Han Yu asked for Master Yuanjing's permission. He took a few books and read them carefully. The more he read, the more shocked he became.
"This …"
Master Yuanjing sighed. "I admire the sage's' education without discrimination 'and' teaching students in accordance with their aptitudes. 'I've been vigilant for many years and I dare not slack off. But I'm weak and my energy is limited. Even if I'm ambitious, I'm still not as good as the sage … "
Master Yuanjing advocated education for all. What did "education without discrimination" mean?
In layman's terms, anyone could receive education. No matter if they were smart, stupid, virtuous, or unworthy, they could all eliminate their differences through education. The ambition and ideal were beautiful, but the result was heart-wrenching.
Master Yuanjing was only one person. He only had one mouth and two hands. His lifespan was limited to that of an ordinary person.
Even if he was obsessed with education, the number of students he could teach was limited, let alone enlighten and enlighten the people.
Because of the limited resources, Master Yuanjing's "education without discrimination" was also an elite education. He unconsciously tilted the educational resources to the smart students.
Master Yuanjing realized this, but he was powerless to change the situation.
This problem had been bothering him for a long time. It wasn't until he came to Wanzhou that he suddenly understood the crux of the problem.
Instead of worrying about scarcity, he worried about inequality!
Because of the shortage of educational resources, the limited resources would be tilted to the talented students to ensure the maximum benefits.
Master Yuanjing made a bold assumption. What if the educational resources could be expanded until there was a surplus?
Then every student would have enough educational resources.
With this premise, the "education without discrimination" could be implemented, and the realm of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitudes" could be further achieved.
Han Yu put down the students' homework in shock and secretly calmed himself down.
Even if he didn't know much about the academy, he knew that almost all the students in the academy were commoners. They had no learning foundation or conditions.
As for talent?
One or two of them might be geniuses, but not everyone was a genius.
Students like these, their homework was quite good.
"How many students are there in the Golden Scale Academy?" Han Yu asked.
Master Yuanjing answered, "We are currently recruiting two batches of students. The third batch is still being selected. There are a total of 356 students. "
Han Yu asked again, "How are their grades and knowledge?"
Master Yuanjing smiled. "Although they are not as good as Fengyi and others, they are not inferior to the children of the same age in the aristocratic families."
"What about talent?"
"Most of them are mediocre and mediocre. Their only virtue is being diligent and eager to learn."
Han Yu could not help but gasp when he heard that.
How long had the Golden Scale Academy been established?
He had already accepted two batches of students, a total of 356 people!
Their learning speed and depth were not the slightest bit inferior to their peers who were studying in the landowning household school. This was very frightening.
These students had started learning so late, their foundations were so weak, and their talents were at the level of an ordinary person. Even if they were to hang themselves from a beam, it would still be very difficult for them to catch up with the learning speed of the aristocratic families! One had to know that most of the children of landowning households started studying at the age of three!
The students of the Golden Scale Academy were four to five years behind them!
They were four to five years behind, but they could barely catch up. Wasn't that terrifying?
If it wasn't a problem of talent, then it was a problem of learning methods and the education system.
Han Yu spotted the core with his sharp eyes.
What was the purpose of this Golden Scale Academy?
He could not help but ask the question in his heart. Master Yuanjing smiled but did not speak. He stood up and took out an unusually heavy booklet.
The booklet was as thick as a knuckle, and the Xuan paper was filled with words. They were all Master Yuanjing's handwriting.
Some of the words were neat, some were more random, and some were scribbled. They must have been written in a hurry.
Han Yu flipped through the booklet carefully. He found that the booklet could be called the "history of the growth of the Golden Scale Academy". Every step of the reform was recorded in detail. The students were divided into classes according to their age and learning progress. The learning content was also systematically classified into subjects. The students' daily time was planned in detail. Different classes would learn different subjects at the same time, making perfect use of the Master's teaching time.
The content of the students' learning was also from shallow to deep. What was even more amazing was the New Rhymes of Chinese, which greatly lowered the threshold of learning!
Although the educational task was heavy, it was indeed clearer than the landowning household school. The learning efficiency of the two could not be compared.
Any landowning household with a profound background had a special family school for the children of the family to study. However, it was only open to the same clan. As long as one was a member of the family, he or she could enjoy the educational resources. The family school sounded like a high-end thing, but in fact, it was not much different from a private school.
A group of students of the same clan stayed together, regardless of age or learning progress.
The Master taught them in a unified way, and occasionally gave them one-on-one guidance.
As a result, the students who learned fast were slowed down, and the students who had a weak foundation could not keep up with the learning progress. Naturally, their learning efficiency was not high.
The landowning households who had the resources could not go to the family school. They could directly invite the great scholars or famous scholars to come to their homes for one-on-one teaching.
By doing so, the learning efficiency, quality, and progress were all guaranteed, but the educational resources were wasted.
A Master could have taught more students, but the resources were all enjoyed by one student, who could not take care of others.
Was that not a waste?
That was the ineffective overflow of educational resources!
The booklet written by Master Yuanjing was called an essay, but it was more like a brand-new, well-organized system!
The teaching resources and the students were balanced as much as possible to ensure the learning efficiency, quality, and progress of the students while benefiting more students.
Han Yu flipped through the booklet. Following the content, he witnessed the system of the Golden Scale Academy from scratch, and it was gradually perfected and reasonable.
Master Yuanjing did not rely on his imagination or his idealized imagination to perfect this system. Instead, he focused on the actual situation.
Seeing Master Yuanjing's steady layout and planning, Han Yu felt even more ashamed of his frivolous and naive pursuit of "Tao."
If Jiang Pengji hadn't woken him up, he would have been stuck in a dead end.
"Master, you are indeed a genius in the world. I am ashamed of my inferiority."
Master Yuanjing said seriously, "The Golden Scale Academy from scratch is the result of the painstaking efforts of me and a few other great scholars. It is not something that can be accomplished by one person. Without the support of the Lord of Lanting and the efforts of those children, this system would not be as fruitful as it is today. "
Master Yuanjing's contribution was great, but it was not the greatest, and it was not his contribution alone.
Han Yu knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he immediately apologized solemnly.
"Master, do you think highly of the lord?" Han Yu noticed that Master Yuanjing addressed Jiang Pengji respectfully.
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