Tsinghua, an old school rule 90 years ago, can be summed up in one sentence: "You can't swim, you can't graduate". This has undoubtedly caused many people's doubts and controversies. The biggest question is whether it is appropriate to link swimming as a skill with whether college students can graduate. The significance of restoring the old school rules is actually very simple, that is, although this school rule is "old", we didn't know why it was abolished 90 years ago, but at present, it is really valuable and meaningful, and it is helpful and beneficial to the physical and mental growth of college students.

The biggest controversy among netizens about this school rule is whether it is reasonable to link swimming skills with graduation. First of all, it should be clear that although the school rules say "no swimming, no graduation", this school rule is not uniform for all students, but stipulates "exceptions in special circumstances". The special situation here mainly refers to the fact that some students are physically disabled and are really not suitable for learning to swim. This also reflects the flexibility and humanization of the school rules, which is worthy of recognition.

Then, for college students who are healthy and objectively have no swimming obstacles, the school rule of "can't swim and can't graduate" is more meaningful than controversy in any way. First, swimming, as an effective exercise method, can help college students improve their physical fitness and enhance their physical fitness in the future. A few days ago, a piece of news "Why Don't Good Times Keep Weak Children" aroused great public concern, saying that teenagers' physique is getting worse and worse because of lack of physical exercise. Tsinghua University's school rules that "you can't swim and you can't graduate" can be regarded as a kind of compensation and correction for "raising weak children in good times".

Secondly, swimming, as a skill, can help yourself and others under some special circumstances, and even save your own or others' lives. There is an old saying in China that "many skills don't weigh you down", which means that the more skills a person has, it will be of great benefit to make a living, develop, cope with emergencies and tide over immediate difficulties in times of crisis. As a skill, swimming can also save lives when you or others drown. As a college student, there is no reason not to master it. As some college students said, the cost of swimming training courses in society is very high now, but you can participate in swimming training for free in universities. Why not?

Third, although "you can't graduate without swimming" is a link between swimming and graduation, as long as you really learn it, not to mention four years, three or four days, or three or four weeks at most, you are proficient in swimming skills. There is no such thing as "you can't graduate without swimming". If someone can't graduate because of swimming problems, it's not "you can't learn" but "you don't learn".

"Can't swim and can't graduate" is a kind of quality education in the final analysis, and it is a kind of "make-up class" for those students who can't do anything but nothing under the examination-oriented education in primary and secondary schools. It is necessary for other universities in China to learn from it.