不鼓勵農村孩子上大學?

《信息時報》報道，昨日全國政協委員、北京中華民族博物館館長王平提出"不應該鼓勵農村的孩子去上學"的觀點，遭到眾多網友的一致反對。王平說，“我們也不要鼓勵農村的孩子去上大學，因為一旦農村孩子讀了大學，就回不到自己的家鄉，回不去自己的家鄉就是一個悲劇。”

而網友認為農村和城市的差距是造成問題的根本原因，每個人都有追求自己幸福的權利，農村孩子留在城市的生活雖然艱苦，但仍比農村強得多。全國人大代表、廣東省人民醫院院長林曙光認為，農村建設好了自然就有人去。

未成年人流行手機觸網

《中國青年報》消息，中國少先隊事業發展中心和中國社科院近日發布的一項調查顯示，被調查未成年人手機擁有率約47%，手機上網普及率達40%。調查顯示，大部分未成年人使用手機上網聊天、閱讀博客、玩游戲、搜信息等。此次調查歷時半年多，以全國10歲至18歲的在校學生為主，在全國106所中小學校開展。

Not encouraging rural kids to go to university?

Netizens have unanimously opposed the idea of "not encouraging rural students to go to university," which was raised yesterday by Wang Ping, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of Beijing Museum of Chinese Nation, the Information Times reports. "We should not encourage rural students to go to university because once they go they are not willing to go back to their hometown, and it's a tragedy that they will not return home," Wang said.

However, the netizens think the gap between rural and urban areas is key to the problem, and everyone has a right to pursue happiness. Although rural students living in cities may lead a hard life, it's still much better than staying in the countryside. Lin Shuguang, a deputy to the National People's Congress and dean of the People's Hospital of Guangdong, thinks if the rural areas are constructed better, people will naturally go there.

Minors wired to Internet

According to a survey released recently by the Chinese Young Pioneers Business Development Center and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, about 47 percent of the minors in China owned a mobile phone and 40 percent used it to go online, the China Youth Daily reports. The results show that most children use cell phones to chat, read blogs, play games, and search for information on the Internet. The survey, which was conducted over 6 months, included mainly students between 10 and 18 in 106 middle and elementary schools across the country.

(China.org.cn March 10, 2011)