When this topic was in hand, Lin Shu knew the reason why it was chosen as a debate topic.

Compulsory education has been implemented for so many years, but the argument that reading is useless has never disappeared. There are not many such arguments among Nanhui, mainly because it is a key school and has more good students.

But among Lin Shu's elementary school classmates, several of them stopped studying at this time. Junior high school itself is still within the scope of compulsory education, and it is theoretically impossible to take a leave of absence. But if the person concerned does not go to school, and the parents indulge, in fact, neither the school nor the government can do anything.

There are not many students who uphold the pure "uselessness of reading", but there are many students who complain that the content of learning is useless. Especially in the last physics exam, the questions were very rare*, and many students complained that there were some things that were useless.

In fact, the knowledge in middle school is still relatively basic, and Lin Shu has always felt that it is an upgraded version of the general knowledge class in primary school. The six courses of physics, chemistry, biology, history, politics and geography are said to be professional knowledge, but it is better to say that they are learning a kind of "truth".

This principle is the "law of nature" and the "law of society".

However, in principle, how to debate when the debate is formally held is another issue. Lin Shu and the others were divided into a positive argument, and he personally felt that this argument was very dominant, but unexpectedly, his friends didn't think so.

In the last few debates, the members of the debate team have learned how to empathize and how to find arguments not from their own position but from the position of the topic. But even so, they find it difficult.

In middle school, even the most well-behaved students will inevitably have some sense of rebellion. Unlike the past ten years when they were convinced of all the things and truths they were told, children of this age often began to learn to question the world, and began to have their own values and outlook on life, and used their limited life experience to interpret and judge the world.

The same goes for this group of friends.

Although they are not poor students who do not like to learn, it is not necessary to say how much this group of children love learning. Lin Shu scratched his face with his fingers and fell into hesitation. Facing the children who obviously had good grades, but felt that what they were learning was useless from the bottom of their hearts, Lin Shu couldn't help but feel some emotion.

The domestic education model is really easy to consume children's enthusiasm and optimism for learning, and children instinctively have negative and pessimistic thoughts about learning. For example, at this time, the girl who had been in charge of the debate said, "I can't think of any use for people who don't do this kind of work in the future......

Chi Xinguang, who debated three times, said: "I don't think some classes will be useful for future work and life...... For example, if I want to study architectural design in the future, is it useful to study physical chemistry? ”

"......," Lin Shu said, "The foundation of architectural design is mathematics, physics and chemistry." ”

Chi Xinguang: "!? ”

Lin Shu said: "If you want to study architectural design, you can't just learn to draw. Architectural design itself involves a lot of physics, such as load-bearing walls, sun-proof design, sound insulation and echo design...... It's all about physics. ”

During this time, Lin Shu has been debating with a few friends, and the teacher almost did not intervene. Although Lin Shu did not directly participate in the debate, he has always put forward a lot of useful key suggestions to several people, so several friends are very convinced of him.

And because of his mentality, Lin Shu often unconsciously looks like an elder, and the current way of getting along with his friends is very subtle.

Chi Xinguang knew the word load-bearing wall, but he didn't know the specific function. The other content that Lin Shu said, he knew every word when it was taken apart, but when it was taken together, Chi Xinguang didn't understand the specific meaning.

He didn't understand, so Lin Shu explained to him: "The load-bearing wall is a house, how do you design the supporting wall, so that it is not easy for the house to collapse, this is the content of mechanics in physics." Sun-proof design means that different materials are used as partitions on the roof, and then no heat can be transmitted in the house when the sun shines down, which is related to the physical thermal propagation and chemical material properties. ”

Chi Xinguang was suddenly surprised: "Architectural design...... Is it also a profession related to chemistry and physics? ”

Lin Shu replied: "It's not the same subject, but it has a lot to do with it." ”

The girl who debated the second debate listened, but she couldn't help asking, "Then what if I study art in the future?" ”

Lin Shu said: "If you want to study art, you have to learn geometric perspective, but also learn human perspective, which has something to do with physics and biology. ”

"What if I study accounting?"

Lin Shu replied: "Accounting is a discipline of economics, which involves a lot of mathematical modeling. If there is one subject that has more to do with it, I think that in addition to mathematics, it should be history and politics. ”

"Why?"

"Because economics itself is a sociology. If you want to learn accounting, one is to understand the legal regulations, and the second is to understand the operating structure of the accounting object...... Essentially, it's about knowing where the money is spent, why it's spent, where it's earned, and how it's distributed. From this point of view, history and politics can teach you a lot, such as the inflation in the late Republic of China due to the crazy printing of money......"

Since the friends didn't understand the word inflation enough, Lin Shu explained it more simply and clearly.

Along the way, the friends asked a lot of questions, and Lin Shu answered them one by one. In addition to deeply admiring Lin Shu's insight, several children finally regained a little confidence in their arguments.

Later, when they were studying on their own at night, Lin Shu and the others went to the empty classroom for a meeting as usual. A debater girl read the question once: "Are some auxiliary subjects in secondary school useful for the work and life of students who are not engaged in this major in the future?" Then he asked, "Do you want to interpret the thesis first?" ”

Lin Shu nodded.

So a few people took out a pen and paper and began to interpret it: "Auxiliary disciplines...... The notice said that it was physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, and politics...... We don't need to define that. Does the 'profession' refer specifically to physical, biological, biological, geographic, and geographic, or to all professions that are likely to make extensive use of relevant knowledge? ”

Lin Shu said: "Let's think it's all professions that use a lot of relevant knowledge, and it doesn't make much sense to bite the word on it." If we grasp this part of the definition and play with words, we will deviate from the original intention of the topic, and even if we win the debate, the teacher will not necessarily judge us to win. ”

After everyone listened, they were silent for a while, and then the second debater said in frustration: "This topic is really difficult to debate. The argument is not good for us. ”

Unexpectedly, Lin Shu smiled and said, "No, I think it's the opposite, this argument is actually very beneficial to us." ”

Guys: "!?" ”

Lin Shu said: "Because the topic is 'Are some auxiliary subjects in secondary school useful for the work and life of students who are not engaged in this major in the future?'" First of all, think about where we should start when we are on the positive side and the negative side of this topic. If we are square, we want to prove that these lessons will be useful for future life and work...... Right? ”

The girl nodded.

"So if we're the opposite, what part do you think you can cut into?"

The girl suddenly fell into thought for the notice.

After a long time, she spoke: "If it is the opposite, the argument should be that it is useless for future life and work. Well...... If we want to get to the bottom of it, we should argue that learning something else, or doing something else, would be more useful for our lives and future work...... If it were me, I would probably look for some foreign education models as a comparison, emphasizing that more interesting courses can be offered, or practical related courses? ”

The girl was quick and clear-witted, and it was clear that the afternoon game would only be out of shape. Lin Shu nodded and said, "This direction is right. I think most people will be more likely to move closer to this. Then Lin Shu took a turn of the question, "But this argument will be supported by classmates, but it will not convince the teacher." ”

Several people were stunned.

"Because the question is not 'Is there a better educational model than now?' but 'Are some secondary school auxiliary subjects useful for the work and life of students who will not be engaged in this major in the future?' Our arguments are useful, while the other side's arguments can only be 'useless', and if extended to a better curriculum, they are off topic. ”

It took a while for Chi Xinguang to be the first to understand Lin Shu's meaning, and then said: "But if that's the case, they can't argue at all......

Then he stopped suddenly, because he remembered that in the first debate match, Lin Shu relied on an interpretation that the other party couldn't debate at all to help them plan their arguments, and then won a big victory.

Lin Shu said: "So our argument in this game is that 'the current discipline settings may not be the most superior and perfect settings, but they are useful for future work and life.'" No matter how the other side argues, we only need to grasp two points: 1. What we have learned is really useful. 2. Whether the content of learning is useful or not has nothing to do with whether there is a better institutional plan, but only depends on itself. ”

"So now let's discuss what the six courses of physics, chemistry, biology and history and geography are useful for our daily life and study."

Unlike most students, they may think that the school asked them to discuss curriculum reform, but Lin Shu understands that the reform of the school system has nothing to do with the students, first, they have no effect on the reform of the school system, and second, they are in the game, and there are inevitably extreme and unreasonable parts in their ideas.

Having students discuss these useless things is something that only the people who work in the education department need and are qualified to discuss, because they are the ones who spend their energy, their budget, and their time in it.

As for the current thesis of the school, the purpose should be nothing more than to persuade students.