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This is the atrocity of the college entrance examination and education
Zachary 2022-04-21 09:02:28
History is always strikingly similar, the war a hundred years ago, the college entrance examination a hundred years later, they can't see the blood flowing into the river, and they can't see the nine million twisted youth. In this great leap forward of civilization, hundreds of thousands of people Eating the flesh of nine million soldiers and drinking the blood of nine million soldiers, they talk about the big picture, they talk about great achievements, they talk about everything, but they can't see that the front line has blood flowed into rivers and corpses are lying in the wild. Generation after generation became corpses, and their atrocities were worse than wars, wars destroyed thousands of families, but education destroyed an era
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All Quiet on the Western Front quotes
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Paul Bäumer: You still think it's beautiful to die for your country. The first bombardment taught us better. When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all.
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Katczinsky: I'll tell you how it should all be done.
[spits]
Katczinsky: Whenever there's a big war comin' on, you should rope off a big field...
Cigar-smoking soldier: And sell tickets.
Katczinsky: Yeah. And -
[glares at interrupter]
Katczinsky: And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals, put 'em in the center dressed in their underpants, and let 'em fight it out with clubs. The best country wins.
[everybody murmurs in agreement]
Paul Bäumer: Well, now that Kat's settled everything, let's go see Kemmerick.