上周，一位36岁的中学老师监考时猝死的消息在朋友圈热传，并引起了社交媒体的激烈讨论：孩子们被批评对身边的事情毫不关心，更背负了“冷血无知的考试机器”的骂名。
A 36-year-old high school teacher who suddenly died while proctoring an exam last week stirred up discussions on social media, where the students were criticized for being oblivious to the situation at hand.
吴萍，江苏泰兴济川中学的一名音乐老师，上周四上午坐在教室的最后面参加期末考试监考时猝死。据报道死因是心脏衰竭。
Wu Ping, a music teacher at Jichuan High School in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, passed while monitoring a final exam seated at the back of the classroom on Thursday morning. She reportedly died of heart failure.
然而，由班上学生家长所写的一篇文章在微信朋友圈大量转发。该文章描述了她的女儿平静地，“没有一点点怜惜”地向她讲述了老师去世这一件事。这一现象引发了社会各界的争论。
However, a heavily-circulated WeChat post, written by a local parent, kicked up controversy after it described how her daughter calmly recounted her teacher's death "without the slightest bit of pity."
该文中写道，这群初中生听到自己老师最后痛苦的挣扎呻吟，仍平静地做完题。直到他们交卷时才发现老师口吐白沫。此外，该文章还指出，一些学生最终还是通知了隔壁班的老师，尽管如此，这位家长还是指责学生缺乏同情心，遇事反应不果断。
According to the post, the students kept their eyes on their exams despite hearing Wu groaning in pain. It was only when they finished did students notice the teacher was foaming at the mouth. Though pointing out that some students eventually alerted a teacher in the next classroom, the post accused the students of showing a lack of empathy and hesitating to react.
泰兴市教育局副局长肖春华表示，孩子们是无辜的。她告诉澎湃新闻记者，“监考时吴老师是坐在教室的最后面，所有学生都背对老师。我们能够理解学生们当时真的没有注意到老师出事了。”
Xiao Chunhua, deputy chief of Taixiao education bureau, said the students are not to blame. "The teacher was sitting at the back of the classroom during the exam. We understand that the students might not have noticed something was wrong with the teacher," Xiao told thepaper.com.
在新闻门户网站网易新闻上，这则报道的评论已超过了5万条。许多网友称该事件反映了中国应试教育体制的失败。
The report saw more than 50,000 comments on news portal 163.com, where many called the incident a failure of China's test-focused education system.