Sunday, May 08, 2005

Education - The Foundation of Democracy

BigEagle has been calling attention to the urgent need to revamp the education system of Taiwan since 1995. 10 years have past since then and we have only witnessed more chaos in the system and confusion among the teachers and parents, not to mention the frustration of students. One can not help worrying what kind of country Taiwan will be in the near future when people face the confusion of history, complication in teaching languages, and the lack of morals in schools. Recently, the new argument is the call for the abandonment of teaching and the use of classical Chinese (文言文). It is fair to argue that type of language is not widely used in daily life, but one would encounter that in novels, movies, and even in the literatures of Japan and Korea throughout the life time.

I am glad to come across a nice piece of article from ETToday.com and I like to share with my friends.

作者: 佛劍分說,台南縣善化鎮人

驪歌將響,離情依依,新舊代謝,亦在此際,超額之難,困頓全臺,以此而視,少子之狀,使人恐之,政府腐腦,未能因應,唯重口號,意識操弄,此其強項,對此內憂,無心無能。

教育編制,於前所定,前法於今,未能適用,何不修之?高中編制,二點二五,國中編制,每班二人,國小編制,一點五人,以國小論,一再減班,實質編制,一點二人,甚又不足,加以縣府,
人員管控,人手之缺,更勝從前,以三者看,差別待遇,公平何在?
  
今子肖虎,習俗憚之,避而生子,應趁此時,落實小班,編制重整,然今之困,為財政矣,縣府困窘,人事經費,難以支付,尤臺南縣,核退管制,全臺之末,推薪難支,教育之長,汝可知乎?
終日之論,去中國化,意識型態,刪廢文言,強調獨立,可有盡責?
  
今年未動,明年人數,龍子龍女,恐師不足,屆時反覆,突顯無能,選舉又至,以票決定,既是無能,無格任之。
  
少子之因,非今而出,內政之計,已多年耳,然何以此?政治不安,社會不平,特權林立,政黨內耗,肉食者鄙,未懂民苦,經濟蕭條,貧富懸殊,痛苦加劇,物價飆飛,唯薪獨降,生活艱難,學費所貲,妖孽當道,民不聊生,只聞獨音,未視澤被,在此之境,高官之子,國外留學,貧困之家,何敢生育?
  
貪官污吏,享用民膏,苦虻努耕,三餐未逮,試問汝等?吾焉敢育?
  
再論學質,每代愈下,又見報導,欲刪古文,曹丕:文章者,經國之大業也。許多文言之品,載歷多少其治事之要,如賈誼之過秦論,言盛秦之亡,起於不仁,揭竿於甿隸,蘇洵之六國論,言敗於賂秦,倘若自強團結,則可抗之,另諷當朝媚金之策,一字一句,其義皆可為寶。
 
古人智慧,點滴成書,今卻因政治之意識,抹殺文學,與初時白色恐佈之行無異,應以為慎!
  
眼見時下政策,偏重英文,輕視中文,似乎英文首要,中文低差無所痛養,教育方針出了問題,
以利為前,廢其德業,無怪乎智慧犯罪日多,因不重德業也。
  
水可載舟,亦可覆舟,人本立意雖佳,過度上綱,反得其反,人本強調自主,然需前提,環境皆善,今之所處,狐林虎險,偷拐搶騙,以班杜拉「社會學習論」,反而染少惡習,成「畫虎不成反類犬」之譏,故袞袞諸公,善民可積德,望此惜之。

古文瀚海泳難盡,孟堅藝志定紛云,
九流十家表派思,支字片言修慧辛。
六經源遠歷不敗,三百三禮立言循,
儒本之道推為首,處事接物為之本。
史錄羅朝興衰因,明君忠臣鑑古今,
爬羅剔抉德為要,昏主佞奸殃萬民。
大集文藻昭明選,唐宋八大皆奇人,
賦駢詩麗詞婉約,左史古文衍此進。
一舉成名天下聞,十年寒窗有誰問,
習識本修八德目,流為禽犢求祿印。
美章紙貴後世欣,政治不應使之貧,
通曉意境敘己言,反芻暢論似水奔。
世知四維國之要,文化教材欲刨根,
是教學子可喪德,莘子之質使墮深?
教者兮上施而效,育者兮使善入心,
矩規厲行成方圓,厚德良行急為甚。
龍頭三寸需嚴謹,重責立目施方針,
教改失敗緒萬端,勿涉細末反失品。

(ETToday.com – 2005/5/08)

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