is a non-profit organization. If I don't go around begging, where else can I raise funds?"

Hu Zhenhua looked around and said with a smile,

"The teachers and students in this school are the smartest people in society. You may not have money, but society has plenty. The results of your research can be commercialized!"

Seeing that he was still in a daze, Lao Hu continued,

"To encourage teachers and students to use their brains, we can establish a rule: whichever team produces results will have the commercial profits split 40% to 60%: 40% goes to the team and 60% goes to the school! When it comes to interests, we must be frank. If anyone uses the school's name to seek personal gain, the school will not tolerate them!"

Zhu Guangping did not agree with this view and immediately retorted,

"Academics are pure. If teachers and students are allowed to pursue commercial interests, will they still be able to concentrate on their studies?"

Hu Zhenhua scoffed at this statement and asked,

“What is the purpose of school?”

"Teaching and educating people, cultivating talents for the country!"

"What do you have to teach and educate people? Why do you think the knowledge you teach is correct?"

Zhu Guangping's face turned pale. He thought for a moment and said,

"The knowledge we teach has been jointly verified by many experts and scholars, so of course it is correct!"

Hu Zhenhua was so angry that he laughed.

"In other words, you can only teach existing knowledge, and it's existing mature knowledge. You are powerless against things that haven't been discovered yet?"

Zhu Guangping was unable to answer. After all, he was a well-known scholar and his mind worked very quickly. He said,

"We're discussing whether teachers and students should pursue commercial interests. How did it get dragged into the teaching content?"

Hu Zhenhua was very disappointed with him, but he still had to explain.

"I'll tell you the answer to this question later. Now, please tell me, how does the school explore new knowledge systems? Or, do you think this is not your responsibility?"

Zhu Guangping couldn't answer this question because he had never thought about it!

"Chairman Hu, please give me some advice."

"I don't dare offer advice, but I do have some opinions! Universities are the hubs of our nation's intellectual resources. You must be responsible. Let me give you a simple example. The county now has a permanent population of over 200 million and a floating population of over a million. Government governance faces numerous difficulties. You have established an Academy of Social Sciences. Have you ever considered helping the county government solve these problems?"

"what?"

Hu Zhenhua ignored him and continued,

"As far as I know, Chongming has also discovered quite a few infectious diseases. Has the school collected some samples for pathological analysis and attempted to develop appropriate medications? Some of the equipment in your biology lab is quite advanced!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at Zhu Guangping who was dumbfounded and gave him another critical hit.

"Now the reactionary planes are bombing the Magic City from time to time. Have you ever thought about how to deal with their planes and carried out relevant research?"

Old Hu pointed his finger at Zhu Guangping's chest and shouted,

"You didn't! You didn't do anything! School isn't a secluded paradise. Don't keep boasting about how many talented people we've cultivated! If students don't take responsibility, it's useless to cultivate them! Before you teach your students, you should first practice what you preach!"

Hu Zhenhua said this for a reason.

In later generations, the teaching content of many schools is seriously out of touch with society. For example, now some schools still focus a lot of energy on teaching 8086 CPU.

It's not that we can't talk about this classic CPU, but we shouldn't focus our main attention on it. Do you want your students to rely on this outdated processor to compete with foreign countries after graduation?

Also, after the SARS outbreak that year, many universities in the United States immediately took the initiative to carry out pathology and drug research, while very few domestic universities took action.

This is a manifestation of irresponsibility, and you turn a blind eye to things that do not concern you!