It makes no sense for universities to be called "ivory towers". Of course, we must first understand the meaning of "ivory tower". Baidu Encyclopedia gives that "the ivory tower originally refers to a person who ignores the ugly and miserable life of the real society and engages in writing activities by hiding himself in an ideal and happy situation, meaning that he is divorced from the real society, away from life, hiding in a lonely and comfortable personal world and engaging in writing activities with subjective fantasies; The extended meaning is mainly "a metaphor for the small world of writers and artists who are divorced from real life." "

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Contemporary college students have a certain "derailment" with society, so they also ignore the existence of real society in many aspects and rely too much on their parents' living expenses and carefree, which leads to the increasingly serious ivory tower culture in contemporary society. So I think the university is called the ivory tower mainly in the following aspects:

The first is the environmental impact. Every college student lives in an ideal country of his own spiritual world, and there is no great pressure, so the demand for progress is not particularly great. On the other hand, in the workplace, because of the influence of pressure, most people want to make progress, are constantly charging, and are constantly familiar with the business. The impact of the environment makes the gap between the two bigger and bigger! ?

Second, I think it should be a question of thinking degree. Because of cognitive reasons, most college students are not open-minded enough. Generally, they will die in a circle and feel that they are awesome, but most of them don't know how to look outside the circle. Therefore, self-isolation and arrogance often lead to backward thinking. ?

The third is the influence of life. Contemporary college students have almost no crisis of survival, no pressure of life, naturally no upward enterprise, no knowledge of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and no knowledge of creating and shaping themselves in the environment. ?

The fortress built by the "ivory tower" will eventually be shattered. Only by recognizing the reality can we break through the fortress!