Why do Hengshui graduates make movies to restore their alma mater's three-year graduation experience and the outside world?

How to treat Hengshui and Hengzhong model being criticized by so many people?

"Some people ride on the road, and some people walk on their legs. People who walk on their legs must run like hell if they want to catch up with the people on the bus. Maybe if they run slower, they will never catch up with those people on the bus. "

On April 14, Zhu Wei (pseudonym), a graduate of Hengshui, Hebei Province and a freshman of Southwest University, replied to the media that most students in Hengzhong are "people under the car", and others will always say that their life is too hard and their learning mode is too cruel, but it is this hardship and cruelty that makes a batch of students in Hengzhong "get on the bus".

Faced with all kinds of specious rhetoric and incomprehension of Hengshui (hereinafter referred to as "Hengzhong"), Zhu Wei, Mars and other 10 graduates started to make a documentary about Hengzhong last winter vacation. Documentary director Mars (a pseudonym) also graduated from Hengzhong and is now studying in the second year of Southwest University.

Mars hopes to restore a more authentic Hengshui from the perspective of graduates from Hengzhong. "She used to bear our joys and sorrows, and we all want to truly show the advantages and disadvantages of the balance, so there is no need to hide it." The Hengshui referred to by Li Ying actually includes Hengshui No.1 Middle School, because from the students' personal experience, the two are integrated in terms of student source and management.

Li Ying summed up her point of view with a teacher's answer in a documentary-"Existence is reasonable, and if you can't change it, you must adapt". She said that although this sentence is old-fashioned, it may be the best annotation for Hengshui.

The rough cutting has been completed by the wind.

20 17 February 17 On the fifth day of the first month of Ding Younian, several graduates of Hengshui University took advantage of their winter internship and returned to their alma mater with "long guns and short guns".

They borrowed two cameras from Hengshui TV, one micro-single and two aerial drones. These are the equipment of the documentary film crew composed of Hengshui 1 1 graduates.

Documentary director Mars is a sophomore in Southwest University and graduated from Hengshui. She told the newspaper that the image of Hengzhong has been "demonized". Many people think that Hengzhong is a "college entrance examination processing factory" and an "exam-oriented concentration camp", but judging from her three-year experience, the real Hengzhong is not like this. "So I had the idea of making a documentary about Hengzhong to restore and explore the real Hengshui. Later, I told this idea to several graduates in Hengzhong, so last winter vacation, we returned to Hengzhong and started the first two-week shooting. "

"The name of our documentary is Wind, which has the same name as Miyazaki Hayao Animation. From obscurity to now, Hengzhong has become a trend in China education, so many people discuss his good and bad. What we want to do is to re-examine this school from the perspective of several graduates. What are its advantages and disadvantages? Can it really change anything on the scale, or is it just a gust of wind? "

During the filming of the documentary, the film crew interviewed the grade director and some moral education directors, seven or eight students, some graduates and uncle in the canteen. They want to show the real side of Hengzhong to everyone as much as possible, telling the audience that teachers in Hengzhong are not "officers", students and graduates in Hengzhong are not dull problem-solving machines, and there are rich community activities and a healthy campus atmosphere in Hengzhong.

In the eyes of many graduates, the balance of their alma mater is sometimes a capital that makes them proud, and sometimes it really makes them misunderstand. "You graduated from Hengshui, are you a schoolmaster?" Are you super bitter over there? "Almost every graduate in Hengzhong has encountered such a problem.

In the eyes of Mars and other members of the film crew, Hengzhong is not a "prison" or a "concentration camp for college entrance examination", but an ordinary high school with three years of memories. "I never deny the shortcomings in the balance. We didn't make this film to wash the floor for our alma mater. There will be laughter and pain everywhere, and the balance is no exception. We just hope that more people can look at Hengzhong from another angle. "

Mars told the media that the rough editing of this documentary has been completed, and the film crew needs to go back to school to add some shots during the summer vacation to complete the final film.

There are some "fragments" in the memory of Hengzhong's three years and the outside world.

As the most outstanding high school in the college entrance examination in Hebei Province in recent years, Hengshui is a veritable "super middle school" in the eyes of others. Not only do students get excellent grades, but they also have a wide range of branches across the country.

In the 20 16 college entrance examination, the graduates from Hengzhong swept the first, second, third and fourth places in liberal arts in Hebei Province, and the first, second and third places in science tied for fourth place. According to the data of 20 16 college entrance examination published by official website, "there are 3 145 students with more than 600 points in arts and sciences, and the online rate is 92.44%."

This brand in Hengzhong is the proud capital of many students in Hengzhong. However, in addition to such brilliant achievements, graduates such as Mars and Zhu Wei are not shy. In some respects, the balance does have obvious defects.

"After graduating from school, the strongest feeling is that there are some' fragments' in the memory of the outside world during the three years in Hengzhong." This is Mars's greatest feeling.

Mars and the paper recalled several conversations with college roommates. "They are discussing some American dramas, movies, or some novel and interesting things or nouns, but I am at a loss about these things. I think this is also an influence brought to me by balance. During my three years of school life, I had little contact with the outside world. I can't follow the popular TV series like my college roommate and pay attention to something new and interesting. At that moment, I will feel that my memory of the outside world in the past three years is' fragmented'. "

Without mobile phones and computers, international students can only go home once every few months. The channels for most students in Hengzhong to obtain external information are the daily TV news hotspots organized by the school at 7: 30 every night and several computers in the Nobel Hall of the school for students to enjoy after school.

In addition to Mars, many graduates from Hengzhong expressed empathy for the "Fragment Theory".

Li Xiao (pseudonym), a freshman in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, admitted that he often felt particularly uncomfortable when he came home from school. He felt that many things around him and the topics people talked about suddenly changed, and he felt as if he were in another world. "

But Zhu Wei thinks: "I was really in a trance when I graduated from Hengzhong Campus, but I think it may not be as exaggerated as' fragment'. After all, we are a very receptive age, and the so-called hot spots of movies and TV dramas that may be missed will soon be understood. "

"Look at balanced development from the activities of mass organizations"

"Hard work", "high marks and low energy" and "examination machine", students have no other interest expansion activities except class study and examination, which is what many people imagine as a balanced student. However, Zhang Wenmao, the headmaster of Hengshui, strongly disagreed.

In an interview with the media not long ago, Zhang Wenmao said that Hengshui has a variety of activities. At present, there are more than 60 student associations in the school, which carry out about 60 kinds of activities every year, such as adult ceremony, 80-mile walk, model United Nations, model CPPCC, middle school student leaders, business competitions and many other activities, which have formed a brand nationwide.

Li Jiao and Zhu Wei, graduates of Hengzhong, also said in an interview that there is no shortage of various community activities in Hengzhong, and they have participated in some community activities themselves. However, compared with schools in some big cities in China or foreign middle schools, school organization and student participation are not very active, and there is still much room for improvement.

"In 20 15, when I was in Hengzhong, a senior two student in the Olympic Games class wrote me a long letter saying that he wanted to join our club. Of course, I said welcome to join, but he still didn't come for various reasons. "

Li Xiao, who is now studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, recalls her experience as a club leader in Hengzhong. She thinks that there is still much room for improvement in student club activities in Hengzhong. Li Xiao believes that most of the school community activities in Hengzhong are still superficial. In fact, this is also a common problem in most high school community activities in China. "We are also growing and growing in the balance. I think there must be a process for the development of everything. "

Zhu Wei, who is also a fan of the club, used to be a member of the Model United Nations in Hengzhong. "The club is going to Beijing to hold a model United Nations conference, so our class teacher won't let me take a vacation, saying it will affect my study. I feel it is still very difficult to really do these activities. Schools and teachers are still afraid of delaying academic performance. "

"But in the end, I still asked for leave, which is almost impossible for people of the old scale. Although the process is very difficult, I think it is also an improvement in scale. " Talking about the trivial matter of "fighting" with the teacher because of his success in participating in community activities, Zhu Wei thinks that this is also a great progress in developing student community activities in Hengzhong.

Mi Yi (a pseudonym) graduated from 20 13, two grades higher than Li Jiao and Zhu Wei. He also believes that Hengzhong has made progress in community activities in recent years. "At that time, almost no one in our class participated in any club activities. At that time, some of our clubs also participated in competitions such as model airplanes and science and technology. For ordinary students, the penetration rate is actually very low. I heard that these two years are better. "

"I think the lack of community activities in Hengzhong is not a case, but a microcosm of most high schools in the country." Li Xiao compared the international students, Hong Kong local students and mainland students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and came to the conclusion that more often, mainland students will be uncomfortable when they participate in university activities, and mainland students are more likely to become a solidified group, making it difficult to communicate with other international students and local students.

"On the contrary, I think students in Hengzhong have strong adaptability among mainland students. I think Hengzhong will give graduates greater adaptability. " Li Xiao added.

Three stages of balanced cognition

Recalling their first impression when they first came into contact with Hengzhong, many graduates said that they had "anxiety and fear", but only after they really walked out of the campus of Hengzhong did they find that what Hengzhong left for themselves was more useful to life-better adaptability.

"In fact, I didn't want to go to Hengzhong at first. The legend of the outside world is terrible. Finally, I was forced by my parents to go to Hengshui. " Mars, a native of Baoding, Hebei Province, scored well in the senior high school entrance examination, and was favored by many top high schools in the province, including Hengzhong.

Talking about his first impression of Hengzhong, Mars said frankly that at first, influenced by many media, he felt that Hengzhong was a "devil" and "strict in management", so he didn't want to go, but in the end he chose Hengzhong in several top high schools in Hebei, because parents felt that strict school management was good for their children.

Mars described her day's study and life in Hengzhong. She has to get up at 5: 30 in the morning, followed by morning exercises and morning reading. Of course, entering the morning is one course after another. After lunch at noon, the school stipulates to take a lunch break for one hour and turn off the lights at night 10.

"Compared with many high schools, our daily sleep time is actually' luxury'. Compared with the irregular life now, I actually miss the healthy life that Hengzhong taught us." Mars said.

Zhu Wei admits that learning management in Hengzhong is relatively "cruel", but he also feels very rewarding. "Compared with my classmates in Shijiazhuang No.2 Middle School and No.1 Middle School, the management of Hengzhong is indeed much stricter, but if you lose something, you will get it. We have also gained a lot of things that they can't get, such as better learning and stress resistance. "

Mi Yi, now a senior at Beijing Institute of Technology, is also a graduate of Hengzhong. He wrote down his cognitive process of his alma mater's balance in an online Q&A community. He summed up his experience on the balance in three stages: "If you don't know anything, you will be black", "You will gain a lot and agree with the school", and "You will be dissatisfied with the stagnation of the balance after knowing the bigger world".

Mi Yi's so-called "black" is just like Li Ying's first contact with various social views on the "devil" in the balance. His "syllogism" in Hengzhong has been recognized by some graduates, and many Hengshui alumni have left messages expressing their approval.

"After going to college, I found that children in big cities are really strong, with wider extracurricular hobbies and wider horizons. Hengzhong is obviously not a myth in my heart. " Mi Yi said, "But if there is no balance, maybe I won't even have a chance to see this gap and try to make up for it."

Mars, the director who is filming the documentary "It's windy", also thinks that in the reality of the college entrance examination system, there is more helplessness. "The helplessness of the school is also the helplessness of the students".

"Assuming that the balance has not changed, will you let your child go to Hengshui?" The reporter of the newspaper asked.

"No." Li Ying answered without hesitation.