Ming at Harvard Law School of Tsinghua University undergraduate student Xu Jiru -- Harvard University note

Since this semester exchange at the Harvard University undergraduate, numerous times I asked exchange feelings, asked the most is the Harvard University -- what is the difference? And my answer is always in a similar between the two begins, the Harvard campus in dribs and drabs hand brings me fresh and impact force, on the other hand, let me feel deja vu, because the university that I come from, especially the Tsinghua law school where I, already at an alarming rate and wide vision training his students, is it for me to exchange, and even in the new campus to find a sense of belonging and lay the foundation.

 

Academic papers

Pressure, wide knowledge --

This semester I took three classes. I hope that in the exchange time limited as much as possible to experience the different types of classes, such as the high involvement, high pressure seminar, committed to liberal education undergraduate student general education curriculum, or some laws and not related to expand the field of vision, but also conforms to our personal interest in the course, such as women and gender studies. The three class of the final set more balanced. According to the course content, is a professional two courses of political system (one door is also in line with the general education core curriculum certification), a special course teaching anthropology; according to the form of points, is the two door lecture, a door seminar, seminar is open to PhD students, political philosophy after listening, but I think it is very interesting, and professor of communication will also choose this course ; according to the appraisal way points, three classes have the papers, but the two lessons with quizzes. Course name is:

Origins of Modern WarsOf Government, Department, (General Education)

Political Concepts: Field SeminarGovernment, Department of, (open for Ph.D candidates)

Women and the Body, Department of Anthropology

In the three class, I was able to learn the system have a superficial knowledge of those who have never even heard of it, even the knowledge theory, learn to more serious view of the relationship between war and international politics, various concepts and social life (sexual) abuse of misreading phenomena in question, and after class, do homework, slowly find their self-study ability in reading process. For example, in the political concepts on this course, I will be confused as to liberal, freedom, independence, autonomy in the similarities and differences between these concepts in Chinese unified as "free autonomy", in order to understand the different levels, in the context of "free"; in the women and the body's class, I was surprised to have long been our as a way of value, attitude, behoove of life, is not the result of the manipulation of the media influence character by environment.

In the process of learning, my greatest experience isThe large amount of readingThe first feeling, believe is the most liberal arts students to exchange. In other words, a Harvard professor good, strong learning atmosphere, but I never thought that Tsinghua University is a lack of learning atmosphere of the place, is only possible in Tsinghua, pressure is usually reflected in the cut-off date exam week or paper, and here the pressure is in every class. It Nanamen to doctoral student political concept, the first week of reading including Rawls "theory of justice" of space, in fact, this book at Tsinghua, introduction to law, legal constitution class more than once mentioned, so from that point of view,I think in law school, we had access to a world-class education, no matter is the law education, or broad liberal education, the key question is, are we to this book, the education firmly in the hands, or just to listen in class over, glance, then settle a matter by leaving it unsettled.As the latter I, was very ashamed, will cherish more schools and colleges provide the opportunity for me, to feel the "education" as an end in itself rather than a means of divine, also feel repeatedly reading, thinking the pure.

General Education --

I am glad that I can have the chance to learn in USA undergraduate school, experience to the so-called "general education" "liberal education" is how to achieve, the curriculum difficulty and requirement to what extent,In short, it is a general education course should not position himself as a general, and should maintain the difficulty coefficient and the course the same level, to realize the general purpose. Dream in fifty, with professional as the goal, still may be general; the general responsibility, perhaps only the last semester results equivalent to a cultural quality, for both teachers and students, is a waste of time and live up to.

I'm at Harvard the optional "modern origin of war" is the most prestigious general education courses, professional courses at the same time as the political science department students, teaching is Professor Stephen Walt Kennedy school, between the international the hot degree than Tsinghua Yan Xuetong teacher open. This class every week at least one hundred pages more than three hundred pages of reading, assessment methods, for the final two exams and a final paper, on the eve of the examination you will spontaneously form a study group, combing the concept of reading material, ask each other questions, discuss the theory, one way of thinking.

The learning process that reminds me of the law school Zhao Xiaoli teacher curriculum, although I didn't take off, but heard that elder sister, is also the difficulty, the intensity of this height. And make no exception to the course of student teacher Zhao, not by the law school and other departments and different, I think this class is a real sense of "cultural quality course", can we truly achieve the goal of general education and liberal arts, because only in this way, can let the student non law profession through reading, writing, discussion training, solid understanding of some thought, and the college students, so the training benefit more needless to say. From this point of view, law school is not only in line with the world's top universities and the cultivation of college students, in school undergraduate general education, opened a few course competent, made its own contribution. A few days ago, I introduced the present law school to become more and more strict, after-school workload, time spent much of the curriculum, how the teacher as administrative law cases and 2 word class, constitutional and administrative law is Liu Han teacher and tukai teacher on the semester, including my own elective of Feng Xiang the teacher opened the "law and religion" and so on. Zhao Xiaoli teacher said, the late Mr. He Meihuan single handedly, in Tsinghua law school also organized a "School of law"; and I am in the exchange process, often thought of law schools offer these courses, I feelLaw school teachers also use their own strength and persistence, in China undergraduate campus at present credit demands too much, general education over the water, and do a real college.

As the 10 stage method of College of international class members, training scheme I admire the new international class, it reduces the legal professional course requirements, greatly improving the students take other courses of Humanities Department proportion, especially students elective interdisciplinary elective a considerable number of.From Tsinghua University general education present situation judgment, only cross department elective course, or other department set up the professional course, in order to achieve the general education course standard; in other words, Tsinghua university courses and shall be certified as cultural quality courseIn the pass selection; for the purpose of cultural quality course, its effect is equal to a lecture, scattered in the weekly. The so-called "little reading", which reveals the truth, is learning the law requires extremely related arts rich, long learning experience, can be effective, but I think, I 2 and after the training according to the training scheme of the new law, must have a more solid foundation of the liberal arts,, in order to bring more broad perspective and more ambition. From this perspective, the law school has taken the lead in the international forefront in the curriculum and teaching.

Academic oriented, as University --

Standing at the Harvard at Tsinghua University and Tsinghua law school, I see light suddenly: We need a certain distance, the longer the better, to true testify what is and what is right in our home institution, especially about which we used to complain. I think of every time listening to the teacher to improve the grading standards, to reduce to the points, to layout a small operation, to take any more the difficulty of the course and the strength of the measures, the first reaction around me and classmates all fear even complain, but after this semester exchange, I understand, perhaps this is why Tsinghua law school can be among the world's top 50 in the QS rankings, and even in the more dazzling achievements, because only to the academic, academic rigor, the students show push, plus students thus self restriction, management and the pursuit to the interpretation of "College", "University".

 

Campus atmosphere article

Student activities All flowers bloom together. --

Exchange period I quickly adapted to the Harvard campus atmosphere, every day has the feeling of deja vu. Have to say, the campus environment, the hardware condition of Tsinghua are very favorable, learning in recent three years in this garden, the beauty, the library of Harvard and all kinds of hardware facilities for me is beautiful, but to be roughly the same and the alma mater (possibly only more intimate that each table is equipped with lamps and socket, a a table, no seat). Are more familiar is the campus soft power -- atmosphere, atmosphere. here students told me Harvard is activity-based University, all the usual time community, were a lot of extracurricular activities, it is, in the final period also occupy. I suddenly feel, with the Qinghua is a bit like, two university, whether in the world or regional class, this is to "learn" and famous, but invariably will "learn" the time taken quite a part to the activities, at the same time, GPA pressure unabated. Just all kinds of student organizations All flowers bloom together. here, there is no "Youth" "students" and other official student organization,But more like student organization within our law school, everyone like-minded, autonomy, free competition, the administrative burden to a minimum, outstanding community, the content and the spirit of.

The diversification of advocacy, respect and support for the students' development,I'm reminded of our law school. In three years, the law school atmosphere made me feel, in school we chose law as a profession, in personal development and life ambition, no one can define professional we, even we have more options than ever, because see farther, wider. I will greatly benefit from such atmosphere. Big two times, because of language skills, I will be a lot of time and effort put in speech, debate competition, once had thought they ought not worry, but school teacher for my involvement in these activities gave great support, even as I provide opportunities, as the forum, Volunteer Interpreters engaged in public welfare activities, or. This guide college teacher also gradually let me believe, should learn the legal industry, to disseminate the legal person as much as possible in the event of faith,Let the law out of law school.

And in exchange, I received email notification, Institute Youth Corps Committee established organizations, management and coordination of the student organization operation. I can't help thinking to exchange, moot court association I founded together with a few classmates. During the preparation, Liao teacher and other teachers have given us the greatest discretion, repeatedly stressed that this should become our own society, do activities to focus on form and students harvest, less bound by administrative forms. See every kind of student clubs at Harvard undergraduates, see my roommate -- exchange from the Swiss students at Harvard and L1 French co founded the French Association, or is she invited as Wine Association consultant, I think of the support and help of the Moot Court Association obtained at LL.M students in joining Harvard. Chinese; "forum" work team, launched a two day, the theme of the forum China radiation nationwide coverage, I can think of the original preparation ceremony moot court dribs and drabs.Although spanned more than a hemisphere, but the students' Association, do activities, increase their abilities are so familiar.When the Youth League and students will no longer be umbrella student activities, but the associations, as a unit to let the students play the subjective initiative, put the idea into reality, to overcome the obstacles,A scratch the entrepreneurial spirit and strong leadership potential. It is this All flowers bloom together. club scene, we have obtained and the establishment of community in the process of convenience and flexibility, let me feel the law school students love very atmosphere, very willing.

As Harvard, Yale and other top law school goal, never is the all the students training to become a judge or lawyer, but only in a simple word -- excellence, our law school. In the face of the future when the choice, I often think of Feng Xiang teacher once said to me with a smile, our law school does not need to also do not wish you all go when the judges, prosecutors or lawyers, although a part of students into the legal community college, but most want to see, also is active in all walks of life of each student front, every field has our voice. I think, only in this way, is the real implementation of the rule of law Chinese,Because the ideal is not only depends on the legal community this closed and even slightly elite circle itself can be achieved, it requires that every law school in its own post rule of consensus to a source in is higher than the community, can make the spirit of the rule of law in this country. The next few decades, we are in different places, but facing one direction, with different, to.

 

Teachers discourse

Harvard teacher -- deja vu

Harvard teacher makes me feel warm, because they like the teacher learned, Tsinghua kind, tolerant, in other words,If Harvard all to some extent is a measure of "internationalization" of the scale, then the Tsinghua especially law school teacher, has enough internationalizationBoth the teaching level, or after the exchange of students.

This time I often exchange of experience verification with the teachers in Tsinghua taught me, for example, Jia Bingbing teacher in the big two international class had to spend a period of time to tell us the International Court of justice in Chinese rarely, does not match with our country one of the status of the teacher in Feng Xiang; a letter and a mail makes me realize that, since we were "bourgeois slavish education" to a certain degree of brainwashing, so the undergraduate stage needs to complete the "brainwashing"; Liao Ying teacher to our founding Moot Court Association support, given that our great autonomy, and tells us to how to the attitude to promote the continuation, association, activity mode to realize the law school students All flowers bloom together., fully autonomous; Shen satellite teacher tells us much Read classic books, and my weekly in political philosophy class assignments are based on Muller, Rawls, Dworkin, Kant and some modern political scientist works; for example Wang Zhenmin teacher encouraged us to work for the cause of instead of seeking jobs, I from many Harvard graduates this year will see a similar selection.When their own knowledge, experience and practice with the teachers teach, I miss Mingli building, more proud to be from a law school.

Fail to show restraint of Harvard students --

It is difficult to generally to describe the Harvard undergraduate group, diversification of nationality, culture, family background, let the campus more tolerant, but this tolerance are a common -- pace never stop trying to go beyond the limits, the pursuit of perfection, and sophistication, decent. For example, a typical foreign language teaching at Harvard is the pursuit of the perfect. Only learned Freshman Chinese a semester, pronunciation pure, dialogue with fluent, accurate, let me marvel, even more than many Chinese said Chinese are more clear, in place. Then I heard one elective French friend said, his class students will spend 4 hours every day to review the french. Look at these peers learn language so seriously, especially the study Chinese, I even have to admire a little scared, because the treatment course (even if it's just a language course) input, and the attitude of the students believe that I, with such a serious and strong will, they will be ever-victorious in one's forward March, and they is the Tsinghua people in real competitors. And the most outstanding Harvard spiritual practice, usually several senior "Rhodes scholar" -- the annual USA and Canada will have 32 alumni award, went to University of Oxford for further study, Harvard every year will win a few seats. I personally think that the "principal scholarship undergraduate Rhodes scholars" similar to Tsinghua winner, the winner will be the star of school, and the incentive to my younger years, transfer positive energy on campus. Under the large group of Harvard undergraduates, Chinese undergraduates (China mainland passport holders and some young immigrants Canada ') and formed a small group, and a portion of them commercial consciousness is stronger, the consulting company, investment banks, private equity fund summer internship, graduation directly into the related work in the field of typical Asian-Harvard path, the other part have their own show special preference to professional or hobbies, fought, bitter as if it were malt sugar, the common feature of the two part is the goal is clear, sober minded, strong willed.

Compared to the students of Tsinghua University, Harvard peers common than we mature in five to ten years, the mature embodies let personal feelings fluctuation in their never influence on goals, never let the "life" of "business", self-conscious, in most cases remain rational, elegant, seemingly pay no heed to hard work. Few of them even have enough strength, presentable, can put 60 points into 90 points to show the strength of packaging.However, I am more identity and miss is Tsinghua people's temperament -- sincere, healthy, simple, selfless, because there is a collective concept and know how to love a roommate, classmates, because to be protected in a clean campus environment so more cherish the warmth and humanity in childhood.Mature, or people-smart, street-smart, after the increase in experience will always be there, it is time to every adult sophistication; and,The good quality of youth is grinding out was never out of date, only quality is one of the most core competitiveness.I appreciate the fine clothes, active in the business battlefield harvard man, leather shoes, high heels clicking on their work steadily is not easy;But I miss and I wear sneakers on Physical Education University, and the phrase "the health work for the motherland fifty years" slogan, health is not only physical, more spiritual, personality and values.

Internationalization --

But if we have what problem, it mainly lies in the bosom, vision. One word to describe most of the students here, that is the "atmosphere", heart is big, not limited to work in a car a house a little world of our own,But across their nationality and cultural background, in the axis of the world to find my place.

I have two roommates, a Swiss man, but also the law, she like many Europeans born French German Italian master four foreign languages, now at Harvard in exchange, learning Arabic, because she is very interested in the Middle East, European relations; another roommate master in Kennedy Institute of politics, interested in South Asia, practice just apply to the summer vacation to go to Pakistan, a think-tank, says she wants to use his economics undergraduate background and the education of Kennedy now, later dedicated to the research, what kinds of economic aid plan does not solve the poverty, backward problems.I think their ideal actually very straightforward, very simple, inspired me, they to outside his city, the area of concern and interest,I wonder how to form this perspective. Frankly speaking, I'm in Tsinghua University friends, very rarely heard of such personal planning. I can hear a lot of work, a lot of occupation, many ideas, but most of us, including me,They are still own target narrow limits.If the base station in the elder sister is the center Chinese find their own position, to their most in need, that their choice of life is broadcast in my opinion, the atmosphere, enough,But most of us are standing in the center north wide or Hong Kong and Macao for positioning, in other words, the job rather than seeking career for life, rather than for the ideal.

"Internationalization" in today is more of a "European style" or "America", overbearing and even irrational, but looking at Europe and we're the same age students have such a mind, courage and confidence, I think, is the European and American cultural hegemony to cultivate such students, think they or arbitrary or be opinionated or enthusiastically, full the world things are their own future to deal with things; on the contrary, such young people also consolidate these countries cultural hegemony. In contrast, Asian students more calm, more self handicapping.I admit that Chinese today's rapid economic development, be on the upgrade, the new leadership to promote political reform, the rule of law Chinese, everything is thriving, but we're not the real threat to Europe and the United states. "Chinese threat theory" is China diplomats tried to Western denied, and I think at least in today, we don't deny,Because we don't have to be a threat. Only the "cultural hegemony" ideal "hegemony" gradually replaced by equality, when I and my peers can have a broader vision and more heart, it is a threat that.

The so-called international, which is obviously not carrying any country package, said the language of any country or even in education which country, in my personal understanding, "internationalization" measure is not a person's real life, but the vision and the ideal of a man, and a man's heart.But if you don't first stood in a different land, hear different voices, see a different landscape, how can you just sit in the bedroom on the formation of the so-called "global vision"? So I thought, this exchange means to me is that learning, knowledge itself, but also let me have the opportunity to re-examine their position, try to break the limitations, and possibly put me this feeling back, to share with you.

Professional surplus --

A similar to the problem with international vision lack, is that our professional consciousness is too strong, especially the undergraduate stage, on its own, the society is not enough understanding of the situation, will be limited in a certain subject or field. Harvard undergraduates usually in the big two to decide their own professional, more importantly, the housing system not to institute as a unit, Freshman unified living in the main campus, from the beginning of two, is the imitation of British university system, is divided into 12 house, the scattered distribution discipline students, Faculty's teaching unit other aspects of student life, all belonging to the house, the ceremony even finally graduation certificate awarded to each house unit. Can say, the house system to ensure that the different disciplines to students in the room, even if not for academic exchange, daily life also makes you are engaged to each other, no longer strange, even cultivating interest, broaden the horizon. Each subject after two hundred or three hundred years of development has been very mature, so as to give the students more dual degree option. In Tsinghua, big one one student school is professional, each department is not only an administrative unit, is also the dormitory, student activities and other affairs unit, which on the one hand, causing everyone to the faculties of the deep feelings, a strong sense of identity, to build the professional community, favorable to the development of knowledge; but on the other hand, department the internal cohesion may bring departments alienation between subject and more, the more likely the loyalty of the other subjects out of curiosity and awe,In the course of time, loses the outward looking sensitive and walked out. I have seen such a word, "law school can give you anything again good, also is only the law school can provide a range of the best",Ditto for every college.

Harvard housing system is probably they carry out general education in daily life in a way,So I think the plan for the development of outstanding undergraduate students of Tsinghua, for example "spark plan" "Siyuan plan", and the school, the school will be the two organization, function and significance of them is similar to the Harvard housing system, is to break the departments, professional division, set up a platform for different disciplines to students, make up because the objective conditions lead to lack of communication and regret. I am as Siyuan 10 college and university members, will greatly benefit from this, is that the two group let me learn to appreciate the seriousness and the charm law beyond, harvest friendship and example, more integrated into the Tsinghua rather than Tsinghua law school. Similarly, the official enrollment in 2016 the Su Shimin project will also play a similar role, by strengthening the link between undergraduate and Su Shi Min scholar, bring different industry, Qinghua people in different countries wisdom.

 

Suggestions

When observed in a system, a phenomenon of Harvard campus, I will can't help with Tsinghua for comparison, ask yourself, Tsinghua has a similar situation? Tsinghua need not to need to make improvements in this area? Each shock brings the reflection, reflection after zero zero have had the following these suggestions, from the perspective of content limitation, naive, because the development process of the alma mater, have I not see the hardships, moreover, countless times in the Harvard deja vu all make me full of confidence, spare no effort to his alma mater, and is building a world-class learning journey, march forward courageously. Therefore, I put forward these proposals presume to here, is the most intense exchange, intuitive feelings, but also in a foreign land to his alma mater to miss most sincerely.

1 to the professional course standard opening elective courses, "general" meaning lies in the scope of knowledge, but not in the difficulty of the course of water;

The 2 increase in foreign language (not limited to English) teaching input, including adding the second category, strictly, at least to the ordinary high school English teaching time;

3. continues to strengthen the "Siyuan plan" "spark plan" undergraduate training projects, promote the exchange of students between different professional background, culture broad vision, make up for some shortcomings and the dormitory distribution department;

4 to encourage the exchange from Tsinghua students as a foreign exchange student Campus Ambassador, receiving students, in school, in College exchange programs and summer study abroad program students, both internationalization is the school construction beneficiaries, should be more positive feedback to his alma mater, and at the same time the exchange of experience will enable them to better understand the exchange born in Tsinghua required, think. I myself through the exchange of this semester, wanted and willing to serve as ambassador, help student exchange in tsinghua;

5. strengthen undergraduates and Su Shimin scholars program master communication, taken with the reception exchange students similar "Campus Ambassador" mode, helping students open, enhance its international vision with outstanding Su Shimin scholar incentive, at the same time by students as a bridge, make the project scholars known as part of the Tsinghua University, and not just a located at the Graduate School of Tsinghua Campus USA;

6. to integrate between school official activities and student activities of the organization resources, such as cultural quality, and undergraduate students era forum the do lectures cooperation, will be high quality, time forum do certification for the cultural quality of lectures, in respect of free choice to improve students cultural quality objective;

 

At this moment, can join the Law Faculty of Xinjiang judicial practice detachment, and a term not see students be together morning and night, I feel very happy. Since the end of last term, in many papers and review of the night, I would open the online edition in the learning gap with Tsinghua campus scenery old song video, open the "I want to go home" MV, open law school student section of the graduates, in each one and Tsinghua related memory experience the "leave, in order to better come back" this sentence. Our school won the central, towering over the grave, on campus, to me as long as in my heart,, towering in every overseas Chinese University in a dream.