Discussion keeps the world turning.
This is Roundtable.
If college English tests were a video game, the CET4 might be entry level and the CET6 hero mode.
Some players pass once and move on.
Others keep replaying, hoping for a higher score to unlock better hoot,
like job offers, scholarships.
So what do you think about keep taking the same test?
Is it genuine passion for improvement or just an academic FOMO?
And you say thank you to your AI.
Somewhere in a humming data center half a world away,
a few thousand servers light up to send back your welcome.
Happy to help.
It's polite, it's sweet, it's also, according to scientists, surprisingly wasteful.
To thank or not to thank AI, that is the question.
But now.
The CET4 and CET6 exams have long been part of China's higher education DNA,
designed to measure English proficiency,
but now often acting as a social filter for job markets and academic advancement.
Today, as universities begin to limit retakes and emphasize comprehensive English education,
we're at an interesting crossroads.