the reason to read

This book guides us to think about a question, what should universities cultivate students, and what should students do when they go to university Newman believed that university, as a place of education, should provide students with a platform for free learning and communication, expand the scope of subject teaching, and let students receive free education. More similar to what we now call compound talents, or generalists. For this point I agree, because only by playing the horizon to see enough, you have more potential to do better in the field. For example, in the comparison between business and engineering, some people may think that engineering is less practical than business, and some people think that engineering contributes more, but in fact, business and engineering complement each other. Could Jobs have achieved what he did simply by being able to write code? Or could Jobs have achieved what he did without skill and creativity just by being in business? The short board effect is very significant. I personally think that a person is not required to know anything, but at least ask yourself not to have too many shortcomings as far as possible. Chinese universities attach great importance to the acquisition of specialized subjects, and lack a strong humanistic general education as the foundation. In addition to professional courses, there are many interdisciplinary elective courses in the first and second years, but for most students, it is just coping with water classes. In fact, no matter what major should involve the knowledge of various disciplines, at least can give us a broader vision to study and life. There is wholeness in knowledge, and a single discipline is part of a whole. Too much emphasis on one subject is unfair to the others. Our school is a comprehensive university, which gives us a lot of opportunities to develop skills outside the major, such as literary, nuclear and so on. I think students should consciously improve themselves through these lessons. About the practicability of teaching. Many people think that studying calculus is just a way of showing you what higher education is, and that it won't be much use in the future. Of course, some people say that these basic subjects are very important. What is useful and what is not? "What is useful brings profit, and what is free is for enjoyment." Income means income that can be obtained, and enjoyment means that it brings no result other than use." This sentence in the book makes me feel very useful, perhaps just intentionally for the future, and some other things can make you happier. Pursue to make yourself a very good person, let yourself become a very successful person is for what? If it is for a better life, more people backfire in the process, losing the enjoyment of freedom because of too much emphasis on being useful. Utilitarianism prevails on campus. What students pursue is not knowledge per se, but good job, high salary and so on. Learning a course is not about knowledge mastery, not about self-discovery, but how to get high marks. We are at an important upward stage in our lives, where we are meant to learn, not achieve. I have always felt that it is a good thing for college students to look beyond the standards set by the world and explore another possibility. College knowledge is an end in itself, useful gain, the enjoyment of freedom.