1、哈佛大学开学典礼演讲稿哈佛大学开学典礼演讲稿 演讲稿体现着演讲的目的和手段。演讲稿是人们在工作和社会生活中经常使用的一种文体。它可以用来交流思想、感情,表达 主张、见解;也可以用来介绍自己的学习、工作情况和经验等等 当我们的开国先辈于1630年来到马塞诸塞州的这片海岸时,他们是作为持异见者而来的他们摒弃了家乡英国的体制。但是一直令我惊奇的是,在当时的这片荒地里,在如何生存下去还是个未解的问题之时,这些开国先辈很快就意识到了建立(哈佛大学)这所高等学府的必要性。 自此以后,一代代人来了又去,哈佛的校园也不断扩大,不再局限于当年的几间小木楼。但没有变的是,每一代人都充满信心,想要建立更好的社会,每
2、一代人也都相信,这所大学将使这种愿望成为可能。正如一位早期创始人Thomas Shepard 所说,我们希望毕业生走向世界之后,能够成长为对国家有益之人。 而如今,将近四个世纪后,我们发现我们处在一个充满挑战的历史时刻。我们应如何鼓励我们的毕业生去做对他人有益之事?我们是否培养出了以造福他人为目的的毕业生?还是,我们所有人都已变得对个人成就、机遇和形象如此痴狂,以至于忘记了我们的互相依赖,忘记了我们对于彼此和对于这所旨在促进公共利益的大学的责任? 这是一个自拍还有自拍杆的时代 不要误解我:自拍真是件令人欲罢不能的事儿,而且在两年前的毕业典礼演讲上,我还特意鼓励毕业生们多给我们发送一些自拍照,让
3、我们知道他们毕业后过得怎么样。但是仔细想想,如果社会里的每个人都开始过上整天自拍的生活,这会是怎样一个社会呢?对于我来说,那也许是“利己主义”最真实的写照了。 韦氏词典里,“利己主义”的同义词包括了“以自我为中心”、“自恋”和“自私”。我们无休止地关注我们自己、我们的形象、我们得到的“赞”,就像我们不停地用一串串的成就来美化我们的简历,去申请大学、申请研究生院、申请工作借用Shepard 的话来说,就是进行不停的“自我放大”。 正如一位社会评论家所观察到的那样,我们都在不停地为打造自己的品牌而努力。我们花很多时间盯着屏幕看,却忽视了身边的人。我们生活中的很大一部分经历不是被我们体验到的,而是被
4、保存、分享并流传于Snapchat 和Instagram 等APP 上的最终它们呈现出的是一种由我们所有人合成的自拍照。 为什么我们还需要大学? 批评家们问道:我们就不能全靠自学吗?硅谷创业家Peter Thiel 敦促学生们辍学,甚至还给予他们经济补助,让他们辍学创业这其中也包括我们哈佛的一些本科生。毕竟,从逻辑上来讲,马克扎克伯格和比尔盖茨都辍学了,他们似乎都很成功。事实如此,没错。 但是请大家别忘了:比尔盖茨和马克扎克伯格都是从哈佛辍学的!哈佛是孕育他们改变世界想法的地方。哈佛以及其他像哈佛一样的学府培养了数以千计的物理学家、数学家、计算机科学家、商业分析师、律师和其他有一技之长的人,这
5、些都是Facebook 和微软公司赖以生存的员工。 哈佛也培养了无数的政府官员和人民公仆,建设和领导国家,让像Facebook 、微软以及类似的公司可以繁荣发展。哈佛大学还培养了无数的作家、电影制作人和新闻工作者,是他们的作品给互联网增添了“内容”。 而且我们也要看到,大学是人类和社会技术革新的源泉,这些革新是互联网公司发展的基石从早期创造计算机和编写计算机程序的成功,到为如今无处不在的触屏奠定基础的样机的发展。 我们还被告知,大学将土崩瓦解,颠覆性的创新将使得每个人可以自学成才。 人们可以在大规模开放在线课程(MOOC)中选课,并设立DIY学位。但在线学习与大学学习并不相悖,前者可以拓展但不
6、会取代后者。通过类似像edX 和HarvardX 的这样的在线课程平台,我们已经开始与全球数百万的学习者分享哈佛的精神财富。有趣的是,我们发现世界各地的在线学习者中,有一个群体人数众多,那就是老师他们正用这些在线课程中的知识来丰富他们自己线下的学校和课堂。 总而言之,主张大学已经没有存在意义的断言人们对于机构的不信任,这种不信任的根本在于我们对于个人权利和感召力的陶醉以及对于名人的崇拜。政府、企业、非营利组织都和大学一样,成为了质疑和批评的靶子。 很少有反对的声音来提醒我们这些机构是如何服务和支持我们的,我们常常认为它们的存在理所应当。你的食物是安全的;你的血液检查是可信赖的;你的投票站是开放
7、的;当你拨动开关时,一定会有电;你所乘坐航班的起落都是根据航空安全规定进行的。设想一下,假如所有的市政基础设施停摆一周或一个月,我们的生活会是怎样? 机构体现了我们与其他个体之间持久的联系,它们将我们不同的天赋和能力拧成一股绳,去追求共同的目标。同时,它们也将我们与过去和未来维系起来。它们是价值的金矿这些恒久的价值超越了每一个自我。机构促使我们放弃眼前即刻的快乐,思考更远大的图景,更长远的全局。它们提醒我们世界只是暂时属于我们,我们肩负着过去和未来的责任,真正的我们要比我们自己和我们的自拍照要广博得多。 而大学的责任正在于此用我们共同的人类遗产号召大家去开拓未来这个未来将由今天从这里毕业的数千
8、名哈佛学生去创造。我们的工作是一个持续的承诺,它并不针对单一的个体,甚至不针对一代人或一个时代,它是对一个更大的世界的承诺,是一个对于正在等待它服务的时代的承诺。 哈佛校园正中的约翰哈佛雕像 1884年,我的前辈、Charles William Eliot 校长为约翰哈佛雕像揭幕,并谈到研究约翰哈佛这位冠名了这所大学的人“波澜壮阔”的一生带来的启发。 Eliot 校长说:“他(约翰哈佛)会告诉人们善行会流芳百世,会以超越所有计量方式的速度和规模繁衍。他会教导人们,在这个教育花园里播下的种子,如何迸发出喜悦、力量以及永远新鲜的能量,年年花开,随着时光流转,在人类活动的所有领域,花繁叶茂。” 所以
9、,今天下午我们列队行进经过的那座雕像,它不仅仅是一座代表个人的纪念碑,更是代表一个不断自我更新的社区和机构的纪念碑。你们今天坐在这里,就代表了一种对于哈佛这个社区和机构的认可,这种认可也是你对于哈佛驱使你超越自我、惠及他人的感召力的认可。我感谢你们今天在这里的许下的承诺,祝你们每一位都开心、健康且永远充满活力! 今天是新一学年的开始。欢迎各位来到哈佛。大家都是不同国家和地区,成长背景与生活环境也各有不同。在此,我想重申哈佛的办学理念和目标。 每当新生到校的时候,我常常会提起,哈佛是个多么多元化的大学,它可能是学生所生活过的最多元化的集体之一。不同种族、民族、国家的人们汇聚于此,他们政治观念可能
10、各不相同,性别观与身份认同也各有差异。我们认为,这种不同是哈佛教育中不可分割的一部分。不管你是大学新生,还是满怀抱负的研究生,还是教职员工,都能从哈佛的这种教育中受益。 今年,哈佛的录取政策遭到了质疑,这更是对我们根本原则,对哈佛多元化的努力提出的挑战。在这一学年内,我们会积极应对质疑,向其他的声音证明多元化的重要之处。 然而哈佛的努力还不止于此。我们不仅要为哈佛所招收的优秀学子提供多元化的环境,更要让每个人都有一种归属感。“我就是哈佛的代表,就是哈佛的一部分”,我希望每个学子都可以感受到这一点。光有多样性还不够,归属感、包容性也很重要。要做到这一点,哈佛要做的还有很多。我们知道,我们生活的这
11、个社会充斥着不平等、不公正,这些无形之中对每个人的生活都产生了影响,对于哈佛也是一样。 因此,当我们规划未来、迎接挑战之际,建立一个真正包容的集体非常重要,这项任务也十分艰巨。刚刚入学的新生中,有很多人对于周围同学的文化、国家并不了解,你们彼此对对方也各有期待。因此,大家可能会担心,如果尝试着和不同的人交流,能否得到理解,还是会被忽视、无视?如何让哈佛成为一个相互学习相互了解的集体,而非冷漠忽视?如何消除隐性歧视并从中吸取教训?如何能消除一些歧视性或者针对性的语言?如何才能让大家以治学般的严谨态度探询、理解人与人的差异? 这个暑假,我和JimRyan院长谈及了这些情况,他表示,我们应该努力成为
12、“包容的倾听者”。我对此非常认同,这也是一个真正的学者应该具有的品质。大学言论自由每个人都有权表达自己的观点,但是在你们未来的大学四年内,这种言论自由可能无形中会因言语不当而带来伤害。这些言语也许本来是一番好意,却因为误解曲解而事与愿违。然而这些都是哈佛在努力推动多元化中无法避免的过程。这一点我们会继续坚持,在应对指控的法庭上、在日后的公众交流中、在我们每一天的生活中,都应该坚持这一点。 用心聆听,更包容地聆听,不要怕犯错,不要担心,勇于尝试,努力包容。让我们相互学习,共同进步。 “Who Will Tell Your Story?” May 24, 20xx Greetings, Class
13、 of 20xx. And so it is herethe week of your Commencement. The days of miracle and wonder when your theses are written, classes have ended, and you still have free HBO. And so it may seem strange to be gathered here today, as we pause for this ancient and curious custom called the Baalaureatebut here
14、 we are, me in a pulpit and you in pews, dressed for a sermon in which I am to impart the sober wisdom of age to the semi-sober impatience of youth. Now, it is a daunting task. Especially since over the course of four years I have sueeded in disconcerting people on all sides of the many issues that
15、you will soon be discussing with parents and grandparents over dinnerso in addition to a speech, for handy reference Ive created a Placemat for Commencement, filled with useful phrases. Such as, “Its final club, without an s.” Now, I am truly privileged today, for you are an extraordinary group. You
16、r 80 countries of origin do not begin to describe you. You may remember the day when we escaped the rain at your Freshman Convocation, and you heard from me and a phalanx of elders in dark robes: Connect, we said, make Harvard part of your narrative. Take risks, we told you. Dont always listen to us
17、. And for four years you have distinguished yourselves with dazzling variety: In what may be Harvards most divergent dozen, you produced six Rhodes Scholars, including one who broke the world record for standing on a “Swiss” exercise ball, plus six athletes invited to the National Football League to
18、 play ball, players whose interests range from the ministry to curing infectious diseases. You were good at long distances: You probed the atmosphere of an exopla; researched antibiotic use on a pig farm in Denmark; and you created a pilot program that cut shuttle times from the Quad by half. You ex
19、perienced old traditions: The mumps. A class color, orange. And the time-honored Lampoon theft of the Crimson presidents chairthis time transporting it across state lines to Manhattans Trump Tower, for a staged photo op with a then dark-horse presidential candidate. You found your way: on campus, th
20、rough a maze of renovations and swing housing; onstage, doing stand-up edy on NBC, dancing in Bogota, and mounting Black Magic at the Loeb; through the halls of business and finance, running an intercollegiate investment fund; and exposing a privacy issue with Facebooks Messenger app. You won, with
21、style and grace: as you captured the first national trophy for Harvard Mock Trialby being funnier than Yale; and then you shellacked the Bulldogs in The Game foryesthe 9th straight year; you produced the first Ivy “three-peats” in football and womens track; and brought home the first Ivy crown in wo
22、mens rugbyhow “Fierce and Beautiful” was that! And, of course, all this was powered by HUDS, since 20xx, powered with ceaseless servings of swai. And you were just plain good: You wrote prize-winning theses on sea level change, a water crisis in Detroit; you engineered a better barbecue smokerand te
23、sted it in a blizzard; you joined the fight to end malaria; and earned the award for best hockey player in the NCAA for strength of character as well as skill; you became well connectedto Alzheimers patients, to kids in Kenya, to homeless youth; and, as the inaugural class of Ed School Teacher Fello
24、ws, 20 of you are preparing to help high-need students rise. And I understand you even rested with ambition, as you tried to “Netflix and chill.” You made it all look easyall while facing blows to the spirit that have tempered and tested you. You arrived just after a breach of academic trust that, b
25、y your senior year, produced the first honor code in Harvards history, events that raised hard questions for all of us: What is suess? What is integrity? To whom, or what, are we aountable? When a hurricane prompted the first Harvard closing in 34 years, you rallied with generosity and goodwilland d
26、id so again when we closed for snowstorm Nemothe fifth largest in Boston history. And that was just a warm up, so to speak, for the Winter of Our Miserythe worst in Boston historywhen you sledded the slopes of Widener in a kayak. And when the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, in just your secon
27、d semester, we considered still larger questions: Who are we? What matters most? What do we owe to one another? You told me that you became Bostonians that day, bonded to a city beyond Harvard Square, and to each other during the manhunt and lockdown, when the University closed for an unprecedented
28、third time in 6 months. Who can forget the imagesof the mayhem, of the people who ran, not for safety, buttoward the danger, into the chaos? The Army veteran, who smelled cordite, and expecting more bombs, saved a college students life; the man in the cowboy hat, who ripped away fencing in order to
29、reach the most injured. And who can forget the moment when Red Sox first baseman David Ortiz stood in the center of Fenway Park and said in eleven words of fellowship and defiance that the FCC chose not to censor, though I will today“this is our bleeping city and nobodys gonna dictate our freedom.”
30、A few months ago as I was lucky enough to be sitting in a Broadway theater, absorbing the final number of the musical Hamilton, I thought of you, and that fierce spirit of inclusion and self-determination. I watched as Eliza, center stage, sang, “I put myself back in the narrative,” and asked the qu
31、estion in the title of her song, “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?,” the spirited summation of a production that, like you, has broken records. Like you, has created a new drama inside a very old one. Harvard, one might say, is a bastion of opportunity and unimaginable good fortunefor all
32、of us, who find a place, with varying degrees of fort, at the center of its long and suessful narrative. And yet the burden is on usto locate the disfort, to act on the restless spirit of that legacy. As I thought about speaking to you here today, it ourred to me how much the question in that final song has framed your time here, and how much it will continue to affect your lives, as college graduates, as Harvard alumni, as citizens and as leaders. Who will tell you
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