communication and cooperation.
This is the time of knowledge economy, the age of chances and speed, the era of development and surpassing the outback of competition and cooperation. And the university life will be the best preparation for stepping into the real society. So, to my young friends: Please cherish and enjoy university life, do what you want to do, get what you want to get, contribute your individuality and unique color to create a more diverse universe.
Competition
Competition is very important for the society. With competition, the society keeps moving forward and without competition, everything remains the same because everybody is waiting for others to do the job. Therefore competition should be encouraged and people should attach great importance to it.
Competition moves our society forward because as it has three main functions. Firstly, animals compete for survival and the same is true with human beings. Secondly, competition makes people original and creative. To get ahead in competition means to make oneself different and better from others; that is, people must make their own contribution outmatch others’. Thirdly, the originality and creativeness generated from competition move the collective course forward and crease productivity. The advancement of businesses leads to the advancement of a certain industry and hence the advancement of the whole nation’s economy. The shift from planned economy to market economy is a good example to illustrate the role of competition. Competition makes factories responsible for their own living. To get one step ahead of others is the only way out. Through competition, the stronger ones survive and the whole field is activated advanced and the whole nation’s economy regains its liveliness and energy.
Being a student, I must compete with other students in our studies by means of improving my learning strategy and methods. In my spare time, I compete with other candidates to get a part-time job to practise my working ability. In this way, I can be a competitive person when I graduate from school and enter the society.
Creativeness
Most people agree that creativeness is vital to a person in both his study and work because it has been found that most well-known scientists are creative in thinking. A student with creativeness is active in thinking and quicker in solving difficult problems. A creative engineer may speculate more deeply into a problem and achieve better outcome in his work.
Studies of creative people have found most of them are characterized with dynamic thinking and daring spirit. Unlike most people, creative people do not allow their minds to stay passive, accepting or unquestioning. Instead, they keep their
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curiosity burning and their minds working. Besides, creative people are bold in their conceptions about the world and the universe, and are more willing to entertain some unpopular ideas and more open to those challenging thoughts.
Cultivation of creativeness among students is an essential part of quality education. Students should form the habit of creative thinking in their school days if they want to gain more achievements in their study and be of more help to society in future.
Culture Shock No one can tell you how to adjust to life in the United States. You must make the adjustment through experience, and sometimes, emotional distress. This is the way it usually happens.
First, of course, you experience a period of excitement. You have a sense of freedom--- you feel liberated from the rules and customs of your own culture, and immensely interested in those of American culture. This period is sometimes called the ―honeymoon‖ stage.
Then certain customs in the United States begin to irritate you. As an example, we shall consider punctuality---the need to be ―on time‖. Americans look at their
watches frequently; they try to be on time for work, for class, for meetings, for games, for religious services, and even for certain events. If you arrange to meet Americans for lunch at 12 but to meet at 12:30, you will probably find that they have either left or eaten without you, or become very annoyed even if they are not hungry.
Perhaps you are annoyed that American friendliness seems superficial; or that you unable to smoke without other people complaining; or that Americans always act as though they are in a hurry; or that the food never seems to be prepared in the right way. Perhaps you do not even feel annoyed, just homesick. The reaction can set in within two weeks of your arrival, or six months later, and its symptoms vary greatly. You might find yourself angry at the time, or depressed, or suffering from a vague physical illness. You may begin to dislike the United States and its people.
Nothing is really wrong with you; you are simply suffering culture shock. You have a lot of familiar signs and signals, you have discovered that some of your
assumptions about human beings are incorrect, and you wish you could make sense of the United States. Then another change comes over you: sooner or later you begin to laugh at yourself or at the strange things you see in American life, an d at that point you begin to recover. Soon, you find yourself living, peacefully, with the same American customs that used to upset you. You have become bicultural.
Education and Schooling
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Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. Whereas
schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
Examination
There are many arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of examination. Some people think examination is the best way to test how examiners have mastered what they have studied and it is the only measurement for examiners to select which persons they need. While on the other hand, some object that examination can’t measure how the students have really studied. They say it can do nothing but burden the students.
As for me, I think for both examiners and examinees, the examination can show what and how much the examinees have mastered. The result of examinations are just like mirrors for both examiners and examinees. Through examination the examinees can check their work and get aware of which aspects they have not done well, so that they’ll make much improvement in their work. As far as examinees are concerned, they can not only know how they have studied but also find out what they are still unknown or what they haven’t mastered well. Thus they will be inspired to greater efforts to improve their studying methods so as to make greater progress. Of course too many examinations are burdens to both examiners and examinees.
In sum, the examination does more good than harm for both the examiners and examinees. We must take a correct attitude toward examination. We should take full advantage of it and avoid its disadvantage.
My Personal View on Online Chatting
With the ever-increasing number of Internet cafes and widespread availability of computers both at home and at work or school, online chatting is becoming more and more popular, although some people argue that there are negative effects chatting on
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line.
Online chatting can enable people who are far apart to communicate with each other. Many students feel happy when they are easily able to keep in touch with family and old friends using this technology. Furthermore we have the opportunity to talk with people from other places and countries that we would otherwise never meet. This can help broaden people’s horizons and expand our knowledge. For example, if a student has difficulty finding some information for his schoolwork, he can go online to an appropriate forum and have a good chance of receiving the information he is looking for.
In summary, online chatting can be easily seen as a safe and convenient way of meeting new people, getting in touch with old friend and researching new information. Its benefits are boundless.
From High School to College
I felt was already grown up when I was in high school, but most of the time both my parents and teachers treated me like a child. My teachers told me what to do; my mother saw that I had enough for breakfast.
Now everything is different since I moved from high school to college. In high school I moved within a set circle made by class. Here I have discovered that the college rather offers a big and varied world.
The biggest change from high school to college involves studying and thinking. In high school I was told what to study. In the college I am on my own. I have to decide for myself what to do, and what to think. I like this freedom and I am enjoying it.
On the Sports Field
This is our sports field. Many students there are taking part in all kinds of sports. A ball game is going on right now between the Electrical Engineering Department and the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Can you see a number of people over there? Some young men are practising jumping. Not far away, some girls are getting ready to run a race. Now on this corner of the field, you can see another group of students playing basketball.
Our students are well aware of the fact that one’s body will be made strong and healthy if one participates regularly in sports. What is more, being strong and healthy is important both to their study and to their future development.
The Major of English in College
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When it comes to which major you should choose, I propose that you apply for the major of English. To begin with, English is the most popular language in the world, which is widely used in all fields such as teaching, translation, foreign trade and so on. What’s more, it goes without saying that English majors are more likely to find a good job in the tighter and tighter job market. In order to study at English Department, you have to meet the following requirements. In the first place, you have to spend a lot of time on it, just as the old saying goes, ―Practice makes perfect‖. In the second place, the basic skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are necessary, because they are the foundations for your future study. Last but not the least important, you need an intense interest in learning English since ―interest is the best teacher.‖
As far as the preparation work is concerned, you should first of all review all the required vocabulary. In addition, you’d better spend some time on reading and writing. Only through these measures can you hope to enroll in our university.
How to Prepare for Job Interview
Nowadays, in an ever tighter job market, great importance has been attached to an interview by both the employer and the applicant. The interview, so to speak,has become indispensable for getting a satisfactory job. On the one hand, the interviewer can take advantage of the occasion to learn about the candidates, such as their work experiences, education and their personalities, so as to pick out the right person for the company. On the other hand, the interviewee can make use of the opportunity to get to know the job he is going to take up, the salary, the
working conditions and many other things about the job he is interested in. So the job interview is very important to a job-hunter. But how can succeed?
Firstly of all, the interviewee must pay attention to his or her appearance. The first impression is always where we start. Get dressed properly and neatly.
Secondly, good manners are equally important. Don’t be too proud, and neither too timid. Just be courteous. Thirdly, the interviewee must demonstrate his aptitude and skills for the job and his knowledge about eh job-related areas. Be confident. Last but not the least, the interviewee ought to be honest about his or her personal as well as academic background, for honesty is the best policy.
To sum up, the job interview is indeed important, but there is no need to be nervous. As long as the interviewee has the ability for the job, with careful preparation and a fairly confident and honest performance, his or her success can be ensured.
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