中国高考

As the world’s attention turns to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, WIDE ANGLE reports on how the next generation of Chinese leaders is being molded.


　　China Prep follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province. Eighteen hundred students vie for spots in Beijing’s top two universities. Last year only 59 made it.


　　Studying seven days a week, the students’ lives are regimented almost every minute of the day as they prepare for the end-of-year exam that can determine their fate. For many students from poor or rural backgrounds, a strong performance on the test is the only way to climb the social ladder and excel without connections. Competition is fierce and the majority of high school seniors will be relegated to vocational schools.


　　We meet Zhang Lie, who wants to study law and become a Communist Party member like her father; Mei Jiachin, a genius mathematician from a farming family; Chen Zhibo, a misfit science student with big plans to become China’s Bill Gates; and Gao Mengjia, a dedicated student who loves money and aspires to be a hedge fund manager.


　　Nicknamed the “I want” generation by the Chinese press, these only children – the sole focus of their parents’ and grandparents’ nurturing under China’s one-child policy – will be the new class of corporate managers, lawyers, and civil servants who are expected to propel 21st century China to surpass the United States as the largest economy in the world.


　　How do the ambitions of these teenagers reflect the realities of today and tomorrow’s China? Who among them will be most likely to succeed – the daughter of the Party official or the farmer’s son? Who will be the boss?

感觉整体基调有种俯视感，加上一个接一个的close-up，不知为何让人很不舒服。但同时也让自己反思，是不是自己在做其它文化背景的片子的时候也会有同样的问题出现。也想起了之前看过的衡水中学也是关于高考的一个纪录片，切入点就完全不一样。所以我们究竟应该置身于其外还是从内向外看，如何选取角度

高一刚入学时候英语老师就每天晚自习前放一点。好像预示着进高中过三年就是为了最后那个考试。断断续续竟然放了很久。内容差不多忘干净了，但记得每次看完紧接着自习整个班好像都充满能量暗自较劲…（后来发现是每天都在较劲）今天高考第一天，加油。

唉，下辈子投胎到美国吧。我们算是幸运的了，但幸运意味着少数人的权利，本该正常拥有该权利的大部分却没有机会受用。一个高考，决定了大部分的命运高低，想想都可笑。特权二代之流当然是世袭般的权利，与自由争取无关。

果不其然，拍摄基本就是美国人那一套固定思维模式。题外话，虽然高考被人诟病，但在目前的情况下，它已经是筛选人才的最好最公平办法了。一些唧唧歪歪的麻烦拿出一套现实可行的改革考试方案再来挑刺吗。

发现现在老外深入中国拍纪录片都爱把目标定位在重庆。觉得自己高中三年过得实在太轻松愉快无压力了，所以现在读一个三流大学。确实付出和回报是成正比的，但是我一点也不后悔。^^

片中有个小妞，排名老在年级十五到十七名波动，家长觉得成绩起伏太大，最后也没考好，只能去人大学税法。嗯，真励志~

其实之所以现在感悟高考不是唯一的路，还是因为当年是胜利者，通过那条唯一的通道，来到一个可以有很多路走的平台。

很多事情你只有经历过了才会知道，才会有记忆里的那么多感触。高考结束了，生命不会结束。

很久之前看的，还隐约记得那个小女孩的话，“只要心是自由的就没有什么东西能困住你”

巴蜀中学的教导主任真是一朵华丽丽绽放不容逼视的正在进行时与过去完成时并存的奇葩。

从豆瓣的评论来看，看过此片的同学大都是高考的获利者。这正说明了我们高考的公平

我也梦想有一天能拍一部纪录片，告诉所有人，这个国度每天在发生多么荒谬的事情。