Hereisthisweek'sblogpostfromtheGeorgiaTechAdmissionOffice.Itislong,butworthysharinghere.
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"Ifyouareapplyingtoaschoolthatadmitslessthan50%ofapplicants,morestudentswillbedeniedthanadmitted"...."youneedtosaythisoutloud:“Mychancesofnotbeingadmittedaregreaterthantheyareofbeingadmitted.”Seriously,saythat."
http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission...[
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具体的时间地点人物记不清了.上世纪一位访问学者回国写了一篇文章,还是讲演.提到“我的中国“,“我的中国人“.全国上下哗然.此人如此大胆,不知天高地厚,竟敢口出如此不恭敬的话.穿越时空,昨天国庆大会上有首歌叫我的中国.大家兴高采烈.有人记的吗?
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IwouldratherbepleasantlysurprisedthatIwaswrong,ratherthanbeprovendisheartenlyright.
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ThisthoughtjumpedoutofmymindwhileIwasbrushing,“Holdingahighmoralstandardorvalueisgoodforyou,foryourhealth;ontheotherhand,askingorexpectingotherstoholdthesameisverybadforyourhealth”
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Onthewayhomefromacollegevisityesterdayafternoon,mysonaskedifhecangotoaswimmingparty.Ihadnoobjections.Somehowandsomewhere,someoneswitchedthetopictobringingupkids.Hismomsaidtohim”whenyoubecomewealthy,besuretohireachauffeurtotakeyourkidtoswimminglessons”.Icorrectedher“whenyoubecomewealthy,besuretotakeyourkidsyourselftoactivities.Youcanaffordyourtime.”
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HisAPEnglishteacher,alsohisseniorclasssponsorwroteustodaythat“hehasprovenhismettlethroughthesummer,andIamgratefulforhisleadershipasourclasspresident.,,”Ihadtolookupthemeaningofmettlemomentsago.Thatisawesomecompliment.
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Thescene:Yesterdayafternoonathome,highschoolerwasupstairsrelaxing,momwasinthelivingroom,browsingemails,dadwasbythekitchentable.
Thedialogue:momsays”donotbelateforyoureventthisevening,eatsomethingbeforeyougo.Bytheway,doyouneedcash,whoisorganizingthisevent?”
Thehighschoolerreplies“Iam.Ihavetobethereby6”
Silence!
Itbroughtabiggrinonmyface.
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Iforgottheexactsourceofthisparagraph,butthecreditbelongstoSadhguru.“Yourchildneednotdowhatyoudidinlife.Yourchildshoulddosomethingthatyoudidnotevendaretothinkof,somethingthatyoudidnotevenhavethecouragetonurtureathoughtabout.Onlythenthisworldwillprogressandsomethingwillhappen.“
Somanybrightchildrenarereferenced,comparedandcontrastedinthisforum.Allofthemarebrightandintelligentbeyondmeasuretodowh...[
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https://youtu.be/eq8CRFgQdNo
Hiswisdomslowlyandslowlychangesmyperspectiveofthingsandbeings.
Wemustnotdemandhowateenageshouldthinkandacttoourlikingandthinking.Tocertainextent,ourinfluenceonourchildrenmaybeoneoftheworst.
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Excellentpoints.Softskillsarejustasimportant,andtheyareuniversallytransferable.
https://www.theantonioneves.com/blog/10-things-every-parent-with-a-college-student-must-know
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