Hi everyone, we are back! This is one of our few English episodes. We invited our friend, Toast, who has been doing very interesting research on global high school education, trying to discern which high school experiences have major impacts on our lives.

We talked about elite, exam-oriented education and events that happened in our high schools. In addition, we discussed college admissions in the US and China and our thoughts on education equity.

The New Yorker recently had a “30 Most Disappointing Under 30” list which we found interesting because both of us felt we peaked in high school and have been struggling since. 伤仲永 is an ancient Chinese prose that tells a similar story.

Hope you enjoy this episode and have a great week!

大家好我们又回来啦！这期节目是一期英文的播客，我们采访了美国朋友Toast，他在做一项很有趣的全球高中教育研究，希望能回答哪些高中经历对我们之后的人生有重大影响这个问题。

我们讨论了什么是“精英”（elite）、精英教育、应试教育，以及高中发生的事对我们之后人生的影响。从高中到大学是人生中非常重要的一步，我们如何看待中国的高考和美国的入学制度以及其中的教育公平问题？

纽约客前段时间搞了一个“30 Most Disappointing Under 30”的企划，我们也时常有伤仲永的感叹，所以用来做这期高中教育讨论的标题。

希望大家听得开心，这周愉快！

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