Write a composition with Harvard's school motto

1. Enlightenment of Harvard motto (6-word composition for primary school students in grade five)

Enlightenment of Harvard motto

I occasionally read the motto of Harvard University in the United States: "Let you be friends with Plato, Aristotle, and importantly, let you be friends with truth", and I felt a lot.

As we all know, Plato and Aristotle are great philosophers whose names will remain immortal. The so-called philosopher is a wise man. Being friends with the philosopher means being companions with wisdom, which shows that Harvard has high requirements for students' quality. But the real meaning of the school motto lies in the last sentence, "Important, let you be friends with the truth." It is the simplest expression of Harvard people's pursuit of truth and academic freedom! Perhaps it is this atmosphere that makes Harvard famous all over the world!

being friends with the truth is the wisest thing for Harvard people. It makes truth a bridge of spiritual communication between teachers and students, and also draws the distance between them closer! Imagine being friends with truth, so why not be friends between teachers and students? The relationship between friends is that both sides are equal and honest. From this, it is normal for teachers and students to "argue", even if they are flushed. In fact, they argue precisely because of their persistent pursuit of truth. What is the spirit of Harvard? Harvard spirit is the spirit of respecting academic freedom!

Academic freedom is also advocated in China, but freedom belongs to teachers' "patent" to a great extent. Because the teacher has the "power of life and death" of students (such as students' grades and moral evaluation, etc.), students dare not "offend" the teacher easily. For example, some teachers like to instill education, which has two disadvantages: first, it forces students to bury their heads in copying notes, and ironically, some students also record the teacher's cough. Isn't such a student a copier? Some teachers don't want to hear or even allow students to question. They regard students' questioning as a challenge to their knowledge, which virtually "deprives" students of their right to speak. Being in this learning atmosphere for a long time, students are easy to form qualitative thinking, lacking original spirit and courage to challenge authority, which is not conducive to the cultivation of innovative talents in China.

Indoctrination education often leads to the translocation of classroom subject and object. In my opinion, the purpose of the teacher's class is not to show off how high his level is, so that students can worship themselves, because this will only backfire. The standard to measure a teacher's success is to see how much personality improvement students get while gaining knowledge from it. In fact, if teachers are willing to accept students' "challenges", they are students' real friends and teachers! Is the real authority in their minds!

Not long ago, an American doctor was invited to give a lecture in our school. He talked and asked questions, trying to arouse students' enthusiasm and participate in his speech. However, his classmates' reaction made him feel very disappointed: "Is it really so difficult for you China students to answer the teacher's questions and always look down at the table? Don't just say your own point of view! If in the United States, I don't know how many students are holding hands and rushing to answer! " With the constant encouragement of the doctor, the students gradually became active and the previous restraint disappeared. They scrambled to raise their hands and put forward their own opinions, and some even stood in opposition to the doctor's views. The doctor, on the other hand, always smiled and discussed with his classmates the ways to solve the problem. It is worth mentioning that he did not impose his own views on others, and always respected the students' ideas. How profound the doctor's knowledge is and how broad his tolerance is! The audience burst into warm applause ... This is the most profound education lesson I remember, although it is particularly short and deep!

the same class, some lifeless, some heated, why? In order to have a good class, teachers should not only have profound knowledge, but also have the spirit of teaching people tirelessly, the habit of being willing and good at mobilizing students' enthusiasm, the courage to encourage students to refute and the courage to admit mistakes! Taking responsibility will not only lose face, but also win the respect of students, because students learn not only knowledge, but also the truth of being a man!

Reread the motto of Harvard University: "Let you be friends with the truth." When we understand the true meaning of this school motto, we will feel that truth is so amiable and approachable! Teachers and students will be more broad-minded, communicate more frankly and freely, and the gap between them will be automatically eliminated; Academic debate is not a personal conflict, but to better defend each other's pursuit of truth and freedom! 2. How to write an argumentative essay with the motto of Harvard University as the main topic

Harvard motto: There is only one road to success-that is preparation! To a great extent, man is the product of opportunity.

when we evaluate a person's ability and his achievements, we can't completely ignore the importance of opportunities. Some moments are more important than a few years, and there is no balance between the importance and value of time.

an unexpected five minutes may decide a person's fate. However, people don't succeed by rabbits that occasionally bump into stakes.

in fact, what we usually call the turning point of fate is just the opportunity integrated by the achievements we have made in our previous efforts. The famous motto of Harvard University in the United States brilliantly explains the relationship among diligence, opportunity and success: always be ready, and you will succeed when the opportunity comes.

General MacArthur said: "The sound of bugles calling troops to the battlefield is an opportunity for soldiers. However, this loud bugle will never make the soldiers brave, nor will it help them win the war. The opportunity must be grasped by themselves. "

it is his personality and his personal ability that urge a person to seize the opportunity that made him successful in his life. Occasional opportunities are only meaningful to those who work hard.

A well-known anecdote by Orbull can better illustrate this truth. This outstanding violinist has been practicing the piano persistently for many years.

through constant practice, his skill has matured to the extent that he became famous later, but he is still unknown to the public. However, his luck will come sooner or later.

once, while this young Norwegian musician was playing, the famous female singer mary brown happened to pass by the window. Orbull's performance fascinated her. She never thought that the violin could play such beautiful and moving music. She quickly asked the name of the unknown musician.

Shortly afterwards, during an influential performance, she suddenly had a disagreement with the theater manager and had to cancel her program temporarily. When arranging someone to go to the front desk to save the scene, she thought of Orr Bull.

In front of a large audience, Orr Bull played for more than an hour, which made Orr Bull reach the peak of the world music hall. For Orbull, that hour was an opportunity, but he had already prepared for it.

the secret of success is that when the opportunity comes, you are ready to seize it. For those lazy people, even the best opportunity is worthless; For those who are not prepared, no matter how big the opportunity, it will only show his incompetence and ugliness and make him ridiculous.

people always like employees who are conscientious and make no mistakes. No one wants to always be on guard against his employees like an idle person or a fool.

It's like if a carpenter has to watch his apprentice's work with his own eyes to be sure that he has done nothing wrong; Or if a bank treasurer must personally check his bookkeeper's books to be sure that they are accurate, then he might as well do it himself instead of letting others do it! Therefore, the company will fire these incompetent employees immediately, not to mention giving them a chance. When a person "bumps into" a good position, it is not only because he has taken advantage of any favorable conditions, but because he has been preparing for the job for many years.

every day, we should do our best to work, and strive to finish every little thing efficiently. Try to surpass yourself and try to do something extra, not to see the smiling face of the boss, but to make continuous progress.

that is, in the same company or the same position, the opportunity didn't come, but in the actions you always prepare for the opportunity, your ability has been expanded and strengthened. In fact, you have created another opportunity for some time in the future. Remember Harvard motto: always be ready, and you will succeed when the opportunity comes. 3. How to write an argumentative essay based on the motto of Harvard University

Be friends with Plato, Aristotle, and more importantly, truth.

Quincy, president of Harvard University, explained the motto: "The most fundamental task of a university is to pursue the truth itself, not to follow the interests of any faction, era or part." Its purpose is to advocate independence, democracy and freedom in running schools.

What is highlighted is the academic spirit of pursuing truth, seeking truth and worshiping truth. There is a bronze statue of Harvard. On the left side of the base, the emblem of Harvard University is engraved: in the center of a shield seal, three open books are arranged in an inverted triangle, and seven Latin letters "VERITAS" are engraved on the books, meaning "truth".

this is a simplified Harvard motto and motto. The bronze statue of Harvard is very famous in the United States, and it is one of the four most famous statues in the United States (the other three are the Statue of Liberty, President Lincoln and President Franklin).

The bronze statue of Harvard commemorates John, the first donor of Harvard University. Harvard. The master of Cambridge University in England moved to North America in 1637, and died of tuberculosis in 1638 at the age of 31.

Before his death, he donated 26 books and half of his fortune (more than 7 pounds, almost twice the official funding) to a local college just founded two years ago (Harvard University didn't have a school name at that time, only one teacher and nine students). To thank and remember John? Harvard, the then colonial parliament decided to name the college after Harvard.

In order to commemorate him forever, the school invited the author of the statue of President Lincoln to present it to John in front of the gray "University Building". Harvard cast this bronze statue. In fact, from the explanation given by the President of Harvard above, you should know where to start writing.

pursue the truth! Study academically to avoid impetuousness. Introduce a few celebrities as supplements: Socrates is Plato's teacher, Plato is Aristotle's teacher, Aristotle is Alexander's teacher, Plato was born in Athens, and studied under Socrates when he was young.

After Su's death, he traveled around the world and went to Egypt, Asia Minor and southern Italy to engage in political activities in an attempt to realize his aristocratic political ideal. After the failure of the activity in 387 BC, he fled back to Athens, set up an Academy near a gymnasium called Agard Academy, and taught there for 4 years until his death.

He has written a lot in his life, and his teaching thoughts are mainly concentrated in The Republic and The Law. Plato is the founder of western objective idealism, and his philosophical system is extensive and profound, which has a great influence on his teaching thought.

Plato believes that the world consists of "the world of ideas" and "the world of phenomena". The world of ideas is real and eternal, and the real world that human senses come into contact with is just a faint shadow of the world of ideas, which is composed of phenomena, and each phenomenon shows temporary changes due to factors such as time and space.

Based on this, Plato put forward an epistemology of idealism and recollection as the philosophical basis of his teaching theory. Plato believes that all human knowledge comes from talent, and it exists in human soul in a potential way.

Therefore, understanding is not a feeling of the world's material, but a memory of the world of ideas. The purpose of teaching is to restore people's inherent knowledge.

Teaching process is the process of "recalling" concept. In teaching, Plato attaches great importance to the understanding of universality and generality, especially to the cultivation of students' thinking ability, and thinks that concepts and truth are the products of pure thinking.

At the same time, he thinks that students can recall the idea world through the shadow of the idea world in the phenomenon world, and admits the role of feeling in cognition. He particularly emphasized the role of early education and environment in children.

It is believed that the things that children are exposed to in childhood have a permanent influence on him, and the teaching process should arouse students' memories through the perceptual inspiration of specific things, and reproduce the inherent conceptual knowledge in the soul through reflection and thinking. In this regard, Plato's teaching knowledge is a transcendentalism.

Plato's teaching system is a pyramid. In order to develop rationality, he set up a comprehensive and rich curriculum system. Based on students' psychological characteristics, he divided them into several age stages and gave them different teaching subjects.

-3-year-old children are taken care of in nurseries. Children aged 3-6 are engaged in stories, games, singing and other activities in the playground.

after the age of 6, children enter primary schools to receive primary courses. In terms of teaching content, Plato accepted Athens' educational thought of exercising with gymnastics and cultivating the harmonious development of the soul with music, arranged simple reading, writing, calculating and singing for children, and also attached great importance to gymnastics and other sports training projects.

17 A 2-year-old youth went to the national "Everby" to receive military education, and combined with military needs, he studied cultural subjects, mainly arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. 2-3 years old, after strict selection, 1 years of science education, focusing on developing young people's thinking ability, continuing to learn "four subjects" and understanding the relationship between natural sciences.

after 3 years old, after further selection, I studied for 5 years, mainly studying philosophy. At this point, Plato's relatively complete pyramid-shaped teaching system has been formed.

according to its teaching purpose, Bertrand absorbed and developed the "three arts" of the wise men and the military physical education curriculum in Sparta, and also summarized the teaching practice experience in Athens, and put forward the "four subjects" (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music) for the first time in the history of education, which later became the backbone and guiding source of the ancient Greek curriculum system and dominated the secondary and higher education in Europe for 15 years. Plato believes that every subject has its unique function, and all learning will contribute to the development of character.

before the age of 17, the extensive and comprehensive subject content is to cultivate the general quality of citizens, and for future philosophers, the above-mentioned subjects are all essential knowledge preparation for learning dialectics. Grammar and rhetoric are the basis of studying philosophy; Arithmetic is to train people's ability of analysis and thinking: learning geometry and astronomy is very important for sailing, marching, observing climate and exploring the universe; Learning music is to cultivate soldiers' courage and noble moral sentiments.

At the same time, he also attaches great importance to selecting and purifying all kinds of teaching materials, such as language, stories, myths, epics, etc., so as to meet the moral requirements and promote the development of children's minds. As far as teaching methods are concerned, Plato followed Socrates' question-and-answer method and regarded the process of recalling existing knowledge as a process of teaching and inspiration.

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