Hello, everyone, I'm a sprouts mother.
Do you still remember the boy from Hengshui Middle School who called himself a "country pig" three years ago? At that time, he appeared on the stage of "Super Speaker" and participated in the special speech of "Youth";
The title of his speech was "A Small World, Big You", and in an 11-minute speech, he was sometimes choked up, sometimes impassioned, and he was a hot-blooded young man with "ideals in his chest and light in his eyes".
This was an inspirational speech, and the bean sprouts mother watched it twice, and she didn't fast-forward the whole process, and the speech in it touched her heart very much;
His speech skills are also very proficient, and he has a good clinical performance in various languages and movements, and he is also comfortable on the spot;
The key is that in the speech, he is very full of emotions, and he can easily mobilize the atmosphere of the scene and resonate with the audience.
About seven or eight minutes into the video, he used an inappropriate metaphor, saying that he was a "native pig from the countryside" and "determined to arch the cabbage in the big city".
Therefore, this speech video was "taken out of context", and the related incidents that were immediately triggered have also fermented on the Internet for a long time, with various opinions emerging one after another, and heated discussions and doubts continued.
Later, the teenager was admitted to Zhejiang University with a good score of 674 points and disappeared from public view.
Until this year's college entrance examination season, Phoenix Weekly planned and produced a program that interviewed the controversial boy three years ago.
Now that he is a junior at Zhejiang University, people see his interview video, and he says to himself: The process of learning is very painful; Now the state is similar to that of the capybara, it's good to be alive, and it's okay to die.
No wonder many people exclaimed: The character has collapsed, and he has completely slapped his previous self in the face.
What's going on here? Why did he change so much? What happened in between?
Three years ago, the motivational boy's speech sparked controversy
A noble son from a poor family. The so-called "hard-working people, the sky is not bearable, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu." ”
These "noble sons" who are not poor in their families, from the "cold door" to the "dragon gate", have completed the leap of their own lives and the counterattack of life by themselves, and have become shining people.
Three years ago, Zhang Xifeng from Hengshui Middle School, known as the "college entrance examination factory", mentioned in his youthful speech in "Super Speaker" that he was born in an ordinary background and grew up in a small town in Hebei.
Classes in elementary school are held in "two rooms, three grades", and the teacher wears many hats, "the English teacher is a guest appearance of the Chinese teacher", and the teacher even asks the students for pronunciation......
Later, in order to improve his learning environment, his parents transferred him to the city in the fourth grade;
When he stood in front of the class for the first time and introduced himself, he made the class laugh because of his "earthy pronunciation".
Also, in physical education class, I was ridiculed by my classmates because I couldn't distinguish the "relationship between friend and foe" when I played football, and I shot the goal indiscriminately.
In his childhood, when he was ridiculed for the fruitless integration of the class, he clearly saw the gap in education.
The cruel cognition of the teenager made him confused and confused, and on the crowded streets, he saw the people who walked towards him and passed by him, busy and ordinary, and he seemed to see his future self.
It wasn't until he saw the documentary "Aerial Photography China" that the magnificent rivers and mountains, the snow in the south, and the wind in the north gave the teenager the courage and impulse to struggle and go out.
So he said the controversial sentence: I want to go to Gongcheng cabbage.
In fact, the cabbage here is more of a big city resource.
However, "the speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional", which made many people in the city listen to it, which was very harsh, so public opinion was one-sided and launched a strong offensive against him.
Some people say that he has no respect for women and is a typical "phoenix man";
Some people say that he is a "utilitarian scholar", the purpose of learning is not pure, and he is studying in order to become a "master";
Some people say that he is a victim of Hengshui Middle School, he is stupid in reading, his speech has a hideous expression, and his performance is large, and he has psychological problems at first glance.
Because he participated in the speech program and recorded it on the eve of the college entrance examination, this incident combined with the hot spots of the college entrance examination at that time, it was even more fermented, and he was scolded on the hot search.
He used high scores but couldn't stop the "Youyou Crowd"
The good thing is that Hengshui Middle School adopts closed, militarized management, strict discipline, and does not allow students to bring mobile phones into the campus.
Therefore, although the video of his speech was once disseminated and spoofed, setting off a lot of heat on the Internet, it did not affect Zhang Xifeng's sprint for the college entrance examination and on-site performance.
It wasn't until he walked out of the exam room and saw the onlookers of media and reporters that he knew he was "famous".
Many people saw the Passat sedan that picked him up at home, and immediately retorted: Didn't you say that you are a country pig, how can you still afford to drive a car at home?
In fact, in his speech, Zhang Xifeng did not say that his family was poor, he just said that he was an ordinary person, born in an ordinary family, grew up in an ordinary family, had an ordinary face, and thought about ordinary things.
He can feel the gap in education, the difference in vision between people, and the disparity in the future, all of which are real.
But why do people remember his controversial remark?
He also mentioned a lot in his speech, such as the ideals and beliefs of his classmates, such as the campus playground at half past five in the morning, such as the aspirations and longings of teenagers, and the moving call at the end: The world is splendid and grand, welcome home.
It wasn't until after the college entrance examination was released that Zhang Xifeng was admitted to the Department of Computer Science of Zhejiang University with a score of 674, which is said to be a popular major in the top 3 colleges and universities in the country.
The current situation is touching
Unexpectedly, after fading out of people's field of vision for three years, in this year's college entrance examination season, he became "popular" again, because of an interview video planned by Phoenix Weekly.
People called his personality collapsed, and he completely slapped himself in the face.
thinks that back then, he was a young hero, full of pride, and everything was under control; Three years later, it was discovered that the light in his eyes was gone.
He said that the process of his study was very painful, thinking that he was not the material for studying, that learning could not bring him the joy of studying, and that he did not want to continue to study in graduate school, and that he was very confused about the future.
It is said that when he reported to the Computer Department of Zhejiang University, it was completely because the score had just passed the line, because he heard that the major of computer science was more profitable, so he chose it with the flow.
However, when he entered the school, he realized that he didn't like it at all, he didn't like to write code, he didn't like to sit in front of the computer all day, and he didn't like to feel that his life was disappearing.
He bluntly said that he "regretted it", and he had tried to start a business and did many projects, but he did not achieve anything.
Regarding the current state, he said, "Like capybara, it's okay to be alive and okay to be dead." It's very negative.
For the future, he is also very confused and even a little disappointed, feeling that he has not lived as he once expected.
A little impression
In fact, Zhang Xifeng's current situation is very common, and it is a microcosm of thousands of students.
It's just that he appears in the public eye as a public figure, and his every move has attracted much attention, so people will be shocked by his current contrast.
Life is never achieved overnight, life is a marathon, not a sprint, it is endurance and resilience.
Many children in China live in the anxiety of their parents from the moment they are born, from prenatal education to early education to tutoring classes and interest classes.
The so-called lack of stamina is too much force in the early stage.
From Zhang Xifeng's speech three years ago, we can know that the young man who is unwilling to go with the flow is also too strong in the early stage, because he wants to change his life against the sky, because he doesn't want to be a mediocre person, so he goes all out to go to the college entrance examination.
In the later interview video, it can also be seen that he said that "the college entrance examination that year exhausted a lot of his mental strength".
In addition, it is the disappointment of expectations. After 12 years of long-distance running, when they actually arrive on the university campus, many students will have a short period of loss and emptiness, not knowing where their future and future are?
Because the goal is too good, and I don't really like the major, it will cause the current "lying flat" mentality.
A generation has a generation's youth and confusion, ideals and pursuits.
Young people in the 60s and 70s had irresolvable Chinese-style nostalgia in their hearts; Young people in the 80s and 90s had the glory and desire to "return home"; The youth of the 00s had frustration and loss behind the light clouds.
It's not that Zhang Xifeng's personality has collapsed, his current situation just depends on his excessive idealism. In the future society, I believe that he will gradually find his passion and achieve a career.
After all, the starting point of his own prestigious school is not low, and the major he studied is not bad. Such an outstanding student still has a promising future.
What do you think of Zhang Xifeng, who has already gone to the city to "arch cabbage", dissatisfied with the status quo?