Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 356 Tower

"Withdraw the lawsuit, lawyer Beiyuan." Xia Chuan's face was quite haggard, as if he had experienced a long period of mental torture, which completely drained his soul.At this moment, the somewhat tall and straight body in the past shrank like a crooked old man.

In the classical history teaching and research room, there were four people sitting - Shimokawa, Hirose, Kitahara, and Miyagawa.

On the desk, there is an "Application for Withdrawal of the Suit", and the end of the A4 paper has been stamped with a bright red seal.All in all, it seems that there is no turning back.

"Teacher Xiachuan, can you tell me what happened?" Bei Yuan looked at the man who had lost his fighting spirit and asked.After the trial was over, he received a call from Shimokawa during lunch, saying that he wanted to have a talk and that he might withdraw the lawsuit, so he and Miyagawa rushed to the teaching and research office immediately.

"A few days ago, the students from the teaching and research section came again." Hirose lowered his head slightly, his eyes darkened, "They were kneeling collectively at the door of the teaching and research section. They didn't speak or protest, they just knelt Some students were crying and knelt on the ground. Many teachers and students in the teaching and research building saw it."

"I'm sorry. Lawyer Beiyuan." Xia Chuan slowly raised his head, and put a cup of poured tea in front of the young lawyer, "I think it's too much for my students to lose their degrees just because of this matter." It's too cruel. So, I still agreed to them."

"After all, the degree is the most important thing for the students who are studying hard in the cold window. I did the same way back then. Especially for doctoral students. Without a degree, it is too cruel." Shimogawa said quietly He said, "As for me. Anyway, what happened this time has already turned out like this. I definitely can't stay at Kyoto University anymore. So simply, let's give the opportunity to the students."

Miyagawa listened to these words, and became anxious in his heart, "Now is the last moment of this lawsuit. If you choose, you will really fall short."

"Actually, from the time I chose to start my teaching career in this way, I was doomed to fail." Shimokawa said hoarsely:
"I used to be full of too much idealism. Yes, I was full of too much idealism. At that time, I felt that university should be a place for teaching and educating people first, and I couldn't turn university into a place that belongs to A research office for faculty. University faculty can’t just write papers and ignore teaching undergraduates.”

"Do you know? Attorney Kitahara, Attorney Miyagawa. In Kyoto University, the highest institution in the world, I have met many teachers. Their so-called class is to take out a textbook, and then in class It’s just reading from the textbook.”

"It's okay if young scholars do this. After all, they bear too much research pressure. In order to get tenure, it is impossible for them to spend extra time preparing lessons."

"But...but, you know, lawyer Beiyuan."

Shimogawa's hands gradually began to tremble, and his eyes gradually became bloodshot. "I finally found out sadly that for scholars who have obtained tenured teaching positions, they simply regard teaching students as a burden. In At the academic affairs meeting, several well-known big professors turned their backs on the grounds that they did not want to teach a required course for undergraduates! Yes, no one is willing to come forward to teach such a crucial required course .Do you know, Attorney Kitahara, this is the status quo of our university."

"Young people who study in universities are the talents of our country. If these young talents can be cultivated more carefully in universities, then they will definitely be able to become outstanding talents in our country faster and better."

"However, the cold reality is that young scholars who do not have tenure can't make time to teach. And scholars who have tenure don't want to teach."

"The most outstanding talents who passed the brutal college entrance examination and sat in the university classroom received the worst education in the university they most dreamed of. You said, it's not ridiculous. Our university has become a ruin. A tireless cold institution."

"I have always wondered why those scholars who have already got tenured teaching positions still want to continue to earn hats for themselves. Why are they unwilling to allocate more energy to students after having a stable guarantee? .”

"Now, I want to understand."

Shimogawa's tone of excitement, which was originally somewhat excited, slowly calmed down, "What's the use of teaching students well? Yes, what's the use. There are even some people who want to question you. The students like your lectures. On the contrary, it is not a good thing, because you cater to the students too much."

"In the past, I always thought that in the ivory tower of the university, as long as you teach the students well and do a good job in academics, you can stay in it safely. But I was wrong. Deciding your future in this ivory tower The location is neither teaching nor academic works, but the group of people at the top of the tower."

"It is impossible for teaching to have an important position in a university. Because it is tantamount to transferring part of the evaluation right to the students. As for learning and writing papers, it is not for the pursuit of truth, but to please the group on the top of the tower. People. You must include the works of the people at the top of your paper in order to increase their citation rate. The academic point of view must give way to the point of view of the school. You must maintain the view of the tower all the time. Point out the respect of that group of people."

"This place is obviously a so-called ivory tower, but there are even more serious servile behaviors than the so-called social workplace. Scholars who should have independent personalities have to kneel down to the group of people at the top of the tower and stick out their tongues in order to change their minds." Come to them for a little resource handout."

"No one here is discussing academics. The reason is very simple, because academics itself must be a process of debate. As long as there are debates, it will inevitably be accompanied by challenges to authority. Therefore, the so-called academic discussions have completely become A kind of fake compliment. The so-called academic contention has become a way of flattering the superiors."

"And the most naive part of me is that I once imagined that I could change everything."

Shimogawa's already calm tone suddenly became agitated at this moment, as if a huge emotion erupted in the Chinese scholar's body, Shimogawa's quiet face also became a little distorted at this moment stand up.His voice can only be heard echoing in the teaching and research room:
"As long as it's still a tower! It's impossible to change!"

(End of this chapter)