At The New York Times on Monday, columnist Li Yuan describes how, as "wages stagnate and jobs disappear, the promise of upward social mobility is eroding, especially for those from modest backgrounds.

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回首往事，有几段记忆特别鲜明。北京江老师夫妇是傅国涌故旧，2003年他们来杭州歇个脚，有一天，我和傅国涌陪他们在西湖边散步，路过一公园，我们就在边上驻足旁听。那个年代，一公园被誉为杭州的“海德公园”，每天都有数十甚至数百人在那里聚集，慷慨激昂纵论天下 ...

一列绿皮火车，因故停留。乘客被困在车里三个小时，因为炎热，门窗不开，已经有乘客出现了中暑症状，乘客要求列车员开门，被拒，有个小伙砸了窗户。事后小伙被警察带走，据说也没怎么着，就是警告了一下。

你看看他们这待遇，再看看一线工作人员住的“锅炉房”，你就明白了，在这个学校，人不是按岗位分待遇，是按关系、按编制、按“你对我们有没有用”来分生死。

大家都有体检之前要空腹的经验，因为血液检查的很多指标是会快速波动的，吃饭最显著的影响就是血糖，糖尿病人饭前饭后的血糖值可能相差好几倍。还有像血压、心率的结果会在早中晚不同时段有显著差异。

血铅升高会在一定程度上影响儿童的神经系统、智力水平。但上述专家告诉南风窗，在低水平血铅的情况下，这种影响并不显著。同时，这也与铅的摄入时长有关，“如果是天天在吃，它可能会在组织里有蓄积，也可能会转移到骨骼里，蓄积的时间越长，驱铅的疗程也会相应变长”。

“作为一名中国人，我们完全可以想象到砸窗之前他经历过的内心挣扎：这一锤下去，会不会被抓走？要赔多少钱？会不会留下案底将来影响孩子考公考编？这些在中国都是完全有可能发生的后果，也是整趟列车上只有他一个人敢于砸窗的直接原因。由此我对他的崇敬之情又多了三分 ...