Because of a sentence said on the Internet two years ago, what did it feel like to let you fall from heaven to hell instantly? Kyle, this year 18 years old? Kyle Kashof is a conservative high flyers. As a survivor of the 20 18 Florida campus shooting, he worked on the proposal of campus safety. He met with US President Donald Trump and successfully promoted federal legislation to improve campus safety without lifting gun control. Currently, he has 300,000 followers on Twitter.
Kyle's excellent grades and excellent grades (weighted GPA 5.345, SAT score 1550) quickly won the favor of famous schools and were admitted to Harvard University as a freshman this year in advance. He seems to have a bright future, but in May this year, he received a notice from Harvard University to "revoke" his admission qualification, because his past private chat news was exposed, and racist remarks appeared, belittling blacks and women.
20 16 online speech discriminates against blacks and denigrates women.
On 20 16, Kyle talks with friends in an unmonitored Gooe file. He used the word n repeatedly, boasting that "I am really good at playing ni**er, just like playing uhhhhhh". In another conversation, he sneered at a female classmate, "If you want to leave, just leave Ni * * erjocks".
Organize the timeline, 20 16, Kyle made inappropriate remarks; 20 18, became a survivor of the school shooting; 2065438+May 2009, racist remarks were dug up and Harvard revoked its admission qualification; Kyle posted an apology on the Internet, thinking that the shooting incident had changed him. He claims that the online message two years ago can't represent him, and he can and will move towards a better self. From June 2065438 to June 2009, he published Harvard's revocation letter PO on the Internet, which caused an uproar between the left and right factions in the United States.
In 20 19, Harvard Admissions Committee voted to cancel the admission qualification. According to foreign media reports, Kyle wrote to Harvard University, saying, "I am deeply sorry for my remarks, but I can always do more to understand the struggle and pain of ethnic minorities in the United States and around the world." However, it seems useless. Harvard later refused to comment on the case, and mentioned in its revocation notice that Harvard believed that his "maturity and moral quality" had been affected. I hope everything goes well in your future study and development. 」
In fact, this is not the first time that Harvard has cancelled its admission because of students' personal morality. In 20 17, Harvard University disqualified 10 students because they were all found in a Facebook group involving racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
Controversy: Should mistakes made by 16 years old be investigated? Conservatives believe that Harvard infringes on students' privacy and freedom of speech, pursues political correctness excessively and allows no mistakes. This is screening students with too harsh standards and damaging academic freedom. A China doctor wrote, "As a parent, I think Harvard's actions are debatable. Who can make mistakes? Life is a process of making mistakes and correcting them. If you don't let your child try and make mistakes, it will actually isolate him from the possibility of maturity. 」
However, a girl studying in a British girls' school thinks that Harvard is right, and it is the right of the school to recruit any students. "If the admission criteria of a university are as objective as it claims, then they don't need and shouldn't be influenced by other factors, whether it's politics, reputation or social trends. Harvard says they are looking for people who can change the world, so high moral standards are necessary. 」
Female students said that in Britain, discrimination is "a mistake that cannot be made under any circumstances", and the problem of vulnerable groups is black and white. "I am from China. I can make fun of China people, but I must never make fun of blacks, Indians or Jews. Otherwise, it is racial discrimination." If a person 16 years old does not have this concept, it can only be said that his education is problematic. 」
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Conclusion: Good higher education pays attention to correct values and social responsibility. If you were Kyle, what would you do? Because there is no real-name registration system on the Internet, it is easy for people to relax on the Internet and say things that they are usually afraid to face others. Just because one sentence kills other efforts, you can feel resentment, and you can also learn a valuable lesson: what you say (what you type) cannot be recycled like spilled water.
The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, but private remarks may reveal your inner values. Even if the society is a gray area, how can we promote the further progress of society if we don't draw a clear line between black and white in details? How to educate the next generation about the importance of mutual respect? Kyle's own experience is very good. If he can correct his mistakes, he can try to apply for admission again next year.
On the other hand, Taiwan Province Province: The boundary between freedom of speech and online speech is actually that because the United States has many races and nationalities, it is obviously more urgent to pursue political correctness, and there may be a daze. For example, many white people will automatically avoid black people, but they are afraid that they will say something casual and cause unnecessary disputes. Racial discrimination in Taiwan Province Province may be relatively mild, but there are also many anonymous attacks on the Internet.
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In Taiwan Province Province, the democratic environment allows us to enjoy freedom of speech, but cyber bullying incidents occur frequently. A while ago, because of different political positions, a female student of 18 was searched by netizens, so that she could not bear to leave a message and even threatened her family's life. What needs to be reviewed is not the freedom of speech, but the lack of empathy and emotional management of the people. In order to avoid "irrational speech" attacking others unscrupulously, teachers should pay more attention to the cultivation of character education in addition to clear and powerful legal norms.