初秋的扬州,刚经历“水深火热”的酷暑与台风,在阵阵凉风中,迎来了各地志存高远的朋友们。为了这一天,我们期待了十年。“忘掉过去学的历史”五年前,有一位被录取到上海一所大学的学生回来看我时说:“大学历史系的老师对我们说,你们要学历史,先要把在中学里学的统统忘掉……”后来又有从北京回来的学生也这么说。作为中学历史教师,这个刺激太大了。中学教师费尽心思地教,学生没日没夜地学,所学的东西难道没有用吗?难道对大学学习有害吗?2012年11月,我有幸到牛津大学国王学院学 Autumn in early autumn, Yangzhou, just experienced “deep and hot” and the summer heat and typhoon, in the cool breeze, ushered in all the ambitious friends. For this day, we look forward to ten years. “Forgetting the History of Past Learning” Five years ago, one student admitted to a Shanghai university came back to see me and said: “The university history department teacher told us that you have to learn history, All in secondary schools forget ... ... ”Then came back from Beijing, so to speak. As a secondary school history teacher, this stimulus is too big. High school teachers to painstakingly teach, students day and night to learn, what is learned is useless? Is it harmful to college? In November 2012, I was fortunate to King’s College Oxford University