Yale University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States of America. Founded in 1701, Yale is an Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut.
Incorporated as the Collegiate School, the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train clergy and political leaders for the Colony of Connecticut. In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honour a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company.
Besides being the first US school to award the Ph.D. degree, Yale has also produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents.
The most interesting thing during this trip is to learn about Yale’s “caat haai (in Cantonese)” culture. Literally, that translates to, to shoe shine (or in the proper English equivalent, to brown nose, to ass kiss, or to suck up).
Notice the gold-coloured shoe on the statue? It is said that, whenever a student rubs the President’s shoe, it is considered good luck and he or she will do well and graduate from Yale.
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