Zhang Xuefeng seems to be the vane of the Internet, with wave after wave of hot searches, and the remarks about the journalism profession have just dropped in popularity, and another remark has sparked heated discussions.
The reason is that a parent of a student connected in the live broadcast room said that his child is very good at mathematics, but he doesn't want to choose science, because the child thinks that if he studies science, the grade of the college is low, and it may be much lower than that of liberal arts.
Zhang Xuefeng's original words were:
Classmate, let me ask you a question, do you want to go to college in the future with a low grade, or the company you are employed in the future, and the industry you do belongs to the low-grade industry? You think about it. Let me tell you, all liberal arts majors are called service industries, understand? Do you know what the service industry is? The service industry is summed up in one word: licking, Party A is right, you are right, you are good. Master, I'll give you a laugh, hehehehahahaha, this is called the service industry. So you must not let yourself do the kind of business that wants to lick people for the sake of the so-called moment, your psychological perception of the low grade of the college, you think well.
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What he wants to convey when he says these words is: first, the liberal arts major is of low grade; Second, all liberal arts majors are service industries; Third, do a good job in the service industry by licking.
Some fans of Zhang Xuefeng said that what Mr. Zhang said was not rough, but it was too true, and some people didn't want to admit it.
In my opinion, this time, his words are rough, and his reason is also rough.
01 Is the liberal arts major a service industry?
This statement is basically true. The economic sectors are divided into agriculture, industry, and services. It is commonly referred to as the primary, secondary and tertiary industries.
The service industry includes information transmission, software and information technology services, finance, scientific research and technical services and other productive services, as well as accommodation and catering, education, culture, sports and entertainment and other life services. In so many industries, it is true that many are liberal arts majors.
However, it is not wrong to say that liberal arts majors are all service majors, and it is not right to say that all service industries are liberal arts majors. Science majors also have a service industry.
02 Is the liberal arts major of low grade?
I don't know if Zhang Xuefeng divides his profession into high and low, noble and low, or divides his profession into three, six, nine and so on. Either way, Zhang Xuefeng obviously thinks that the service industry is of low grade, and if you can do it, don't do it.
Take a look at the following professions, which one is a low-grade profession? Teachers, editors, writers, lawyers, counselors, designers, diplomats, presenters, product managers, consultants, photographers, directors, various management professionals, and more.
Ma Yun and Yu Minhong, are they lower than the science majors in Ali and New Oriental?
Are product managers and marketing executives lower than programmers and cybersecurity executives?
If a city doesn't have a service sector, it can't function at all. If there is no Party B, there is no need for Party A to exist.
Which industry is not a service industry? It's just that the people we serve are different. No matter what kind of service industry practitioners, providing quality services to the public and fulfilling their duties, they should be respected and praised by the whole society.
03 Does the service industry rely on "licking"?
Zhang Xuefeng said that the service industry can be summed up in one word: licking. Party A is right, you are right, you are good. Master, I'll give you a laugh, this is called the service industry.
Although he later came out to apologize and said, I don't think there's anything wrong with licking. But what he means by "licking" is a distinctly derogatory term.
In his context, the word "licking" implies an unequal relationship between the service provider and the person being served, even sacrificing human dignity to please others, and its positive and negative connotations are already obvious. Otherwise, he would not have advised students not to choose liberal arts majors.
To think that liberal arts majors only rely on licking and only pandering is a disregard and trampling on professional ideals, academic ethics and professional ethics.
If the liberal arts only rely on licking, does economics still need to talk about data? Does statistics still need to tell the truth, and does journalism still need to tell the truth? Does jurisprudence still need to be just?
Moreover, Zhang Xuefeng is respected by students and parents as a teacher, and should pay attention to whether his language is appropriate, but to say the characteristics of the service industry as "licking" and "Lord, I'll give you a smile" is both partial and vulgar. This kind of unscrupulous speech is really not the behavior of a person who is called a teacher.
A man has no ideals of his own, but do not trample on the ideals of others, and see only sixpence yourself, but do not block the eyes of others to see the moon.
For students who have not yet stepped into society, it is a responsibility to let them know the real situation of different majors in a realistic manner, but we must not mislead students into thinking that vulgarity is common sense, vulgarity is professionalism, and philistine is pragmatism. It's not for their good, it's for their harm.