"I must not let my child lose at the starting line!"
Your mother may have been thinking so much in her heart when she was pregnant with you.
Since the opening of the two-child policy, more than 10 million newborns are born in China every year. With the gradual improvement of social parenting conditions, parents all over the world want their children to get a better education.
Thus, the competition began from prenatal education.
The trembling of the parents in the beginning, and the diligent consideration of the parents again, are all for one thing - to give their children a better education.
So starting from kindergarten, wars without gunpowder continued to start.
Sky-high-priced degree rooms have appeared one after another near outstanding prestigious schools across the country, but no matter how expensive they are, some people will pay for them.
"If you can't go to a good primary school, you can't get into a good junior high school. If you can't go to a good junior high school, how can you go to a key high school? The heavy-duty rate of key high schools is over 95%, so is it worth worrying about going to 985 and 211?"
Parents and teachers have more or less conveyed this concept to their children, and I believe that many students have heard the cocoon in their ears.
For those who do not have money, education is almost the only way to change their destiny. They can acquire more knowledge and become a superior person by their own hard work.
Yet their most basic right is being eroded by the rich.
I'm sure you've heard of sponsorship fees.
Some children from wealthy families don’t study hard, and parents try their best to “get” them to schools with a good learning atmosphere. As for how to get them, it’s nothing more than donating some Apple computers or giving them directly to Grandpa Mao.
You must have such a friend by your side.
But the degree is always limited. If you are approved to come in, someone has to be selected. Who should be selected?
It must be those poor children whose parents have no background and need to rely on poverty subsidies for tuition fees.
This kind of education disaster exists in every corner of our society, but few people dare to touch it.
No one dared to make a movie.
On the contrary, foreign films that have come to our attention continue to use sensitive themes to reveal the corrupt education system. For example, "The Genius Gunner" not long ago used "cheating" to tell us that in the current system, it is not just hard work. can change everything.
The population is second only to my country, and India, which has strict film censorship, dares to use bold and realistic plots to satirize the corruption of the education system.
The pain of the Chinese was actually photographed by the Indians.
I'm so ashamed-
The male protagonist of the film is Irfan Khan . Although he is not one of the three major Khans in India, because India is very hot, there will still be a lot of acting sweats (Khan), and he is definitely the one that is familiar to you.
In "Slumdog Millionaire", he is the chief of the police station who falsely accused the protagonist Jamal of cheating.
In "The Fantasy Drifting of the Youth Pie", he was the middle-aged pie who first appeared, and he said the classic line of "It's too late to say goodbye".
This time in "Starting Line", he and the heroine Saba Qamar played a pair of worried parents. Their performances are full of jokes, but they also have deep thoughts.
The story takes place in the Moonlight Bazaar in India. The clothing designer Raj (Irfan Khan) is a successful businessman.
But recently he and his wife have encountered a problem: the children are going to school.
Dad thought it would be good to go to a public school. We also came out of a public school at the time, so aren't we doing well now?
Mom's nerves are more sensitive, and when she heard Raj had such an idea, she immediately turned into shopkeeper Tong and began to babble:
It's not enough to be good, nothing can be learned in public school, the daughter will be afraid to communicate with others, she will be panic if others speak English, she will not fit in the society, then she will be lonely and depressed, if she starts What to do if you take drugs... (speaking 10 times faster than normal)
Although the mother's every madness ends with "what if my daughter starts taking drugs", her worries are not unreasonable.
We know that in India, there is a strict caste system , some public places are only open to high- ranking people, 80% of private car owners need to hire a driver to drive, and as a former British colony, whether they speak English or not depends to a certain extent. your future development.
So I didn't expect that in some parts of India, there are still people who discriminate against the language of their own country and regard speaking English as a noble behavior.
After the couple moved to a wealthy area for their daughter's schooling, they were even attacked by map cannons from their neighbors, who prevented their children from playing with their daughter on the grounds that they had come from the "Moonlight Market".
In the eyes of these parents, making friends has also become a very utilitarian behavior .
The frustrated couple, bent on getting their daughter into the best school, took aim at the top private school in the area: Derry Grammar Kindergarten .
But it is not so easy to get into a key kindergarten. You have to fill out the admission form first. If you are lucky, you will have the opportunity to have an admission interview. After the interview, you have to take the test: math, English, swimming, etiquette, painting, and music.
So this war about degrees started, and the parents were the first to get agitated.
Before dawn, there was a long queue at the entrance of the kindergarten to receive the forms. Some people came in the early morning, and some people set up tents, but there was still no sign of the line moving forward.
Every school season in our country, such scenes are endless.
Contrary to the couple in India, everyone is rushing to go to public kindergartens because private kindergartens are too expensive!
Then not only children need to be interviewed, but parents also need to be interviewed. The school believes that "if parents have not received enough education, they will not pay attention to their children's education."
Indeed, in today's uneven distribution of educational resources, it is difficult for poor families to produce noble children. If you want to receive a good education, it seems that you must build on a certain economic foundation.
This year, the top scholar of liberal arts in Beijing's college entrance examination shared such a paragraph about his understanding of educational resources after the exam, which caused a wide range of discussions, but you also have to admit that there is a certain truth:
So the qualified parents couldn't sit still and wanted to put their children in good schools.
The couple thought the same thing, and after failing the normal application process, they decided to go the wrong way .
Raj took out his practice in the business field. First, he asked the Minister of Education to write a recommendation letter. With this official document, things would be much easier;
One-handed preparation is not enough, he also raised a bag of money to donate to the school .
This kind of behavior is even commonplace around us. You can hear neighbors or relatives talking about buying a degree everywhere. For them, this is not a shameful thing, but a normal exchange of social resources.
Especially after putting on the hat of "for children" , this kind of donation is even more righteous.
Education is a business and an investment. In this matter, parents don't care about legal principles. In their eyes, it's all human feelings.
But Raj also appeared to be hit in the head when he saw another "donor" kicked out by the principal.
There are things that money can't buy.
But this is a movie after all. In our society, there are really few such things. In the face of education, it almost means stealing.
The anxious couple accidentally learned that there is another admission method called RTE, which is specifically for poor students.
Admissions counselors tell them:
"The kids of the poor can't handle it in a big school like that. Even if they get accepted, they'll leave in a year or two. Instead of letting their degrees go to waste, why don't you replace them?"
They decided to carry out this "steal" for the sake of their children (bah).
Forged poverty certificates, moved to slums, and lived in rags on weekdays.
They learn how to live "poorly" and are helped by the real poor, the Shyam family .
These "efforts" were all about coping with home visits from Derry Grammar School and getting an offer from the school.
Although the daughter successfully obtained the degree in the end, it prevented Shiam's children from having the opportunity to study in prestigious schools.
Little do they know that poverty cannot really be taught. They escaped the school's inspection, but they showed their feet in front of Shiam.
The conscience of the couple was also tortured in the face of a really difficult friend.
It is also a country with a huge population base, and we and India have the same problems in the education system.
When the problem of the gap between the rich and the poor extends to education, people in high-ranking positions begin to show their shameless side. They use their own power to frantically plunder educational resources, buy degrees, donate libraries, and go through the back door . .
They have come to their own conclusions: I pave the way for my children now, and they will be able to avoid detours in the future, so they must be given the best education.
But have you ever thought that the best education for children may be the behavior of the parents themselves , what kind of people the parents are, and what kind of people the children can become.
Convey that utilitarian and self-serving concept to your children in a subtle way, and they will apply it to interpersonal relationships, secretly fill out a grant application behind your back, and then use the money to buy an iPhone.
People who really need these resources, children who really want to learn, are squeezed out of the school gate. How can we not make people angry.
So today's label "rich second generation" is so shameless and ugly!
A line in the film says it well:
"You are doing everything you can to get them enrolled, not helping them, in fact, they are helping you."
Yes, the children helped you get the envy of your relatives, the praise of your neighbors, the appreciation of the older generation, and made you feel that you are really successful.
Children are props that you earn face in the name of love.
If parents do not lead by example and teach by example, then children are born as human beings and have already lost at the starting line from the beginning.
I hope all parents, or those who will become parents, can proudly applaud for themselves after watching this movie.
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