万睿涵 (DKU’22)
Wan Ruihan, a freshman at Duke Kunshan University, describes the experience of participating in the launch of the Humanities Research Center. She writes that because of the strong pressure to study sciences in high school, “I feel that I was never able to express my love for the humanities. However, when I came to Duke Kunshan University, I was surprised to find such an emphasis on the humanities. Over two days, the university carried out a large scale official event focussed on the humanities, which would be unimaginable in a traditional [Chinese] university. All kinds of wisdom collided with each other, producing gorgeous sparks.”
作为一名中国的大学生，我很荣幸能够参加人文研究中心举办的主题为“人文未来”的活动。在这短短的两天里，我对“人文”这一个词语有了一个全新的认识。
在高中我是一名文科学生，因此我对中国高中教育中的人文学科有一些思考和了解。在中国的高中阶段的教育里，实事求是地说，人文学科是不受重视和欢迎的。中国高中教育实行分科教育，即文科和理科。在我的高中一个年级340个同学里，学习文科的同学只有40个人，占比为11.8%左右。也就是说，在我的高中里学习人文学科的同学只有12%左右。真正热爱人文学科的同学则会更少。中国高中阶段的分科教育，没能给人文学科的学习和发展提供一个良好的环境。 Continue reading “人文学科是人类未来发展的显学”
