Chen Songlin's worries were indeed correct. As soon as Liu Haotian finished speaking, Qiu Dezhi raised his head and said, "I disagree with Liu Haotian's opinion for three reasons:
First, the existence of private junior high schools and private elementary schools can provide more opportunities for schooling.
Nowadays, the high school entrance examination diversion system is gradually becoming popular. According to statistics, 50% of students are forced to attend vocational high school or technical secondary school because they cannot pass the high school entrance examination. The existence of private junior high schools and private high schools undoubtedly makes these students enter high school again.
An excellent opportunity for schools, the existence of private middle schools can give students who have poor academic performance or failed in the college entrance examination another chance to make amends.
However, our country's educational resources have always been unfair and insufficient. The emergence of private schools can fill this gap in the market and make up for the shortcomings of insufficient educational resources, so that more students can read and study, and private middle schools can
The existence of enterprises has objectively added many social jobs and solved some social instability factors.
Second, the existence of private middle schools can promote educational progress.
The basis for the survival of private middle schools is the quality of teachers' teaching and the school's enrollment rate, so they will offer teachers relatively high salaries. They also have high learning requirements for students. This is why in many cities, private schools
They are often the schools with the best teaching quality in the city. Teachers in private schools are usually more responsible than teachers in public schools because their salaries are high and they do not want to lose such job opportunities.
Although teachers in public schools are well-established, their salaries are not as good as those in private schools, so they are prone to slacking off. Therefore, when the number of students is tight, private schools will stimulate the development and progress of education to some extent.
Third, the emergence of private middle schools is due to market demand.
What exists must have its meaning.
Private schools do not appear out of thin air. They have gone through a series of historical changes and developments. Although there are many voices of opposition, like Comrade Liu Haotian, many parents pay more attention to the teaching atmosphere of the school and hope to improve their children's academic performance.
Even if the tuition burden is relatively heavy, they are still willing to send their children to better schools.
Therefore, I believe that the existence of private primary schools and private junior high schools has its historical inevitability, and there is no need to regard private schools as ghosts and monsters as Comrade Liu Haotian said, which is a bit alarmist."
I have to say that these three views of Qiu Dezhi are still on point.
Liu Haotian shook his head gently: "Mayor Qiu, I admit that the three points you mentioned have some truth, but it does not mean that the existence of barbarism and the existence of barbaric growth are necessarily good.
To give the simplest example, why are there so many anti-intellectual people in the United States and some Western countries? Why in these countries, the path for poor people to rise is very narrow, and then various kinds of poverty alleviation have occurred that last for hundreds of years.
What about business families?
It's not that their education system is superior, but on the contrary, it's because there are serious problems with their educational system and education system. In these countries, the best elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools or universities are almost all private.
MIT, Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, etc., almost most of the Ivy League schools are private.
In the United States, in public schools, poor children enjoy happy education and can go home and play as they please after school. However, in many private schools, they have very strict requirements for students. Many rich children even have to
Enter private schools for study and various trainings.
Therefore, the solidification of class and the effect of intergenerational transmission begin in elementary school.
Perhaps the IQ of many children from poor families is no different from that of children from rich families, but due to the different levels of education they receive, this leads to different visions, different thinking patterns, and different perceptions of society when they grow up.
They are different, which ultimately leads to their different means of making money and different wealth, so they are divided into different classes.
For our country, the superiority of the socialist system is most obvious in education. Our education is fair, especially our college entrance examination, which is fair competition. Those with high scores will be promoted, those with low scores will be demoted, and those with high overall quality will
Those who are superior, but whose overall quality is low, will have thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
Especially in the past few decades, because the teaching quality of public schools is very good and private schools are few or non-existent, many children from poor families have changed their destiny by passing the college entrance examination.
To give the simplest example, 15 years ago, our Donglin City Public Middle School could have students admitted to first-tier universities such as Tsinghua and Peking University every two or three years. However, in the past eight years, no one from our public schools has been admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University.
, and although the teaching quality of our private schools in Donglin City is better than that of public schools, and although they can be admitted to some first-tier schools, none of them have been admitted to Qingbei.
Isn’t this worth pondering?
To give you another example, in 2016, Tsinghua University admitted a total of 143 people in a certain province, but only 15 of them were admitted through naked score examination, accounting for only 11.27%.
In 2017, 150 people were admitted, and 15 people were admitted with bare points.
In 2018, Tsinghua and Peking University admitted 350 people in the province, and only 18 people were admitted without admission scores, accounting for only 5.14%.
Why is it so difficult? Because if you want to get into Tsinghua University and Peking University with bare points, the score line basically needs to be above 700 points, and you must be among the top 30 in the group to have a chance.
In sharp contrast, about 90% of the admissions are mostly independent admissions or admissions through various selection plans. These are candidates for quality education and can be admitted with reduced scores.
However, how can an ordinary peasant family or an urban family with an average family have the funds to provide their children with various quality educations?
Especially when private elementary schools and private junior high schools are blooming everywhere, when they are playing hard with quality education, in fact, the quotas for various top schools have become the qualifications for admission to these private schools, and if you want to
The most important thing for entering these private schools is having money or connections."
Speaking of this, Liu Haotian's tone was a little heavy: "Mayor Qiu, I don't know if you understand the danger of having a son from a poor family, but I can tell you a story.
During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, there was a famine one year. The people had no food to eat and had to dig grass roots and eat Guanyin soil. Many people starved to death.
The news was quickly reported to the palace. Emperor Hui of Jin was sitting on the high throne. After listening to the minister's report, he was greatly puzzled. The kind-hearted Emperor Hui of Jin wanted to do something for his people. After thinking hard,
After that, he finally came up with a solution: If the people don’t have chestnuts or rice to satisfy their hunger, why not eat minced meat?”
Mayor Qiu, do you understand what this means?
If the key figures in all important government agencies of a country are run by children from rich families, if they cannot understand the suffering of farmers and how difficult it is for ordinary families to survive, can you count on them to formulate solutions to the problem?
Are policies beneficial to the common people?
If you still don't understand, do you know how Cao Cao commented on Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty?
Let me tell you, Cao Cao said this about Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty: "He was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of women."
Cao Cao's meaning is very obvious. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was spoiled and could not bear hardships. He was a flower in the greenhouse and an adou who could not be supported.
Although our quality education has selected a group of highly qualified talents, why does Huawei like to recruit students from Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Wuhan University and other schools?
Why are there so few admissions places in 3 of the top universities? Isn’t this worth pondering?”
After Liu Haotian finished speaking, Qiu Dezhi fell silent, and Chen Songlin looked solemn.
What Liu Haotian said made them all think deeply.
Qiu Dezhi said in a deep voice: "Liu Haotian, what you said is really difficult for me to refute. I also admit that what you said is very reasonable, but do you know that once your suggestion is really made public, what will happen to it?
What a huge response it will cause? What a huge opposition it will cause. Have you ever thought about this?
Once we really implement your suggestions, do you know what kind of pressure we will face in Donglin City?"
Liu Haotian nodded: "Of course I understand, but I will still stick to my point of view.
Only by giving children from ordinary urban families and peasant families enough space and channels for advancement, and only by providing fair education, can we ensure that our society always moves forward in a stable state. If poor families can no longer produce noble children, huge social changes will definitely occur.
The risk of crisis and class consolidation is far more serious than we currently imagine."
"Then let's vote by a show of hands." Qiu Dezhi said slowly.
As everyone raised their hands, the number of supporters and opponents reached 5:5, with three people continuing to remain neutral.
Seeing this, Chen Songlin nodded slightly: "Okay, since everyone has different opinions, I think this is it. Let's summarize the details of today's Standing Committee, especially the views of Comrade Liu Haotian and Comrade Qiu Dezhi, into a document and submit it directly.
Provincial Party Committee, let the Provincial Party Committee decide on this matter."
Qiu Dezhi and Liu Haotian both nodded. This may be the safest way.
After all, education is related to a century-old plan. Whether it is Chen Songlin or Qiu Dezhi, they are not willing to be the ones who stand out and leave the choice to the province. No matter what the outcome is, everyone can accept it.
Just when everyone thought that this meeting was about to end, Liu Haotian suddenly said: "Secretary Chen, Mayor Qiu, I have another suggestion that I would like to make, and it is also about education."
Chen Songlin, Qiu Dezhi and everyone all looked at Liu Haotian.
Liu Haotian said in a deep voice: "First of all, let me tell you the next plans of our Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. We will strictly investigate all civil servants in Donglin City who have signed up to attend Donglin Business School."
Qiu Dezhi's face darkened at that time: "Liu Haotian, why do you have to target the Donglin Group? You should know that Dongyun Business School is a public welfare school run by the Donglin Group. And it is all targeting us, Donglin.
Elites from all walks of life in the city and even Xi'er Province. Donglin Business School does not involve the problem of class consolidation you mentioned before, let alone the issue of fair education. Could it be that in order to retaliate against Donglin Group, you can do anything?