Reflections on University Graduation Ceremony (I)
It is another graduation season, and this time of year is a sad time. It takes a long time to get out of campus and become a member of society, and it takes a long time to change from a student to an office worker. I have been working for almost three years now, and occasionally I miss college life. Recently, the graduation speech of Zou Zhendong, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of Xiamen University, became popular on the Internet. Professor Zou sent these students off campus with a humorous and grounded speech. I watched the video and was deeply moved by his speech.
When you step out of the campus, you will be tempted by many things, and gradually we will lose the dream we had in college.
In the university, 99 out of 100 people are looking up at the sky, and very few people are looking down at the ground. This man is an outstanding man. Once after graduating from school, 99 people looked down at the ground. On the one hand, the competition is fierce, on the other hand, there are many temptations. You will know after two slaps. In the face of reality, it is very rare for a person to look up at the sky. He is not a madman, but an outstanding man.
Teacher Zou's words are telling us that there are dreams and visions for the future in the ivory tower of the university, and there is no real pressure without knowing the suffering of survival. But one man foresaw the reality, and he saw it. He is an outstanding man. After becoming a society, in the face of increasing competitive pressure and temptation, we have forgotten our dreams, and we have to learn to face reality, learn to compromise with reality and give up our dreams. As long as a person continues to pursue his dreams without forgetting his initial heart, he is an outstanding person If you want to be an excellent person, you must not forget your dreams, and at the same time learn to bear the pressure of reality and realize your dreams step by step. If you look up at the sky, even if you are lonely and criticized, as long as you can look up, you are an outstanding person.
If you have been cautious a hundred times in your life, you should be angry once; You have been a slut a hundred times in your life, and you should love it seriously once; A hundred times in my life, I want to run with the bull without crossing the finish line.
This sentence is still fresh in my memory. We are born in a society, and all kinds of temptations will force us to make concessions. But we give in a hundred times, and only once we don't compromise can we live up to our hearts. University gives us not only knowledge, but also a belief and a spirit. This spirit is the critical spirit. Don't be superstitious, don't blindly follow, don't worship anything, never be satisfied with the status quo, always transform the world, and always embrace the beauty in the world.
This spirit should accompany us all our lives, make us full of hope for life, full of confidence in the future, persistent and firm in our dreams, and make us have immortal souls.
Even though I have been out of school for so long, I will still miss myself and the future I dreamed of in college. In the face of social pressure, I will still compromise, but blindly compromising will actually bring me incompetence.
Professor Zou's words are not only warning college students who are about to graduate, but also warning us who are born in society now. Don't blindly follow, don't be superstitious, don't go with the flow, don't secretly degenerate, no matter how heavy the pressure of life is and how cruel the reality is, we should stick to our initial intentions and look forward to a better tomorrow.
Just like Professor Zou's last sentence, laugh at the sky and go out, don't regret it, don't hesitate.
Reflections on the University Graduation Ceremony (Ⅱ)
There are always many things worth remembering in the annual graduation season. At the graduation ceremony of HKU, there were many unforgettable moments worth recording by Hong Kong students.
According to media reports, two universities in the mainland? Show? Its graduation ceremony. Zhao Dewu, president of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, awarded degrees to nearly 6,000 graduates for three consecutive days, but the graduates of Shenzhen University were not convinced, because the president of Shenzhen University not only personally awarded degrees to students, but also was awarded degrees by students? Strong kiss? . At the same time, the headmaster gave the students a poetic graduation wish. In fact, Huazhong University of Science and Technology once had an interesting story about awarding degrees. Uncle Gen's speech to students at the graduation ceremony last year spread all over the country.
The degree awarding ceremony in Hong Kong is different from that in the Mainland. There are three main characteristics: stronger official flavor, stronger sense of ceremony and respect for learning. For a graduate, the first thing to do is to borrow graduation clothes. Hong Kong's graduation clothes, especially those with doctoral degrees, are particularly exquisite, and clothes are often composed of multiple layers, with particularly fine workmanship.
Just like weddings, there will be bands playing folk songs in Ireland and other places. Most of the teachers attending the degree ceremony entered the venue wearing the clothes they graduated in that year, so people can see the distinctive clothes of various schools (for example, the clothes of Harvard University and Stanford University are more special). The arrangement for awarding doctoral graduates is quite special. The academic circles in Hong Kong believe that doctoral graduates have reached a certain level in academic qualifications, so doctoral graduates enter as department professors. When doctoral graduates and professors enter the meeting place, all the people present should stand up. Generally speaking, there are only ten graduates in a department every year, so it is most special for these graduates to enter the formal degree awarding ceremony under the attention of hundreds of people in the audience. At this time, the ceremony of pulling out the ear and bowing is well done. The dean of the college will speak and greet the graduates. After the doctor's degree awarding ceremony, the awarding speed entered the fast lane, and the ceremony became simple, but the dean and the student union shook hands and bowed. For students with excellent academic performance, the host will highlight their academic performance, and the applause of the audience will often be greater.
The officiating persons of the University of Hong Kong are all local celebrities. The honorary doctorate conferred by City University of Hong Kong is presided over by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and the general degree conferred by City University is presided over by Leung Chun-ying, the convener of the Hong Kong Executive Council. Therefore, the role of the president of the University of Hong Kong in the degree conferring ceremony can hardly be compared with that of some mainland presidents. The president can't perform all kinds of plays? Performing? .
In addition to the various ceremonies at the scene, the most touching thing is often the speech of the student representatives. The author's degree awarding book was sent by an undergraduate in our department. This graduate is quite fluent in English. In the course of his speech, he suddenly broke the script and asked all graduates to pay tribute to their parents, pushing the mood of the audience to a high point.
The ceremony did not end there. Degree conferring ceremonies at universities in Hong Kong are held by departments. So the department will also prepare cakes for graduates. Graduates here can not only share their joy with classmates, but also take photos with teachers and relatives. Generally speaking, the most important professors in the department will be present to take photos with the graduates. Graduates will also invite some teachers with good relationships to take photos together. These albums will often become part of the advertisement for the department's next enrollment.
In order to encourage students in their departments to make greater achievements in their studies, many departments also send their doctoral theses to the graduate office. Therefore, junior graduate students can see the works of previous graduates even if they have never seen graduates. This kind of academic exchange is the most cherished among universities in Hong Kong.
Through this graduation ceremony, many people who study in Hong Kong will never forget the graduation ceremony of HKU. This ceremony not only represents the end of an experience, but also indicates a brand-new beginning.
Reflections on the University Graduation Ceremony (Ⅲ)
With great excitement, I attended the 12th grand graduation ceremony of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which was held in the Hong Kong Gymnasium on February 0, 201165438. Looking back on my study and life in Zhejiang University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University International Enterprise Training Center in the past two years, it is really unforgettable. PolyU's concept of talent cultivation is to cultivate a large number of applied talents with a wide range of knowledge, which has an excellent demonstration role for universities in Chinese mainland. PolyU teachers' teaching methods, grading standards and evaluation system of students' performance are very close to those of European and American universities, which is worth learning in domestic universities. During the two-year study in the center, we learned knowledge that other schools in China can't learn, especially the knowledge of quality management. With the comprehensive edification of systematic theoretical knowledge and applied knowledge, our knowledge structure has been completely updated, so it is paid more attention to in the unit and has a bright future for personal career development.
Zhejiang University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University International Enterprise Training Center is the cradle for cultivating all kinds of enterprise elites in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The center is the most ideal platform for middle and senior managers with higher education and practical work experience to update their knowledge. A large number of PolyU award-winning students graduated from this center are playing an increasingly important role in their respective posts, making positive contributions to their enterprises and units, thus gradually realizing their own life values.
At PolyU, we have more opportunities to communicate with teachers face to face. PolyU teachers' profound knowledge and pragmatic teaching attitude left a deep impression on our students. This face-to-face communication with the teacher not only shows us the easygoing humor of the teacher outside of teaching, but also makes us turn the teacher-student relationship into good friends. The harmonious communication atmosphere at the scene encouraged timid students and teachers to speak freely. Especially in the improvement of learning and teaching, we put forward many practical and effective suggestions and methods based on our own experience. The deep warmth and sense of belonging to PolyU strongly infected each of our students.
What impressed me most at this graduation ceremony was President Pan Zongguang's words. I hope you can be open-minded and accommodate different opinions. Never be self-righteous and pretend to be authoritative, which will stifle the innovation of yourself and others. Confucianism advocates? Gentleman is harmonious but different? It is worthy of our repeated thinking. Only by reaching this state can we respect and tolerate each other and seek knowledge through dialectics. Isn't this an important element in the process of building a harmonious society in Hong Kong today? What wise words! President Pan warned us not only to have good professional knowledge, but also to have good social knowledge. Only under the guidance of the correct philosophy of life can we truly become people who are beneficial to society. As graduates of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, should we continue to carry forward the Hong Kong Polytechnic University? Enlighten learning and benefit the people? Spirit, make our due contribution to the prosperity of the motherland.