【高考热点】全国卷的作文题目是个漫画！

20160608ou 一中两外锵锵三人行 今日话题：昨天是高考第一天，语文全国卷1中，作文题目竟是个漫画 对此，大家怎么看呢？ Lincoln: Now, the gaokao took place yesterday, so it’s obviously a very stressful time, as you can tell by – even I’m stressed about it, [and] I’m not even taking it. Some interesting exam questions have come out of it. Yoyo: Yes it is. So yesterday they have taken the Chinese examination; in it one especially important part is the composition, and you can see there has been very interesting composition topics coming out from yesterday. And one topic from national paper, there has been a cartoon on the paper, and it showcases different kids are holding test papers, with the scores on it. And the kids on the left, when he has 100 points, he got a kiss; but when he has 98 points, he got a slap on the face. And the kids on the right: when he got 55 points, he got a slap on the face, but when he has 61 scores, he got a kiss on the face. And, have to say that the Chinese test, usually we have 100 as the full score, and the cut line is 60. Brian: That’s right – if you were sitting for the gaokao, you saw this, and you had to do 800 characters, what would you do? Lincoln: If I – if you were to press me, it would be like – the only thing, if you get a 100, if you get perfection you get praise; if you – you also get points just for trying? I don’t know. I think that’s very interesting. I know a lot of the conversation surrounding the Chinese education, and there’s always the kind of idea, it’s very kind of black and white, it’s very dry, there’s not a lot of room for creativity. But I would actually argue that that’s a good example of something like that. Brian: It is also notorious for having these really abstract questions. I think there’s certain ways you are to respond to these questions. Yoyo: But, well, I have to say I have a different opinion, because you know in the past there has been this kind of very precise questions, topics as for the composition part, and people need to write a long article simply about maybe a day in school or about some real thing, but this time it is a cartoon. I think maybe the point of abstract topics can give them some room for imagination. So if you simply are arguing about this is not creative enough, on the contrary, I think this is very creative. Lincoln: Right – it’s one thing to be like, oh, you need to be creative to answer the question, but then, creativity is one of those things that there’s really no more or less of it, you’re either creative or you’re not. Yoyo: That is a very good point. Besides that, you can see it showcases a certain point of the society’s true phenomenon, because it is a reality that people are paying too much attention on the scores, and this topic has mentioned that point [BK: Right] and give them some room to leave there thoughts on this – should people be paying so much attention on scores or not. Brian: Right. Actually I think you’re totally right Wu You – this is a fantastic question to have on the gaokao, because there is nothing that epitomizes this quest for scores, both from the students and their parents, than the gaokao itself. So to be able to actually have this opportunity, to give this opportunity to students to sound off on what they think about it, is fantastic. Personally, I think first of all, the fact that these kids are getting slapped at all is not a good thing. I think it is ridiculous that you’ve gotten almost perfection, you’ve gotten excellent, and that’s somehow a problem. And I know, like you said Wu You, this is a real phenomenon, this is how a lot of parents are – they get unhappy if their kids get very close to being perfect but not, whereas in the US, you rarely see 100s anyway; it’s generally a 100 or like an A-plus, that is above and beyond. Normally if you get your “A”, your 94 to 97 or whatever, that’s seen as very good. Something, you know, that any parent would be happy to have.