Everyone says that famous schools are good, but few people go into what is good about them. In this article, Liu Yu, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science in Tsinghua University, tells us something special about Harvard University with her experience.

After graduating from Columbia University, as soon as Liu Yu came to Harvard University, her feelings about Niu School disappeared. There, she realized that Harvard University can become a world-class university, not only because it has the most advanced equipment and the best professors, but also because it contains rich humanistic spirit.

Harvard's humanistic spirit is most concentrated in its "core curriculum". Starting from these courses, Liu Yu revealed the essence of university spirit, that is, not to make us abstruse, but to restore the innocence of human beings.

This article is taken from the book Give You a Bullet.

This article is about 3258 words, and it takes about 6 minutes to read the full text.

I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard for a year, and I basically had no other tasks except collecting money. In order not to stay at home all day and count the thin stack of money over and over again, I decided to take some classes.

That day, I went to the school where I worked and expressed my intention to the secretary of the office. What she said is very simple, no problem, as long as the professor agrees.

I asked, is there a list of social science courses? Let me see what courses are available. I imagined a few pages when I asked, and I could stand there and turn them over. As a result, the weak female secretary suddenly pulled out a monster and handed it to me. I reached for it and almost dislocated my arm on the spot because I was overwhelmed.

You see, on the cover of this 1000 page gadget, a few lines are printed impressively:

Teaching course in 2006-2007 (teaching course in 2006-2007)

Harvard University School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard University School of Arts and Sciences)

Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

In other words, Harvard listed more than 65,438+0,000 pages in one breath, just to briefly introduce (generally 3-5 lines) the curriculum and courses of undergraduate and liberal arts colleges. I estimate that if we make a list of all Harvard courses, we will have to go around the equator for a week or two.

I used to take classes at Columbia University and felt that I had seen the world. Now, holding this behemoth, I have a sad feeling. King Jinlun suddenly came to Xiao Feng and Lu Yu, and the school sense established in the past six years immediately turned into pieces of flying debris, drifting with the wind.

Take it back to your office and study it carefully. Like a hungry man, he took a menu full of all kinds of delicious food, swallowed and continued reading. At the end of the reading, it was the feeling that the heroine met the hero in The Bridges of Madison County. The quiet marriage with my husband before doesn't count. It's really great.