Professionally Educated Can Do a Lot
Xu Gang
January 10th, Cao Bo, at the age of 23, received the "Merit Certificate" issued by the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Hubei Province. According to reports, Cao Bo had already exceeded the high school entrance examination score, but chose to give up attending a regular high school and instead returned to his alma mater, Wuhan City Instrumentation School, where he became a teacher. Last September, at the 47th World Skills Competition held in Lyon, France, he won the gold medal for the electronics technology project, breaking through the "zero barrier" for Hubei's representative team.
"Three hundred sixty lines, one line yields a top scorer." From a vocational education student to a vocational education teacher, from winning the gold medal at the World Skills Competition to being awarded the "Merit Certificate", Cao Bo has used his life experience to demonstrate that vocational education is not as bad as some people imagine. As long as there are dreams in your heart and you don't give up, students of vocational education can also achieve great things.
For a long time, society has had a deeply rooted concept that only attending a regular high school and then entering university is the "mainstream" path to success. Vocational education is often seen as an inferior choice, even being labeled as "inferior". Under such mental frameworks, many students and parents are hesitant when faced with the choice of attending a vocational school or a regular high school. However, Cao Bo has used his personal experience to powerfully break through this stereotype. He didn't blindly follow the crowd's footsteps but chose vocational education based on his own interests and talents, bravely taking the less-traveled road. This choice not only showed his clear self-awareness but also demonstrated his courage to challenge traditional concepts.
In recent years, the government has been vigorously supporting vocational education, optimizing professional settings, and providing students with diverse and practical learning opportunities that meet market demands. Cao Bo is a beneficiary of this trend, seizing the opportunity to rely on his alma mater's high-quality training system, integrating theoretical knowledge with practical skills, and developing excellent abilities.
Of course, Cao Bo's success is not without his passion for and dedication to his chosen field. Vocational education has provided him with a professional skills training platform, allowing him to accumulate experience and improve his skills level through continuous practice. More importantly, this type of education has helped him find his interest and put all his enthusiasm into it. When someone truly invests in what they love, they often unleash unlimited potential. For young people, finding their own interests is crucial during the growth process. Only then can they maintain a lasting drive and create even more outstanding achievements in their future careers.
As the times change and social demands evolve, the importance of vocational skills talent is becoming increasingly prominent. To enable more talented individuals like Cao Bo to emerge, we need to further improve the vocational education system, enhance its quality and level. The government should invest more in vocational education, improve school conditions, strengthen teacher training; enterprises should actively participate in school-enterprise cooperation, provide students with more internship opportunities and job positions; and society as a whole should transform its mindset, eliminate biases against vocational education, and create a favorable environment for its development.
Cao Bo has used his personal experience to interpret the truth of "one line yields a top scorer". He has demonstrated the possibility of skills-based success through actual actions. We look forward to seeing more talented individuals like Cao Bo emerge, and their skills shining brightly in various industries.
This column article only represents the author's personal opinion