Harvard University is located in Cambridge, near Boston, USA. Founded in 1636, it is the oldest university in the United States. The United States was founded in 1776, 140 years after Harvard was founded.

Harvard University is located in Cambridge, near Boston, USA. Founded in 1636, it is the oldest university in the United States. The United States was founded in 1776, 140 years after Harvard was founded. Harvard University was founded because the British colonists at that time wanted to build a university on American soil. Because many of the founders of Harvard University were graduates of the University of Cambridge, the city where Harvard University is located was named Cambridge city. In fact, the original name of this university was "Cambridge College". The current name of Harvard University comes from a dean named Harvard in 1638. When the dean died, he gave half of his savings and 400 books (in 1638 In 2000, a school that was only two years old and had only 9 students in its first year (not a small amount) donated to the university. Later, after a vote by the House of Representatives, it was decided to name the university Harvard University.

Interesting Fact 1:

There is another interesting story here. At Harvard University, there is a statue of Mr. Harvard. Although this statue bears Mr. Harvard's name, it is not Mr. Harvard himself. Since there were no cameras at that time, Mr. Harvard did not leave any image data. When future generations planned to build such a sculpture, they did not have a template. They could only find a handsome student from Harvard University at that time as the model for the sculpture. Replace Mr. Harvard. Due to the lack of image data, it is not uncommon in American universities to use more handsome students to replace the original people as models for sculptures. At Yale University, there is a statue of Nathan Hale? In other words, that sentence ?My only regret is that I did not have a second life to dedicate to my motherland. For the statue of the man with famous sayings, a student with a better image was also found to replace Hale's model.

Interesting Fact 2:

The educational systems of American universities and Chinese universities are completely different. The entire course is very short, and there is not much homework to do in class, but the homework at home is quite scary. The densely packed small characters displayed on the projection at the end of each lesson are the names of a book. The students' homework is to borrow these books from the library and read them within the specified time. After that, the whole class discusses these books. Book?. In China, students often stay in school for a long time and take seven or eight various classes every day, but after returning to the dormitory, they don’t have much to do except homework. But in American universities, a student can attend at most two or three classes a day. The male student we talked to only had one class today, and it lasted for fifty minutes. However, the teacher left one class behind at the end of the class. A blackboard checkout list and an essay place as much burden on students as a full day of classes at school.

Precisely because of the high level of reading required by universities, basic education in the United States attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' reading ability. Americans firmly believe that as long as a person has good reading ability, he will be able to accept New knowledge can make up for deficiencies in other aspects. Compared with the strict requirements for reading, basic education in the United States has much lower requirements for arithmetic. What I mean by arithmetic is not mathematics, but pure arithmetic and the feeling of numbers. In the United States, there are probably only three types of people who can complete mental arithmetic (similar to 25 times 11): Indians, Chinese, and Jews. Let me tell you two personal stories to help you understand the arithmetic level of Americans, and also to entertain you:

The first story happened in a supermarket. The total amount I bought was 8 yuan and 2 cents. After the cashier told me the amount to pay, I found that I couldn't give her 8 yuan in change, so I gave her a ten yuan note. Just after I gave the money, I found that I still had two one-cent coins, so I handed them to the cashier casually, hoping that she would give me two cents in change to prevent her from giving me a handful of coins. But it is this tacit understanding that everyone in China knows that made the cashier stunned. Her eyes were full of doubts, and she looked at me and the two cents in my hand repeatedly, not knowing what I wanted to do (I didn’t think so) It’s not bad to take the tip away).

After I explained it for a while, she suddenly understood the secret. After giving me two dollars, her expression was still very proud, as if she had learned a magical new knowledge.

The second story happened in the hotel. In that hotel, guests staying at the hotel were free to eat breakfast, but the restaurant serving breakfast was open to the public, so the hotel allowed guests to get some vouchers worth 8 yuan each, even if the guests could eat breakfast for free. When checking out, I needed to pay 22 yuan per day. I took out three vouchers and the waiter told me firmly: It was not enough! I was shocked at the time and thought I had made a stupid mistake. I could check it again and again. After looking at numbers everywhere, I firmly believe that 3*8>22. The waiter began to explain her reasoning to me: a voucher costs 8 yuan, and you have to pay a total of 22 yuan, so 4 vouchers are just right. ?!!?er...let me show you: eight, sixteen, twenty-four...that's enough!? In an instant, the waiter cast a strange look at me? Wow! maths genius!!? The waiter patted me. My shoulder shouted: Mathematics genius?

I don’t know if this understanding has brought you closer to Harvard, but as one of the best universities in the world, Harvard University in the United States is very difficult to apply for. Just imagine. However, there is an old saying in China: "Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so". I believe that with hard work, Harvard University in the United States will not always be out of reach.