Chapter 39 Section 3 Philosophy Department Freshmen

The first grade year.There are almost no challenges in college homework. Introduction to philosophy and economics require listening to lectures, but the lectures are simple and there are no designated reference books. Even if they are designated, there are no books. The special books in the library are allocated by each department.Teachers at Wuhan University seem to have a tacit understanding of implementing the doctrine of low scores, no matter how good the test is, they will not get 90 points.The level of Chinese and English in the freshman year is no higher than that of Nankai, and the progress is very slow.I remember the English teacher pronounced "black bird" with a strong Hunan accent when he taught a class, and the students called him that behind his back. The compulsory physical education is a joke. I don't remember there being a real playground.

This year I have enough time to think clearly about my situation and state of mind.I seem to be floating all year, and there is no space for me other than the upper bunk bed and a two-foot-long wooden table in front of the bed.There is a study room on the second floor of the dormitory.The windows are big and bright, and there are plenty of lights at night. There are about thirty seats, but they are always occupied by senior students.The electric lights in the dormitory are extremely dim, and there is no sunlight during the day. Instead, after the lights are turned off at nine o’clock, those who have homework to do light up their own small oil lamps (the most primitive kind has a semi-concave porcelain bowl, pour some tung oil , put two or three stalks of rushes and light them with a match).Before the exam, take the luxury of lighting a small candle.

When it is cold in winter, the only door cannot be opened, and the air is dirty.All eight of them have to live like this seven days a week, and they can only hope to go home during the summer vacation to eat more and sleep better.Later recalled exaggeratedly.I was able to go home alive that year because there was a small room next to the dormitory where Master Zhan’s home-style pastry was still considered the best bread; in the dormitory there was Lao Yao’s peanuts, five yuan a pack.A handful of small paper tubes are sealed to relieve hunger and nourish the body. It is crispy and crispy through the ages.In the memory of the female classmates half a century later, no one does not mention it!

When I first arrived in Leshan, I almost followed in the footsteps of Lu Qiaozhen and Yu Xianyi, and got to know the small town. The Nankai Alumni Association was the first club I joined. Their orientation activities are not only eating and drinking, but also some excursions; Walk 20 or 30 miles to a scenic spot to sit in a teahouse, such as Phoebe Forest, which is a private garden with a high style, which makes me linger more than the famous Wuyou Temple and Lingyun Temple. The teahouse culture, which I still envy to this day, is probably the monopoly of boys.The girls' dormitory "White House" in the boys' mouths is said to be much more comfortable than the boys' dormitory. There are six boys' dormitories scattered in the small town, half of which are temples with little incense, and half of which are simple and built shops.Their names are very inspiring.Such as Dragon Temple, Dingdong Street, Luji Temple, Banzhu Bay...There are not enough study rooms, but there are teahouses next to them. You can sit for a long time with a cup of tea. Many people do their homework, papers, make friends, play chess, bridge, and discuss politics in teahouses.Their kind of life is beyond the expectation of girls. In that era, no girl dared to wander the streets alone, and no one dared to go to teahouses.Among the more than 1,000 students, the ratio of male and female students is ten to one, but there are two completely different worlds.Years later I read Virginia.Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" knows that when women in the world seek knowledge, they have the same real dilemma.Different times have different expectations and different dilemmas, but it is difficult for men and women to have complete equality.