On "informing"

"Notice" is a verb. In this word, "tell" has two meanings One is to tell others, such as informing, informing and reporting. The second is to report and accuse the administrative and judicial organs, such as reporting, accusing and accusing. "Secret" refers to things that are not made public, or things that are not made public: secrets, plots, secret messages, secret letters, etc. The word "informer" combined with secret information should be interpreted as "informing on the secret activities of others". Informing generally refers to the behavior of traitors or villains, so it is a derogatory term.

The word "informer" is interpreted as "informing on other people's secret activities" in China Encyclopedia of Science. You can also point to organizations or gangs outside the gang to report the secrets of the gang, indicating betrayal and rebellion. "

"Baidu Chinese" is interpreted as "(moving) to report other people's private remarks or activities".

Modern Chinese Dictionary is interpreted as "reporting others' private remarks or activities (mostly derogatory) to the relevant departments".

To sum up, there are at least two requirements for judging an informer. One is to tell or report. Second, what is said and reported are all secret activities and private remarks, which have ulterior motives, at least "not enough for others."

This reminds me of the recent incident in which a teacher of Shanghai Zhendan Vocational College made false remarks about the Nanjing Massacre and a netizen was expelled from the school after breaking the news.

This is a very normal self-media communication and a very normal school discipline operation, but it is incredible that "a group of people" later conducted a human flesh search, and even accused, attacked, insulted and threatened the student who forwarded the false remarks of the self-media teacher, especially the student was listed as an informer.

The author believes that calling the student an "informer" is either a logical error, a wrong choice of words, an ulterior motive or self-reproach. With "self-knowledge", he publicly admitted that the teacher's remarks about the Nanjing Massacre had ulterior motives.

This student did "chat" with outsiders about what the teacher said in class, but what he "chatted" with outsiders was not the whispering between the teacher and individual students in class, nor was it some exaggerated remarks made by the teacher in his own home or in a small area. To say the least, it was not the academic views expressed by the teacher at the academic exchange meeting. What this classmate "said" to outsiders is the viewpoint taught by this teacher in public classes and in very open and formal occasions, and according to common sense, it should also be an opinion that can be spread publicly and needs to be spread publicly. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a snitch to broadcast lectures by experts and scholars in the lecture room? Moreover, the teachers taught by the major just want to convey their views and their "Tao" to students through classroom teaching, so that students can accept them, and then convey them to their own students or influence society through students. When did the teacher's opinion become the skeleton in my closet? How can spreading teachers' opinions become "informers"?

"I love my teacher, and I love the truth more" is a sentence said by Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, more than 2,000 years ago, which is a typical western viewpoint. He expressed the idea that in the process of pursuing the truth, we should not dare to question the teacher's point of view because of our respect and love for the teacher, but should pursue the truth with an objective, rational and rigorous attitude. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato, a famous philosopher in ancient Greece, he respected his teacher very much, but in terms of knowledge, because he did not agree with some methods of his academic research, he finally chose to leave his teacher and embark on the road of seeking truth alone.

Sages are role models for future generations. Therefore, reflecting teachers' wrong remarks in class can not only be falsely accused, but also be commended as a model for defending truth and challenging mistakes. Those who make unwarranted accusations against students should first consider whether the teacher's remarks in class violate common sense, professional ethics, laws and regulations and mislead students. Is it natural for a teacher who is a model not to reflect on his wrong words and deeds of historical nihilism that confuses right and wrong, but to blame students blindly?

I love teachers, I love students, and I love truth more. ...