Jing Yishan WenInternet celebrity Zhang Xuefeng became popular again, this time because he said in the live broadcast room, "Liberal arts are all service industries" and "to sum it up, it is licking" ......Like all previous controversial remarks, Zhang Xuefeng continued to be on the hot search for a few days. His fans have become more and more admired for his "daring to tell the truth", and in the eyes of his critics, this has become a regular routine for his followers to expand their business.
To judge whether a passage is reasonable, of course, we must first combine the context at the time to see what the speaker's original intention was. Zhang Xuefeng said this because some parents consulted and felt that their children's math scores were good, but they were worried that the grade of the school they could study in science was lower than that of applying for liberal arts, so Zhang Xuefeng asked his parents in the question: "Do you hope that you will go to college and college in the future with a low grade, or will the industry you do when you work in the future belong to a low grade?"Then there is a large paragraph about the liberal arts are all "licking", and at the end I don't forget to summarize, "So you must not let yourself do the kind of business that wants to 'lick people' for the sake of the so-called temporary perception of the grade of the college for the sake of the so-called temporary psychological cognition of the grade of the college."
may be because this passage is too extreme and has caused a lot of criticism, Zhang Xuefeng tried to make up for it when he responded afterwards, saying that he was also in the service industry and he was also "licking", but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
However, if Zhang Xuefeng doesn't feel anything bad about it, why do you say that the liberal arts industry is low-grade, and it is recommended that parents do not apply for liberal arts?Besides, if a person defines the nature of his work as "licking", that is, to make customers happy, then what is the value of his advice?Isn't the professionalism and independence of his advice questionable?
In response to this obviously extreme and illogical speech, there are still many supporters, who believe that Zhang Xuefeng is talking about the truth in the workplace, and many jobs in liberal arts are to be "licked". It is difficult for anyone who really understands the workplace environment to agree with such an assertion. Zhang Xuefeng's so-called "Party A is right", when will it become the exclusive treatment of liberal arts?As long as there is Party A and Party B, as long as there is market trading, there will always be one party that wants to listen more to the opinions of the other party, even if it is related to science and engineering. It's part of the workplace, and it's hard to simply say whether it's high or low. Zhang Xuefeng took the common phenomenon in the workplace and deprecated it on the head of liberal arts, which belongs to the concept of stealing and changing, which seems reasonable, but in fact, it can't withstand careful scrutiny at all.
Taking Zhang Xuefeng's specious and logically confusing speech as a controversy in liberal arts and sciences is actually jumping into a kind of discourse trap, and there is no reality that liberal arts should be "licked" and science should not be "licked". Combing through Zhang Xuefeng's previous controversial remarks, the underlying logic is consistent, that is, to advocate extreme realism, and let students choose majors that seem to be easy to employ now according to their family conditions. Under this set of logic, because the employment of science and engineering has always been considered better than that of liberal arts, he must recommend studying science.
Because he has always flaunted this pragmatism, he has won a large number of fans, who think that he dares to tell the truth more reliable than empty talk of ideals. In his advice, the interests, personalities and strengths of students are basically not considered, and in his opinion, choosing a major and finding a job is an investment after weighing various objective conditions. However, even if it is an investment, it is not necessary to make money by choosing according to his model, because there is also the biggest variable to consider, "time", which is beyond anyone's control. What seems like an opportunity to make money now may not be as desired when you enter the market in the future. It's the same with choosing a major and looking for a job. The major that Zhang Xuefeng admires may seem to be easier to find employment now, but after four or even seven years of study, is it still like this?
The more severe the employment situation, the easier it is for people to believe in realism, which is the background of Zhang Xuefeng's popularity in the past two years. This kind of realist mentality is understandable, but choosing a major, choosing an industry, studying liberal arts or science, ultimately affects the individual's life. If you don't talk about your interests and ambitions at all, and only pursue a job, is it really the best life choice?There is no point in arguing about the rights and wrongs of an internet celebrity, and in the end, everyone is still responsible for their own lives.
(The author is ** person).