A complicated work

This afternoon, I tore a math test paper at school. Anyway, the teacher hasn't assigned homework yet, so it doesn't hurt to write two questions in advance. But unexpectedly, this small volume caused a great sensation. If I could predict everything, I wouldn't take the test paper to school!

When I entered the classroom, several students were sharp-eyed and immediately found that I had a test paper in my hand and asked me what it was. I just smiled gently and went back to my seat. I was afraid that my classmates would be puzzled, so I covered the upper part of the test paper with a book. But several students kept asking me: What is that volume? I said: No volume? Don't think too much! But my classmates said that I arrived early to do the problem, that I tried not to tell them in advance, and that I was "involuted." It wasn't until I couldn't bear to push the test paper up at one stroke that the students closed their mouths when they saw the true face of the test paper!

The word "involution" is very fashionable now. It is customary to say that a person works hard in silence, everyone works harder than others, and finally they are more diligent, but the result is not satisfactory. In today's society, the commendatory words of hard work, diligence and assiduousness have become derogatory words. In the long run, our learning atmosphere will become unhealthy and everyone who works hard will be dragged down. The current public opinion and scandals do great harm to people.

To say the least, "involution" will also affect the friendship between classmates. People become suspicious and distrust each other, and regard classmates and friends who live together day and night as fierce opponents and enemies. Students who lived in harmony and helped each other became strangers, and their happy lives and kind eyes became hateful. Is this friendship?

Rejecting involution can make optimism and diligence our endorsement; Rejecting involution is to make our friendship more pure and rich; Reject involution, in order to make our junior high school life more colorful!

This is a topic of sociology, and one of the most overlapping effects of sociology and psychology is "conformity psychology".

"Conformity psychology": that is, under the influence or pressure of the group, individuals give up their opinions or go against their own opinions in order to keep their speech and behavior consistent with the group, commonly known as "conformity". And herd behavior. Generally refers to the tendency of group members to conform. That is, when he finds that his behavior and views are inconsistent with the group, or disagree with most people in the group, he will feel a kind of pressure, which will urge him to take actions consistent with the group.

In the process of human development, competition is an eternal topic, and there is a very classic "prisoner's dilemma" in game theory.

Prisoner's dilemma is a representative example of non-zero-sum game in game theory, which reflects that the optimal choice of individuals is not the optimal choice of groups. In other words, in a group, individuals make rational choices, but it often leads to collective irrationality.

The story of "Prisoner's Dilemma" tells that two suspects were caught by the police after committing a crime and were held in different rooms for interrogation. The police knew that the two men were guilty, but they lacked sufficient evidence. The police told everyone: if both people deny it, they will be sentenced to one year each; If both confess, they will be sentenced to eight years each; If two people have a confession, a denial, a confession, and a denial, they will be sentenced to ten years.

Therefore, every prisoner is faced with two choices: confession or denial. But no matter how the partner chooses, the best choice for every prisoner is confession: if the partner denies it, he will be released if he confesses, and if he denies it, he will be sentenced to ten years. Confession is better than no confession; If your partner confesses and confesses himself, you will be sentenced to eight years. Confession is better than denial. As a result, both suspects chose to confess and were sentenced to eight years in prison. If both of them deny it, it is obviously a good result to sentence them to one year each.

The profound problem reflected by the prisoner's dilemma is that the individual rationality of human beings sometimes leads to the collective irrationality-smart human beings will be trapped by their own cleverness or harm the collective interests.

The appearance of involution is the truest portrayal of prisoner's game.

Resources are limited and competition is infinite, so it is undeniable that involution is "irrational", but it is the necessity of human nature.

There is a joke: two people go to Africa for treasure hunting. Unfortunately, they met a lion. At this time, one of them put down his things, opened the bag behind him and quickly put on his running shoes. The other man was puzzled and said, "Can you outrun the lion?" I only heard the man say, "Yes! Of course you can't run it, but as long as you run faster than you. "

In the real world, "lions" are everywhere.

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a negative list (for trial implementation) of over-standard advanced training in six subjects of compulsory education, which provided a concrete basis for all localities to investigate and deal with the over-standard advanced training behavior of training institutions and greatly cut off the meaning of "over-standard advanced learning".

The term "involution" originally refers to "a phenomenon that a social or cultural model stagnates or cannot be transformed into an advanced model after reaching a certain stage of development" in anthropological research, but now it is mostly used to describe "intensive and repeated competition with limited resources". At present, all kinds of advanced learning training courses for primary and secondary school students are fueling an increasingly fierce competition, which brings few practical benefits to students, but the increased burden is self-evident. The Ministry of Education has launched a negative list. Although the problem of involution in education cannot be eradicated in a short time, stopping the "involution-type" advanced learning really meets the needs of the moment.

First of all, it needs to be clear that the negative list prohibits extracurricular training of super-class knowledge in primary and secondary schools-such as the Olympic Mathematics in primary schools, which once made thousands of primary school students and parents complain. In other words, the Ministry of Education is not advocating "not learning", but trying to avoid vicious competition and "learning in advance" driven by low quality.

Is it meaningful to learn the next issue in advance? If this kind of learning is active and utilitarian and can inspire children's hobbies and intelligence, it is naturally worthy of recognition. But the problem is that most advanced learning is compulsory and utilitarian. In order to cater to this utilitarian purpose and show the training effect faster, some training courses adopt spoon-feeding teaching methods. This kind of learning effect is limited, extra-curricular pressure is greater, and it wastes children's opportunities to cultivate real hobbies, which is not worth the candle.

On the other hand, the reason why advanced learning was once popular in the past is that mastering transcendental knowledge such as Olympic Mathematics can be a stepping stone to further learning. However, although the original intention of selecting special talents is good, it cannot guarantee the fairness of the selection process. In the direction of examination questions, I was once caught in the investigation of wonderful skills, which brought the evil result of "involution competition". Based on this, in recent years, the Ministry of Education has changed its thinking and vigorously promoted educational equity and burden reduction. With the promotion of measures such as canceling the senior high school entrance examination and entering the school nearby, the role of mastering super-class knowledge in further education has been very limited.

In this case, advanced education is still popular, largely because parents' thinking has not changed, and they still feel that other children are learning, and children will definitely suffer if they don't learn. It can be seen that it is not enough to completely solve this problem just by "banning the examination" of super-class knowledge. It is a powerful medicine to stipulate that the extra-curricular knowledge of training institutions is "forbidden to teach", which can further effectively reduce the extra-curricular pressure brought by advanced learning.

Of course, the "suppression" of extracurricular training on advanced teaching is based on the fact that it can't bring substantial significance to children's growth. If children can really grow up by receiving efficient and high-quality extracurricular education, isn't this the progress of education? It is really a helpless move to ban over-class teaching in training schools through a "one size fits all" approach. It will inevitably cause some losses, especially for children who are not enthusiastic about learning and are not satisfied with textbook knowledge, and their channels for receiving extracurricular teaching are obviously reduced. However, with the in-depth development of the Internet, the breakthrough to solve this dilemma is rich online teaching resources. When the barriers of network technology and the enjoyment of high-quality educational resources are gradually broken, the freedom to choose and accept knowledge will be enlarged as never before.

All in all, the introduction of the negative list, for most parents who encourage their children, is to cool down the deformed extracurricular training market and correct the deviation. However, how to reduce students' burden and teach students in accordance with their aptitude needs to wait for the reform of education methods. What we need to be clear is that the initial intention of extracurricular education should be to satisfy children's thirst for knowledge and explore their potential, not to get a beautiful score in a super-class exam-in primary and secondary schools, whether it is super-class exam or utilitarian training, the less the better; The freedom to learn knowledge should be as much as possible.

The pace of life in today's society is so fast that it may be abandoned by the times if it stops a little. Students compete for test scores, young people in the workplace compete for KPI and promotion and salary increase, and middle-aged people compete for power and social resources. It can be seen that "involution" has swept through all ages. Pressure is indeed everywhere, but it is reasonable to relax in the face of heavy pressure. China is known as the old adage that joy begets sorrow, and pressure is the driving force. Pursuing material conditions is human nature, dissatisfied with the status quo, eager for a better life and higher status ... people with a sense of progress are under pressure. In addition, peer competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and the mentality of comparing with each other in economic situation and social status has also intensified personal pressure. Similarly, competition within the industry is also a major source of pressure. For middle-aged people in the Internet industry, not only is the technology outdated, but their learning ability and energy are not as good as those of young people, and they can't stand in the workplace without qualifications and experience. It's good to face the pressure positively. From a personal point of view, pressure can stimulate people's fighting spirit, help break the comfort zone, encourage individuals to keep learning and progress, and gain growth in competition. From the perspective of industry, labor-intensive industries in today's society are no longer dominant. Under the fierce industry competition, enterprises will shift their focus to research and development, stimulate the iteration of technological upgrading, and accelerate the iteration of technological upgrading and industrial transformation. From a national perspective, developed countries are far ahead, whether in the arms race, aerospace industry or nuclear weapons. However, under the heavy pressure, China has demonstrated its humble diplomatic attitude, world-renowned high-speed rail technology and the "Belt and Road" model of high-level regional cooperation to the international community.

However, overload pressure often has a negative impact. Overweight study tasks and exams may stifle the development of teenagers in other aspects and make them "exam machines." There are many examples of high scores and low abilities. Teenagers focus on all-round development rather than single performance. In addition, depression has become an epidemic of this era, and it is a by-product of the whole social atmosphere shrouded in layers of pressure. There are more and more news about sudden death in the workplace. If you can't adjust your emotions, balance your stress and life, and be the master of your emotions, then all your success will be meaningless.

Stress is only one aspect of life, and everyone's pursuit of life is different. Quiet and far-reaching is a good way of life. The combination of "looseness" and "tightness" can make life more colorful. Moderate stress combined with a relaxed attitude will help us deal with problems better. In addition, the rhythm that suits most people may not be suitable for them. There is no need to follow blindly and do things that are not suitable for you. We should master our own rhythm, find what we are good at, learn to disassemble our goals and relax moderately. In short, no matter what kind of pressure you face, you should be "tight" in action and "loose" in mind, so as to be both rigid and flexible and relax.