"Tolstoy once said: Honesty and trustworthiness are absolutely indispensable qualities for a person, a country, and a nation." After reading this sentence, you Can you doubt that its creator is not Leo Tolstoy? However, this "fake famous saying" actually came from the mouth of a first- and second-grade student. The requirement to quote many famous quotes in test-taking essays has led to almost all middle school students mastering a set of "special skills" in making up their own famous quotes.

When I was tutoring second-year students in a junior high school to write an essay about integrity, I found that the above famous quote appeared in the original text. However, in my impression, Tolstoy did not say anything similar. After repeated questioning, the student finally confessed that he had made up this "famous quote". The student also told reporters that this is a very common phenomenon in their class. Because the teacher requires more famous quotes to be quoted in the composition, which will make the article more persuasive. Moreover, if such "fake quotes" appear in the composition, teachers generally cannot identify them. Even if the traces of fabrication are obvious, no one will be criticized for it. Therefore, today's middle school students are very good at compiling quotes from famous people. Whatever point of view they want to express in their compositions, there will be a "celebrity" who will say it in the wrong way. The strange thing is that such compositions can often get high scores. He also revealed to reporters the "secret" of making famous quotes, which is to use short sentences and use inversions in grammar. It is best not to say it very smoothly, or even have some grammatical errors, so that you will not be suspected.

In this regard, a middle school teacher who has been engaged in Chinese education for more than a year told reporters: Some famous quotes in student compositions can indeed increase the persuasiveness of the article, but this must be based on extensive reading, and It is not a closed door for students. This phenomenon also reflects the current reality that a small number of Chinese teachers do not have solid basic skills.