Chapter 30 talk about exams

Teachers have time to test, but no time to teach; students have time to "study", but no time to "study", as if they only care about eating but not digesting, and of course they cannot be healthy. You are you, insist on being yourself! insist on being yourself When your grandma was alive, she often said that my luck in the exam was good, and she also said, "It must be because of the Yin skills of my ancestors, the virtues of my parents, and my own hard work." She also had a funny superstition, saying that when I was in high school, the exam room I was in Chenggong High School, so I passed the exam; when I was in college, the exam center was in the High School Attached to Normal University, so I entered Normal University; if my exam center was in National Taiwan University, I would definitely have entered National Taiwan University.

Every time your grandma said that, I would reply her: "Impossible, because I only filled out four volunteers in total, and I didn't fill in National Taiwan University at all!" When everyone filled out dozens of volunteers, I really only filled in four, and three of them were from the art department.Many teachers said I was joking, but I know what I am doing, I know what I want, and it is difficult for others to influence me. It's the same with me in school, you must have heard that I used to take public holidays and skip classes because of associations and speech contests, and I took a one-year absence from school due to illness, so my grades were very poor, and I often failed in junior high and high school. Relying on passing the make-up exam during the summer vacation can avoid repetition.

I took the school's mock exam, and I never got on the list. The only time I was on the list was to prepare for it.The problem is, I was successful in high school, and I went to Normal University in college. Those students who won the gold list in every mock exam are probably not as good as me.Guess what! That's also because I know what I do and what I want, and I have my own study plan; just like filling out volunteers for the college entrance examination, I don't care about others, as long as I think it's right, I will stick to it. For example, mock exams have been held since the first semester of the third year of junior high school, once a month, and each time has a certain range.But because the scope of the school is too large, in the first month, all the first grades are tested; in the second month, all the second grades are tested; in the third month, all the first and second grades are tested; Take the test together.But my homework was bad. I didn’t study hard in the first and second grades, so I couldn’t prepare well, so my progress in reading was always behind. When I had already tested five textbooks in the mock exam, I only prepared two textbooks. Failed every time.

It's just that I don't care about the ridicule of my classmates or the teacher's scolding. I have a planned progress; I divide the "remaining days" by each subject to prepare, and calculate how much time I can spend reviewing each subject. Exam just finished. As a result, I succeeded.Those students who go to cram school every day and seem to be great have many failures. Later, I discussed with those students who failed, and came to a conclusion—they failed because they had no plans of their own, but just kept up with the progress of the mock exam.They are rushing and studying hard, and they seem to be very familiar with the reading, and they all get high marks in the mock exams; the problem is that they don't read intensively. Every time they review, they turn over the textbook. The red, blue and blue pictures are written densely It seems that there is no problem; when I really "go to the battlefield", I find that I am not so sure about many things.In addition, many students catch two buses every day to go to the teacher's house for tutoring, and they also have to go to school to attend classes, and they are too physically exhausted.Teachers have time to take exams but no time to teach; students have time to "learn" but no time to "practice"; it seems that they only care about eating but have no ability to digest it. Of course they cannot be healthy.

Those students who went to the teacher's house for tutoring, and because the teacher let the water go, they did the school's upcoming exam questions first, and they did well every time in the exam, and they could stand out from the crowd in school.They even live in a hypothetical world of "already on the gold list", and when they face the real exam papers, they find that there are many things they haven't read. So for a long time, I opposed the school holding too many mock exams.I think the simulation should be done, but it can’t be done early; even if it is done early, it must be planned carefully, and you can’t take too many tests at one time. Don't make it as early as the entrance examination, covering all the content of the three-year teaching, causing students to desperately catch up with the progress, mastering but not proficient, and "falsely good".

This year, I learned billiards in Taipei, and I also have the same feeling.When I first went there, I thought I was already playing well, and I just needed to learn how to slice, rub, and kill the ball.Unexpectedly, the coach started everything from the beginning, even caring which foot should be in front of me.It’s even more troublesome when playing. There are a bunch of terms such as “big arms, small arms”, “big frame”, “loose racket, flexible wrist”, and “car grinding lift”. I even think he treats me like a doll Teach like. The problem is that after learning all the way, I just had a new understanding; when I returned to New York, I was impressed by my old golf friends.Think about it, isn't the step-by-step teaching method of the coach the same as my preparation for high school and college entrance exams?

It is the most taboo to study impetuously, the most taboo to follow the vulgarity for learning, and the taboo to follow blindly in the world.I really appreciate what Americans often say - I know what I am doing (I know what I am doing); that sentence is not a "self-righteous" used as a shield when others persuade, its real spirit is to identify the goal, Persevere in doing it. Boy! Do you know why I say so much? That's because I heard from your mother that you listened to the practice of other students in the dormitory and found that their progress was faster than you. You were afraid that you were too slow, and you were worried, so I faxed this letter to you across the sea.

As long as you believe that you have done your best, as long as you have your own plan, certain progress and self-requirements, then don't worry about others. I'm going to quote your grandma again - "A child who hits the wall as soon as he hears the drums is unlikely to have great achievements." Succeed on your own! You are you, insist on being yourself, and the final success must belong to you.