每日一词：教师的“自白书”
教师的“自白书”
“相信讲好一门课比写好一篇论文重要的人，今夜死去了。”四川大学教师周鼎在“冷静了八年半”之后终于选择“宁鸣而生，不默而死”（编注：原文为“宁鸣而死，不默而生”，出自范仲淹《答梅圣俞灵乌赋》），于22日凌晨发布了一封引爆网络的“自白书”。
在“自白书”中，这位川大首届“我最喜爱的十大老师”成员将矛头直指重科研、轻教学，重招生数量、轻毕业质量以及校园行政化、普通教职工办公条件简陋等高校“老大难”问题。文末周鼎声称“老子不玩了”，将退出公选课教学，专心投入专业课。在接受澎湃新闻采访时，周鼎表示自己本无意引爆社会热议，只想表达对公选课改革停滞不前的不满，“我们每一个人零碎的脚印踩上去，日子久了，自然会走出一条路”。
“A man who believes lecturing is more important than writing papers is going to die tonight”, said Zhou Ding, teacher at Sichuan University who finally determined to “live rather than die in silence” after pondering it over for eight and a half years. (Note: the original text is “one would rather die than live in silence” written by Fan Zhongyan in his Answer to Mei Shengyu’s Ode to Crow). The confession was posted in the wee hours of 22nd that triggered a heated debate on the Internet.
In his confession, Mr. Zhou, winner of the first “My Favorite Top 10 Teachers” of Sichuan University, lashed out at higher institutions’ emphasis on scientific research and enrollment rather than teaching and the quality of graduates. He also slammed the increasingly administrative campuses, humble working conditions for ordinary teaching and administrative staff, and other problems faced by higher institutions. In the end of the confession, Mr. Zhou declared, “I’ll quit,” indicating he would quit teaching common courses and focus on teaching required courses. He told our reporter he did not intend to spark a heated discussion, and what he did just expressed his dissatisfaction with the standstill reform of common courses. “With every step forward, we will walk a way out over time,” he said.