Individual’s Breakthrough Against Habitual Destiny: The Drive and Identity of Students Resuming the College Entrance Examination

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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.140How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Resuming the College Entrance Examination, Drive, Identity

Abstract

The existence of students who choose to resume college entrance examination (Gaokao) gambling on a better result has long been a characteristic phenomenon in Chinese education. However, relevant educational policies generally inhibit this phenomenon, and these students also suffer from social discrimination. Based on solid fieldwork, this article finds that multiple factors have combined to shape the habitus of these students, and that they are vulnerable to difficulties in their efforts to break through their personal destiny and achieve class mobility. In such a situation, these students develop a distinctive identity. They perceive the value of higher academic qualifications, but often encounter difficulties in their studies due to limited educational resources, family and social limitations. The multiple factors that influence their identity create a cycle of "unfairness", "inferiority" and "pride", which is both their motivation and their shackle.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jingqian Xiao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Individual’s Breakthrough Against Habitual Destiny: The Drive and Identity of Students Resuming the College Entrance Examination
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 704
EP  - 708
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.140
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.140
ID  - Xiao2021
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