A university should complete its mission with its rich collection of books, heavy accumulation of literature and history and academic atmosphere of free thinking, that is, enrich college students' thoughts from professional knowledge and social encyclopedia, improve their comprehensive quality, and enable college students who leave campus for society four years later to think more deeply about society and understand life at a new height. However, the increasingly fierce social competition, employment pressure, professional mismatch and many other problems plague college students, and the campus is often filled with the impetuous taste of utilitarianism. The problem of "what to read" put forward in the book "What to read" has once again entered the educational field of vision, which has aroused strong voices from students, teachers, parents and other sectors of society, and also gave people thinking and enlightenment. The purpose of going to college should not be just to be qualified for an ideal job after graduation, because after leaving school, you will face not only a job, but the whole complex society. Generally speaking, college students are still the intellectual elite of our country. If this group of people are collectively submerged in superficial, impetuous and vulgar interests, who will think about deeper and more macro issues? According to expert analysis, the university studies the orientation of knowledge and value, and the author's point of view is basically clear in the first section of the book. He is against learning only professional skills, which I quite agree with. However, we should also see that many college students have not learned the basic knowledge of their major well after four years of study, so the importance of professional knowledge (including professional skills) must also be emphasized. Two years ago, I read a letter from a university teacher to his classmates on the Internet. He said that your most serious problem now is not that you can't think independently, but that many people don't even pay attention to the basic knowledge, have always opposed rote learning, and have always kept an active atmosphere and played freely. Actually, they don't even have the most basic knowledge. My teaching career tells me that this teacher is telling the truth. Therefore, it is "a cliche" for universities to learn professional knowledge first, but it will not make students suffer, and it is also the most fundamental bottom line for teachers to perform their duties. You can imagine how embarrassed it would be for an undergraduate student in China to be a teacher, if even writing a letter was found to be wrong in useful words and format-of course, nowadays students often don't care. This book uses more space to talk about major choice, learning process, career choice and so on. I think this is necessary and of great practical significance to college students, so it is welcomed by many college students. But I still have a lingering fear: as a college student, the most basic thing is the enthusiasm for knowledge and the spirit of studying hard. To tell the truth, too many college students really don't have the spirit of consciously studying hard. Generally, serious teachers who arrange closed-book exams, pay attention to attendance, arrange countless academic reference books, and seriously investigate plagiarism and cheating will feel very unhappy. Some people say that students, as consumers, have the right to ask schools to meet their needs. According to the logic of the market, this is right. For example, if a student doesn't like attending classes (which is very common), he can go to cut class, just like a customer who pays the bill in a restaurant can leave without eating. However, a university cannot be a market, but a place to train people; The so-called cultivation includes the basic requirements of human nature to fight laziness, greed, laziness and hate work. It is also said that if the teacher doesn't speak well, the students will lose interest. So some "star teachers" are sought after by students in universities. They are good at telling stories, acting and pleasing students. I remember reading Zhang Zhongxing's "Ungrateful Words" that year. He said that many scholars and famous teachers in Peking University were not good at rhetoric in class, and even many people bowed their heads and read textbooks according to the script, but the students' interest remained undiminished, as long as they knew that this gentleman was really talented. Interestingly, when I was in college, I should have known that I wouldn't go to the theater or the concert. I should have known that teachers are not actors and should not please the audience. Now under many fashionable rhetoric (such as interaction, atmosphere, appeal, etc. ), ask the teacher to put on airs and be humorous. In fact, the problem is very simple: learning knowledge is basically difficult to relax and enjoy, and the three most basic aspects of understanding, memory and thinking are inseparable from hard work. Therefore, going to college must be very hard. The author also talked about the necessity of non-utilitarian concern, deep thinking and concern for reality in universities, and I totally agree with him. What can be added is that we should clearly tell college students that in the current transition period of our country and society, studying in universities is to learn the outstanding achievements of human political civilization and cultivate values such as democracy, constitutionalism, freedom and justice. Going to college is to leap forward in thinking, to draw a clear line with all autocratic and evil thoughts and systems, with all the national characteristics of flattering slaves, and with all the despicable mentality of fawning on the powerful and bullying the poor and weak; After college, no matter what kind of work you are engaged in and what kind of situation you are in, you should know how to safeguard human dignity in the face of power and atrocities. Unfortunately, the campus is full of utilitarian mentality. Too many college students swear for the so-called future without real faith. Too many college students only remember the word "success" and throw justice, shame and people's suffering into Java. Therefore, college students should not only learn knowledge, but also learn to stand firm-the stand of freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. Don't say that these are old-fashioned enlightenment ideas, and there is no need to keep pace with the times on these basic issues. It's great to be able to do this.