Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 860 120. The "Wolf" is finally here

On Monday morning, Li An sent Xiaoche to school.

When they arrived at the school gate, he told Xiaoche to have lunch downstairs before going home.

"Teacher, will you be back for dinner?"

"Come back, just go home directly after school this afternoon."

"goodbye teacher!"

"Go ahead and study hard."

After arranging a car, Li An went directly to Yudong Art Examination Department.

Chengdu’s 2023 music arts joint examination is about to officially begin.

The first thing to do is to take the three minor exams, which will be held on December 12th.

The second is the professional interview, which will start on January 1th.

The last step is to check the scores, which will be done on January 1. Those who pass the exam will receive a certificate. At that time, candidates who need to participate in the independent recruitment of institutions of other places can register with this certificate.

As colleges and universities across the country announced the cancellation of independent recruitment examinations one after another, the art examination reform that has been called for for five years has gradually become clear in the public eye.

It is an inevitable trend to abolish individual recruitment and adopt joint examination and increase the proportion of academic performance.

The "power" of local colleges and universities has been weakened once again, which is a good thing for the majority of candidates. Regardless of whether they can pass the exam or not, it at least seems much fairer than in the past.

Raising the requirement for academic performance is undoubtedly a double-edged sword. Once it is implemented nationwide, the traditional structure of music art examinations will be directly rewritten.

Ten years ago, major was the destiny of art exam candidates, especially for music performance majors. As long as the professional grades were up to standard, for most regions, it would be enough to get 300 points in cultural subjects, and the error on the left and right could be ignored.

But nowadays, before choosing a major, the pressure of cultural courses falls on the heads of art students.

If you fail to pass the academic subjects, unless your major is amazing, it will be a problem, because the number of points deducted for each major in each school is so small that it can be ignored.

Therefore, for most ordinary candidates, they must devote a considerable part of their energy to cultural subjects in the future.

The past where strong expertise was the only way to get through all the tests is gone forever.

There are many different opinions on this online.

Some people cursed, some people applauded, and some people just watched the show as it had nothing to do with them.

Ang Lee’s view on the implementation of policies is relatively objective, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

As a former strong professional art student, his words seemed a bit like a curse.

If he were to take today's art exam, he would probably have to shed several layers of skin in the 100-day cultural sprint after the professional exam.
Because at that time his expertise was far from being extraordinary.

But from a practitioner's perspective, pain relief is inevitable and reform is necessary.

Moreover, this reform did not come out of the blue; signs of it were already evident in 18.

In 18, new regulations were introduced, requiring that the admission score for art exams be no less than 65% of the local college entrance examination second-tier admission score.

By 19, that proportion had increased to 70 or 75 percent.

Then, comprehensive universities announced the cancellation of separate examinations one after another and joined the ranks of provincial unified examinations.

In 20 and 21, more and more so-called “Double First-Class” colleges and universities have cancelled their school entrance examinations for art majors.

Until last year, even a small number of professional colleges joined this group.

From the provincial unified examination plus school examination, to this year's provincial unified examination as the main part and school examination as the supplementary part, the path to art examinations has actually been reforming.

Behind the reform is actually the fact that the art examination has changed.

Ang Lee's idea of ​​taking the arts exam was very simple: he loved music from the bottom of his heart.

As for the current art exam candidates, not to mention those far away, just look at the kids in the Blue Sky Art Exam Department, how many of them really love music from the bottom of their hearts.

As early as a few years ago, when the outline of the new art examination reform emerged, Ang Lee couldn't help but start thinking, why did they choose to start the reform at this time?
Now he understood it even more clearly. According to the research conducted before the establishment of the Blue Sky Art Examination Department, the proportion of art examination candidates among all college entrance examination candidates in Chengdu in the past three years has reached the point where one out of every thirteen college entrance examination candidates is an art examination candidate.

This data shocked him. He had always known about the popularity of art exams, but it was only after seeing the data that he realized how strong this popularity was.

“Only those who are poor at studying will go into art.”

"There's money at home."

"You can get into a good university with around 300 points."

"He's good at eating, drinking and having fun."

This has always been the impression most people have of art exam candidates.

Chen Xuan once told a true story. When she was a freshman on her way to Yenching University, she got together with several other students who were also going to Yenching University. There were three girls in total, and they started talking about their own situations.

After learning about Chen Xuan's college entrance examination results, several people showed questioning expressions.

After hearing this story, Ang Lee was also quite moved. Although the reactions of the girls were narrow-minded, from another perspective, Chen Xuan's academic performance was indeed a bit outrageous.

However, this kind of "outrageous" situation is extremely rare, so small that it can be ignored.

The fact that cannot be ignored here is that the path of art examinations has long changed.

It has changed from a road to pursue dreams to a safety net in the eyes of many parents.

What's worse, there are people who advise parents to let children with excellent academic performance change their majors to art in order to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University, completely disregarding the children's career plans and interests, which also causes great educational injustice.

As more and more students take art exams, a social debate over whether it is easier to take art exams or take cultural exams has emerged, attracting widespread attention from society.

Li Fu frankly stated that he let Li Zheng embark on the path of art examination mainly because the art examination had relatively lower requirements for academic scores.

For the children to go to school.

However, the contrast is that while the number of students enrolled in art majors has been increasing year by year, employment anxiety has become more and more serious.

“With so many art students, are there really so many job demands?”

In Li Ang's eyes, the family conditions of most art students are only average, it's just that their parents are willing to spend money on their children's schooling.

According to the data, from 11 to 21, among the red card warning majors issued by a third-party education research institute, fine arts majors were on the list six times and music performance majors were on the list five times.

However, in 21, the number of students enrolled in undergraduate art majors ranked third in the country.

From the current perspective, the number of applicants for art majors is still increasing rather than decreasing. In the face of this data, every practitioner has to reflect on one question:

Has today's art examination really gone off track?

Ang Lee believes that reform is imperative.

Last Thursday, the teachers from the Art Examination Department had dinner together and discussed this issue.

Wang Panpan is worried that her children, who will have excellent professional skills in the future, will be stuck in academic subjects.

Qin Yong's view is similar to Li Ang's. In the short term, the tightening of policies will indeed catch some families off guard, but from a global perspective, the various aspects of art examinations will no longer be as loose as before, which is good for the future.

Lao Ma, who has always been against Qin Yong, also agreed with Qin Yong's point of view. There is still one year of buffer period, and the Blue Sky Art Examination Department needs to make quick adjustments to cope with next year's enrollment work.

"Good morning, Miss Beauty."

"It's so early today, come and have some buns, they're still hot."

"I really wasn't full just now, come on, come on."

At exactly eight o'clock, Li An arrived at the art examination department and ate hot buns as soon as he got out of the elevator.

The door of the concert hall not far away was open, and Qin Yong was mobilizing the candidates before the three minor exams, but his tone sounded more like a lecture.

Li An: "Didn't the group say it would start at nine o'clock?"

Wang Meili: "You don't know, after we distributed the admission tickets last night, everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep well. In the morning, Lao Qin came and announced the assembly, and the anger had already subsided."

Li Anle: "Good boy, that must have been exciting." Wang Meili snorted: "To be honest, I think these kids have been a little bit drifting lately. To be honest, Luo Xiaoran and his friends are more down-to-earth. I don't think they have been impetuous at all these days."

Li An smiled in his heart. Is that because they are not impatient? It's because they have suffered a lot before. When the monthly exam results came out at the beginning of the month, Li An just tightened up a few people's muscles, and he tightened up a lot.

"They are okay." With a faint smile, Li An fed the remaining buns into his mouth in one bite.

Wang Meili poured a glass of water for Li An, "Take a sip of water, and then another one."

Li An picked up another bun without any hesitation, "The last one."

"Let's eat!" Wang Meili smiled, "I'll bring you some steamed food when I get back."

"No, no, no," Li An waved his hands quickly, "Thanks, sister. Don't bother."

"What's the problem? It's just a matter of mixing some noodles." Wang Meili leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "Are we really going to reform next year?"

Li An: "I can't run away."

Wang Meili: "Hasn't this been happening for years? We haven't seen any progress yet. Maybe next year."

Li An: "There are no surprises this time. The documents have been issued. Two-thirds of the provinces will implement it this year, and it will be implemented nationwide next year."

Wang Meili said, "Then I'm afraid we will be under a lot of pressure to recruit students next year."

Ang Lee: "It's not just here, the problems we face are the same."

Wang Meili: "Hey, you said this place has only been established for half a year."

Li An: "Well, it's a good thing that we were established late. Compared with those old institutions like Fenghua, we can handle the transformation more calmly."

Wang Meili: “Yes.”

Li An: "From the opposite perspective, the policy can force the industry to make progress. While simplifying the art examination process, it can also be regarded as cutting off the interference of other factors. In fact, for both institutions and students, art examinations are much clearer than before."

Wang Meili: “The line has been clearly drawn.”

Li An smiled: "That's probably what I mean. Let's adjust the curriculum here and wait and see. The key is the attitude of the parents."

Just then, a roar was heard again in the concert hall.

Li An looked over and said, "Lao Qin's phone has been almost blown up recently. All of them are parents who want to consult. Their questions are all the same: can their children still take the exam? Can the art exam still be a viable path?"

Wang Meili: “Hey.”

Li An turned around and said, "Liangliang's grades have improved a lot this year. Besides, he is still young. It's too early for you to be so angry."

Wang Meili was not just sighing for her son. If the enrollment situation next year was not good, her salary would also be affected. So when she saw that Li Ang was not busy this morning, she asked a few questions.

"That's right," Wang Meili laughed twice, then picked up the tablecloth and started to wipe the surface, "Hurry up and get busy."

"Okay, sister, let's talk later." Li An turned around and took a few steps when he suddenly figured out something.

Then he quickened his pace and walked towards the concert hall.

As soon as I entered the door, a cold wind blew towards me.

"Ah? Do you think you can rest easy just by taking this last train?"

"I can tell you responsibly that this year will be the year with the highest professional requirements in the past five years. Don't ask me, use your underdeveloped little brains to think about why."

"Are you still happy here?"

"You guys are responsible for all the good things?"

Qin Yong kept giving a speech on the stage, and the audience was so quiet that it seemed as if no one was sitting there.

Li An happily walked to the last row of students and sat down next to them. He asked quietly to his left, "Who got into trouble last night?"

The vocal boy who was closest to them whispered, "Ma Mingkai and his roommates started first."

Li An nodded: "Okay, just listen to me."

"I'm leaving it at that. If he can pass, he can pass next year too. If he can't pass, you will never be able to pass."

"You think you're so good, but I tell you, art exams are just like this. There are many people who are better than you, and one less person like you won't make a difference. Who would care? Would you care?"

Ang Lee was secretly happy, the teachers' words were basically the same.

"That's all I have to say. Anyway, the exam is coming up soon, so feel free to do as you please."

After saying that, Qin Yong walked off the stage and left through the back door without even looking at Li Ang again.

For a moment, no one dared to say a word.

"Now everyone is happy."

In an instant, everyone turned around.

Ang Lee stood up, sighed, and walked towards the stage.

"You deserved it, didn't you? You had to be scolded so early in the morning, and now you feel comfortable. If it were me, I shouldn't have given you the cell phones."

"I have to clean up the mess. Look how cool your principal Qin left."

Only then did a slight movement appear in the audience.

"Still laughing, is it funny?"

The noise from the audience got a little louder.

"You can laugh, because I don't think there's much of a problem with you guys. We can all see the results of the December exam, and everyone is doing well."

"Come and applaud."

Wow—led by Ang Lee, all the art exam candidates applauded.

The applause fell.

"However, this result is just a paper reference."

"You've heard all the big and small truths, so I won't repeat them."

At this moment, "Teacher Li, please say a few more words!"

The candidate who was speaking came from the neighboring province and would be returning home soon.

As he finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene finally relaxed.

Li An followed with a smile and said, "No, no, I don't want you to scold me after you leave this door."

"Will not!"

"impossible!"

"Teacher Li, don't worry!"

Li An waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I get it. Some students will leave soon, so I won't say anything more. I wish you all the best."

"Most of the other students will have to stay here. Of course, we will let them go after the third semester is over in two days. We will give you back the freedom we owe you."

Audience: “Hahahaha!”

Li An: "It's only a little over two weeks, but actually less than that. You guys should take charge of it. I wish you all the best!"

After a pause, he said, "I understand that your principal Qin is angry. You dared to make trouble last night. You will be in trouble after taking three exams in two days. Oh, I have said too much again. In short, the exam is your own business. You should handle it yourself. Okay, that's all. Finally, I want to remind you that we haven't let you go yet. I didn't suggest changing your phone to you at that time. I just verified the information. There is no need to make so much trouble."

"I have a suggestion. I won't force you. In the last three days, if you want to keep your phone in the office, you can put it back later. If you don't want to, that's fine too. Students outside the Chengdu test area can stay first, and everyone else can go."

As soon as Li An finished speaking, everyone dispersed and only five people were left.

Qin Yong was discussing the exam arrangements with Taozi, and then the students came rushing in. He was wondering, and then he saw them throwing their phones into the box one by one and then leaving.