Repost] A Peking University student’s confusion: Why do we want to go abroad like dogs?

Everyone knows that college students are now keen on going abroad. In China, not many people have the right to go abroad. Among young people, except for the children of high-ranking officials and wealthy people, only science and engineering college students - often those with relatively good grades - have the opportunity to go abroad. There are so many children of high-ranking officials, even if they stay in the country, they will have to deal with wind and rain. But they still went abroad without hesitation. What about college students? Every year, those who go abroad in college are the ones with the best grades, and they often compete for offers. It is not easy for college students to go abroad. They have to take the GRE and spend a lot of money to study at New Oriental. Most of them have to rent a house, wait for offers, and apply for a visa. They have to go through nine or eighty-one difficulties, and they are in danger of being rejected at any time. In such a harsh competitive environment, these people who could have done well at home still went abroad in increasing numbers. College students do not represent the intellectual community. College students are outstanding talents selected from all classes across the country through the college entrance examination system. Their choices have different symbolic meanings from those of the children of high-ranking officials. The flight of college students represents the flight of all Chinese people. There is such an incident in my college memory. In the winter of my junior year, I signed up for TOEFL. At that time, the TOEFL test was not as flexible as it is now. Once the registration day came, it would be overcrowded. If you wanted to register for the first time, you would have to wait in line late at night. A few buddies and I held small stools and newspapers and kept vigil next to a nearby registration point. From zero o'clock, I waited in the cold wind until the white fish belly appeared in the east, and finally waited until people went to work. Because the queue was too long and hundreds of people were in disarray, police officers were specially allocated to maintain the queue. It took pol.ice half an hour to organize the team of several hundred people. How to fix it? Use your feet. If you see who is not standing properly, you will kick him in the thigh and calf until he is kicked into the team. Hundreds of students, from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University...the most awesome schools you can think of have the highest self-esteem, and the most awesome students who are proud of their talents are higher than the most arrogant students, gritting their teeth. , where I silently endured the socialist education of being scolded and kicked by a few pol.ice. This is one of the prices you pay for leaving this country. Chinese citizens have the biggest misjudgment about Peking University students and Tsinghua students. They think that Peking University students and Tsinghua students are different. For example, Peking University is idealistic and Tsinghua University is pragmatic. Peking University students are rebellious, while Tsinghua students are obedient. Peking University students are liberal, while Tsinghua students love government. Peking University students are individualistic, while Tsinghua students are nationalistic... In fact, these are just **. On the issue of going abroad, Peking University and Tsinghua students are completely consistent and unambiguous. The only difference is: Peking University students criticize this society while going abroad, while Tsinghua students praise this society while going abroad. Then the vast majority of them study for PhD, find jobs, become American citizens, and settle down. I also have a few good friends in Tsinghua. In 1997, Tsinghua had a loud slogan called "Fifty years of healthy work for the motherland." This sentence was catchy and powerful, and young guys from Tsinghua loved to shout it until they went abroad. My friends in Tsinghua University have established a large classmate association in the United States, but they seem lonely in China. Chinese intellectuals are the most tolerant. They have inherited the fine tradition of the Chinese people who endure hardships and stand hard work, who can be content with a small amount of money, who marry and follow their lead, and who can become good through patience. Academician Wang Xuan quoted the leader’s words as saying: Chinese intellectuals are cheap and high-quality. With a salary of two thousand yuan, you can do whatever you want. Chinese intellectuals are content with the status quo and can endure poverty and hunger. It has better adaptability than cockroaches and can survive on Venus. It was recently reported that Lu Buxuan adapted from a top student in the Chinese Department of Peking University to a butcher selling meat. This living situation did not make him a bandit or a human BoB!!! Chinese intellectuals are so good at enduring. As long as they have a little respect, a little comfort, and a little benefit, they can stay in China. But I still can’t stay.

Agence France-Presse published a news in November this year. Wan Jifei's 18-year-old daughter Wan Baobao (transliteration), the daughter of the president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, was invited to attend the most prestigious event in Paris, France. She was the first to enter the social world. A dance held by the rich lady. She will officially "enter French high society" at a ball at the Crillon Hotel in France. There is no need to say more about who the inferior people in China are. If they want to work, they will be driven out and exploited in the city; if they want to open a company, they have no start-up costs; if they want to enter politics, it is even more wishful thinking. Now it is much harder to buy an official than to open a company. The only way to change their status is to go to school. If their children happen to be talented and can take exams, then that is a hope. I come from such a family, and my friends in the city don't understand why some farmers commit suicide because they can't afford to pay for their children to go to school. If you can’t afford to go to school, can’t you just work part-time? That's not the case. Going to college doesn't just mean better opportunities, it means jumping out of the cycle of the mouse's son digging a hole, generations of farmers, and generations of suffering. The high fees for education in recent years have gradually blocked this road. In the Computer Science Department of Peking University, where I studied, half of the 97-level undergraduate students were from farmers, while the young DDMM students with 01-level undergraduate degrees were basically no longer farmers. But going to college does not mean entering the middle class or upper class society. Especially in an era when throwing a brick can knock down several PhDs, the value of college students is getting smaller and smaller. In China, the paths facing college students are more difficult than the next. The only road that is getting wider and wider is that of sugar daddies, because there are more and more wealthy people. The term "sugar daddy" is no longer popular now. What is more popular is "secretary" and "mistress", which fully embodies the broad spirit of Chinese culture and the style of advancing with the times. But after all, only a few people can take this road, and the vast majority still have to work. Even if they postpone graduate school for a few years, work is still inevitable. You can't study until you die. I went back to Beijing this year and it was really eye-opening at the job fair. I can be considered a guy with some experience, but I have never seen such a crowded job fair with so many college students running around with red eyes. The economy has grown rapidly in recent years. However, the economic growth of other countries is accompanied by booming stock market conditions, job opportunities everywhere, and low-income groups are better protected. But China's economic growth is going in the opposite direction. Where has all the money gone? The job fair was over, and a few days later, the news came down. It cost three thousand to four thousand for undergraduates, four to five thousand for graduate students, and six to seven thousand for doctoral students. Although looking for a job like a dog is similar to going abroad like a dog, one can sell it. If one is cheap, one will be sold more expensive. Nowadays, some people on the Internet think that China’s economic environment is very good. Their reason is: if the economic environment is not good, how can foreign capital come in so quickly? Is this nonsense? The labor force of college students is as cheap as garbage bags. There are no working hours guaranteed by law. The judges are either corrupt or pro-capitalist, and workers are not allowed to organize their own unions. Isn’t it clear that this great China is a paradise among paradises for foreign capitalists? But when we, college students heading towards the upper class, look around, where do we find ourselves? The above is what I want to say. I hope it will be useful to college students who have gone abroad, those who want to go abroad, and those who do not want to go abroad.