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如果你随便找一个中学生，问他什么是对数，什么是洛仑兹定律，什么是原子核式结构，他一定可以把这些东西给你讲得头头是道，让你惊叹当今青少年个个都是科学家的料。但是，你找个尖子生，问他在野外被蛇咬了怎么办，他也许会搔搔脑袋瓜，苦想各类化学反应式，然后淡茫地对你说声“不知道”。那么，“青菜多少钱一斤？”“不知道！”“被子怎么叠”“不知道！”“为什么啥都不知道？”“也不知道！” If you ask any middle school student what is logarithm, Lorentz's law and nuclear structure, he can tell you all these things, and let you wonder that all the young people are scientists. However, you find a top student and ask him what to do if he is bitten by a snake in the wild. He may scratch his head and think about all kinds of chemical reactions, and then say "I don't know" to you. So, "how much is a jin of green vegetables?" "I don't know!" "How to fold the quilt" "I don't know!" "Why don't you know anything?" "I don't know!" 这就是中国教育的一个现状：对科学知识抓得狠，也把各类奥赛搞得红红火火，但却似乎对常识的教育力度不够。学校的课程包罗万象，可以独缺“常识”。学生们便因此被搁在高高在上的“象牙之塔”，只搞着高端学问。当今中国要强国，靠的是飞机、大炮、火箭这些高科技，似乎就应该给学生“喂饱”科技知识。“常识那些小事儿，何足挂齿，成大事者不拘小节嘛。”每当看到这些言论，我真想拍案而起，高呼一句：“此言谬矣，别拿常识不当干粮！” | 
