How to treat the closure of universities?

Look at the university closure objectively.

Closing the school is the most convenient and direct way.

The battle with COVID-19 finally recovered from the tension. Inter-provincial tourism has been reopened, and once closed cities have begun to hold large-scale gathering activities. Even the health code check in some areas has become a mere formality-a screenshot can be done. The whole country slowly slackened off. In a peaceful atmosphere, the Ministry of Education still announced that universities should decide whether to allow students to enter and leave freely during holidays.

Should we close the school?

Obviously, closing schools is the most convenient and direct way. Students stay on campus honestly, don't wander around, don't flirt around outside the school, and don't say whether they study, but the management difficulty is greatly reduced-only the security guards have to guard the school gate 24 hours a day. But for the management of most universities, it is worthwhile. After all, it is better to have more than one thing, and the campus life of students is not bad, right? Compared with the days when everything was in ruins and living conditions were difficult, this is a good day! The burden on the leaders is lighter, and the students seem to have nothing to say. This is really a good move.

Of course, students naturally don't like this, especially college students who have just left home. Freedom and openness have always been students' goals. If the freedom of students to enter and leave the school gate is so restricted, it can of course be called an exploitation of the weak by the strong. Students also have the right to enjoy their own lives. With so many people away from home, there are always risks. Why do you assert that students' free access is likely to lead to the spread of COVID-19 virus in schools? School life is single, and the outside world is colorful. Why not give students a chance to go out and have a look?

In essence, whether the school is closed or not is a game: if the school is not closed, it may lead to the spread of COVID-19 in the school (although the probability of this event is not great, one of the main purposes of our work is to prevent it); If the school is closed, it will definitely detonate online public opinion. Of course, students' criticism of the school did not violate the bottom line of the internet, and the school could only accept the result that its reputation was temporarily hit.

From these two aspects, the contradiction within the school seems to be temporarily transformed into the contradiction between the growing demand for free life of students and the unstable and uncertain epidemic situation. The status quo of unstable and uncertain epidemic situation will always exist unless the epidemic situation disappears (but it is impossible at present). So this contradiction is basically irreconcilable. Compared with the probability of COVID-19 spreading in schools, this probability is even smaller, so from the utilitarian point of view, it is a more cautious choice to take measures to close schools.

Therefore, I think the consequences of these two behaviors are extremely uncertain, and the gains of one party do not mean the inevitable losses of one party. Similarly, the possibility of compromise still exists. Students expect the headmaster of their school to be bold, confident, dare to take responsibility and think about the interests of students. Of course, students' courage to speak out is naturally a good motivation to promote the unsealing of school holidays. In this game, it plays a key role and can even affect the result of the game.

No matter who wins this competition, this competition is a good opportunity to promote the reform of the school management system. How the management is responsible for students, how to be responsible for itself, how to assume its own responsibilities, and how to balance the relationship between students and school management are all issues that should be considered. The road to change the system is still long, but without the propeller of change, the system will not change after all.