Original link: https://blog.est.im/2023/stderr-09
After graduating for so many years, I often reflect on it. If teachers are engineers of human souls, then there may be some fundamental design flaws in the school system.
1. How to define the problem
The result of too much drag and compromise in life and work often brings more new problems than solves them. How to avoid the XY problem? There is a saying in English called “Problem framing”
Rather than accept the problem as given, explore the given problem and its context and may re-interpret or reconstruct the given problem in order to reach a particular framing of the problem that suggests a route to a solution
There are too many exercises, and I seldom question the rationality of the questions themselves. Although I have done this before, I was passed down as Mei (xiao) Tan (hua) by my grade. . .
2. How to position yourself + set goals
The problems in schools come from mature fields that humans have already solved, while new problems at all levels in the industry emerge in an endless stream. There are both natural and man-made problems. A selection system such as an exam can easily make people feel that the established goals are easy to clarify. The most frightening thing is not that there is no goal, nor is it that there is no execution, but that it is swinging between multiple goals. Looking at “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and “The Art of War”, it is easy to laugh at those who are indecisive and want both, but when they really bear the consequences of their choices, there are a few people who can choose the most sensible goal and take firm action Do not deviate from it?
3. Ability to communicate emotionally and verbally
Performance-oriented assessments can easily overemphasize writing ability, but the most socially frightening, embarrassing and bewildering scene in production and life is often the face-to-face scene, but it is often the most valuable and most critical opportunity, and time is limited. There’s no advance polishing for you, and no way to undo changes. Many people like to list 1 2 3 when speaking at this time, but in fact the most effective criterion is to speak linear-story. And you must give spoonfeed according to the other party’s reaction at any time. This point requires a lot of training, but it is lacking today when standard answers are popular.
Even if you can clearly define the problem and set a step-by-step goal to solve this problem, but now that society is becoming more and more complicated, the division of labor is inevitable. How to persuade others and how to align will take too much energy.
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