Many universities in China, especially famous universities, have always been divided by boundaries, with high walls and high security. Although the environment is relaxed now, admission to these universities will still be checked from time to time or even rejected. However, when I entered the famous University of Sydney, I could neither see the tangible wall as a prison nor the invisible wall built between people.
Naked on campus and in the classroom? Chicheng?
The University of Sydney, like its famous sandstone buildings, is exposed everywhere? Chicheng? . The author walked straight into the castle-like campus without any questioning or obstruction, and without any cover-up or affectation, everything was exposed to tourists. During this period, whether you walk into the museum on campus, watch and study many precious cultural relics and world-class treasures in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome for a long time, or climb a floor at will and walk straight into any venue and classroom, you will be met with a smile instead of interrogation.
In a ladder classroom equipped with top audio-visual equipment, the author sat down, picked up a brush and carefully described the layout of the ladder classroom: the entrance is a wide passage, the top audio-visual equipment and screen are in the middle of the inner wall, the teacher's seat and podium are below, and there are three rows of ladder tables and chairs on both sides. This layout will broaden the teacher's vision when giving lectures, and students will easily avoid the teacher's disciplined and aggressive eyes when attending lectures, so teachers and students will be more relaxed and calm when teaching. In the process of painting, someone who looks like a teacher came in, saw the author smile shyly, and then quietly quit, which made people feel respected.
The library doesn't need any formalities to borrow books.
The display window between the corridors of a teaching building attracted the author, so the author stopped to watch it carefully and read its motto? Heavy vertical change, eternal wisdom? . Since 1857, the school motto has been engraved on the school emblem, accompanied by generations of students who have gone through the history of 150 years. The school motto embodies the ideal that the University of Sydney has always adhered to the traditional British university. No matter how the history changes, the inheritance and creation of wisdom will never change.
At the same time, there are many books introduced in the window, and quite a few of them are China's books, especially those about Sun Yat-sen and Qian Xuesen, which can make people feel the students of Sydney University's broad reading horizons, sinking reading mentality, high reading attitude and persistent reading spirit. It is understood that the General Library of the University of Sydney has more than 5,654,380+books and a large number of Chinese social science works published in Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan Province provinces. You don't need to go through any formalities to borrow books from the library. People in the school can read and consult materials in the library, and books borrowed in one library can be returned in other libraries. The purpose of this practice is not only to create a free and extensive reading atmosphere, cultivate a free academic spirit and a sense of social responsibility, but more importantly, to open up university education resources.
What is the goal of the University of Sydney? Strict and responsible free academic spirit? ,? Personal moral demeanor of honesty, humility and mutual respect? , and is committed to making students? Understand and meet the need to constantly surpass yourself? . Michelle, President of the University of Sydney? Spencer especially encourages students to ask tricky questions, encourages them to further think about their own evidence and arguments, and demonstrates their abilities in the process of debate (defense). Spencer pointed out that students should not only prepare for the current social work needs, but also prepare for the jobs that may appear tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow. In the University of Sydney, students who are absorbed in their studies can be seen in libraries, classrooms, under the shade of trees, lawns and corridors between aisles. More than 200 student associations throughout the university make students' learning activities more colorful.
Sports and health traditions highlight the vitality of the school.
No matter where you walk on campus, it can make people feel refreshed and shine at the moment. Walking into a gymnasium, I saw the students wearing different sportswear, showing different sports states. Some are preparing for the upcoming exercise, some have just finished the exercise in a relaxed state, some are engaged in fierce sports confrontation, and so on. It is reported that the University of Sydney has a fine tradition of sports and health, and is a strong sports school in Australia with complete sports facilities on campus. There are 42 sports associations in the school, which are engaged in the organization and training of various sports. Each sports has its own school team and its own stars. Over the years, students from the University of Sydney have represented Australia in many world sports competitions, including the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games, and have achieved good results. In a coffee shop next to the gymnasium, there is a sports health magazine of the University of Sydney. Pick up a book at hand, which contains star introductions of various sports activities, such as long-distance running, volleyball and rugby, as well as the recent sports achievements of the school, including football, basketball, rugby and even the training of various sports.
In fact, the vitality of the University of Sydney is not limited to sports and health. Surrounded by ancient and modern times, it has developed into a diversified carrier in an all-round way. Every student can find his own room for growth here. Like speculation, you can find your opponent here; Like art, you can get a variety of artistic styles here; Like science, you will be led by the most advanced scientific theory and experimental technology here; Like the economy, you can find the best platform to implement your skills here; I like to create inventions, and I can give full play to my rich imagination here. This can be confirmed in many museums, laboratories, performance centers, art galleries and science museums.
In short, the University of Sydney is a truly all-round and world-class university, with many celebrities from linguists to debaters, artists to scientists, national dignitaries to Olympic athletes, economic celebrities to business tycoons, inventors to Nobel Prize winners. As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised: When I stepped into this campus, I realized that this is an unparalleled university. It not only inherits 150 years of historical civilization, but also is an institution for cultivating our future leaders. ?