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7月25日 老罗语录前一段时间在过腐败生活的时候，闲来无事，偶尔听了听老罗语录，感觉到是收获了不少东西。老罗就是一粪青，这也是得到老罗本人承认的。话又说回来了，并不是每个人都能做粪青的，而且粪青里面也要分等级。我觉得罗永浩是粪青里面的极品，就像姐夫浩是垃圾里面的极品一样。
粪青做到极品就成了极品粪青，或者鸡粪，老罗就是这么一鸡粪。其实激愤是非常有营养的，听多了老罗的扯淡，还真能扯出一些东东来。我就记得和硕鼠一起旅游的时候，谈人生，谈理想，谈着谈着，就容易扯到一些哲学问题上，好像有一次还涉及到爱国主义精神和国际主义精神，我们应当怎样取舍一样。老罗的言论确实给我造成了很大的影响，让我能够重新审视以前某些自以为正确的东西。我认为老罗给学生灌输的东西里面最精华的部分，就是敢于质疑许多已经思维定势在我们思想里面的东西。并不是家长，老师，前辈，学校，社会教给我们的东西就一定是正确的，我们作为心智成熟，受过高等教育的个体，应当有辨别正确与错误的能力，并做出自己的选择。
同样的道理，老罗的话也并不是句句都是真理，应当批判的接收其中的精华，摒弃糟粕。像我这次尽信之就深受其害，他有时候扯起淡来也太没谱了，一万米竟然30分钟就跑完了，果如其言的话，奥运冠军早就轮不到埃塞俄比亚的黑人兄弟来坐了。
今天洗澡时突然发现，我只有在玩得实在无聊时才更新日志。一旦学期开始，要一边玩，一边学习。在紧张的玩乐中，有学习作为调剂，就不会觉得无聊了，也就没时间更新日志了。 7月22日 SEP experienceIt is really a once in a lifetime experience to exchange in US. There are so many new things that I have never seen before. U.S. is clearly a western country and the most developed country in the world. More precisely, it is the world’s most accommodating country, in which every race, culture and way of living exists together. The 48 continental states cover a large space. Although I have been to only 6 of them, they already showed me a huge variety. California is the place I was staying; and I should say that California is definitely a suitable place for human beings to live. The winter there is not cold at all, just 3 to 5 degrees above 0. In contrast, you may wear a blouse in the summer in a windy day. So I wear the same blouse in both winter and summer. But when I went to Arizona, it was a completely different climate. Just like in Las Vegas, which is a city built in desert, I sweated top of my T-shirt every day walking under the sun. On the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, a clear distinction could be recognized between the plants. On the western rim of Rocky Mountain, everywhere is covered in green; but on the eastern part, we can only see patches of short bushes standing in the sands by twos and threes. On the other hand, we can trace the history of a city from its style of buildings, especially the difference between the western and eastern part of the U.S. Buildings in San Francisco and Los Angeles are more modern, while those city halls in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. are more old-fashioned and I can even smell the historical flavor embedded in them. Besides, cities in the U.S. have their own characteristics. Just take New York and Boston for example, which is merely off by hundreds of miles. New Yorkers are dressed formally and pacing fast every day to rush to work. They always seem to be in a hurry, since they pick up phone calls as fast as the traffic lights. In contrast, Bostonees are having such a good time in enjoying their lives. I saw a huge numbers of people jogging along the Charles River, no matter old or young; I saw bunch of students sitting in the pubs or bars, cheering up and gossiping about their new coming ecturer. The U.S. is full of all kinds of people and things that you will always get shocked by them.
This picture was taken in UC, Berkeley. Some of the locals have been living on this tree for 3 year, in order to prevent this tree from being removed. UC, Berkeley used to have a plan to reconstruct this area. So the locals took on their actions against this plan.
This picture was taken in Boston. Bostonees like to jog along the Charles River. There is a Boston Marathon conducted by the local government every year.
Bostonees were performing a demonstration against the Bush’s government’s intention on Iran. I heard from one of my American friends that they have three so called “taboos”, which are politics, privacy and religion. While in the U.S., it is a place free of speech. People can express their opinions and feelings through legal ways. This is their rights.
SEP Report我承认我是一个懒惰的人。一直想写一些关于在米国的东西，但是出于种种还没有找到的原因，这个计划始终在搁浅。还好NUS不停的让我们交这交那，我也就凑合了两篇。如今放到网上，也算是留个纪念吧。
I went on Student Exchange Programme in academic year 2006/07, semester 2. University of California, Berkeley is my exchange university. Frankly speaking, this is one of the best half years that I have experienced. I learnt a lot and became more mature, both physically and spiritually in Berkeley. Firstly, the academic system in Berkeley is quite different from NUS. Students in Berkeley were given more freedom and flexibility in choosing their majors and courses they want to study. As I was in College of Letter and Science, students in this college need not declare their major until their third year. They can try out all different courses to find out their own taste. One the other hand, the university pays special attention in consolidating the students’ foundation in science. Students need to take math, physics and chemistry courses as their basic requirement. Therefore, it is easier for them to transfer among different disciplines. At the same time, thousands of courses were provided by the university, which cover almost all the fields of study, even music and sports, while students have no restrictions in selecting any of them, as long as they can cope with it. One course that I found very innovative is called DeCal. This course is coordinated by the students themselves. Students, who share the same interests in studying one particular subject, which could be anything, like the animation the Simpsons’, can set up a DeCal course to dig into it. This is to encourage students building up and expanding their interests. Usually, students will take 4 or 5 courses per semester. But they will take more courses during registration period. This is because when instruction starts, they have five weeks to decide whether they really want to take the courses they have registered. During this time, students can go to the class, listen to the lecturers and get a genuine feeling of the course, so that they can finalize their decision. Secondly, staffs and students in Berkeley are professional and passionate. Of all the courses I have taken, I made a conclusion that though each lecturer has his/her own style of teaching, they all emphasize on the application of the course content. They like to raise questions during the class to trigger the students’ thinking. The questions could be either very simple or very deep, but students could always work them out and realize that the knowledge they just learnt could be applied in such a way. In contrast, the students are also very proactive. They are encouraged to ask questions whenever there is a doubt. It is very common that a class is interrupted by questions many times, since students need to clarify their doubts. Besides, most of the students are well organized and make full use of their time. Since they are already adults, they were asked to make livings on their own. Many students take student loan to pay for their tuition, while doing part-time jobs to pay it back and get living expenditure. Just like my lab partner, he did a part-time in the morning of Thursday from 9 to 12. But the lab was in the afternoon from 12 to 5. So every Thursday, I saw him rushing into class with chicken and chips. He could only have his lunch in the class. This does not mean that students in Berkeley do not have their leisure time. All the students are involved in different groups, clubs and societies. Indeed, a lot of the students go to pubs and clubs during night time. Americans like pubs and clubs. The fact is that they can manage their time and life. Being in Berkeley was quite a piece of unforgettable experience. I can still imagine the fat little squirrel standing in front of me seeking for food; I can still imagine five of us sitting in a discussion room, busy mugging up for the midterms; I can still imagine all the members of the lab course having a party after we have accomplished our last experiment… I am sure the half-year overseas experience has reshaped my ideology, expanded my horizon and helped me understand the world better. |
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