A few years ago, when Li Ka-shing's son, Li Zekai, was the chairman of Ho Ying Digital Group, a listed company, he was asked by Hong Kong investors whether he graduated from Stanford University. Later, his honest attitude on this issue was questioned by American investors and he wanted to discuss it through judicial means.
Later, Yang Yi, director of the Institute of Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese mainland, and other doctoral supervisors studied for their own doctoral degrees. A new scene in academia? It also caused a heated discussion. Actually, relevant? Education and academic ability? In name only? The debate about this relationship has never stopped.
The results of the above two old news discussions have their own experts and time to draw conclusions. This discussion is reminiscent of the past: at that time, textual research experts at home and abroad spent a lot of time discussing the great scholar Hu Shi for almost the same reason. Philosophical knowledge? The authenticity of the title. Now mention it, look back, maybe how to treat it? Education and academic ability? In name only? There will be some enlightenment.
According to people who studied in the United States in their early years, China students studying in the United States tend to choose famous professors. Most famous professors are the pinnacle of their major. So-called? Great teachers make great apprentices? It sounds good and famous in the future. And big-name professors are often very busy, so they are not too picky about students' papers. It's killing two birds with one stone.
Experienced people say that those years were indeed like this. Those famous American professors are famous and busy with their studies, and many students are here, so they don't care much about their academic guidance. Imagine that there are so many middle school students in the professor's camp, how can they have time to read each student's paper carefully before giving him advice? Therefore, professors are often indifferent to students' passing scores. So in the United States, graduate students under the guidance of big professors are in the degree examination room. Casualties such as hemp, three exams finished, autumn wind in Xiao Sa? , is very sad.
But this still can't stop the pace of ordinary graduate students. Hu Shi, who is studying at Columbia University, is one of the people who like to curry favor with big professors. The tutor he chose was Dewey, a famous master of pragmatic philosophy.
Hu Shi has obtained many doctorates in his life, so he should be a first-class student without any difficulties. Actually, it is not. Hu Shi? It was Xuan Tong who won the boxer indemnity Scholarship and studied in the United States for two years.
When Mr. Hu Shi was studying in the United States, he actually met him in his professional study from the beginning. Big trouble? . Because American agricultural colleges are tuition-free, Hu Shi chose to study agronomy in consideration of his family conditions, which can save tuition as living expenses and help his family. Therefore, Hu Shi entered the Department of Agriculture of Cornell University in new york when he came to study in the United States for the first time. It is necessary for agricultural colleges to practice farming, including washing horses, hitching cars, driving and going to the fields.
Hu Shi began to be interested in this, but when he learned to classify apples, Hu Shi felt very headache. Students from other farmers' families can classify more than 30 kinds of apples in twenty or thirty minutes.
But it took Mr. Hu Shi two and a half hours, but he could only distinguish twenty kinds. As a result, he knew that he was not cut out to study agriculture, and he was forced to study history and literature before he became famous.
At that time, the doctoral examination of Columbia University in the United States was different from that of China University now. Columbia University had to complete the required credits, then take the written test, oral test and foreign language test, and pass all the courses? Doctor candidate? In this way, you can choose a topic to write your doctoral thesis.
After the newspaper, another one? Threshold oral test? (Oral defense). After the oral exam, do I have to pass the doctoral exam? Three pillars? Only when the thesis passes minor repairs, passes or fails major repairs, and finally, the doctoral thesis is written and handed in to the school 100 volumes, can it be considered as a formal degree. Therefore, it will take at least one and a half years in its long process. At that time, some international students in the United States didn't care which one they took. Column? I haven't even taken the exam yet. If I return home, will I accept it? Doctor? Pretend to be. Have a plenty? Doctor? It's not unusual for a title to be used for one and a half years, or three to five years, or even ten years, or even a lifetime.
Hu Shi didn't get it until ten years later when he was studying at Columbia University. Philosophical knowledge? Title. So when someone questioned Hu Shi? Bo Tu? What's the topic? Use first? Ten years!
According to Hu Shi's own diary published by 1936, he said: What? 1965438+Did you take the doctoral graduation exam in May 2007? And it's useless? Pass? Two words. People later learned that Hu actually encountered difficulties in the two-column exam. Is he in 19 17? Oral exam? What happened in the world is slightly similar to what happened later? Two pillars? Difficulties.
So how do we evaluate Hu Shi's failure in the exam that year? Today, people can have two versions of this statement: first, from the traditional common sense, failing in the exam is a student's academic failure, and students should be excellent? Back to the furnace? It is.
However, according to the level of Dr. Hu Shi's thesis, perhaps people today can still comment like this. What is Dr. Hu's thesis? Play the lute to a cow? By six examiners? Big straw bag? Ruined, because it is Hu Shi's paper that will be expanded into a monograph of Outline of China's Philosophy History in the future, and it is considered as a book that links the past with the future and illuminates the world.
Listening to Hu Shi? Playing the piano, right? Sitting bull? Among them is the famous Dewey. Two years later, America? Big professor? When Mr Dewey came to China to give lectures, he found that he had been Hu Shi's mentor. He was very proud: great teachers brought out the best in each other. Of course. Teacher Du? Is there a way to get it to Columbia University? Be careful? Can the judges of doctoral thesis review change their course after hearing the news?
In fact, the uncertainty between academic qualifications and academic ability is an equal sign connection, and there are many such examples. Chen Yinque, whose knowledge is respected, has traveled all over Europe and America for many years. But from the perspective of modern people, he didn't have a decent diploma, but he never wanted to be as smart as Fang Hung-chien described by Qian Zhongshu. Clayton University? A copy of the doctoral degree? Diplomatic victory? .
In the future, Chen Yinque's nephew once questioned and asked him why. Mr. Chen answered yes? Don't want to be tied down by a topic in two or three years, so you won't have time to learn other knowledge? . How do you evaluate this answer now?
Today, we often review? May 4th Movement? New culture movement. Then why don't you talk about that year again? May 4th Movement? Mr. Chen Duxiu, an important representative of the New Culture Movement and a senior liberal arts student at Peking University, did not have a degree in modern education, but also engaged in the old-fashioned imperial examination? Planning a scholar? Former? Eight-legged scholar? .
However, this does not affect his ability to work in the far-reaching May 4th Movement? Play an important role in the new culture movement. His teaching work at Peking University at that time was also recognized by everyone. To sum up, it may be said that education is the goal of the learning stage, and the pursuit of academic ability should run through our life.