Unit 7
the first paragraph
Graduation speech that you will never hear.
1 Our teachers are not proud of your educational achievements. We train you to be comfortable.
It should be a world that doesn't exist at all-in fact, it can't exist. In the four years I spent here,
You always thought that failure would leave no record. If you don't learn well, one of the easiest ways is to drop out of school.
Out (not taking this course) You learned this at Brown University. However, from now on, in the world you will set foot in.
In this world, failure will leave you with scars. Giving up despite difficulties will also make you a different person. Get out of Brown and retreat from difficulties.
People are by no means heroes.
You can argue with us and convince us why your mistakes are not mistakes and why mediocre homework is excellent.
Xiu Xiu, why are you proud of the ordinary but not excellent class newspaper? In retrospect, after all, one of you
Most people get high marks in most of your courses. So the score here can't be used as an excellent distinction.
The foundation of students and students with average academic performance. However, in the future, in the world you are going to, you'd better not stand still.
Self-defense, but we should learn from it. If you ask for praise you don't deserve, vilify them.
People who don't praise you are unwise.
Over the years, we have created a completely tolerant world. What is required of you here is only a small matter.
Work hard. When you don't make an appointment at the appointed time, we'll make an appointment again. When you don't hand in your homework on time,
We pretend not to care.
To make matters worse, when your speech is boring, we pretend that what you say is very important; when you
When we talk endlessly and don't know what to say, we listen carefully, as if what you say is very important; When you say no
When our hard-written homework is left on our desk, we will not only read it, but even correct the comments, as if it is worth doing for you.
Act like a little. When you are stupid, we pretend you are smart; When you are trite, unimaginative and plain.
At dawn, we pretend to be listening to something wonderful and novel; When you want something for nothing, we give it up.
Propose. What the hell is this for?
Although you can fantasize about all this, we are not trying to please you, but because of me.
We don't want you to disturb me. An easy way is to cheat: smile, so that you can all get a B easily.
In this kind of speech, people are often used to quoting classics. Let me quote one you haven't heard.
Man, this man is Carter from Rutgers University? Professor Daniel He said:
"University ruined you, let you see papers that are not worth reading and listen to comments that are not worth listening to.
Theoretically, we should even respect those people who are idle, ignorant and extremely uncivilized. We live for education.
I had to do it, but no one will do it again. In the past 50 years, universities have made you
Lost the opportunity to receive comprehensive training. Because the university has become a relaxed, free, inclusive, considerate and comfortable place.
Appropriate, fun-filled, fun-filled place, it is not responsible for you. Good luck in the future. "
That's why we have nothing to be proud of at today's graduation ceremony.
Oh, by the way, one more thing. Try not to treat your colleagues and bosses like we do. (Explain or correct what I just said) I mean ...
Yes, when they give you something you want but don't deserve, be kind to them and don't insult them.
Don't repeat to them the bad relationship between you and your parents. All this, we have endured. just as
What I just said was not to please you. Some young people can only find themselves in the eyes of their peers.
Some ignorant people are superficial, thinking that professors care not about academic qualifications, but about popularity. reality
In fact, few professors care whether such young people like it or not. We put up with all this just to get rid of you. get rid of
Abandon these illusions that we have caused you in teaching and put them into real life.
The second paragraph
University: a tolerant world?
L in the graduation speech you will never hear, Jacob? Neusner thinks that college experience makes us
It is believed that "failure will not leave a record" (the first paragraph), and success is easy to achieve. In Neusner's view,
University is not a good preparatory school for future life, because it is a "non-existent world"
The world "and cultivate us (the first paragraph).
Undoubtedly, before making such a strong argument, Neusner should make further research on the actual situation of university life.
Step by step. He completely ignored all the pressures and hardships that students had to bear for their academic success. College life is not at all
That's how he described it.
Does the university really fail to prepare us for real life, as Neusner said? What have we experienced?
Doesn't everything help us understand the real world? These problems all appear when thinking about what Neusner said.
In my opinion. I think he is completely wrong. For many of us, college is the time when we start to be independent.
Made important decisions and took responsibility for them. In college, we must learn to plan our time (including planning).
Withdraw money! ), learn to be tolerant (otherwise we can't live in a crowded triple room). We and
The acquaintance of people from all over the world broadens our horizons and deepens our understanding of each other. If these are important to the real world,
It's useless, then I don't know what is useful. ?
4 Neusner believes that the education we received in the university made us think that "failure will not leave any record" because
We can easily escape the so-called mistakes. What I want to tell him is that if you fail the exam, you will.
You can't take the exam again, or even if the teacher knows that you will hate him for life, he won't erase your grades. If you have already finished half of it.
If you give up a course, you will take more courses next semester. If your grades are low, it is almost impossible for you to enter several courses.
Okay, graduate school. If your GPA in several courses is not high enough, you won't get a degree. midterm examination
The final exam is coming, no one can escape. When learning is tense, those who study hard should work harder.
Learning, because universities do not provide the wrong "simple" solutions as Neusner thinks (first,
Paragraph). University is not a "tolerant world", when the "deadline" has passed or the stipulated time has not ended.
Teachers will never "pretend not to care" after finishing their homework (paragraph 3).
For me, living in a crowded triple room and having only one day to read before the final exam is very heavy reading.
Focusing on reading assignments, papers and mid-term exams in a week is not what I call "easy,
Freedom, tolerance, consideration, comfort, fun and fun "(para. 6).