Why should the United States to learn

 Get second gift is trust, then mathematics is a strong self-confidence, a

weak encounter chemistry, I have not studied history, did not finish, barely

to the test, and found not know how many words do, when I remember my

history teacher told me that Kai-Fu, I know you finish today's questions

today, do you take home, you can use a dictionary, you can spend all you

need to spend time , 3,5 hours does not matter, but I believe you will not

turn over textbooks. you thought I was a 11,12-year-old child, the teacher

know that your books in the next, so take your time to do that, but I

believe you do not open your textbook, this is a good faith and their trust

in others, so be sure to cherish the people their trust in you, for I am

also very, very important.


I was to the United States in the U.S. state of Tennessee, is a Catholic

school, is to Reading of the first day. the few Chinese cities, the entire

school I was the only Chinese person, many people at that time not even seen

in real life faces the East, but they reach out to welcome me, I got the

first One of the most important gift is self-confidence.


because when I entered is not know what is really like, I chose a dual

professional , mathematics and law. very strange two professional,

mathematics I think I was a genius, I think watching television law that

lawyers are cool, especially when the United States has a program called

idol. In fact, just like today's students as it is actually very confused

and do not know what their professional interest, vocation, just randomly

chose two.


The fourth thing I learned in high school in practice. Today, many education

more more are to go on the endorsement of the things the book back dead. but

I'm sure that sentence, you will forget seen, heard of you will remember,

but did you really understand. So, when I very touched that each class has

so many practical projects, not only teach you how an index is going, will

teach you to learn why the index, if you earn 100 dollars per year and 10%

interest, 10 years Then you only have 200 dollars, more money, because

interest rates will rise interest rates, which is of the concept, will use

real examples, if you later want to have more money than the 200, will be

hard to learn this topic.


in Colombia, I learned many, many things. If the most important thing to

learn I think that should be interested, this is the fifth study in the U.S.

I got a gift.


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the tenth thing I learned is quite concerned with this, the tenth gift I

think is that every thing we are not only one way to look at this problem,

but there are many ways to look at this issue . when my teacher told me very

clear, we are all equal, everyone has the right to have their own views. In

fact, many east encountered a huge bottleneck in education is that

everything is wrong, black or white A man is either good or bad, a

scientific problem or is this answer is not so do not answer, did not think

a lot of things have different ways of view. For example, we often cite an

example, in many high technology companies will encounter when interviewing

some very strange problems, such as the sewer cover why round, I know that

many people have heard of many words. But the purpose of asking this

question is actually not a standard answer, you answer can come in, got the

wrong answer can not come. The purpose of asking this question is to look at

your mind not to be confined to a frame where the space can have different

ways of thinking. If you thought, you think things are justified, such as

Fortunately, the ground roll round, or round is not easy to hit someone

else's head fell, or the circle is the smallest area, save money, these are

the best answer. those who can not answer, reflect on my high school There

is no back off when the subject of the people, who unfortunately has not

been such an open-style education to enlighten, to free his mind of space.

So, in today's 21st century which will accept a variety of thinking way to

understand any problem, it is a different point of view, not have a standard

answer to the qualitative, not just a scientist's mind, but a 21st century,

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Another practice is in high school I participated in a entrepreneurial

activity, gang activity we need to create a company, Xuanshui is the leader,

decide what products and people together cooperation, the products sell out,

so that parents pay for funding us, as shareholders, funding is not attained

in vain, to finish the project after a year to each shareholder should also

count how much he was to calculate the dividend and so on, really to operate

like a company, when we feel really particularly interesting. and we do the

project was very interesting, it also indirectly on behalf of the United

States an open and inclusive school.

many students go abroad in the moment, we must ask: what can give them to

study abroad How much life to bring change? such an investment is really

worth it? In China, there is a group of people who have overseas education,

decent work, a comfortable life. They like a lot of young people to

coordinate. where is Mr Kai-fu Lee A. He grew up studying in the U.S.,

received a typical Western education. After returning, went to the work of a

number of famous enterprises. To think the U.S. gave him to study the

harvest, Mr. Lee wrote:


because I found that the educational environment in the United States, I

grew grew up in Taiwan, the teacher always told us the way with a penalty

for doing a good job of this , how to punish, if not reach Who disappointed

in you, always with the threat of punishment, and so disappointed the way I

hope we can do better. I first saw the United States such an environment, it

is entirely with a positive education, so I was able to establish their own

self-confidence. American education that everyone has his place particularly

strong, so it's educational approach is to encourage you in your time of

strong local well, giving you enough encouragement, so you can get a sense

of confidence. This is not just self-confidence in this thing, but to their

self-confidence, self-confidence for the future.


study for one year found after more than, in fact, I am not a mathematical

genius, and I do not think the person reading a math genius to mean

anything. with those classes, they are gifted classes that group, a total of

7 people, I was seventh, the former six people every day telling me how

beautiful mathematics, I can not think of where the United States to do some

questions only, that is not suitable for Mathematics. law wanted to go to

bed each class, not for law school. would be bad Fortunately, that time is

allowed for the professional schools, and schools to encourage our own

elective courses. So I was very lucky to elective the computer, I think this

is something I am really interested.


at school, to shorten the time lunch, reduced from 1 hour to 40 minutes, we

feel that these students is very good, we are protesting. how protest? our

activities in this business to do a T shirt, T shirt and drew a sausage dog,

painting a very long. This is a less radical protest, all students really

want to get this T-shirt, we print a lot, then we have become one of the

best performance across the state companies, of course, is also very

tolerant of our schools this way, there is no pressure against us, allowing

us to send to their own voice, but the final lunch time or no increase.


in his words I learned much more than they are all equal, I learned more,

many people think that his words may be just a mind, is an acceptance of

other people's thinking. in fact not, under his guidance, I graduated, I

have to look back 20 years later, in fact, I learned from him the most

important thing is this statement, and the words not just a support

capacity, but a solution is a method of doing science is a done engineering

methods. That is not just a support capacity, but a very valuable

leadership. If you want a company, such as in Google, for the most

intelligent people, you have to give them enough space, to their way of

doing things, support them with their ways of doing things. If you do things

have to be very authoritarian and told him how to do, there is no way these

smart people realize their true potential. Therefore, a true Institute Ye

Hao, Ye Hao science sector, a product sector Ye Hao, if you really want to

make these outstanding talent to play to their potential, then the best

management method is to support them.


ninth gift is my doctoral supervisor, is too Turing Award of a world

teacher, I decided to do speech recognition with him, he gave me a topic, I

told him about a year. to do a year later, I found he gave me a good topic,

but he problem-solving approach to my proposal is not feasible. In the

United States growing up, let me have enough courage to challenge my

teachers, which may also be in such a relaxed environment, let me have the

courage to say . and I'm not a direct challenge to him, I was with his

analysis, I like your topic, but I do not like your methods, I would like to

try different approaches, I summon the courage to tell him, I want to do

speech recognition, But do not go reading expert system approach, I would

like to use statistical methods to do speech recognition problems. When he

analyzed the reason why I use this method, he said I do not agree with you,

but I support you.


course, I later discovered that in fact I am not a mathematical genius, when

I entered Columbia, I think I Tennessee State champion, will certainly be a

great mathematical genius, genius I get the classes they took, to get a

final one. very interesting is the teacher said at the time, Kai-Fu, you are

the last I finished the last one how to do? gave me a A-, I said, ah, the

last one there is A-, mathematics, although he said the last one, but still

very powerful, must give an A- . finally found I'm not a genius, but it

gives you confidence that you have the ability and will to work hard, they

do it well, this is my self-confidence, get a gift first.


I got the sixth gift is equal, that is, equality between the teacher with

the students, the teaching assistant when I do have a chance, give students

and, when I felt so well because I am in a very short period of time Let the

students learn computer technology, deep, I think I know a good engineer, I

am also a good researcher, so I must be a good teacher, but unfortunately

the students sent back to the teacher's comments, so I was shocked, they not

only gave me the lowest score, and gave me a lot of nicknames, they said the

class is called Kai-Fu Kai-fu theater, a man he was acting in the above, we

all slept in the following They say what people here will not be eye

contact, every day looking at the blackboard, not at us, we fall asleep,

teaching is the worst, never seen such a bad teacher. this equality

communication is important, I know that many schools have a student

evaluation of teachers, but often are very limited, and students may not

score. in the United States such an environment is really very good, if I

want to be a teacher, I need a wake-up call, get the rod I was drinking, I

have to properly learn Zenmeyangzuo a better teacher today may speak of the

time not so long, you have not fallen asleep.


Seventh, I learned the true meaning of the study. to be a scientist, read a

PhD, the real core of what is it? my Ph.D. advisor and I had the privilege

to talk to him for 30 minutes, in 30 minutes I got two today items were his

to me, told me he was the first thing I asked him, I come here to read Dr.,

you are what is expected of me? He said any one of my PhD to the school the

expectation is that you want to be your paper of the first world in this

field, I say you kidding? I a student how to be the first. He said I'm not

asking you to become the first person in the field machine, but if you The

paper is written in such a continuous speech recognition, should not the

world better than you, and if so, you are not really up to my expectations.

He said I think every doctor should have such vision, or else should not be

read Dr. these words have a significant impact on me because then I actually

did some projects, I think you can make do graduate, you can get a PhD, but

I was always trying sentence , I really want to be in a narrow field

personnel can reach the first stop.


I remember the second thing, I always thought he was a mathematical genius,

almost a decade, when the high school level all the classes are finished,

and I was high school teacher told me that you should read the following

universities. I said, but drove to 30 minutes, I can not drive, the teacher

said it does not matter, I teach this class, every day I pick you up at your

house, the teacher each lesson, three times a week, come to my house to pick

me up, let me in my 11,12 year to repair the two college calculus

mathematics. So, I approach the teacher is very very touching.


Today, I wanted to talk about, I think I got up this morning talking about

topics I want to say is If I did not study, may not be so many, maybe not

doing so well.


eighth area also from the dialogue with him, that is the essence of

education. I said well, I tried to narrow the field inside will be a world

first. I asked him, and I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, I

should have taken away is the world's first paper, I want to carried forward

in this paper on top, looking for a job, continue to do better in this area,

is not it. He said no, I think you actually read Dr. process, you take away

the spirit of things is to do research, this the true meaning of education,

know how to solve a problem, we want to teach you to know how to

independently solve a problem not yet solved. If you learn this, we aim to

achieve. I think after you graduate, it is may not be to continue to do

speech recognition, and even computer science do not, but if you can face a

future not yet resolved, to make their own independent thinking, to analyze,

to understand the different point of view the objective to solve this

problem , then you are the Doctor is that you can have life-long use life,

and not just use this in your area. I later read the book more education, I

found that there is another word with him this sentence is very similar to

the true meaning of education is when you forget what is learned, after all,

the rest is education. because in the end how many people can memorize the

capital of every country in the world where, how many people we Back

differential equations, but will allow us to learn independently, which is

the essence of education, rather than memorize the number.


and my self-confidence to comes from, actually quite ridiculous things, I

remember one time the teacher made a lot of questions, written on the

blackboard 1 / 7, saying that you who can convert it. subject to finish my

hands, and he said this is Kai-fu Lee What, though I was not very good

English, I answered quickly, and 0.142857. He said, Oh, mathematical genius.

In fact, everyone of us here know that I do not know the mainland has no

back these figures, I am back in Taiwan However, what is not mathematical

genius. when he was a boast, I thought maybe I really was a mathematical

genius. From then on I had a strong interest in mathematics, to represent

the school to take the test, to participate in the game so similar to the

state in the Mathematical Olympiad this game are very enthusiastic to

participate, that I must be a mathematical genius.


These ten are studying today, I think the greatest gift of the process.

Finally add, not to say that no United States today can not get these

things, nor is it said that the U.S. will be able to get these things,

because of China's education is also growing, the United States also have

different education, uneven, I was very fortunate from a Catholic junior

high school to high school, to Colombia, to the Carnegie Mellon University,

encounter such a Multi-class universities, met so many excellent teachers,

but today I look back think about it, ask me if it started earlier in the

speech that question, if I did not study, if I have to stay in Taiwan or

stay in the mainland, I have not likely to get so many gifts, I became a man

of today, I think my answer is certainly negative

Dear Parents, students

the students when there is no word yet when I go to study, I first set foot

on the United States in 1972. Many people have asked me what time to study,

I said 1972, they say ah, you look so old? In fact, I was 11 years old and

went. there are a lot of people ask me, if you do not the U.S., will get the

same success? American history in your growth , study of the experiences of

what kind of help you, what feelings?


I read in Colombia for four years, went to another school to read the

computer's PHD. Here I get more, probably more like the Chinese students out

of the experience, of course, my English could be better. I am here to see a

lot of shock, so I can get the education and study abroad is with a deep

level of understanding.


I get a third gift is a selfless teacher education. I have here two

examples, the first example is the first day I started reading the time in

class I do not understand a word, but then we principals found the

situation, he said every day at noon you get to my office to lunch, we eat

lunch, my side from the first grade of the English text books teach you. I

remember to open the first page, so simple words teach me a word, a school

principal willing to spend a day at noon time selflessly taught me, until I

keep up with other students in the learning process.


after graduating from high school I applied a lot of the University of New

Oriental, unfortunately there was no existence of the SAT test so I was not

very good, although the math exam, 800 points, but my English is not test to

600 points. So, at that time have been able to enter Colombia considered

very good, my heart want to go to Harvard, but not enough points to enter

Colombia.


schools have this tolerance, so that I can change my profession, I am really

very, very grateful, and my daughter going to Columbia to study this year,

she told me, Dad, there is good news, they actually only have to select

junior professional, I said ah, thirty years ago, I read like this, she said

great, I never think of such opportunities, she said I really did not think

I want to study fashion design good or economic, or East Asian literature. I

say you two years of schooling, two years after the decision. I am very

grateful to have such a school, there is such a tolerant environment in the

junior year when I came to a choice, to follow my interests.

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we remember the French philosopher once said, I do not agree with your point

of view, but I defend to the death your right to say. This is a great word,

but my mentor's words, I support you , use your passion to solve the

problem, I do not think I have the right to tell you a yet unanswered

questions have to use any method to explain. later, a reporter asked him,

when Kai-fu Lee challenge you, how you feel, he The answer is simple, he

said, the field of science is that everyone is equal.