按语:这几年对中国学生没有创造欲望和创新精神的批评几乎没有停止过。问题到底出在哪里?我们又该如何既让孩子们从残酷的竞争中脱颖而出,又恰当地保护他们的好奇心?秦春华是北京大学招生办公室主任。能站到他面前的高中生,应该是中国基础教育培养出的顶尖孩子了,起码也是考试能手。同时,在多年高校招生的过程中,他也从基础教育界的朋友那里听到不少故事。他发现,当前基础教育领域确实存在不少隐忧,而且有些正在动摇高等教育的根基,对于国家和民族的未来可能带来相当大的损害。 Pinyin: Critics of Chinese students’ lack of desire and creativity in recent years have hardly stopped. Where exactly is the problem? How can we let the children stand out from the brutal competition and properly protect their curiosity? Qin Chunhua is director of the enrollment office of Peking University. The high school students who can stand in front of him should be the top children trained in basic education in China, and at least test masters. In the meantime, he also heard many stories from his friends in basic education during his years of enrollment in higher education institutions. He found that there are indeed many hidden worries in the field of basic education and that some are shaking the foundation of higher education and may have caused considerable damage to the future of the country and the nation.