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　　Why Do Chinese Students Lack Creativity?

　　Why Do Chinese Students Lack Creativity?

　　Sometimes, when I sat with my dorm mates, chatting with them, one of the most exasperating topics is that although we regard Chinese as a very intelligent nation, among those geniuses who solved the world's most difficult and confusing mathematical problems are French people, Germans, British people, Japanese, but NO Chinese. It is true that Chinese students often come first in the International Mathematics Competition. But among those young masters, how many will go on developing their talents? Very few. In fact, some of them only use this kind of competition as a stepping stone, which could make their way to top universities easier. And they will never want to touch a single mathematical figure again after their goal is achieved.Most of them seem to have reached their peeks in high school and before they could practically contribute to the world of mathe

　　matics.

　　Among the seventy years' history of the Fieldz Prize, the only winner born in China is Chou Tongcheng, who is now a professor in Harvard University. Once after Chou interviewed a candidate for a post in one of the most prestigious universities in China, he was astonished, "if a student behaves like this, I would not even give him a Master's Degree. It's not that I am pessimistic, the problems really exist."

　　Why should the reality be like this? I think the answer is rooted in our education system. After 12 years' education in China, the students are familiar with all kinds of question types likely to appear in the examination and mastered corresponding methods to answer these questions. That's why almost all prizes of those competitions are taken by Chinese. But where the Chinese education fails is how to empower the students with the ability to find proper problem solving methods by themselves.Those young masters spend most of their time doing vast quantities of exercises with their development of creative abilities neglected. They work like a computer with a pre installed program.They perform very well on the problems they have been programmed for. But if they meet something new, they just break down.

　　If we want to make our country a powerful nation, measures have to be taken to make our students more creative. The education system should be less pragmatic and more innovative,students should be developed individually rather than be molded into the same shape. And many good practices in western culture should be introduced. There is really a long way for us to go.The most urgent thing is, to start to reform immediately.

　　簡(jiǎn) 評(píng)

　　為何中國(guó)中學(xué)生能在國(guó)際奧賽上頻頻獲獎(jiǎng)，而科學(xué)界重大獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的獲獎(jiǎng)名單中卻不見中國(guó)人?為什么國(guó)際上對(duì)中國(guó)科研人員的評(píng)價(jià)如此低?這些問題引起了大學(xué)生們的熱烈討論。王佳技同學(xué)根據(jù)十幾年學(xué)校教育的切身體會(huì)得出結(jié)論：?jiǎn)栴}的癥結(jié)在于中國(guó)學(xué)生受應(yīng)試教育所累，普遍缺乏創(chuàng)造力。題海訓(xùn)練把人腦變成了程序固定的電腦，教育體制的弊病導(dǎo)致學(xué)生思維的僵化。最后他大聲疾呼：改革迫在眉睫!文章有著較強(qiáng)的現(xiàn)實(shí)意義。

　　文章開頭以較大的篇幅描述了中國(guó)科學(xué)界和教育界的落后現(xiàn)狀，幾個(gè)實(shí)例很有力度，但面試一例應(yīng)講清應(yīng)試者的欠缺之處。另外，第二部分分析有些單薄，造成文章結(jié)構(gòu)有些頭重腳輕。作者思路若能開闊些，結(jié)合學(xué)校的具體做法談一談教育體制的深層問題則會(huì)更好。

　　(點(diǎn)評(píng)教師：辛紅葉)

　　Why Do Chinese Students Lack Creativity?