Year 2 semester 2開始上課,選了5科Major及1科Minor。很悠閒的教授很悠閒的教,很忙碌的學生很忙碌的學。想專心地讀,但家族無形的張力終於浮出檯面。自08年3月正式成為單親家庭(雖然一直也是) ,及同年6月正式成為(政府界定的)貧窮戶,家族中各人千絲萬縷的關係無法一一明言。至今仍未解決,亦無法解決。於是在09年,平靜地渡過了很多人生中第一次的單親節日。
及至5月,參與了去上海學生訪問團,失去不少,但得到更多人生中的第一次。無悔爾。[29 May 上海之旅]
7月被強行送到公司受訓,為期一個月。結果是更快地適應了轉變,以及稍為打開了溫室之門。[14 August 天堂有路我不走]
Year 3 semesters 1開始上課,選了3科Major及2科Minor。頭痛的Add/Drop Period令人煩燥。好朋友分散了,亦永遠是好朋友。同期發瘋似的去研究星相命理,以尋找自已。因著十一月中六本“禁果”以及一系列的思想衝擊,“柳暗花明系列”亦於同期開始。FYP的道路崎嶇不平,但無限量的提醒助我度過一個又一個的考驗。[12 November 柳暗花明系列-大學迷思?][06 November FYP 2009-10]
“A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.” - King Baldwin IV from Kingdom Of Heaven
As the moment typing in Chinese is still ineffective, it would be better to type in English.
The year 2009 eventually end. It is really a tough year. Events happening continuously throughout the 3-month period doing FYP, so I would like to note them down, and so is the feelings.
It all starts with a project list shown to us by applied physics department in year 2.
On the list, there are numbers of selection containing different project titles and supervisors. Every student should choose one project, and the chance selecting desire project is limited to GPA. Among those selections, 2 projects are high-lighted and quoted as “External working. Ideally for WIE student”. As a PolyU student, Work-Integrated-Education (WIE) should be completed for every Engineering Physics students somehow. With the best efficiency one could make, there is a possibility combining WIE with project in order to save time and resources.
With no doubt, I get that choice easily. And so the project should start at the beginning of year 3. However, no one can imagine the dawn of nightmare…
With all the expectation granted from the project list, it would a polite behavior visiting the supervisor in advance. During the conversation, an astonishing message is given to me: the high-lighted quote should be completed in the summer, or say, the WIE claimed should end before the year 3 semesters 1. Nice! After a discussion, the solution would be a one-more-weekly-project-day. That should be a solution anyway. Then, I and another student selecting similar project nature should go to external working places within that week.
Guess what? Another problem arises. The person-in-charge outside PolyU has different meetings for almost 2-weeks… Okay, then we study the project related materials instead. With the delay of the first meeting time, we should work harder for better expectation.
“Bad things never happen lesser than 2 times”, when the meeting is eventually made, our lovely supervisor discuss with another external person-in-charge, we soon discover that we will no longer work on the pre-determined project. To their interested, we now work on new projects without titles: we simply work on tasks given by them. At this stage, I am assigned with Photovoltaic Manufacture (PV), in another word, solar cell. That sounds like an easy task that I do really believe.
So, another week is spent on discussion and planning with external staff. The first four weeks focus on general discussion and analysis of current PV technologies. As a student with no experience on research field, it is a difficult task. Exchanging knowledge and finding with external staff become an exhausting work without appropriate current objective. With all the time and effort being made into it, 6 weeks have gone.
Soon an intermediate interview is made with the supervisor team around week 7. At that moment, a basic deposition is almost completed with research staff. That is a really frustrating interview I assume. The interviewee keep asking questions on the development of the PV, the way making it, what am I doing, how many samples I have done, and so on. I keep answering the questions without concerning the time. Eventually, a 10 minutes interview become half an hour. Oh, my grading…
To have usage of the resources in external location, some of the analysis is done outside PolyU. Facilities are booked with long waiting period, questions are being asked form both sides that I cannot fully answer, and problems accumulated either. A couple of weeks later, another facility could be used and I am told that I could use some help from both sides. Keep working within PolyU, external complain; keep working in external facilities, I will have no time on project. Beyond that, I have changing project titles every time talking with supervisor.
And so?
I lost my temper and following orders. I do not want to care about whoever or whatever. Finding the sequence of completion, it should be a better way out of trouble. That is the very first time I was yelled by another guy. Soon after the mid-term, work continues. And the time now is November.
That could be a relatively easy time I later define it. Work go pretty smooth, and knowledge build up step by step. Although working in external location, life is pretty enjoyable except the long traveling time.
Then another set of problem emerges. A vital facility in PolyU will be shut down for several months. Characterization of thin film is not the way the external staff required. Study become harder and harder and more time should be put beyond the project. Some financial problem surrounds my family. What the… I really want to surrender, I have no more effort could be spent on them…
If I quit, life could be a whole lot easier. But, I will lose valuable experience I later realize, and I will be named “loser” for the rest of my life.
“Never give up, never surrender!” is what Commander Peter Quincy Taggart played by Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest said. And so I keep putting effort into the project. With the inflation on work done is discovered for almost the end of the semester, another “wake-up called” is delivered to me. This time, it’s my helper. Thanks to her, the bottle-neck is broken-through together with some revolutionized knowledge learnt from some books.
And so I grow, again.
During the exam, I am asked with the work currently doing. Surprisingly, I can answer the question well and clear, with confident on the progress of the project. Next is the mid-term presentation.
And I know, I am no longer myself, anymore.
This is only half of the game, where I still have half of the time. I am sure I can make it with myself my way. The more the challenges, the more the experience I will have. With all the skills, knowledge and techniques I have now, I can see a wonderful future on my hand.
P.S. A special thanks to all individual involved in this projects so far. You tech me a lot on academic, and even more beyond that, I know.
On Self-education in University Student Citizen Responsibility Education
Du Juan
(Journal of ZhengzhouUniversity, ZhengzhouUniversity, Zhengzhou, China 450001)
Abstract
Self-education plays an important role in citizen responsibility education. Self-education in University Student Citizen Responsibility Education can be realized by way of wholly understanding and improving themselves.
Key words
university student; citizen responsibility; self-education
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