There are many kinds of people studying, playing, and interacting
with people in different ways in the university. Some of them are engrossed
in academic research; they work pretty hard and burn the night oil to deal
with the exercise or do the experiment in holidays as they never have
enough time. However, some people attend party everyday, hang out with
friends, and socialize with other schoolmates. Before entering university,
people have distinct purposes and expectation of their subsequent school
life.
In the extremely competitive society, most people just want to get
the diploma which proves that they have taken the higher education and
been the experts in some specific fields. In other words, after graduating
from university, they become the so called intellectuals. It is a kind of
traditional and common concept that university symbols the authority; people
who have been here should be superior to the normal people; the university
students are usually smart and erudite; they are the people who may determine
the future of a country. Though this kind of concept has gradually fade away,
people still believe college students should have some specialties and be able
to take some professional works; This may explain why the majority of
society still emphasize the diploma of university and why many people living
in poverty regards taking higher education as an opportunity of changing
their life.
Nevertheless, some people come here to learn what they really desire
to learn, including the knowledge, the way of thinking, the method of research,
the attitude of living in the society. If an individual have learned all the
characters mentioned above, then he or she may be viewed as an intellectual.
It is important to know that the most distinction between what university
professors try to teach and what high schools teachers do is the ability and
courage of questioning and challenging the authority. As a college student,
you do not just completely accept the knowledge form textbooks or teachers
without any suspicion; you have to rethink and reverberate to what you heard and
what you saw. Authentic intellectuals should answer questions with their own
answer; not just pick up an answer proving by others. In some circumstances,
they even have to propose questions by themselves even no one asks them.
It seems to be ironic that there should be a consensus for the reason of
attending university from these two kinds of people; they both want to be the
intellectuals. Nonetheless, the later really want to be intellectuals and the
former attempt to be intellectuals superficially.
with people in different ways in the university. Some of them are engrossed
in academic research; they work pretty hard and burn the night oil to deal
with the exercise or do the experiment in holidays as they never have
enough time. However, some people attend party everyday, hang out with
friends, and socialize with other schoolmates. Before entering university,
people have distinct purposes and expectation of their subsequent school
life.
In the extremely competitive society, most people just want to get
the diploma which proves that they have taken the higher education and
been the experts in some specific fields. In other words, after graduating
from university, they become the so called intellectuals. It is a kind of
traditional and common concept that university symbols the authority; people
who have been here should be superior to the normal people; the university
students are usually smart and erudite; they are the people who may determine
the future of a country. Though this kind of concept has gradually fade away,
people still believe college students should have some specialties and be able
to take some professional works; This may explain why the majority of
society still emphasize the diploma of university and why many people living
in poverty regards taking higher education as an opportunity of changing
their life.
Nevertheless, some people come here to learn what they really desire
to learn, including the knowledge, the way of thinking, the method of research,
the attitude of living in the society. If an individual have learned all the
characters mentioned above, then he or she may be viewed as an intellectual.
It is important to know that the most distinction between what university
professors try to teach and what high schools teachers do is the ability and
courage of questioning and challenging the authority. As a college student,
you do not just completely accept the knowledge form textbooks or teachers
without any suspicion; you have to rethink and reverberate to what you heard and
what you saw. Authentic intellectuals should answer questions with their own
answer; not just pick up an answer proving by others. In some circumstances,
they even have to propose questions by themselves even no one asks them.
It seems to be ironic that there should be a consensus for the reason of
attending university from these two kinds of people; they both want to be the
intellectuals. Nonetheless, the later really want to be intellectuals and the
former attempt to be intellectuals superficially.
