上次他在文联和作协的全国代表大会上即兴演讲时，呼吁中国的文化艺术界勇于讲真话，反映社会的真实情况，并指应在宪法范围内，保障学术和创作自由。那次演讲，得到颇高的评价。

　　今次温家宝则指出，国家的发展要靠三个方面：人的智慧和心灵；能够发挥人们创意和能力的政治及经济制度；科技和创新能力。不过，这三者都需要人才，也就离不开现代大学的培养。大学应如何培养人才呢？温家宝列举五点：要有为社会服务的办学理念；各大学应各具特色，不要千篇一律；要培养学生的独立思考和创新思维；向世界开放，多与各国大学交流；勤俭办学。

　　谈及学生的独立思考时，温家宝特别表示：“有一句哲言，一个民族有一些关注天空的人，他们才有希望；一个民族只是关心脚下的事情，那是没有未来的。我们的民族是大有希望的民族，希望同学们经常地仰望天空，学会做人，学会思考，学会知识和技能，做一个关心国家命运的人。”

　　温家宝的说法，源于去年八月七日《廿一世纪经济报道》，华中科技大学哲学教授姚国华的文章“一个民族需要关注天空的人”，而温在演讲中提及的那位哲人，正是黑格尔。为什么黑格尔这样说呢？话说古希腊哲学家泰勒斯有一晚望见满天星斗，预言明天要下雨，却不小心掉落脚下的坑里；有人救起他时，他告诉对方这个预言。泰勒斯的预言，却成为笑话，哲学家也就成了“只关注天空、不理现实”的代名词。二千年后，黑格尔以那番“仰望天空”的话，为哲学家正名，他甚至说： “只有那些永远躺在坑里、从不仰望高空的人，才不会掉进坑里。”

　　为什么要“仰望天空”呢？因为只有仰望天空，人类才知道宇宙的浩瀚，才知道自己的渺小，才懂得心存敬畏大自然的心；只有能够仰望天空的人，才有独立思考的能力，追求理想的勇气，才有精神的自由，不为利欲所薰心。

　　可是，在共产党五十多年统治下，国人功利主义、实用主义的民族性，被彻底释放，有没有用处，已成为判断任何人、事、物应否存在的最高指导原则。到了近二十年，中国人更加集体患上“金钱万能症”，一切向钱看，礼乐崩坏至以金钱作为衡量一切的唯一标准。所以，我们不争论姓资姓社，不争论是否实行民主制度，甚至倒果为因，以今日的经济成就来说明“六四”血腥镇压的必要性和合理性。江泽民不是说了吗，“闷声发大财嘛”？！这种纯功利的代价，就是令中国变成一个道德沦丧、见利忘义的社会，每个人都成为见风转舵的“俊杰”。

　　过去几十年，没有中国人仰望过天空吗？有，当然有，不过只得一个人！就是毛泽东，只有他才有仰望天空的特权，其他人都要俯首听命。马寅初、顾准、林昭等少数敢於仰望天空、拷问灵魂、追求自由、说出真话的中国人，无一例外惨遭毒手。

　　今天，政治控制已有所放宽，大家都可以“仰望天空”了，只是绝大部分国人为了生存、为了生活，已经无暇仰望，即使有人这样做，那片天空也是灰蒙蒙的，设置了很多人为的障碍，阻挠人民独立思考.

　　今天，温家宝的讲话，无异于在黑暗中为我们划了一根火柴，让我们明白，必须有部分人仰望天空，中华民族才有真正意义的崛起。当然，我们不需要大家都统一行动，发起什么全民“仰望天空”的政治运动，也不应该全民都只仰望天空、不关心脚下。

　　不过，一党专政之下，容不得独立特行、有自由意志的人，说一些与主旋律不和谐的“噪音”。因此，我们需要制度上的保障，让我们有仰望天空的自由，可以安心地、自由地选择“仰望天空”，还是“关心脚下”，并把所思所想，自由地表达出来！

　　温家宝，你已经走出第一步，会否把手上的火柴点燃火炬，带领更多人去“仰望天空”呢？温家宝要大学生仰望什么样的天空？

Practice. Before you go through an actual interview, you should first go through a mock interview. Now ever more college campuses offer career counseling, which usually takes you through a mock interview or interview coaching. Unfortunately, very few graduating students take advantage of this service. So most students end up stumbling through several interviews (if they are lucky!) before they have any practical sense of how they are doing --- because that is when they got repeated rejections. And these rejections offer you nothing in the way of constructive criticism toward future improvement, perhaps only one thing you’ve learned: cruel reality…

The mock interview is more than just a chance to work out your interview jitters. It is an opportunity to practice your interviewing technique and answers live. It is also a chance to hear constructive feedback from someone who can guide you toward improving your interviewing style and presentation.

Just one more interview will result in a marked improvement in your interviewing skills. Why? For the same reason that a speech is not a speech while it is still on paper or just floating around in your head. It is a speech while until you give it verbally. The first time you give it in front of an audience, it will come out nothing like what you prepared. It is the same with interviewing. It is not enough to look at an interview question and say “Yeah, I know the answer to that one.” You need to practice your answer. Live. In front of someone else. This is not the time to talk to yourself in the mirror. Seek out a professional and practice. Ideally, have the session videotaped. That way, you will have opinions --- the mock interview’s and your own.

Remember that there is a totally different perspective in listening to yourself saying something contemporaneously versus the “out of body experience” of watching yourself later on videotape. Just as your voice always sounds different on tape, so do your answers. “Did I really say that?” Yes, you did! Aren’t you glad the image is captured on tape (which can later be erased), rather than in a potential employer’s mind’s eye? Yes, you are!

Go through at least one mock interview. For maximum effectiveness, review your answers and then go through a second more interview. Even if you ace second mock interview, it will be well worth it since it will give you confidence in your first real interview.

 Isn't this little girl lovely, cute and adorable? I wish I had a daughter like her.....