一位曾经教政治的朋友调侃说,语文学科就是教学生怎样说假话得高分。我反唇相讥,问他政治学科是什么,他自嘲说政治学科就是政府工作心理学,揣摩国家意志,教学生一些自己也未必相信但却要求学生一定要记住的东西。我并不想探讨此话正确与否,不过他的思维方式值得探讨。为了批评 One politician who used to teach politics quipped that the Chinese subject is a high grade for teaching students how to tell lies. I retorted to him and asked him what his political science was. He self-deprecated that the political science is the government's work psychology, trying to figure out the will of the country and teaching students something they themselves might not believe but that they must remember. I do not want to explore whether this is correct or not, but his way of thinking is worth exploring. To criticize