As a standard Chinese piano boy, Qin Jian's entire childhood vacation life could be said to be taking exams.
In my subsequent adult experience, apart from attending classes together, most of the rest of my time was spent dealing with major examination offices and various parents, although the fun ended badly in the end.
Therefore, Qin Jian was deeply touched by the matter of grade examination, no matter from which angle he came from.
It’s hard to describe in one word.
These four words are the real answer he wants to tell all parents.
Today, social art level examinations have completely entered people's lives, from big cities to small counties, from children to adults. Nowadays, as long as there is art training, there must be grading examinations.
The examinations of various institutions are in full swing. You have to accept it if you understand it, and you have to accept it if you don't understand it, because you can't change the needs of society. Just like if you boycott Japanese goods, you can't say it, but everyone needs it, and Japanese goods will still be sold.
Well done.
Objectively speaking, the social art examination has indeed pushed the development of social art onto a rapid development track.
However, with the craze for grading examinations in recent years, various examination offices have sprung up to take advantage of the industry's popularity.
It can be said that when Li Kui was in power, Li ghosts were everywhere.
They shout the most professional slogans, wear the most gorgeous coats, charge the most expensive registration fees, but give the highest passing rates and issue the most prestigious certificates.
Taking advantage of the ignorance of the majority of children and their parents, they fish in troubled waters and disrupt order.
If you want to ask why a Level 10 certificate is so cheap today, just ask them.
Of course, a slap can't make a difference.
Regarding Qin Jian, there was an incident where a parent explicitly asked his child the "price" of a Grade 10 piano certificate before his child was about to take the exam. Qin Jian will never forget that the child was in the presence of his parents at that time.
Playing with his cell phone.
A large number of parents and piano-playing children fail to truly realize the benefits of taking the exam, but are eager for quick success.
They want to take shortcuts and put in the least effort to get the most benefit.
If you want to ask why Li Gui is so popular today, just ask them.
The Li Gui people have caught on to the utilitarian mentality of the parents. The parents don't know whether they are really stupid or pretending to be stupid. They regard the examination certificates as cabbage.
Anyway, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.
As a result, the high-speed train of social grading went against its original intention and gradually derailed.
And in this process, it undoubtedly pushed the piano teachers caught in it to a crossroads.
The right hand is faith, the left hand is profit.
Today, when interests are paramount, when people who choose the left hand become the majority, the right hand becomes like a kind of alien that encloses its own territory.
Qin Jian was once an outlier.
Otherwise, why would a well-behaved piano graduate from Yenching Institute end up working in a bar in order to stay in Yenching?
Although the past was different from today, Qin Jian today is still the same alien.
The past is still different than today, but he is no longer the same person he used to be.
In the past, he hoped that this industry would develop in the right direction, but at that time he could only talk drunkenly under the red light and green wine.
now.
Perhaps one day in the future, when his ability and influence reach a certain level, at that time, maybe he can really do something about it.
Regardless of whether he will be in this industry in the future, he hopes that this industry will get better and better.
He hopes that one day in the future, he can let his children walk into the exam site to experience it without any worries, provided that the children are willing.
...
a long time.
Qin Jian organized his thoughts and took a deep breath.
"I have three points to make about this issue. Please listen carefully."
"First, the exam is very important."
The audience became quieter. Several teachers from various children's piano training institutions in Yangcheng sitting in the back row immediately relaxed. They were really afraid that Qin Jian would tell the parents in Yangcheng that the exam was not important. As Qin Jian, he
If you say that grading exams are not important and talk about something else, then Yangcheng's already small piano grading market is bound to suffer some impact.
Then Qin Jian talked about the meaning and importance of grade examinations from the perspective of self-examination of piano children, and then from the perspective of the hot social topic "advantage for entering higher education".
Qin Jian paused.
"Second, grade examinations are important, but I hope parents will not put the cart before the horse. Taking exams just for the sake of exams will only cause children to eventually lose interest in learning music."
"The grade examination is by no means and should not be regarded as the only purpose of learning piano, let alone taking the tenth grade exam as the ultimate goal of piano learning."
At this point, Qin Jian emphasized that learning piano is to better cultivate children's perseverance, concentration and imagination.
“Improving sexy, cultivating sentiment, and experiencing the joy brought by music, so that children can become comprehensively developed, optimistic and interesting people, allowing children to have more choices in their future lives and make their lives more colorful.
"I think this should be every parent's original intention for their children to learn piano."
"at last."
Qin Jian picked up the mineral water on the SK-5 and took a sip to moisten his throat.
"It's also some of my personal advice."
"If you want to take the exam across provinces, please be sure to check the issuing agency."
As soon as these words came out, the teachers at several training institutions who had just relaxed for a while became nervous again.
moment.
Qin Jian mentioned in one breath the five national-level examination administration units, including the Examination Committee of the Huaguo Conservatory of Music.
"Except for these five exams..."
Qin Jian hesitated for a moment when he said this.
Sighing slightly, he continued, "Some provincial examination administration units can also be used as a reference. The selection is based on the child's level and the teacher's recommendation. After all, different examination administrations have different requirements for children's level."
"As a piano teacher, it is understandable to suggest that children take the exam."
Just when the teachers from the training institution in the audience were relaxing again.
"but."
...
Qin Jian's voice rose slightly, and a "but" affected everyone present.
Everyone is waiting for what happens next.
I saw that the expression of the young man on the stage became a little complicated.
After the complexity.
"At least."
"I'm not sure what I can tell my students' parents - their children will definitely pass the exam this year, whether it's Level 3 or Level 6."
"alright."
Qin Jian said and made a gesture to Boss Qian.
Then he nodded to the audience and said, "This is the end of the Q&A session."
"Thanks."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the lounge.
Amidst noisy whispers and loud applause, he left the stage.
...
Qin Jian has already finished both parts of the lecture.
As for the last question, Qin Jian felt that he had given the answer that parents wanted.
For some people and institutions, this time he has given them enough face.
But there is no guarantee that one day in the future, if the situation in Yangcheng is still so bad, he may not be so polite.
There is another thing that Qin Jian didn't mention today. In 2005, Yangcheng held piano exams for the first time. Before, people had to go to Nanshi to take the piano exams.
That year, he remembered clearly that only ten people, including him, applied for the ninth-level exam.
Later, only He Jing received the examination certificate.