"The road of the University" (2)

after reading Dr. Wu's introduction of the Ivy League eight universities, I have two of the most direct experience of them. The first is freedom, whether it is academic, research or the freedom of thought deeply shocked me, the second is the spirit, each university, has deep bone marrow education philosophy, has its own unique spirit of the school. At the same time, I have found these prestigious schools to cultivate the common denominator of students ' goals, that is, in order to cultivate the top talent in all fields, the real elite, to make greater contributions to society.

Let me first talk about the freedom that students enjoy in American private schools. Each school is very open to students to choose courses, you can not only choose their favorite courses in the school, but also to other colleges and universities to take their own courses of interest, to bring credit back to the university. And Harvard is more open, tailor-made courses for every student. "At Harvard, it's hard to see exactly the same course for two students, and even for the same professional students, the courses you choose will be very different." However, all freshmen must have a writing class, which is the only course that all students have to ask for. Harvard believes that writing and expressing ability is critical to the development of one's life. "The second half of this paragraph also has a deep influence on me, before the university, I seem to have written and Chinese composition linked together, think that writing is just a simple look at the inscribed article." And when I went to college, I found that many academic reports, research, and claims in civil service examinations were related to writing. Writing is not a writing, but a kind of ability to express their ideas accurately and simply, since even the top universities such as Harvard focus on cultivating students ' writing ability, what reason do we not exercise?

There is freedom of thought, the book says, Columbia University is a stream of new ideas new cultural birthplace. There are other colleges and universities that encourage students to broaden their minds and propose new ideas. Perhaps this is related to the great environment of the whole American society, after all, the United States is a country advocating and promoting democracy and freedom, so in such a free environment, students will be more thinking, more able to produce new ideas. However, our country's university students can also go out of China, the world, broaden their horizons, enrich their minds, the environment is not our reason for stagnation.

The second is the spirit of American universities. For example, the spirit of Yale University, a person's sense of social responsibility is the essence of Yale Education. Such a spirit is not only in the opening ceremony of the headmaster said, but the real is a generation after generation of elite students passed, deep into the bone marrow. We now have a school motto, school ethos, but I would like to ask, four years after graduation, how many people can remember a word of their schools motto? In the four years of undergraduate study, how many people use the motto as a police word to ask their own behavior and learning? The spirit of a school, or the motto, are the educational pioneers of a step-by-step exploration and find, we should have a deeper and more practical understanding of the motto.

Finally, the goal of cultivating students in American private universities. "The existence of these top universities is to nurture elites in all fields, not to cultivate high-income practitioners." "It is not easy to talk about the" dislike "of Asian students in American universities: it is more difficult for Asian students to apply to American universities than other students. One reason for this is that the families of Asian students do not donate to schools, and as private schools must rely on outside funding to run schools, another reason, I think, is that the pursuit of Asian students is too shortsighted and selfish. How can Asian-American students who are most famous in the world to have a high-income and stable job after graduation, or for uphold, are incompatible with the goal of cultivating students in a prestigious university, and how to persuade top universities to accept them? As the book says: "If you look at the long-term, Asians should take the initiative to do something, slowly changing the American famous university enrollment unfair phenomenon." ”

Still want to express my deep envy, envy these top university students have a free world, can do their own things of interest. However, those students who can apply to these universities, themselves in high school is very good, not only academic performance, but also a comprehensive expertise (or one or two aspects of expertise). Most importantly, they must have a strong self-control and a constant learning momentum for learning. I have no other people so strong ability, and will not complain about the current life. Read an article before, the title is "The Hand of the star, at least not dirty." I envy their life, but also want to live their life, so their learning and spirit as the goal of their study and life, even if they do not reach their height, will be much better than the present.

"The road of the University" (2)