"Or you're hungry!"The opening of ** food windows in colleges and universities has caused controversy, but poor students have broken the defense
Education has always been recognized as the cornerstone of equity. This principle is firmly implemented in our higher education system. In order to care for those students whose families are financially constrained, major colleges and universities have set up various types of grants and provided student loan application channels to alleviate the financial burden of students. After all, tuition and living expenses for four years of college are not cheap.
What's even more gratifying is that students with excellent grades also have the opportunity to compete for the National Inspirational Scholarship every year. This scholarship is dedicated to outstanding university students from disadvantaged families, injecting more expectations and support into their academic path.
Universities don't stop at these conventional funding methods. Some institutions help students with difficult families in a variety of ways. In my school, for example, every year we provide easy job opportunities for poor students, and the school pays salaries to alleviate the living expenses of students, and at the same time, it also reflects the respect for students' self-esteem.
Recently, however, one university has raised questions from some students, even though the measure is intended to ease the burden of poor students. It turned out that the school had set up a "** food window" in the school cafeteria to provide relatively cheap food for students in need to choose. In fact, these ** dishes include two simple vegetarian dishes and one serving of rice, which only costs 2 yuan in total, which is very cost-effective.
This act of kindness is in essence a concrete manifestation of the continuous progress of the education system. However, this initiative has caused controversy among some students, why exactly?
Although the meals in the university cafeteria** are already quite affordable, for some students with financial difficulties, the cost of a dozen yuan per meal is still a large expense. Some students only have a monthly living allowance of 300 yuan, and for them, a 10-yuan box lunch is already quite a luxury.
For these students, being able to spend 2 bucks for a meal is really a big help. However, when they walked to the ** window to eat, they seemed to be extra cautious, as if they were afraid of being found out by others. They quickly finished their meal and hurried away.
This has led some students to question the school's practices, arguing that it may hurt the self-esteem of poor students, which seems inappropriate. For a while, this became a hot topic on the Internet. Some netizens expressed their understanding of the school's approach and even shared their experiences of applying for financial aid in college. One of the netizens mentioned that at that time, it was necessary to write an application and read it out in front of the whole class, and finally the students jointly assessed who needed it the most. He recalls that experience and feels very uncomfortable.
However, there are also some netizens who think that students may be too sensitive, after all, it is just to solve the problem of food and clothing. They think that the school is very considerate of the students, and should not be too hypocritical, and if they can't accept it, they will not eat hungry. It was also suggested that the dish could be sold at an ordinary window so that students could choose by themselves to avoid being too obtrusive.
Is it right or wrong for colleges and universities to do so?How to maintain the fragile self-esteem of students?The author believes that, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the school, there is nothing wrong with the students, and there is nothing wrong with everyone. I hope that those poor students who feel embarrassed can relax their minds. Actually, it's not a big deal. When the author was studying, there was a "rich second generation" female classmate in the dormitory, who had a wealthy family and no worries about food and clothing, but insisted on following the principle of saving money and frugality, and often bought meals at the ** window, which was not embarrassing.
In fact, this also reflects a problem, I don't know if you have noticed that the more students from better families, the less they care about these things. For example, the clothes bought at street stalls are not important to them, and they don't feel any shame. Instead, they may be happy to save some money.
Students from poor families are more concerned about these things, and always try to decorate themselves with external things to hide their inner inferiority.
Poor college students receive higher education in order to change the status quo. In fact, this also involves the issue of family education. As the saying goes, people are not short of ambition, and although poor family conditions are objective conditions, parents' education methods can be adjusted.
Many parents with poor family conditions like to adopt"Grievance style"The way of education is always to tell the child how difficult it is at home, so that the child does not compare and so on. Over time, such an education will only make children more and more timid and lack self-confidence.
Even if the material foundation is not abundant, parents can still give their children rich spiritual nourishment. Spend more time with your children, read books together, and go for a walk in the park together, even if you have limited financial conditions, you can give your children some small surprises. The children raised in this way, although they are materially scarce, are spiritually powerful. When facing things like "** vegetable window", you can face it calmly, neither humble nor arrogant.
Author's message: Poor students should be more confident and sunny. Understand that immediate difficulties are not permanent. Pursuing higher education at a university is an effort to change the status quo of poverty. Students should maintain a good attitude, study hard during the university, and improve their comprehensive ability. In the future, we will be able to get out of the predicament of the family and create a better living conditions for ourselves and our families.
Today's topic: What do you think about the practice of colleges and universities opening "** food windows"?
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