In my opinion,I am more than a student. I am also a worker in Singapore whose job is to behave well as a scholar in the NUS.
Yes,I am a worker now. I attended the examination and interview,and as a result ,I was slected by the ‘employer’. Then I signed the contract with Singapore. As to the ‘salary’,that is the scholarship for my tuition and my cost of living in university. As a worker,I would be dismissed and shall compensate for a breach of the contract if I don’t satisfy them. In addition,I have colleagues, and I should also deal with the relationship with them and learn to cooperate with them.
I am a worker who is following the instruction that train myself for gaining knowledge and skills as a candidate for working in Singapore for 6 compulsory years or more.
I also work for myself.
I am working as a salesman in a sense. I sell myself everyday—- school,to my ‘boss’,to new people I meet.
I am working as a financier in a sense. The one who is supposed to manage my money is none other than myself.
I am working now. Of course,regarding myself as a worker,I shouldn’t forget I am a student in the university. The similarities between a student and a worker are far more significant than their differences. As more and more workers in the world are amid the depression of the economy which compounds the confusion about their life and carrer while I am beaming with pride as a scholar,I konw I am taking on more responsibilities.
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Yan Huang, this is a very 'unique' way of looking at your current 'status', I must say.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of whether you are a student or a 'worker', put your best foot forward in your everyday life, and live your life to the fullest!
Whether we are students or workers is not important. Perhaps, you think we "step into society" a little earlier than our peers in China, even in Singapore; and then we will lose much pleasure as a ordinary student. We must recognize that there is no free lunch in the world when we decide to accept the scholarship. We are benefiting and shall benefit from it, and then we must pay for it. I am as old as you, and I ever thought the same question as you. The conclusion that I made is that it is you that choose this way, so you must be responsibile for yourself. Try your best and do best yourself.
ReplyDeleteNo matter what we are, we should try our best and do our best. We are different from the students here because we are scholars. In other words, we are the same as the the students here because we are studying here. I'm glad to see that you regard yourself as a worker. Now, let you do as a worker do. To work for your company and yourself is your responsibility. Cheer up! I think you may succeed.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying rights does mean taking responsibility, on matter where we are or who we are. There is no such a thing called “free lunch” existing in the world. What we can do is just to enjoy what we should enjoy and take what we have to take. However, we should not treat the scholarship as a burden. It is an opportunity to broad our eyes. I can still remember what the professor said when he went to my university to take charge of the scholarship test. He said that because their country was small, they tried their best to look out as far as they could. I think the global perspective Singapore has is what I want to gain and maybe also you.
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