Today is the first day of the college entrance exam, and it's especially important because it's my strong subject - Chinese. The essay topic was truly f*cking bizarre. It was so mind-blowing that I had to record it! The following text comes from Zhou Luming's blog, which I have copied verbatim! Simply because: I completely agree with him!!! Oh god, I'm so glad I took the exam years ago. Now, the kids who've grown up in a honey pot, I finally feel sorry for them! I just received the this year's college entrance exam essay topic from a SOHU editor, asking if I'd be interested in writing one. To be honest, I was quite interested because it's been years since I last wrote an essay, and my hands were itching. I still remember back in middle school, my favorite class was always the composition class. Because our composition classes were always combined into two periods, probably because the teachers thought we should have more time to write. The reason I liked it was that I could usually finish it in one period, leaving me free to "roam" during the remaining period. Do you know how awesome it feels to have your article read aloud by the teacher in front of the whole class? Nowadays, kids probably don't understand that feeling anymore. I still remember how my teacher back then loved the articles written by a girl in the neighboring class. Maybe she was too deeply influenced by a magazine called "Reader" at the time, always writing about window sills, afternoon tea, sunlight, coffee, and such. Every time the teacher read her work, she would smile wisely but unattractively, with a voice that was unbearable and sharp.
But after a few years, those people or things we once disliked have all become beautiful memories.
Let's continue with this year's essay topic. After looking at the national topics for this year, I really felt worried for these kids...
Here are the topics:
National I: "Life, Poetic or Disappointed"
National II: "Help". Two examples were given: one negative where Cong Fei helped others but they didn't help him back; the other positive where a primary school student with leukemia helped others, and others also helped him. Candidates could choose either topic.
Beijing: Different comments on "Happy Rain on a Spring Night" – write an essay, self-proposed title, no genre restriction, over 800 words.
Shanghai: "Must Cross This Threshold"
Liaoning: "I Can"
Hunan: "Poetic Life". Based on personal experiences, write an essay titled "Poetic Life", minimum 800 words. Genre requirement: narrative or argumentative essay.
Shaanxi: "Something Happened". Scene: A child falls down, surrounded by three adults representing society, family, and school. All three say in unison, "Something happened." Self-proposed title, no genre restriction, over 800 words.
Guangdong: "Pass"
Shandong: "Time Will Not Weather Memory". Write an 800-word article titled "Time Will Not Weather Memory", self-proposed title, self-selected theme, self-selected genre, clear genre characteristics.
Jiangsu: "Yearning for the Sky"
Zhejiang: "Walking in the Vanishing"
Fujian: "Season"
Jiangxi: Choose one: "A Pool of Autumn Water in My Heart" or "It's Not Easy to Say I Love You"
Hubei: "Mother Tongue". Mother tongue is the first language a person learns, everyone has their own mother tongue. The mother tongue is the carrier of national culture, the root of national survival and development. In today's world of multicultural competition and convergence, the mother tongue is increasingly receiving universal attention. We exchange thoughts and feelings, appreciate literary works, master scientific and cultural knowledge, etc., all depend on the mother tongue. In short, we experience, learn, and use the mother tongue every day. Based on the understanding and experience of the above materials, write an essay.
Tianjin: "A Phrase Often on the Lips"
Anhui: "Carrying a Basket to See Mom"
Sichuan: "Not a Step and a Lifetime, but a Lifetime and a Step"
Chongqing: "Sweet and Sour Bitter Spicy Talk About College Entrance Exam"
First, I don’t know why there are so many different topics for the college entrance exam now. Is the regional difference in China getting bigger and bigger? During this time, except for Shandong and Zhejiang's topics which are slightly innovative, the other topics are really...
First, National I: "Life, Poetic or Disappointed". I want to know, isn't it too early to let an 18-year-old talk about the disappointment and poetry of life? Do they have the ability? The qualification? At this age, what they should have the most is infinite passion and infinite imagination. If they're already disappointed now, what will happen later? Moreover, I think putting the words "disappointment" and "poetry" together, which are unrelated, is just for the sake of phonetic similarity. I'm 24 this year, and I really haven't felt any connection between poetry and disappointment. Besides, life? Please teach me.
National II: "Help". Regarding "help", two examples were given: one negative where Cong Fei helped others but they didn't help him back; the other positive where a primary school student with leukemia helped others, and others also helped him. Candidates could choose either topic.
I think this is actually a very difficult article to write, because the question setter doesn't even know what they're talking about themselves.
What does it mean when you help others, but they don't help you back? Is help something that needs to be returned? Cong Fei was great, and his greatness lies in the fact that he didn't seek returns. You can scold those he once helped for not showing up when he needed help, and you can call them animals. Yes, that's right.
But I want to say that true benevolent giving doesn't need returns. I believe Cong Fei must have experienced high-level happiness in his silent giving. What do you mean by posing such a question? Are you asking everyone to discuss the value of help? I don't understand.
As for the example of the primary school student with leukemia, I won't go into it. Mutual help, no problem with the topic, but it's a bit shallow.
Beijing: Different reviews of "Happy Rain on a Spring Night" - write an essay, self-proposed title, no genre restriction
Shanghai: "Must Cross This Threshold"
Let me try to write Beijing's topic this time:
Happy Rain on a Spring Night
Tang Dynasty - Du Fu
Good rain knows its season,
When spring arrives, it happens.
With the wind, it sneaks in at night,
Nourishing all things silently.
Wow! What a good poem!!!
Regarding Shanghai's topic this time, it reminded me of my parents' era, no, maybe even longer...
Liaoning: "I Can" ... this year's coldest joke.
Hunan: "Poetic Life". Based on personal experiences, write an essay titled "Poetic Life", minimum 800 words. Genre requirement: narrative or argumentative essay.
Hunan Education Bureau is really closely following the central government, the topics have similarities.
Everyone knows that high school students' lives are boring, dull, and even stupid. Facing cold desks and cold people every day, I don't know what poetic elements there are left. Is poetry really that worthless now? I think if the genre was changed to science fiction, it would be better.
Shaanxi: "Something Happened". Scene: A child falls down, surrounded by three adults representing society, family, and school. All three say in unison, "Something happened." Self-proposed title, no genre restriction, over 800 words.
So creative! This! Really.
Creative to the point that I don't know how to write it!
Guangdong: "Pass"
Vague topics are a disaster for talented candidates.
Jiangsu: "Yearning for the Sky"
Don't understand.
Fujian: "Season"
Are you writing a song?
Jiangxi: Choose one: "A Pool of Autumn Water in My Heart" or "It's Not Easy to Say I Love You"
Can I not choose? They're both so dumb!
Hubei: "Mother Tongue". Mother tongue is the first language a person learns, everyone has their own mother tongue. The mother tongue is the carrier of national culture, the root of national survival and development. In today's world of multicultural competition and convergence, the mother tongue is increasingly receiving universal attention. We exchange thoughts and feelings, appreciate literary works, master scientific and cultural knowledge, etc., all depend on the mother tongue. In short, we experience, learn, and use the mother tongue every day. Based on the understanding and experience of the above materials, write an essay.
I think changing the topic would be better, as follows;
Hubei: "Dialect". Dialect is the first language a person learns, everyone has their own dialect. Dialect is the carrier of regional culture, the root of regional cultural survival and development. In today's world of multicultural competition and convergence, dialects are increasingly receiving universal indifference. We exchange thoughts and feelings, appreciate literary works, master scientific and cultural knowledge, etc., all leave dialects behind. In short, we forget dialects, dislike dialects, abandon dialects every day. Based on the understanding and experience of the above materials, write an essay.
Tianjin: "A Phrase Often on the Lips"
Chairman Mao's words are engraved in my heart
Anhui: "Carrying a Basket to See Mom"
Mom actually carries two baskets.
Sichuan: "Not a Step and a Lifetime, but a Lifetime and a Step"
Not a step leaves a footprint, but a footprint is a step.
Chongqing: "Sweet and Sour Bitter Spicy Talk About College Entrance Exam"
If I were a Chongqing candidate! I'd damn well boycott the exam!!
Of course, the topics from Shandong and Zhejiang are really good. I think Chinese, grammar is a superficial level, literature is the main focus. These two topics can truly reflect the literary value of candidates, very literary. One is hometown, the other is ancestral home, proud indeed!
But anyway,
Still hope everyone can perform with style and achieve results. Since we're not the rule-makers, and don't have the guts to end the game, let's do our best. Damn the college entrance exam!