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[Weekly Topic 20250608]"Step Over Me!": A Professor's Radical Lesson
副总编 二十二级
1楼 发表于:2025-6-8 13:24

Introduction:


Prepare for a truly unique and provocative classroom story! This week, we'll be discussing a controversial event from Wuhan University of Technology. A 51-year-old associate professor, Zhang Nengli, intentionally lay down on the floor in front of his classroom door and urged his over 150 students to step over his body – an act traditionally considered a profound humiliation  in Chinese culture. While initially shocked and hesitant, over 100 students eventually complied after his persistent encouragement.


Professor Zhang's action wasn't a stunt or a sign of submission, but a meticulously planned "behavioral art" lesson. His radical aim? To physically and symbolically challenge his students' deeply ingrained cultural hesitation to question authority. By inviting them to "step over" him, their teacher and an elder, he sought to demonstrate the courage needed to defy conventional power structures and prioritize scientific truth and critical thinking above blind obedience to figures of authority.


Zhang contrasts this perceived "fear of people" (怕人) in Chinese academic and social culture with Western examples where challenging leaders is more common. He provocatively stated his ultimate hope: for his students to become individuals brave enough to "throw eggs at Obama" – not literally for insult, but as a metaphor for actively confronting power when it contradicts truth.


This event sparked significant discussion online. Was this an inspiring act of pedagogical bravery, a powerful dismantling of harmful traditions, and a call for intellectual courage? Or was it an unnecessarily shocking, culturally insensitive, or even disrespectful method? Let's explore the motivations, the reactions, and the deeper questions this event raises about education, cultural norms, authority, and the path to genuine innovation.

副总编 二十二级
2楼 发表于:2025-6-8 13:27
 
大魔导士 十七级
3楼 发表于:2025-6-10 14:05
Welp, I think his behaviour is a good behavioral art. It cannot directly teach students how to think independently. But it can inspire extensive discussion among the public. And I respect his bravery. He use his own prestige as cost to promote his idea
 
初级魔法师 四级
4楼 发表于:2025-6-13 07:32
Cant agree more.Wholely respecting him.Any news link about him? My search didn't work.
 
啊啊是谁都对:You can read this piece of news from here: https://www.rmzxw.com.cn/c/2015-05-14/499493.shtml
  2025-6-13 08:59 回复
liga:回复 @啊啊是谁都对:I thought it happened lately, never thought it can trace back to 2015. No wonder I searched but with no result and clue.
  2025-6-13 17:34 回复
武卒 五级
5楼 发表于:2025-6-13 16:13
 

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