First, there are many forums held by Harvard University. Some people can come in and out at will, but out of courtesy, you must be very quiet; Others are very strict, and you need to go through online registration and other procedures to get tickets. Admission tickets are strictly forbidden to be transferred. You need to show your Harvard ID at the same time, and close the entrance channel 5 to 15 minutes in advance. No cell phone, etc. Once the phone rings, you will be asked to leave the meeting. Forums are generally in two forms: one is to invite a group of authoritative experts to comment on current events, and the other is to give speeches by celebrities. At the end of the forum, participants are free to ask experts or speakers who are present about their concerns.
Second, Harvard students attach great importance to communication, which can be divided into formal communication and leisure communication. Formal communication, such as orientation for freshmen, aims to make you familiar with the environment as soon as possible. In the first month after I reported for duty, all people, big or small, participated in no less than five orientation activities. It's really rewarding every time. My American friend Matt, who helped me the most in American English, met me in a positioning activity. Leisure communication is like happy hour. Every Thursday at 5: 30 pm, our colleagues in the research group will chat at the reserved bar according to the arrangement. At this time, everyone will think of ways to come, because in Harvard, the accumulation of contacts is as important as academic accumulation, and communication can also spark innovation in generate. In addition to some fixed-time communication, there are often three or five groups of people discussing problems in open-air tables and chairs and cafes on campus.
Finally, it is hard to avoid feeling that every university in China is more magnificent than the main entrance, with beautiful buildings, vast school area and beautiful school scenery. In fact, these are not the real connotation of a school, and they should not be the weights for schools to compare with each other. Whether a school really wins the respect of the society and the world depends on whether they have trained outstanding talents for the society, brought progress to the development of the society, and let other people in the society share the fruits of higher education. Harvard is undoubtedly one of them. In its 300-year history, there have been six American presidents, 32 Nobel Prize winners and countless leaders in various fields. These have nothing to do with whether their doors are beautiful, but whether their doors are open.