"Ma Yun once said a very famous sentence, she said that what kills a great company may not be the replacement of new and old technologies, but may be just a simple document."

By extension, what can kill a university may be just a document. Now, I'll let you see for yourself, such a barbaric document. ”

It was Associate Professor Qian who said this. He was one of Yao Yayao's tutors last semester and the main teacher of the subject "History of Architectural Disasters".

Now, Yao Yayao sits on an old sofa and chair in Associate Professor Qian's home. He came to talk to Associate Professor Qian for a special time, and at the same time, he also came to send a special invitation.

This special invitation is a copy for each employee of Noah. As long as a university lecturer with the title of lecturer or above can be recruited to attend the first annual meeting of Noah in a few days, the employee can get an additional allowance of at least 400 yuan in the company.

For the sake of money, Yao Yayao certainly has to spare no effort to do this. This matter does not seem to be difficult to do, at least, the invited guests have at least 800 yuan in cash "sign-in and appearance fees".

Yao Yayao's first priority was originally his grade counselor, Mr. Fan Zhi. After all, Teacher Fan Zhi has always taken care of him in life, and Yao Yayao knows it well. However, Mr. Fan Zhi told him on the phone that he had accepted the warm invitation of other students.

Yao Yayao's second thought was Associate Professor Qian in the school. Associate Professor Qian has always looked at Yao Yayao differently, and even allowed Yao Yayao not to attend classes in the second half of the semester.

Yao Yayao was a little surprised, after all, the fellow senior is also a know-it-all Bai Xiaosheng, Xiao Xiaosheng, who once privately gave him a list and warned some old-fashioned tutors in the school that they must not be absent from class. Otherwise, just wait for the make-up list at the end of the semester.

Xiao Xiaosheng's fellow brother even enthusiastically taught Yao Yayao in private, in case of making up for some difficult subjects, how to properly play the "bitter card" of class attendance, so as not to become a "ghost under the knife" of some stereotypical tutors.

Yao Yayao never thought that his homework "History of Architectural Disasters" would be included in the make-up examination list in the end. However, Associate Professor Qian has personally called himself to apologize and explain that this was not his decision. Therefore, Yao Yayao can't, so he resents Associate Professor Qian.

Associate Professor Qian walked into his private study, fumbled in it for a while, and then walked out of the study again with a manuscript. He displayed an A4 paper document in front of Yao Yayao's eyes. Yao Yayao saw that this was a "Work Arrangement for the 2010 Spring Student Make-up Examination of Summer University of Technology".

Yao Yayao quickly flipped through it very casually, and then unfortunately, on the final list of students who made up for the examination in each subject, he saw his name appearing three times in total.

Associate Professor Qian said: "The power of student attendance statistics is in the hands of the teacher. The attendance instrument of the face-brushing computer system installed in each teaching building will automatically record the attendance rate of students in each subject, and then summarize it into a table of big data, which will be submitted to the hands of each teacher. ”

"Attendance is a matter of personal attitudes that vary from teacher to teacher. Some pay attention to it, while others don't. Some tutors believe that attendance means hard work without merit. Some teachers believe that formalism is not of much use, and if you are in Cao Ying's heart and Han, attendance is just a false appearance. ”

"My personal attitude is the latter. Now, by the way, I'm going to tell you something. ”

"Mr. Qian Xisen, a great scientist in my country, one of the leaders of the outstanding meritorious contributions of the two bombs and one satellite, never went to the classroom when he was studying in the university."

"He's always taken his own lessons, not other people's. He would occasionally appear in the classroom, because he had some questions and wanted to bring them to the tutors to answer in person, as well as various academic offensive and defensive discussions. ”

"At that time, no one in the mentors cared about his ultra-low attendance, they only thought he was very good. And he is indeed excellent, in all his professional subjects, none of them are below 90 points, and perfect scores are commonplace. ”

Yao Yayao never knew this little story, and he was a little stunned when he heard it.

Associate Professor Qian smiled and said, "A truly qualified university tutor has three basic functions, that is, the six words summarized by the ancients: preaching, teaching, and solving doubts. Among them, the word "teaching" is now simply equated with the word "class". Some universities even impose strict rules on how many classes a professor must give to students each semester, how many hours of lectures he must give in class, and so on. ”

"If you want me to look at it, it's actually the word 'puzzle'. After you come to the university as a college student, you still have to have a tutor like cramming education, just relying on the knowledge and nutrition in the classroom. Then, what is finally cultivated in this way is nothing more than mediocrity, and will never produce real outstanding talents. ”

"There are a lot of excellent tutors who are not very good at lecturing, but they are very good at solving puzzles. No matter what questions a student asks, it will never be asked. The so-called one-man is the key to the door, and this is the true demeanor of a university tutor in terms of knowledge. ”

"Of course, some school leaders don't think like this, they just need the tutors to follow the steps and successfully instill some specific professional knowledge into the brains of the students, and then they are considered to be excellent talent training scientists."

"They don't even like the fact that students have their own edges. For example, when it comes to attendance, they don't like that students have a long ruler and a short inch. They want their students to be obedient like good babies, and they will show up in a specific classroom location at a specific time every day. ”

Yao Yayao was a little dissatisfied, and put the "Make-up Examination Work Arrangement" document in his hand back on the coffee table. He protested with a tangled face:

"I had to retake a total of three subjects. And in these three subjects, the paper scores are almost full marks. ”

"Professor Qian, last time you told me that it was because the total number of students who needed to take the make-up exam this semester was too small, so some students were temporarily added to come over to make up for the head, what is this all about? Isn't the fact that there are few students who make up the exams prove that the teachers are teaching well?! Do you still need to temporarily "pull the strong ding"? ”

Associate Professor Qian shook his head helplessly: "There is something big going on in the school this year!" According to the final final grade data, the list of students who need to retake the exam in the next semester is an unprecedented 1.73%. This also means that in the more than 60 years since the establishment of the school, the number of students who need to take the make-up examination this semester will be the lowest in history. ”

The statistics department presented this data to Vice President Ma, who was in charge of the department. Vice President Ma had not returned from a foreign inspection, and after hearing the news, he made a phone call across the ocean, instructing that all students with poor attendance should be included in the list of make-up examinations for the next semester. If this is arranged, the retake rate will rise to about 7%. ”

"Historically, most of the make-up rates in previous years were around 10%~18%. In this way, it seems relatively normal to look at big data. ”

"Both the tutors at the school and the students who need to retake the exam are complaining about this temporary decision. This is an extremely reckless decision, and at the same time it is a decision that has a say without investigation. ”

"Because, after some of our tutors have done some necessary peer-to-peer exchanges with some other universities in other schools, they have found that this year's special situation, that is, the large number of high-scoring students and the particularly low number of students who take the make-up examination at the same time, also exists in other schools. Their statistics are not as exaggerated as those of our school, but they are also anomalous. ”

"Some of our mentors did some secret research through unofficial channels in private, and then they found out the real reason. Oh, it just has something to do with this invitation you're sending me. ”

As he said the last sentence, Associate Professor Qian pursed his lips at a beautifully printed red invitation on the coffee table, and made a glance.

This invitation is the special guest invitation that Yao Yayao plans to invite Associate Professor Qian to attend the first annual meeting of Noah in the past.

(Next chapter preview: "The Meaning of Attendance 2")

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