The so-called freedom in universities is relative to the middle school stage. Middle school students focus on their academic performance, with parents watching at home and teachers watching at school. Of course, there is no freedom in such a life. When I arrived at the university, my parents felt that they were too lazy to take care of themselves as adults, and their parents were beyond the reach of people whip, who went out to study in universities across provinces and cities. Although there are counselors in universities, compared with middle school teachers, as long as you are not out of line and nobody cares about you, how can you enjoy such freedom in middle school?
Of course, the price of freedom is that you should learn to be independent. First of all, learn to live independently, learn to take care of your own diet, at least learn to buy food in the canteen and wash clothes in the laundry room. In addition, you should learn to manage your own "finances" during college. Parents may give you living expenses once a month or once a semester, which varies from person to person. However, regardless of family conditions, students have a small amount of money at their disposal, and buying books or other things is up to them, which may lead to "living beyond their means". Then how to make rational use of this small property has become a part of learning independence. This "independence" of universities is actually the cultivation of self-management and self-growth ability.
The purpose of university study is to cultivate students' extensive knowledge and stimulate their lasting interest in learning. The society often laments that middle school students in China have the strongest learning ability. They can learn at eleven or twelve in the evening and get up at five in the morning to recite words. I can go to college, but someone will be late for class at 8 o'clock. Is secondary school too hard, killing students' enthusiasm for learning? There is some truth in this statement. However, the more convincing reason may be that the pressure of studying in universities has decreased, and no one is rushing.
College students are generally free to choose their own majors, and they also have some freedom in choosing what courses. But it goes without saying that the curriculum system we set according to the needs of the subject cannot guarantee that every student is interested. Coupled with the differences in teachers' teaching experience and methods, students who don't like to attend classes will naturally be late or even skip classes on purpose, which should be the proper meaning of free life in universities. However, as a teacher, students are advised to attend classes as much as possible. Don't use Bill Gates' dropping out of Harvard to show that it's no big deal to skip classes, and don't say that it's okay or useless to go to college, because Gates' success can't be copied. Solid professional knowledge is the foundation of future life, and developing and maintaining study habits and abilities is also a necessary condition for a wonderful life, which is the freedom of the university.
Learning to be independent in college is not only to deal with all kinds of problems in life independently, but also to learn to think independently and cultivate the ability of critical thinking. The study habit formed in middle school is to find out the standard answer through the examination of multiple-choice questions and short-answer questions. An effective way to deal with this evaluation model is to memorize. However, many things in the world, including many problems in the professional field, are not either-or, and experts and scholars have only one view. Therefore, for college students, the most important thing is to learn to think independently, learn to synthesize various factors for rigorous reasoning and analysis, and seek solutions to problems. This independent critical thinking ability is particularly important in today's network age with complicated information.
Universities should also cultivate the ability to cooperate with others. The division of labor in modern society is extremely detailed, and the fields that everyone can study intensively may be very fine, but the coverage may be very narrow, and it is difficult to complete it independently without cooperation with others. Dormitory life, class life and university life are the best places to exercise teamwork spirit. In such a collective life, everyone can keep his own personality, but he can't do whatever he wants.
In the collective life of university dormitory, some students are neat, some students are sloppy, do not pay attention to hygiene, and will litter casually; Some students like to stay up late reading and watching plays, and some students have the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. If this relationship between students is not handled well, everyone will have a knot in one's heart, and even a vicious incident will occur because of disagreement in life. Therefore, casualness is a taboo in college life. In the collective, we need to adapt to each other's living habits, even accommodate. I hope that the four-year harvest is an unforgettable friendship with my roommates, rather than turning a staged temporary combination into an enemy that I will never see for a lifetime.
How to live in a university depends on everyone's attitude and choice. Are we ready?