Ye Zi asked again: "Why do you rarely see the top student in the college entrance examination among successful people?"

"The top student in the college entrance examination, entering a famous university, and graduating from a famous university can only be said to be a high starting point, and there is an advantage in entering the society! But the advantage is not necessarily equal to the victory, and the advantage may not be transformed into a winning situation!" Bai Qing said: "Just like in history, the Southern Song Dynasty, politically, economically, culturally, and militarily, completely exploded Mongolia and occupied the advantage, but it was still beaten by Mongolia. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info This is typical, the advantage has not been converted into a victory!"

"And some people in society, father is an official, mother is a wealthy businessman, has a broad network in society, has a broad advantage, but the son is not good at running the company, or went bankrupt, and the advantage has not been transformed into a victory. This is a normal event, there is no need to make a fuss!"

Ye Zi asked, "Reform and opening up, decades of education, why can't we cultivate innovative talents?"

Bai Qingdao: "Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, education is a hundred years of plan, a hundred years of investment, in order to achieve initial results." In the West, it has gone through hundreds of years of educational precipitation, but China's modern education, since the beginning of reform and opening up, has been more than 30 years, less than 40 years!"

"In terms of education, after 30 or 40 years of hard work, China wants to completely destroy the educational achievements of European and American countries over the past few hundred years, and it is not too much to ignore European and American countries! China is not the protagonist of the novel, and European and American countries are not the scum of war, everything must be based on reality!"

"In the past, there was a great leap forward, and now there is a great leap forward in social education, and if you want to rely on a few years of hard work, it is in terms of talents, completely exploding European and American countries, too eager for quick success!"

"China's education requires decades, or even hundreds of years of sustained efforts, don't think about taking shortcuts, not taking shortcuts, is the biggest shortcut! Those who say that China's education has failed and belittle China's education are useless, I can only say that they are either brain-dead or have read too many novels. ”

Ye Zi said: "What do you think about exam-oriented education and quality education?"

"In the past, when I read history books, I had the impression that democracy was progressive and autocracy was backward; but later I learned that ancient China's economy and culture were prosperous because of autocracy, and when the new shipping route was opened, Columbus, da Gama and others were supported by the monarchs of Spain, Portugal and other countries. And these countries are all absolute monarchies. And the core of Machiavelli's "Monarchy" is absolute monarchy, and only autocracy can unify Italy!"

"In Europe, it was too democratic, and as a result, Europe was divided and fragmented into dozens of countries, while in ancient China, it was mainly autocratic, forming a situation of great unification, and when it came to territory and population, it was equivalent to another Europe!"

"Europe is too democratic, and as a result, Britain has left the European Union; but in the East, if Britain dares to break away, China will definitely fight a war of reunification with the anti-secession law............

As he spoke, Bai Qing felt off-topic, and immediately put on the topic.

"Democracy is not necessarily progressive, autocracy is not necessarily backward, it can only be said to be shoes. Democracy is a shoe, autocracy is also a shoe, some people have big feet, some people have small feet, different feet, wear different shoes!"

In the same way, examination-oriented education does not mean backwardness, and quality education does not mean progress. It's just a different stage of education, suitable for different stages of society. Examination-oriented education is conducive to universal education, universal education is universal prosperity, and China's prosperity today has a great relationship with examination-oriented education!"

"As for the ...... of quality education"

"There is a shortage of innovative talents in China!" Ye Zi said: "Today's education model is constantly reforming and changing, just to cultivate innovative talents!"

"But I find it hard to ...... Examination-oriented education is based on the principle of practicality; but I don't know what quality education is!" Bai Qingdao said: "I feel that it is very difficult in China!"

"Why?" Ye Zi said curiously.

"The main ......reason is the difference between Chinese and Western education concepts," Bai Qing said: "Chinese education, in essence, is to be practical, to learn literature and martial arts, to sell goods and emperors, to learn literature, to learn martial arts, the essence is to sell at a good price, the essence is to be useful." In ancient times, the reason for studying the Four Books and the Five Classics was to be useful and to be an official, but now, when I go to university, I study all kinds of cultural knowledge in order to be useful, to make a lot of money, to make a fortune, and to become a great official!"

"But Western education is essentially impractical. The European word 'school' is derived from the Greek word 'leisure'. In ancient Greece, school was a group of bored people coming together, talking and thinking. In ancient Greece, the so-called school was not for the cultivation of talents, but for boredom!"

"In the West, the first rule of the scientific spirit is boredom, and it must be boredom. Just imagine, if you are busy supporting your family, busy with intrigue and calculation, busy with promotion and wealth, even if the apple hits Newton in the head, Newton will quickly forget. Newton is very busy, busy supporting his family, busy with intrigues and calculations, busy with promotions and making money, where is the time to think cranky!"

"But Newton was so bored that an apple smashed on his head, and he had to think about a hundred thousand whys, so there was gravity!"

"Boredom is only the premise of science, but what is the purpose of science?"

"In China, the purpose of science is to develop GDP and to sharpen ships and guns, but in the West, the purpose of science is precisely useless. A lot of science was born when it was useless!"

"Newton discovered gravity, but at the beginning of the birth of gravity, was it useful? It didn't work, it couldn't increase GDP, it couldn't increase the standard of living of the people, it couldn't make powerful weapons, it was really useless!"

"The theory of relativity and quantum theory discovered by Einstein were also useless at the beginning of their birth, unable to increase GDP and national living standards, and were really useless. At least one engineer can make a cannon to kill enemies in battle, and a merchant can make a lot of money to provide tax revenue for the country. But Einstein's theory is big, it's broad, it's useless!"

"It wasn't until 30 years later, when the atomic bomb was successfully built, that I felt that Einstein was really awesome!"

"In the eyes of the Chinese, Einstein is awesome because of the atomic bomb, not because of the theory of relativity, quantum theory. Because the former is useful, the latter is not. ”

"The spirit of speculating for the sake of speculation, seeking knowledge for the sake of knowledge, deduces the tradition of Western 'wisdom'. This is the essence of Western education, Western science and technology. In the West, there used to be a utilitarian trend of thought, the Wise Movement, who made it their profession to impart wisdom, and in their view, wisdom was only a means to meet a utilitarian end. In this regard, Plato called these people 'merchants of wholesale and retail spiritual food,' which is a derogatory term!"

"In China, what is important is morality, speech, and meritorious service. To put it simply, officials must increase GDP and make political achievements, enterprises must increase output value and increase tax revenue, and scientists must produce results, results, and papers!"

"But in the West, the scientific spirit, the third point, is precisely infinite!"

"The life span of a human being is limited, it is only a hundred years, 30,000 days, and reading a book a day is only 30,000 books, and it is necessary to understand and memorize, and to grasp it flexibly, and the number is even less. The mystery of science and technology is like a long river, and the lucky ones can pick up some stones from the river, which are called gravitation, relativity, quantum theory...... But more scientists, walking by the river, searched for a long time, but still did not pick up a stone!"

"In the West, many scientists work hard all their lives, but they can't produce results!"

"If they can't produce results, don't these scientists have value? Very valuable! The way of science cannot be utilitarian, still less impatient, it is not for the purpose of being useful to the world, but for the infinite pursuit of truth and exploring the true meaning of the world!"

"Boredom, uselessness, and infinity are the spirit of Western science! However, the people of the world only see that the Western ships are strong and skillful, but they are completely unaware that such ships are completely secularized and practical as by-products of scientific cultivators. ”

"The Chinese think that the ship is strong and the artillery is the foundation of the Westerners, but they do not know that the spirit of speculation is the foundation of the West!"

"The spirit of speculation is the root, the ships and guns are the branches and leaves, there are roots to have branches and leaves, and without the roots, the leaves are not luxuriant!"

"And these are the ...... that China lacks"

The interview lasted two hours.

Bai Qing was interviewed for the first time, and he was a little nervous, and there were some logical errors and grammatical errors, but as he spoke, he gradually became passionate, and said his understanding in his heart and his cognition of the world.