These days, people are busy reflecting on 2017 and looking forward to 2018. As I look back, my 2017 is a year of graduation. Looking at my personal growth over the year feels like reading a notebook on educational innovation. And I believe it is time to make a year-end review. After graduating from Zhongguancun No. 3 Primary School in Beijing, I enrolled in the Innovative Experimental Class of the High School Attached to Capital Normal University in 2007. In 2010, I was admitted to the Day Yuan Experimental Class of Beijing No. 4 High School. In Autumn 2014, I was accepted by Minerva, one of the most pioneering university in the world. Given my educational background, I quite often receive invitations to speak. Young parents often ask me the question of “how to develop their kids." There are even documentary directors and media outlets that would like to document my daily life for extended periods. I am being considered as an icon of educational innovation, more commonly known as a guinea pig.

A warm greeting to you all. My congratulations to the opening of this forum on general education by the Xi’an Eurasia University and thank you for having me here. I learned a lot from the professors here. Quite luckily, I had good learning environments starting from kindergarten. Recently I was able to get involved in an innovative university and pursue innovation in different ways. Just like the forum today, these opportunities give me an all-around experience and understanding of education. It’s fair to say I not only received education in this say, but also an education about education itself. I started to realize that, if a student starts to understand education itself, then they will belief deeper in education, and even take a step further to shape their own education.

我想谈谈写作。 

《逐步》新书发布会上，一个朋友问了我一个问题：为什么《逐步》署名为“一格”而不是李一格。从李一格到一格，变化的是什么？我说，当然是姓儿“没了”（笑）。两年前我就和我父亲聊过，以后作品署名去掉姓这事儿经过他老人家同意了。 

I know I was given a nickname “Qi Pa” (loosely translates to “a geeky weirdo”) when I was in high school. At first, I could not accept it. What is a Qi Pa anyway? According to the Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese, Qi Pa is a “unique and beautiful flower”， although Baidu would return Gao Xiaosong when you run a search (Laughter as the photo of Gao appears on screen). All joking aside, Gao Xiaosong as a famous alumnus of Beijing No. 4 High School a versatile genius in our hearts, and he is, indeed, “unique and beautiful”. 

Cities Endure the Ages

Two months ago, I sat before this LED screen for half an hour. It is a key exhibit of the Museum of the City of New York, using numbers to record the growth of the city — you can see light spots representing population and wealth multiplying, gathering and spreading. It took over 100 years for the city to grow from a small harbor town in the 1600s-1800s to a global metropolis in the 1900s. At that time I was thinking, for a man, 100 years could be his lifetime, but for a city, a time of wonders and miracles. The history of New York has proven that a city shares prosperity with its people. It is an extension of the life of those now living, but also a community of common destiny for future generations.

Two fish, ten years ago

This is a photo of me 10 years ago when I first visited Shenzhen in 2005. I remember that day a local friend took my family on a fishing excursion. I was fascinated by the ocean breeze, the sound of waves, and the sound of fishermen throwing nets. I guess this picture captured my happiest moment when the fisherman handed me two big fish they caught. That was a wonderful moment. 

I took time to find this photo because I feel it works as a theme for my talk today, ten years after it was taken. 

今天沙龙的主题就两个：大学是什么，校园在哪里。我这部分说说校园。在我坐高铁来的路上开了开脑洞，想想校园可以分为六类：远、近、移、定、有、无。当然，这世界上校园、学校、教育包罗万象，我所知有限，同时要取舍。今天聊的几个例子主要是大学，也有部分高中。

各位老师、同学们， 

大家好。我是一格。短短三个月里，这是我第三次来到西安了，我想自己和这座城市的缘分越来越深了。首先谢谢胡校长，在4月份的一个教育论坛上邀请我来学校做客，还有通识学院的黄鑫老师很周到地安排了今天的行程。 

我不知道大家怎么想，反正我是不怎么喜欢听报告。也许台上那瓜怂根本不知道我在干啥想啥，还要给我喝碗鸡汤，励个大志。

大家好，我是一格，今天很高兴受21世纪教育研究院的邀请参与分享。 

昨天是整个学年的最后一天，我坐飞机从旧金山飞回北京，一落地就觉得有一个遗憾，在美国没去看电影速度与激情7。大家都看过了吗？今天我想先放一个短片，弥补一下遗憾。