Chapter 200 Establish a temporary campus and determine the educational policy
Since Xingchen Technology settled in Baoshan, the local area has been providing supporting services. They have established shopping malls, primary and middle schools, and have also built a new park of considerable size.
The teaching building of Xingchen University in Chongming will definitely not be able to catch up with the summer start of school, so Luo Jia discussed with the local government whether she could borrow local infrastructure first as the university's temporary campus. When Xingchen University is officially completed next year, she would move to Chongming.
The local area responds to Xingchen Technology's requirements. A super-large shopping mall happened to be built recently. This shopping mall is comparable to Wanda Plaza, with an area of 330,000 square meters. After Xingchen Technology obtained the property rights of this property, the temporary school's teaching building was settled and is under intense construction.
As for the students' outdoor activity venues, Baoshan local gritted his teeth and directly encircled Yanjiang Park next to the mall and used it as the playground for the students.
Luo Jia had to sigh that in our country, the leaders really attach importance to it. The power of special affairs is huge. After pieced together, he actually created an amazing temporary campus, which put together a Wanda shopping mall and a Binjiang Park to form the main body of Star University.
As for the students' accommodation issues, there are no need to worry about this. Star Warship has many empty houses, but there is a road between the shopping mall and the Star Warship Community. A local overpass is built to connect the Star Warship Community and the temporary campus of Star University.
The Star Warship Community is connected to the main base of Star Technology, and has made a trinity design that has completely opened up the base, university and employee communities.
When Principal Raphael came to the temporary campus, he was stunned when he looked at everything in front of him.
It is crazy to use a super-large shopping mall as a teaching building and an experimental building, and a riverside park as a sports field.
The first phase of Xingchen University, the full calculation will only recruit more than 1,000 people. More than 1,000 people are placed in a huge teaching building of 330,000 square meters. Maybe this is the rhythm of getting lost, right?
As for the playground, it is a whole park!
Although the local people have no objection to the allocation of the park to Xingchen University as a sports field for students, more people agree with this matter. Xingchen Technology conducts education, and local people agree with it, so the opposition was quickly drowned.
After visiting the temporary campus, Raphael said to Luo Jia in surprise, "I really didn't expect that the conditions would be very difficult. After all, Xingchen University was a temporary decision, but you didn't expect that you had made all the preparations."
Luo Jia smiled, "It's also considered a Chinese tradition. Concentrating efforts to do major tasks. Star University is believed by the authorities to benefit the country and the people, so it's what it is now."
Raphael nodded slightly. He had indeed heard of Huaxia's efficiency. Unlike the political disputes in North America, Huaxia emphasizes on responding to one call, overcoming all difficulties, and working together.
It is hard to talk about who is better, but if you want to talk about the ability to do big things, China is definitely much stronger.
Principal Raphael pointed to the newly built wall and said, "It's not good to completely close the campus, right? After all, the school is also a part of society. Even genius students need to contact society. I personally do not hope that in the future, students who graduate from Star University will be the kind of young people who live on the turtle of ivory towers, know nothing about social life, and lack the necessary life skills."
Luo Jia explained to Principal Raphael, "The reason for the closure is that our students are really too young, with an average age of only thirteen. I agree with your college students' view that they need to be exposed to society, but as minors, they also need to be protected."
President Raphael nodded slightly. Indeed, Star University implements genius education and students are very young, which is indeed a problem.
Immediately afterwards, Luo Jia said, "In fact, we have a large number of social practice courses, but our social practice courses will not be conducted on campus, but will allow students to go out of campus and go to the outside world."
"No matter how big the Shanghai capital is, it cannot be bigger than the whole world, right? Opening the campus and allowing students to come into contact with society is only the Shanghai capital society and the social environment in big cities. Such social practice may be good for ordinary people, but it is far from enough for geniuses."
"Once a month, our students will travel all over the country, climbing mountains, honing their will, overcoming dark fears through diving courses, learning about the countryside and plants through agricultural courses, marching through deserts, feeling the lonely smoke in the desert, living in the wild, and building teamwork."
"In addition, our students will also go to the world once a quarter to the Pampas grasslands to experience the desolation and silence, to the ancient Mayan city, to experience the end of civilization, to the East African prairie, to observe the cruelty of the jungle laws."
"The ancient Chinese people have long said that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. Therefore, we not only have social practice classes, but also have a large number of social practice classes, led by the best teachers and experts in the world, allowing us students to learn in practice and understand the true face of the world during travel."
Luo Jia's language formed a series of pictures in Principal Raphael's mind. The students took submarines to enter the dark ocean, explored the unknown deep sea, rode camels, faced the scorching sun and wind, and walked through the deserted desert. Then the elderly guide told everyone that this was Loulan.
What a beautiful picture
For Luo Jia, geniuses must stand at the height of the entire human civilization and move forward bravely. Traditional cramming education must be accepted by geniuses, and at the same time, they must also accept exploratory education to enter a wider world. Both are indispensable.
Principal Raphael was shocked by the future portrayed by Luo Jia. He swallowed and said, "Although exploratory education is good, it will cost a lot of money, right?"
Not only Luo Jia smiled, but An Ran also smiled. One night two years ago, An Ran and Luo Jia went to Huawei's laboratory in Shanghai. Luo Jia said, "Do you think I am really working just for money now?"
From that day on, An Ran followed Luo Jia wholeheartedly and supported all the decisions made by Luo Jia, because although Luo Jia was a cunning businessman, he had already passed the stage of working hard for money. Luo Jia and everyone in Xingchen Technology have longer-term goals.
One day, human beings will move towards the sea of stars, and the candidate who leads the earth to the sea of stars should be the Chinese living on this land.
Luo Jia smiled and said, "My dear President, Xingchen University is a university without a budget. We spend as much as we need to spend. The future of mankind is likely to be placed on these young girls. In the face of this great proposition of the future, money is just a trivial tool."
"Anyway, I will earn the money, and the management responsibilities of Star University will be handed over to you."
Principal Raphael was stunned and suddenly felt an urge to burst into tears!
Obviously, Luo Jia is an idealist and willing to pay all the price for his ideals. He is glad that he came to China because he is likely to witness a miracle in the history of education in his lifetime.
Facing the warm spring sunshine, Luo Jia and Raphael walked side by side and walked into the center of the park, sat down on a bench, talked for a long time, and said a lot of heartfelt words.
Luo Jia told President Raphael about his overall plan for Star University.
In the Western education model, the president of a university is actually more like a manager, that is, CEO.
The main reason why President Raphael was able to lead MIT for many years is his high academic reputation and campus management capabilities.
The real power is controlled by the school board, and the school board of Star University is naturally Luo Jia. President Raphael's work is to turn his ideas into reality according to Luo Jia's wishes. The two people are in a collaborative relationship.
With Luo Jia's whimsical thoughts, although he put forward many wonderful ideas, some people need to arrange and implement them.
For example, the monthly study tour plan, who should lead, what activities should be arranged, and who the local receptionist should be implemented one by one, these issues need to be implemented one by one by one by Principal Raphael and the school management team.
It can be seen from this that a principal with outstanding reputation and strong management skills is so important to Xingchen University. Luo Jia can only come up with ideas, but he has no time to arrange everything in place.
Principal Raphael is a smart and capable manager. Based on Luo Jia's ideas, he analyzed and interpreted one by one and proposed the most appropriate plan.
He argued with reason and rejected the idea of simultaneously launching Luo Jia's basic courses and professional courses, but instead allowed all students to complete the credits of the basic courses first, and then enter the professional field for more in-depth study and research.
He agreed with Luo Jia's idea of not placing students in grades, but establishing the learning stage. At the same time, he agreed to immediately assign students a meticulous major to allow them to enter the scientific research field that they will strive for for their whole life as soon as possible.
Regarding Luo Jia's proposal that students should understand the world and enhance their cognition, Principal Raphael felt that if Luo Jia was not afraid of spending money, he would build a practice base around the world.
For example, in the cold Siberia, there is a frozen soil research base established by the Russians. The place is now so poor that it cannot be broken. As long as Luo Jia sponsors this research base for a little money, he can completely pull students from Xingchen University over, live for a week, and invite experts who have been studying frozen soil for a lifetime to take a few open classes, which broadens his horizons and learns knowledge.
This is a very constructive proposal. There are so many research bases around the world, why bother to do it yourself? It’s better to win-win cooperation.
Of course, this is also based on President Raphael's deep connections in the academic and educational circles. After all, he ranks second in the world. The former president of MIT, President Raphael and many research institutions around the world have experience in cooperation.
Chapter completed!