In the winter in the north, the air is prickly, and at seven o’clock on the morning of December 17, when the temperature fell below minus eight degrees Celsius, the sound of reading was already heard in the open space in front of the Qufu Normal University complex.
A week before the exam, the South Gate in front of the statue of Confucius is piled with all kinds of snacks “tribute “Some students put on a box of appetite tablets, saying, “I still understand you best. “
As a second college, Qufu Normal University is known as the “god school”, rumor has it that the rate of entrance exams there reaches more than 90%, “step into the Qu Division, one foot is equal to the threshold of the graduate school of a major university”.
The first time I came to QuFu Normal University, there is indeed a continuation of the examination education, but, in the context of “examinations are the trend”, it is not so special, Qu Shi University examinations legion is just a microcosm of the millions of groups who see the study as a springboard for life, they struggle in the layers of social circles, the outstanding but still a few.
There is no myth in the school of God.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this.
Shandong is one of the most enthusiastic provinces in the country to study for the exam, and among them, Qu Shi University is the most.
According to data from the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the national master’s exam in 2021 reached 3.77 million, a record high, of which 348,000 people applied for the exam in Shandong Province, the total number of people and the increase is the most in the country.
In another survey, about 71.28% of graduates from Qufu Normal University had the intention to take the exam, ranking first among all Shandong universities.
Xia Zhongzhong, a sophomore, couldn’t say how the strong atmosphere of examinations at his alma mater came about, “Anyway, the academic style is better than other schools, and usually you will see some people studying on Saturday and Sunday in the school. “
“Good school spirit “, Chen Jie, who just enrolled this September, also thinks so. In Qu Shi University, most freshmen like Chen Jie need to go to morning and evening self-study. Morning study lasts from 6:50 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., and evening study from 6:50 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. There are no restrictions on what students can study in morning and evening study, but people are required to sit in fixed classroom seats, and people from the school’s disciplinary department may come over at any time to spot-check roll call.
In order to have a better place to listen to the lecture, Chen Jie and his roommates usually buy dinner and pack it back to the dormitory, and then run to the classroom to occupy the seat in advance.
They do not find this hard because many habits have been developed in high school.
“To say that a little tighter control of the place may be the collection of cell phones,” said Yang Zhen, who is also a sophomore, some classrooms in Qu Shi University have cell phone bags hanging on the wall, and students are required to put their phones in the bags before class to ensure careful listening in class.
Not all classrooms are equipped with cell phone bags, but the decision to receive cell phones still lies with the teacher, “the old literature and history building without (cell phone bags), there is no place to put it, but there are teachers require the phone on the podium on the pile. “
Yang Zhen is the class president, I met him when he sat on a chair in a milk tea store, waiting for the class of students from various dormitories to receive the draft intention registration form, he nodded to the pile of intention: “There should not be many people want to become soldiers. “
The majority of the students are on the right track, although it is more of a personal free choice than the college entrance exam, but the atmosphere of the exam, from the beginning of the new students to school around them.
The “atmosphere is good”, people from outside the school have come to prepare for the exams around Qu Shi University, among them are home in Qufu, preparing for the graduate school, the editorial students, but also people who graduated from other schools in the province, work and then turn to think about the public exams.
“Examinations and research examinations and editorial preparation of both hands “, the study room boss said in a relaxed tone, “we study room exams editorial are on the exam. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Rumor has it that “graduate school – public exams – becoming an official The ideal life path for the locals is “graduate school – government – government”. Some time ago, a boy in the study room got a teaching position in a high school, however, he “see the place in general, did not go, continue to prepare for graduate school The study room owner said
I asked the study room owner: “Since you can take the editorial and public exams, why do you want to take the graduate school? “
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into. Undergraduate specialist what treatment? “, he asked rhetorically. “Work for a year to enjoy the treatment of graduate students, undergraduates are not promoted always the position of ah. “
break the boat
Most Qu Shi students believe: diligent work can be exchanged for a seat in graduate school, can be exchanged for a better future.
As student Yang Zhen said: “Although it may not be suitable for everyone to do academic research, but higher income, higher social status is certainly what everyone wants to pursue. “This reflects the thoughts of most students.
So, similar to Qu Shidian University, the “god school of examinations “More and more. Xinyang Normal, Liaocheng University …… these names are linked to the “god school of examinations They are all linked to the label of “examining god school”, they all have the characteristics of being in the ranks of ordinary institutions, high application rate of examining, diligent students and high admission rate.
A graduate from one of the colleges told me that the state of the Qu Shi students’ examinations is not special, and her alma mater is the same: “a row of stools outside the classroom, memorizing in the corridor in the middle of winter, and the stairwell is full of toothbrush cups”.
In today’s world, a master’s degree is no longer a mere postgraduate degree. For many ordinary people, it means a second hope of getting ahead outside the college entrance exam, especially for second-year students who do not have the advantage of social resources, it may be the only fulcrum to change their lives.
But the more they strive to go up, the more they can find the ceiling that can not be broken above their heads.
There have been reports describing that students who have been admitted to a major university in Beijing from a god school of examinations often hear exaggerated discussions about their alma mater on different occasions, and their words contain ridicule and sarcasm.
The reputation of the school of the gods has brought about a stigmatizing effect, and the students who came out of there were once labeled with the stereotype of high scores and low ability. A few years ago, there was even a teacher from a university in Shanghai who let it slip during recruitment: “It’s Qu Shi Da’s, not “.
A graduate instructor at a domestic C9 Alliance college (China’s first alliance of colleges and universities among top universities) said that the second-tier school itself is a relative label, and whether it can be a plus or a minus depends on the candidate’s interview performance. “If the performance is mediocre, the second school may be a minus, and if the performance is particularly good, it is a plus instead. “
In fact, this means that students coming from second-tier institutions have to put more effort into their scores, but also have above-average performance in the interview to compete with other candidates.
At the same time, key universities are also increasing the proportion of our sponsored students, and a 985 student who is studying at our university said that half of the students in the graduate class are former old classmates.
The graduate tutor also said that in the master’s admissions process, they actually have “very little access to second-year students “. His observation is that those “students whose undergraduate schools are not so good “, even after being admitted, showed overall weaker self-confidence, with more diligence and less aptitude.
He recalls, however, that during his ten years of teaching, he was once impressed by a student whose undergraduate degree was an average one, who “seemed boring, but then after asking a few questions, he found that he had read a lot of books and had his own views on many issues. “
The harsh brushing up and brutal competition has inexorably sapped the thinking and creative abilities, and the occasional flash of a shooting star has the implication of a broken sky compared to the whole black sky behind it.
In fact, more students have been poking around the world and gradually backing off.
For Chen Xi, the good schools are those in Beijing or Shanghai, and being able to get into a university there is equivalent to having the first cornerstone of putting down roots in a big city. He once came up with the idea of going to a first-tier city, but soon felt that it was just a pipe dream and gave up.
The first time he took the exam, he enrolled in Ningxia University, which is the closest 211 university to his home. After failing in the first battle, he decided to adopt a more prudent strategy and continue to take the postgraduate exam at Qu Shi University.
“But it’s still not easy, you still have to work hard. “
Chen Xi, a calligraphy major, said most of his classmates will go on to become calligraphy teachers, and not surprisingly, he will do the same.
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