An incident of "Huangshanmen" caused by getting lost in exploring Huangshan Mountain aroused netizens' doubts and condemnation of Fudan students, and also pushed Fudan, a century-old school, to the forefront of public opinion.
A week after the incident, I publicly commented on the Huangshan incident for the first time: "I hope everyone can learn from this incident. Be calm when things happen, and don't be indifferent when things happen. "
Zhang Ninghai, a 24-year-old policeman from Huangshan Hot Spring Police Station, fell off a cliff and died while escorting climbers out of danger. The Internet, the media and the public questioned that the team members were too indifferent to the sacrifice of the police, which also caused great repercussions in Fudan University. Most students were shocked and expressed their condolences.
Yang said: "I hope everyone can learn from the Huangshan incident. Be calm when things happen, but don't be indifferent when things happen. Indifference means that no matter how much it has to do with you personally, you have adopted a high-hanging attitude until you break through the socially recognized moral bottom line. People are not computers. People have emotions. People do everything with emotions, and all emotions must be above the moral bottom line of human society. But we should know that emotion is not emotion, but a true feeling similar to family friendship that should be possessed under the condition of mass morality. If you lose your emotions, you will cover up your true judgment with some seemingly rational attitudes and become an indifferent person. " Not satisfied with the reality of Fudan.
Yang said frankly: "I am not satisfied with the reality of Fudan. We have a fine tradition, which can be seen from Fudan in the 1950s and 1960s, and even in the 1930s and 40s. However, due to the background of the market tide, our spiritual level has declined. Over the years, it is an indisputable fact that our school, including teachers, leaders and students, has become more and more secular. Fudan University should have a spiritual transformation. Everyone should regard all kinds of social criticisms as dissatisfaction with the current situation of Fudan, and also regard these criticisms as greater expectations for our school. Speaking of spiritual cultivation, I want to say that real scholars should be morally innocent first, and university teachers and students should also make their thoughts' innocent' first. "
Yang said to himself, "We need to re-examine all kinds of activities in universities. I've been asking league students' unions, counselors, including clubs, to see their usual activities and consider what it means to train students. When we engage in various activities, it is very important to first examine what to train students. Don't instill an idea in students: try your best to be an official and speculate. If the election between students is the same as the election in society, it is a kind of harm to students. "
During the Huangshan Incident in Fudan, the Internet showed great power in spreading news and expressing netizens' dissatisfaction. Yang said, "The Internet is a modern tool. I don't judge good or bad. I regard it as a technology. Everyone knows that technology is a double-edged sword, such as nuclear energy. In the era of technicalism, the success rate is increasing. You engage in missiles, I engage in anti-missiles. It is purely technicalism, forgetting that the human world still has spirit and humanity. "
He appealed: "When using various technical means, please seriously consider the pros and cons. Only in this way will everyone become a person who will not mislead the society. " On September 7th, at the opening ceremony of Fudan University's Grade 20 12 undergraduates, President Yang delivered an important speech with the theme of "Revisiting the General Knowledge of the University". Emphasize that every college student should not ignore eternal common sense.
1. What is a university?
This seems to be a simple common sense question, but everyone's understanding is different, and many people will have some confused ideas. Here is a quote from Mr. Cai Yuanpei, who once said: "The purpose of a university is to teach profound knowledge, cultivate masters and talents, and meet the needs of the country." University "educators, the cause of cultivating personality, is only to instill knowledge and practical skills, not for ideals, but for mechanical education, not for people." This makes us soberly realize that universities are not simply "vocational training institutions", but places for cultivating talents, conducting scientific research and serving the social and cultural heritage and development.
So why do the students sitting here choose to go to college? Why did you choose Fudan? Many students will explain that it is natural to go to college as long as their own and family conditions permit, and it is a matter of course to report to Fudan if the college entrance examination results can meet the standards. Speaking of why so many parents and students think that if you want to find a good job and get good benefits, you must get a good diploma.
In fact, as early as the 1920s and 1930s, if you came to Fudan for promotion and wealth, you would be despised. Fudan University, built by our predecessors, is an outstanding institution, which provides us with good learning opportunities and creates a future for us.
Therefore, President Yang hereby reminds all college students not to regard the university as an institution selling certificates, but as an institution learning academic theories, and to be able to learn knowledge independently. Don't join the social competition too early, so as not to affect your self-evaluation because of the comparison. We should build up enough self-confidence and improve ourselves rationally.
Second, study in the university.
As for what college students should learn in college, many students think that it is to enter their own majors and study their own professional courses, which is actually very unfavorable to education. Science students are bound to give up their interest in philosophy and literature, thus losing the opportunity to make achievements in this field. On the other hand, liberal arts students become tired of physics, chemistry, biology and other sciences because they want to avoid complicated things. Therefore, learning must break down the barriers between students in different knowledge fields.
Fudan's undergraduate education has implemented the concept of "general education", which will be the ultimate goal for Fudan to realize this concept. An excellent student should have the ability to think independently, have lofty aspirations, try to change something, and have great talent and potential.
Third, the survival and life of college students.
University is a small society, and college students study and live on campus every day. In order to cultivate students' sense of responsibility, Fudan advocated "student autonomy" in his early years and guided students to abide by school rules and discipline.
Foster, president of Harvard University, said: "University is related to learning, which affects lifelong learning and will inherit thousands of years of learning and create future learning. Lifelong learning begins in school and ends in society. " We should always believe that in a few years, no matter what kind of work you will be engaged in, you will have a more reasonable knowledge structure, a more rational mind, braver actions and a more perfect personality through Fudan training. This is the moment to prove Fudan and yourself. If you don't do it, you don't work hard enough, or Fudan didn't do its due duty.
At the end of his speech, President Yang thanked the students for their trust in Fudan and for giving them the starting point of life. The students' choice of Fudan also allowed the essence of Fudan to continue. There are also many students from other schools under the stage. They learned about President Yang's speech on the employment information website of Chongqing University and rushed to the speech site at the first time. They think Fudan is an eternal spirit, and every student should cherish his present study and life.