1. Yale University

Mentality

1. Be confident, absolutely confident, unconditionally confident, always confident, even when you make a mistake.

2. When you are lonely, empty and bored, read some magazines, listen to music, and find something to do for yourself. It can be useless, but it cannot be harmful.

3. Don’t think too much, especially negative thoughts, and clear negative thoughts regularly.

4. Learn to forget some things, those painful, embarrassing, regretful memories, and make room for sunny memories.

5. Dare to try new things, dare to lose face, love to lose face, and have the courage to challenge. It pays to make a few mistakes when you're young. But if you can get it right in one step, don't make mistakes.

6. Every day is a new day, and troubles and pains do not last overnight. Greet the new day every morning with optimism and enthusiasm. Even if someone slapped me in the mouth yesterday.

7. Admit that you are not smart or brave, so that when you face the excellence of others, you can be calm and give heartfelt praise.

8. The highest state of being a human being is not to be blindly low-key, nor to be blindly public, but to be consistently neither humble nor overbearing.

Learning

1. Learning is always the first priority and cannot be neglected.

2. Pay attention to preview and review, and learn to study by yourself. Yes, pre-exam rush can help you achieve high scores, but quick knowledge is also fragile. I don’t want to find out after graduation that I haven’t remembered anything and my brain is empty.

3. Follow the teacher’s thinking in class, and sit in the first row if you can.

4. Know how to cooperate and be more active in class. You are not doing it for others to see, but for yourself.

5. Be sure to complete the teacher's homework immediately. Indeed, college homework can be postponed, but that is not a reason for you to slack off.

6. Never forget to study cooperatively and learn from each other. In college, there is no pressure from the college entrance examination. This simple spirit of learning is even more valuable.

7. You must have your own plan. For English level 4 and level 6 and computer level 2, you must rely on your own silent efforts at ordinary times. Indeed, this also requires an attack, but the risk is too high just by attack alone. .

8. Have high-level requirements for yourself, and don’t just say long live.

Communication

1. Before understanding, assume that all people are kind and treat everyone around you sincerely.

2. Discover the advantages in everyone and sincerely praise others.

3. Friends should be cast across the board and focused on cultivating them (love relationships, except for male and female friends).

4. Confidants can only be found but not sought. Some people are used to locking others at a certain distance. It is easy to get close to them, but it is difficult to get closer. For such people, no matter how much enthusiasm you invest, it will not matter. If you use it, it will only make you depressed. It is better to keep distance and stop in moderation.

5. Sincerely help others without asking for anything in return. Doing everything expecting others to appreciate you is doomed to disappointment.

6. Learn to say no and don’t let friendship become a burden.

7. It is better to try to let others understand you than to try hard to understand others. Because you understand others, you feel that person is familiar, but that person feels that you are strange. It's like touching a sharp knife with a warm hand, looking for wounds.

8. For true friends, don’t be stingy with words of concern. A text message, a greeting, be proactive, don't worry too much about who is better to whom. One of the two parties in a friendship must give more. It doesn't matter who that person is, what matters is that your relationship continues.

9. Maintain your independence under any circumstances and do not lose yourself.

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2. Harvard University

Love

1. Don’t fall in love because of loneliness and emptiness.

2. Don’t fall in love with people who are paranoid or do extreme things. For example, those who chop off their fingers to express their sincere love for you, or those who say they can die for you. Don't think this kind of passionate love is very touching. Even if he doesn’t care about his own fingers, he might chop off your fingers one day. He can die for you, so he naturally thinks that you must be able to die for him...ah, the consequences are disastrous. Breaking up with such a person will also cause endless trouble.

3. The sisters around you find a good home and take a back seat.

4. Don’t be jealous of your good friends.

5. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but don’t treat the people around you like shit.

6. Don’t mistake friendship for love.

7. You can like many people, but don’t fall in love with anyone easily.

8. Let nature take its course, and do not force fate.

3. MIT

Workplace

1. Never complain about anything. Complaining will only expose your incompetence.

2. Distinguish between public and private matters.

3. Stay proactive at all times.

3. Do not reveal too much of your emotions and emotions in public situations. If you feel emotional, talk to a friend, not a colleague.

4. Work efficiently.

5. Establish a good relationship with your colleagues and leaders, but don’t try to become close friends with them.

6. Talk less and do more.

7. Know what you should know, and don’t ask about what you shouldn’t know.

8. If you see through some things, don’t tell them. University of Cambridge

Life

1. Keep your things tidy and put them in their proper places.

2. It is better to save money than to make money. Saving modestly can save more money than making money.

3. Pay attention to fashion information and learn to take care of yourself.

4. You don’t have to wear brand-name clothes, but you must pay attention to the matching. (I’m working hard)

5. Eat less snacks and drink more water

6. Keep warm and don’t take it lightly. No one will care if you get rheumatism in your legs.

7. Girls must know the skills that they should know.

8. Be yourself in a smart and smart way.

The educational philosophy of world-class universities

Richard Levin is a world-renowned educator who once served as the president of Yale University. He once said a famous saying that is incredible to many Chinese people: If a student actually possesses some very professional knowledge and skills after graduating from Yale University, this is the biggest failure of Yale education.

For most Chinese parents, this sentence is simply incomprehensible:

If university education does not teach professional knowledge and skills, then what else can it teach?

Why do people need education? What is the purpose of education?

Gain knowledge? Master skills? Achieve success? Earn respect? Or, have fun? ...

The following three celebrities in different fields have a surprisingly consistent understanding of the nature of education.

01. Education does not teach knowledge and skills

But it can make people competent in any subject and profession

Richard Charles Levin is A world-renowned educator, he served as the president of Yale University from 1993 to 2013. The last president of Yale University who served for 20 years was Arthur Twining Hadley who took office in 1899.

Richard Levin once said: If a student actually possesses some very professional knowledge and skills after graduating from Yale University, this is the biggest failure of Yale education. Because, he believes that professional knowledge and skills are things that students need to learn and master after graduating from college according to their own wishes. That is not the task of Yale University education.

So what is the use of a university education?

pan> Richard Levin mentioned in his collection of lectures "The Work of the University" that Yale is committed to cultivating leaders. In Levin’s view, the core of undergraduate education is general education, which cultivates students’ ability to think critically and independently and lays the foundation for lifelong learning.

The English name for general education is liberal education, that is, liberal education, which is the nourishment of freedom for the soul. Its core is the spirit of freedom, citizen responsibility, and lofty ambitions.

Freely develop personal potential, freely choose the direction of learning, not be burdened by utilitarianism, determine the direction for the growth of life, and contribute to society and the progress of mankind.

This is the purpose of Yale education in Levin’s mind.

As John Henry Newman, author of "The Idea of ??a University" said: "Only education can enable a person to have a clear understanding of his own opinions and judgments. With a clear and conscious understanding, only education can enable him to explain his views with reason, express them with persuasiveness, and encourage them with force. Education can help him see the true face of the world, get to the point, untie the tangle of thoughts, and see through the paradox. Sophistry, put aside irrelevant details. Education can make people convincingly qualified for any position and master any subject with ease. ”

02. Education does not change the living environment, but it can change people’s way of thinking.

In 2005, the late American novelist David Foster Wallace gave a speech at the graduation ceremony of Kenyon University.

At the beginning of his speech, he told a short story: two young fish met an old fish. The old fish said hello: "Good morning, children. How is the water?" The two young fish continued to swim for a while. Finally, one of them couldn't help but ask the other: "What is 'water'?"

The speech mentioned that an adult’s life requires getting up early, rushing to the office, dealing with 8-10 hours of challenging work, then going to the supermarket, cooking, and relaxing for a while before going to bed early. Because, the next day, we have to start all over again, all over again.

It is easy for people to form unconscious inertia in such a life: unconsciously scrolling through mobile phones, speeding up life, getting caught up in trivial daily necessities, ignoring people and things around them, being indifferent, angry, complaining... Without knowing it.

Just like the story at the beginning, I have lived in "water" for so long that I no longer know what water is.

Wallace said in his speech that the purpose of education is not to learn knowledge, but to acquire a way of thinking - to maintain a clear sense of self-awareness (Self-awareness) in a tedious and boring life. It’s not “I” being dragged along by the messy, mindless life, but it’s “I” taking control of life.

Learning to think, choose, and have faith and freedom is the purpose of education and the ability to obtain happiness.

03. Education can make you live a happy life, and happiness depends on conscious thinking

Harvard University's "Happiness Course" is popular all over the world, and Taylor Benn, who teaches this course- Professor Tal Ben-Shahar believes that happiness depends on your conscious way of thinking, and summed up the following 12 points of thinking to consciously obtain happiness:

Keep asking yourself questions. Each question opens the door to self-exploration, and then something worthy of your faith will manifest itself in your real life.

Believe in yourself. How? By solving problems and accepting challenges every time, I tell myself through visual imagination that I can do it, and I also believe in others.

Learn to accept failure, otherwise you will never grow.

Accept that you are imperfect. Life is not a straight line that keeps rising, but an ascending curve.

Allow yourself to have normal human emotions, both positive and negative.

Journaling your life can help.

Think positively about all the problems you encounter and learn to be grateful. Gratitude can bring the purest happiness to human beings.

Simplify your life. Expensive essence is not expensive. Learn to say "no" to things you don't want.

The first element of happiness is: intimacy. This is human nature, so work hard for a happy and long-lasting intimate relationship.

Get enough rest and exercise.

There are three levels of doing things: work, career, and mission. Find your purpose in this world.

Remember: Only if you are happy can you make others happy. The best way to educate your children is to be an honest parent.

The above may be the answer and purpose of education...