俺娃搞不清要学啥,是那种货真价实如假包换打死也不知道的搞不清,俺已经彻底放弃搞清的努力了。
选小P,其中一个原因,就是据扯它在所有Undecided Major里排第一,俺特别想知道他们能不能把这事儿搞清了。
还没开学,不过俺好像看到点端倪了。
具体说看到两点。
第一件,每个学生开学前都会指定一个Liberal Art Advisor,会4年全程跟踪,指导选课,科研,Intern等等一切事宜。中间如果学生换专业,这个Advisor也不会换,不过可能会加一个专业的Advisor。这个Advisor对Undecided 的学生选专业有关键影响
第二件,所有一年级新生,有一门必修的Seminar,为期一个学期。Seminar选项共有30个,学生从中选10个,按兴趣排序,最后根据所有学生的选择统一分配。这些Seminar涵盖广泛,题目新颖,鼓励学生自由发挥。比如俺娃选项里的第一名,貌似在讲数学,可是精髓却是讲更多的Humanity,什么是Intelligence, What makes a human human.
Can Zombies Do Math?
Mathematics is a field of knowledge commonly associated with objectivity and universality, and yet, doing it well requires a certain comfort with ambiguity and a deep desire for elegant simplicity. Furthermore, mathematicians claim, its main appeal is not its applicability and power, but instead, its aesthetic beauty. Does this make it a particularly human endeavor? In other words, could zombies do math? Could they appreciate it? Our investigations in this seminar will progress along two parallel paths. In one path, we will examine what it means to be human rather than a zombie, and how we define “humanness” in opposition to the various qualities we attribute to monsters and Others. In the second path, our inquiry will involve several cases made in defense of the human nature of mathematics. The readings of the course will include fiction and poetry as well as essays and articles in cognitive science, philosophy, and computer science. We will also look inside ourselves and engage with our own mathematical and creative impulses as we seek to understand what makes us human and how math relates to our humanity
二娃还是不知道要学啥,不过希望一学期后能搞明白点:)
至于LAC,跟其他类型的学校相比,感觉人性化很多,从学校到老师到家长都特别热情,至少一开始是这样。学校给家长的Orientation中很强烈地感受到这一点。还没开学,已经有老生家长来联系了,一种大家庭的感觉。