Chapter 14 Silver Palace Studying

Not long ago, I watched two educational films, Freshman and Fisherman's Girl (the latter may not be included in the category of educational films, but from a certain point of view, it has made considerable contributions to the educational psychology of Chinese people).In addition to the training, I can't help but write down some of my experience for your reference. Xinsheng describes how the innocence of the countryside is stained by the crimes of the city, a timeless phenomenon.The three modern women and humanity of seven or eight years ago also adopted the same theme, and also used the farmer's son who studied in the city as a representative like a freshman.A recent trend in Chinese cinema seems to be to rediscover stories popular in the 1930s.This might not be beneficial.Because the 1930s was an intellectually active era, although it had too many prejudices and narrow-mindedness; although its monotonous foreign stereotypes were a bit annoying.The tense and frizzy mood has passed, but the literary and film materials it adopted are worth keeping.

The purpose of the new students is to carry forward the spirit of education and guide the youth in mazes. (quote advertisement) But the producer seems to be skeptical about whether the masses are interested in this education, so he had to compromise, exaggerating the mazes, and trying to keep the guidance section as simple as possible. change.It can't be blamed for their attitude.There is a branch of the American church called the Revivalists, who often hold a public confession after worship, and narrate the sins of the past at length.The promoters described themselves as a murderer and a whore, the worse the more beautiful, the more beautiful it is, the more it reflects the kindness of today and the happiness after being saved.In the backcountry of the United States, where there are no thigh scenes to watch, the only entertainment for the villagers is these colorful and hearty confessions.

The freshmen didn't do it in a dramatic way.It lacks authenticity, partly because of economics.It's not that the film company doesn't want to spend money, but that the monetary value in the play is not calculated accurately.The parents gave the son 600 yuan to buy books, and the unworthy son used the 600 yuan to rent a beautiful mansion, hired maids, and kept entertaining guests and entertaining his girlfriend.A mercenary courtesan is willing to marry him if he can raise another whopping two thousand dollars.Even by standards of living a decade ago, the tally is confusing. The male protagonist turned his heart back to goodness, but where is the goodness?The freshmen managed a valiant and slightly flustered attempt to answer the question.At least it is much more realistic than its sisters. Previous films often only give you an ethereal feeling of renewal, as if you swore a curse or made a wish on the morning of the first day of the new year.The new student introduced the most ideal modern girl (played by Wang Danfeng), who became friends with the male protagonist purely for the exchange of knowledge.When he wanted to go further, she rejected his love, because this year is not the time to talk about love.After graduating, she went to teach in the Mainland and became a beautiful and pleasing dean with a big bow in her hair.Influenced by her, the hero joined a tour group to develop the frontier, and went to reclaim wasteland.He did this without pre-consideration, but out of a momentary impulse, a poetic longing, bordering on escapism.If he sinned here, why couldn't he atone here?In our immediate surroundings, should a young man of strength and knowledge have nothing to do?It is very unrealistic to ask him to go to distant places.

The freshmen raised another question worthy of discussion: Is primary education for the masses more important and more urgent than higher education for a few?The hero's father refuses to help a neighbor's kid get into elementary school because his money will be saved for his own kids to go to college.However, his ineffective child failed his hard work. When he was stimulated, he destroyed his family and set up a school to benefit the children in the village.Here the playwright expresses his vague disapproval of our highest institutions, but his attacks are limited to the contagious environment of contagious corruption that surrounds them.

Looking for the true meaning of education in the fisherman's girl, we are at a dead end, because the hero of the fisherman's girl is an art student.Western art in China has always been a pastime for the rich.Almost all professional painters paint traditional Chinese paintings.The hero of the fisher girl offends the audience at the outset (if the audience has any common sense) because he does not know what to do and thinks that by painting two awe-inspiring and stalwart nude women, he can earn money and support his family. Most of the creators of Fisher Girl have never seen a swimming fish except in a goldfish bowl, but he narrates his story in a rare and sweet style, and there are some magical touches, which touches the temper of the Chinese intentionally or unconsciously, For example, when the fisherwoman apologized to the artist that she was not good enough for him, he would reply fiercely: I don't like educated women.However, although he is full of Rousseau's admiration for the daughter of nature, he can't help but teach her to read and write.He could not resist the temptation.Chinese scholars in the past had such a common hobby: teaching aunts and wives to read.In fact, it’s not a bad idea to teach your wife, if your wife is born beautiful, but this kind of flirtatious activities are usually in your twilight years, after retirement, you will have the leisure to accept a female student with red sleeves to entertain the evening scene, the wife obviously It is not qualified.

Scholars in the past rarely had the opportunity to teach female students, so Yuan Suiyuan was extremely envied, so Zheng Kangcheng was so poor that he had to use his maids as his family's peaches and plums.The situation is different now, but after all thousands of years of emotional habits are difficult to change for a while, and we can find relics everywhere.Women must be educated too, and the Chinese agree with this, but they prefer to educate their wives themselves, directly or indirectly.In popular fiction, a man is dismissed by sending a poor girl to school, even if he adamantly declares that he is only fulfilling her ambitions, because she is a gift.In the marriage advertisements in newspapers, there are often sentences about willingness to help tuition fees.

The fisher girl's lover is willing to teach her, so the fisher girl's education is entirely for the enjoyment of her husband.And the education he received as an art student was of no use to him.He quarreled with his father and came out to seek independence, but failed. Fortunately, there was a rich lady who loved him to help him, and then this rich lady tried every means to destroy his relationship with the fisherman's girl.At the last moment, the witch who bought the soul finally found out that the lovers were reunited. The artist hired a flower carriage to welcome his bride with the money given to him by Miss Kuo.Tragedy turned into comedy, the key lies in the unreliable conscience of a wealthy lady, and the fisherman's daughter became a deeper tragedy.