IfyouGoogle“the71stAnniversaryoftheNanjingMassacre”(inChinese)ontheInternet,youwillbeimpressedbythevideoshowofagirl’sspecialcommemoration.Afterwatchingthevideo.IWaswonderingwherecollegestudentswere.TakingintoconsiderationtheirindifferencetootherhistoriceventssuchastheMay4Movement,wecanconcludethatcollegestudentslacktheduesocialresponsibilities.
However,weshouldnotsimplycriticizetheirindifference,andanalysisshouldbemadetoreckonwithunderlyingreasons.Firstly,collegestudentsareimposedexcessivepressurebythejobmarket.Theyhavetopaymoreattentiontotheirstudies.Secondly,manystudentsbelievethatthehistoryhasalreadybeenborneinmind,anditisunnecessarytocommemoratehistoricanniversarieseachyear.Forthem,itisbettertointernalizethehumiliatedhistoryandworkhardthantoholdceremonieswithoutconcretecontents.
Tomywayofthinking,collegestudentsshouldnotkeepsilentonthoseoccasions.ItisourresponsibilitiestovoiceOuraspirationsandletthesocietyknowthatwehavenotforgottenthehistory.