Today, I saw a post by Yu Mei-ren on Facebook, introducing the academic philosophy of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. This philosophy strongly asserts that a nation cannot be destroyed by atomic bombs, but by merely allowing students to cheat (including plagiarizing theses), a normal country can gradually decline and even perish.
💣 University of Pretoria”s Warning to Faculty and Students
Yu Mei-ren wrote that at the entrance of this South African university, a warning to all faculty and students was posted, which read as follows:
“To destroy a nation, no atomic bombs are needed; just allow students to cheat, and this nation will experience:”
- Patients dying at the hands of such **doctors**
- Buildings collapsing at the hands of these **engineers**
- Money being illicitly transferred by these **economists and accountants**
- People dying at the hands of such **politicians**
- Justice being lost at the hands of such **judges**
🎓 The School”s Academic Spirit
To verify the source of this statement, Yu Mei-ren specifically called a teacher who had lived in Africa for 20 years. The teacher immediately sent her a photo and replied as follows:
“The famous quote you asked about comes from the University of Pretoria, located north of Johannesburg in South Africa. Pretoria is South Africa”s administrative capital, and the university has consistently been among the world”s top 100 universities for many years!”
Note) This university in South Africa was founded in 1908. It is a school with excellent ethics and a good academic atmosphere, boasting a large campus with lush green lawns.