This year’s college entrance examination, Zhang Yunpeng is on duty in a “special examination room”. There were no candidates who entered the exam room with stationery bags, no parents who were waiting for the exam, no banners were hung, and no bells for the start and end of the exam were heard. Even from the outside, this was just an ordinary hotel.
The only centralized medical observation test center in Chaoyang District, Beijing, is located in an isolated hotel, where the “special” candidates who check in early will be accommodated and tested. 5 police officers, more than 10 examination personnel and street staff are responsible for arranging the daily life of the two candidates here and assisting them to successfully complete the examination.
Zhang Yunpeng, political commissar of the Jinsong Police Station of Chaoyang Public Security Bureau, has at least 16 years of experience in the security of the college entrance examination. This year, he “hide” himself in the dark, trying not to show his shadow, not to appear, not to increase the psychological burden on the candidates, and to be the “guardian” of the candidates silently. “Let the children finish the exam in a normal state of mind.”
On the afternoon of June 7, during the college entrance examination, Zhang Yunpeng (right) and his colleagues patrolled the periphery of the centralized medical observation test center.Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Fei
The following is a conversation between a reporter from the Beijing News and Zhang Yunpeng.
“Stealth” work, no pressure on candidates
Beijing News: How many candidates for the college entrance examination in the district this year, and how many special test centers?
Zhang Yunpeng: We have more than 4,900 test takers in Chaoyang. There are 19 test centers, including 3 special test centers, namely, the test center in the control area, the test center in the closed area, and the centralized medical observation test center.
Beijing News: When did you know you were responsible for the security of the special test center? How did you prepare?
Zhang Yunpeng: The centralized medical observation test center itself is the isolation hotel in our jurisdiction. After the city’s college entrance examination center arrangement plan is made, the isolation personnel will be urgently transferred here, the environment will be sterilized, the location of the candidates’ dormitory will be determined, and the test room will be arranged. Comfortable tables and chairs are prepared in the examination room, and examination surveillance cameras are installed. These tasks are mainly arranged by the staff of the Chaoyang District Admissions and Examination Center. We only do the final security inspection after everything is prepared, such as doors and windows, evacuation passages, monitoring equipment safety, etc. On June 3, the preparation work was basically completed, and only the candidates entered.
Beijing News: How many candidates came to the examination room? How was the situation at the time?
Zhang Yunpeng: On the afternoon of June 5, two candidates came. We didn’t go to see them when they came by car. The candidates left their parents and lived in this place alone. They were surrounded by staff wearing protective clothing. They saw five policemen in police uniforms through the car window. will be nervous. Therefore, it is better for us to be “invisible”, do our work silently, and try not to let them know that there are so many people “initiating the crowd”, for fear that they will be under pressure.
Beijing News: What kind of work did you do after the candidates entered?
Zhang Yunpeng: Our main responsibility is to be outside the test center to avoid noise pollution affecting children’s rest and exams. The location of this hotel is relatively hidden, and the surrounding area is relatively quiet, but the north side is Guangqu Road, and the traffic flow is not small. So arrange the accommodation room for them on the north side, the room for the exam is opposite the accommodation room, and the windows face south, so that it will be quieter during the exam. In addition, there are several parking lots around the hotel. After the candidates stayed, we made some stickers of “No whistle during the college entrance examination” and posted them at the entrances and exits of the parking lot. I hope drivers will pay attention.
Zhang Yunpeng and the parking lot management staff posted a sign saying “During the college entrance examination, it is forbidden to whistle” to create a quiet examination environment for candidates.Photo courtesy of the intervieweeProtecting the test papers is the greatest responsibility to the children
Beijing News: How did the candidates arrange their life and exams after entering?
Zhang Yunpeng: Candidates live in the test center, eat, review, and take the test. All the things are handled by the teachers of the admissions test center and the staff of the street. They work harder and do more meticulous work. They have to take care of the two candidates. various needs.
Beijing News: What work do you still have to do?
Although there are only two candidates in our test center, this work is the same as other test centers. Protecting the test papers is the greatest responsibility to the children.
Beijing News: What do you think is the biggest difference between being on duty at this test center this year, and comparing it to ordinary test centers in previous years?
Zhang Yunpeng: I have at least 16 years of experience in the security of the college entrance examination. I used to stand at the entrance of the test center, and I could see the mentality and emotions of the candidates from their expressions and actions, whether they were nervous or relaxed when entering the hall, and whether they had passed the test when they came out. Mistakes are written on the face. The performance of the parents was also varied. Some were excited and cried on the spot, some wore cheongsams and waited all the time, and some held flowers to congratulate their children on passing the exam.
I don’t have to keep shouting to divert traffic, evacuate the crowd, and I don’t have to worry about candidates who are late and need to be picked up, or if they forget to take the admit card and have to go home to pick it up. Seeing that the workload is less, in fact, I don’t mind at all. easy. On the one hand, the string of epidemic prevention and control is tense in my heart. On the other hand, I also miss these two candidates. They experienced the epidemic before the exam, and they have no parents to accompany them for the exam these days, and their mood is inevitably fluctuating. But the college entrance examination is a major event of leap-forward growth in life for them. I hope they can successfully complete it and be named in the gold list.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Jingshu
Edited by Liu Qian
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