Chinese Scholar: It’s Useless to Encourage Students to Report Teachers Every Teacher’s Day – News – Rti China Central Radio

Today (the 10th) is China’s Teachers’ Day. Yu Jianrong, a well-known Chinese scholar, published an article stating that in his experience of being invited to teach in recent years, he was reported twice by students and had head-on conflicts with local officials attending lectures. If students can report teachers and be encouraged, or if officials can reprimand teachers from above, there is no use being Teachers’ Day every day.

Yu Jianrong published an article on WeChat today with the title “I am a scholar, not a whistleblower” and pointed out that in the first half of his life, he served as a reporter, editor, secretary, lawyer, researcher and teacher. Among them, the one he values ​​most and has the most identity is that of a teacher. . After graduating from college, no matter what career he pursued, he worked part-time as a teacher.

He said that during his decades as a teacher, he had been unhappy mainly four times, including two times when he was reported, and two times when he had head-on conflicts with local leaders who were attending classes.

Yu Jianrong said that the first time he was reported was at the “Celebrity Forum” of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was invited to give a speech on social issues. Unexpectedly, he was reported by a student after class. The supervisor who invited him was very nervous and took the initiative to speak for him. This is a review. But after checking again and again, I found that what he said in class were all facts and his opinions were correct. From now on, he no longer wants to have anything to do with this “unit where students report teachers.”

The second time he was reported was at the School of Humanities of China University of Petroleum. The then dean surnamed Rao invited him to give a speech, and he was also reported. As a result, the dean surnamed Rao scolded the investigators who came to investigate, but the other party had nothing to do with him and left the matter alone. Since then, the dean named Rao has become his most respected friend.

As for the conflict with the local officials attending the lecture, Yu Jianrong pointed out that one year when he was invited to give a speech to hundreds of party and government cadres in Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province, he criticized the county on the spot for building a Great Leap Forward-style development zone. If people’s houses are demolished indiscriminately without complying with the law, the courts will not be allowed to accept the case and petitions will be cracked down on.

Yu Jianrong said that the then CCP County Party Committee Secretary Wanzai was very angry. When he invited him to dinner, he slammed the table several times and said wildly, “If we county party committee secretaries don’t demolish the house, what will you intellectuals eat?” He yelled back, “A guy like you is qualified to eat with me?” So he lifted the table and waved away, which was reported by dozens of media outlets afterwards.

He mentioned that the secretary’s political opponents later went to Beijing to find many illegal materials that he had sent to the secretary, but he tore up those materials in person and threw them into the trash can, and said seriously: “You want to You should sue anyone yourself. I am a teacher, not a whistleblower, and I am not someone’s thug.”

Yu Jianrong said that another time was in a class at “China’s most famous university” in Beijing. A provincial education department led cadres at the division level and above to attend a lecture in Beijing. The school asked him to give a lecture on the issue of “governing the country according to law and petition reform.” During class, he talked about several improper cases in the province. The female deputy director who led the team was so angry that she rushed to the stage and snatched away the microphone, accusing him of criticizing them.

He said to the female deputy director: “Today I am a professor, and how to organize teaching is my right and obligation. If you think something is wrong, you can report it to the school after class.” She replied: “I am the deputy director of the Department of Education and the leader of this class. You should listen to me.” During the argument, the female deputy director insisted not to return the microphone, so he slammed the table and loudly said: “There are no deputy directors here today, only students. If you don’t want to listen, please leave the classroom immediately.”

Afterwards, the shocked female deputy director threw the microphone to the podium and left angrily, saying, “We will not listen to this class anymore.” Unexpectedly, none of her dozens of subordinates followed her and applauded enthusiastically after she left. They even lined up to take photos with him after class, and the class evaluation gave him the highest score.

Yu Jianrong pointed out at the end of the article that what he wanted to express was that it does not matter whether there is a Teachers’ Day or not. If students can report teachers and be encouraged, and if officials can reprimand teachers from above, “it’s useless even if it’s Teachers’ Day every day.”