Reflections on the road to university

After tasting a book, I believe everyone has gained a lot of knowledge. At this time, it is necessary to make a good record and write down your thoughts after reading. Maybe you have no idea now. The following are my thoughts on the road to university. Welcome to read the collection.

On May 24th, in the house of the book club, facing the sea and bathed in the warm spring breeze, Wu Jun's university road was read as beautiful.

This sharing begins with the speech of special guest Melissa. She is a veritable "cow mother". The reason why she is called "Niu" is not only because her boss Bill has successfully "climbed the vine" and is about to graduate to start his next wonderful life at Google; Moreover, she and her son had an unusual experience-with the help of her brother, her mother gave birth to her younger brother at home. This makes their whole family have very close ties and fetters.

Melissa's answer to the question of how to cultivate children's sense of responsibility from an early age is both unexpected and reasonable. When the son was young, the couple had to leave the child alone in a boarding school in China for half a year because of their busy work and the critical period of immigration. Although we have to make such a determination, it must be out of full trust in our son. The strength of the son also proves that the trust of parents is correct and worthwhile.

Melissa mentioned that her son is excellent in many aspects, especially math. But what impressed me was not only his outstanding personal achievements in the competition, but also his generous sharing of his competition experience with his younger brothers and sisters after the competition, which led the school team to achieve even more impressive results. In his limited spare time, he taught the badminton skills he learned from private classes to other students and "managed" his own badminton club. His generosity, selfless dedication and ambition to lead the team to make more changes and progress have made this child stronger and brighter.

Take Melissa's son as an example. If we look back at Wu Jun's book The Meaning of University (Volume 1, Chapter 1), we can understand why top universities prefer children like Bill.

Wu Jun wrote: Traditionally, "the purpose of university education is only to cultivate people of insight, not to teach people how to make a living"; At that time, college students, as the elite of society, not only needed knowledge and culture, but also needed to understand society and history, and had a sense of social responsibility and dedication. At the same time, they need the ability to manage society and cope with various complex situations. In addition, "another purpose of university education is to gain conscience". Wu Jun believes that the "elites" that universities need to cultivate are not "successful people" in the secular sense, but "all kinds of people who push this society forward". Bill's example just confirms this value.

For the practical problem of "how to apply for a university", the author analyzes the process of university admission and some "unfair phenomena" in detail in chapter 6, and puts forward some suggestions especially for Asians. After fully understanding the concepts and values of British and American universities, I can also partially understand the reasons why the author puts forward that "Asians are discriminated against in admission". In addition to political factors, the "exquisite egoism" of "only using without paying" in economic and social responsibilities is probably an important reason.

In the middle school stage, China children need to broaden their horizons in addition to studying hard, and applying for majors is not limited to the current hot subjects; Starting from children's characteristics and specialties, we should expand the scope of activities and strive to cultivate social responsibility and positive leadership. In the preparation of application materials, there is no need to pursue "being tall", actually tap your own bright spot, and tell "a little thing" well, which will have better results.

The above are some feelings of participating in reading sharing and reading. Although there is still a long way to go to return to my own situation, at least I have cleared up some ideas on the issue of "entering a higher school" and my mind is no longer confused. Looking down at my little daughter at home, I prefer to talk to her at close range and try to find the bright spot in her personality. I hope that after many years, she can set foot on her own "university road" somewhere in the world, show off her youth, become the person she wants to be, and be a more useful person to society.