Looking at the people in front of me and the warmth on their faces, I know that in their hearts they must be thinking about that wonderful time in their past.
"It's great." I couldn't help but sigh. This sigh was a kind of nostalgia for my college life.
"Director Feng, when is your alma mater celebrating its anniversary?" Xiao Sui asked me.
I was stunned for a moment, and then silently began to recall the last anniversary, "Next year, next year is the 50th anniversary of Jiangnan Medical University."
He smiled and said: "I'm so envious. It's a pity that I never went to college."
I said: "The military is also a good university. Don't you think so?"
He shook his head and said: "How can it be compared?"
I smiled and said, "Those who have never served in the military envy the life in the military camp. The reason is the same. But Xiao Sui, I think you should study harder while you are still young and try to get a diploma or something."
.This will be good for you in the future.”
He smiled bitterly and said: "For people like me, it's already great if I can drive for the leader. Don't think too much about other things."
I immediately said to him seriously: "Xiao Sui, it's wrong for you to think like this. You have to strive for everything by yourself. You are still so young. If you lay a good foundation now, you will definitely be successful in the future.
There are many opportunities. Of course, I am not saying that it is not good for you to give me a driving job. If you are willing to live like this for the rest of your life, I will not say anything more. Young people should still have their own
of ideals and goals, don’t you think?”
He smiled sheepishly.
I suddenly remembered something, "Xiao Sui, the price of your house has increased, right?"
He immediately became happy and said, "Director Feng, you are so awesome. Now the prices of houses in our unit have increased."
I smiled lightly, "It's just the beginning, and it will go up. Xiao Sui, if your financial conditions permit, buy another one. Then you can earn back the money you paid for this house."
He looked at me, "Really?"
I nodded, "This is my analysis. Look at the housing prices in our provincial capital. Our unit is just across the river from the main city, but the housing prices are so different. In the future, once the supporting facilities of the entire city are improved, our Jiangnan area will
House prices will skyrocket.”
He smiled bitterly and said: "I'm still preparing to pay you back. Not to mention the monthly payments for two houses...forget it, I don't want to anymore."
I smiled and said, "You can pay back my money if you are not busy. If you buy another set now and put it away, and pay it monthly in one to two years, won't the money just come out? It's not like you have to pay it all your life."
Is it okay for you to invest in those two houses?"
He said: "Director Feng, you are so kind to me. Fortunately, I listened to you last time, otherwise I would definitely regret it to death now."
I smiled and said: "That's right. So you should also listen to what I told you before. From now on, you should study harder and try to get a diploma or something. Xiao Sui, I am doing this for you.
good."
He nodded, "I listen to you."
There are too many people and cars on campus. Our car was immediately jammed after entering the campus just now. Now, the car in front is a little looser. I am thinking in my heart, the guests who came to attend the campus celebration today must be
There is another passage to get here.
I looked at the time and found that more than an hour had passed since I got home.
Traffic jams in cities are becoming more and more serious. This is actually caused by the mismatch between urban development and infrastructure. Judging from the current situation, I think housing prices in our provincial capital will rise sharply. Because the traffic in the city is so congested, this
It also shows that there is an influx of foreign people.
So now I am a little hesitant: Should I continue to invest in real estate in the future, or should I really just invest in that dark wood?
Then I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: Let's talk about it later. Where can I have time to think about such a problem now?
Xiao Sui had already parked the car, and I started to call Secretary He, "Secretary He, I have arrived at Jiangnan University. Is it convenient for you now?"
She smiled and said: "Director Feng, are you really here? In this way, I will tell Governor He, and then I will contact you. The leaders will be on the rostrum soon."
She immediately hung up the phone. I was thinking: Even if Governor He is the deputy governor in charge of education in our province, he might have to sit behind the podium under circumstances like today, right? After all, Jiangnan University is the largest university in the country.
It is a key university, and today is its 100th anniversary. Among the guests are at least leaders at the level of deputy minister of the Ministry of Education or above, and major leaders in the province will also attend.
Not long after, Secretary He called me and asked me to find her behind the podium of the stadium.
I immediately understood: today’s centenary celebration event was held there.
Then I asked Xiao Sui to wait for me in the car. On the one hand, it would be very difficult for us to find another parking place, and on the other hand, I really wanted to walk around this campus, in addition to experiencing the joy of the school anniversary here.
Apart from the atmosphere, I also really wanted to take this opportunity to visit this school.
Of course I have been here before, but that was many years ago. Now I realize that this school has almost completely changed from what it was a few years ago. Both the building and the layout of the entire campus have undergone fundamental changes.
, which makes me feel as if I have stepped into a brand new campus.
There were happy crowds everywhere. From this, we can see how huge the number of people who came to participate in the school celebration today is - even the stadium can't accommodate it, so there must be at least tens of thousands of people.
I couldn't help but think of the current trend of enrollment expansion. Just imagine, in another ten years, how many students will leave this university?
I am the Provincial Admissions Director. When I suddenly thought about this problem, I suddenly felt a hidden worry in my heart——
Although the expansion of college enrollment can allow more students to enter college, it will inevitably lead to the rapid depreciation of the term "college student" that used to have great significance due to the uneven quality of students.
Perhaps in the next few years, almost all candidates who can go to college will squeeze into universities that were once considered ivory towers. The fundamental purpose of university enrollment expansion is part of the industrialization of education. In other words, the purpose of enrollment expansion is
In order to make money, it is very likely that a situation will arise: children from wealthy families will generally have access to college education, but what about children from poor families? The results can be imagined. Therefore, after the expansion of enrollment,
Universal education in universities is only a relative term.
Another problem is that society needs all kinds of talents, not just senior intellectuals, they are just part of society. In the current society, many industries need manual workers or industrial workers.
, but with the expansion of enrollment, there will be a phenomenon, and this phenomenon has begun to appear: vocational high schools and vocational colleges are neglected, and as long as it is a university, its threshold will be squeezed. Many private schools
Universities took advantage of this opportunity, taking advantage of the parents' desire to have their children succeed and the society's excessive pursuit of diplomas and high status, and they mushroomed during the enrollment expansion process. The question is, are the students trained by such schools qualified?
Judging from the current situation of Chinese society, the social level has not reached the point where there is a need for so many intellectuals. If China's many manual workers also have high knowledge, then of course it is something to be happy and proud of.
, but our current social structure cannot meet such requirements and conditions. Therefore, I have to wonder: when these people with high knowledge and high degrees become manual workers after such hard work, they now have a need for university education.
Is this craze worth it?
As the enrollment expansion further increases, it is very likely that as long as they have money, candidates can basically enter college. The enrollment expansion has stimulated the establishment of a large number of private colleges.
The fundamental purpose is to make money. What they earn is not only the dirty money of corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen, but also the hard-earned money of ordinary families who did not do well in the exams and had no choice but to go to private universities.
In addition, with the implementation of enrollment expansion and the development of private education, the fees for university study will also rise sharply. Perhaps a student's one-year study expenses and living expenses are just affordable by an ordinary urban family, but for an ordinary farmer
It is often unbearable for families.
In the past, when a child from a peasant family was admitted to college, everyone in the village came to celebrate, and the tuition fees at that time were basically affordable. But the situation is different now. Recently, I watched TV and found that every time
When the university term begins, CCTV, local TV stations and even some tabloids all broadcast the tragic situation of children from typical peasant families who have been admitted to college but cannot afford to go to college, and at the same time appeal for donations from the society.
But donation is only one way. After all, only a very small part of the students can get such help, and there are more students whom we don't know. They may have been admitted to college but had to choose to drop out.
But on the other hand, some people who are not qualified to go to college at all have taken advantage of the opportunity to expand their enrollment and openly entered the university through spending money.
Another result of the expansion of college enrollment is that it is likely to make the college campus become as overcrowded as a wet market, and there is also likely to be a shortage of educational resources such as a shortage of teachers, and a serious inability to keep up with logistics.
Situation. On the one hand, there are huge economic benefits, but on the other hand, there is a serious lack of investment. This situation is bound to happen.
At this moment, I couldn't help but feel very worried: College students, a term that was originally regarded as high-level talents by the society, what will they become after a few years of enrollment expansion?
In addition, I once again doubted the significance of my trip to Beijing: Will the famous schools of the future still be the concept of famous schools in my mind now?
I was thinking about this problem all the way, and actually put myself outside the admiring crowd around me. The excitement around me seemed to have nothing to do with me, and I completely became a loner.
But my subconscious was guiding me in the direction of the stadium, because even while I was thinking, I could still hear the sound coming from the loudspeaker in the distance. That sound must be where the celebration venue is today. (To be continued.