A Letter to College Freshmen
Dear Classmates:
These days, Nanjing's colleges and universities are opening one after another. When Boo realized that the checker of this letter, is a group of young friends after 05, can not help but sigh, but also good envy, young worthy of any imagination.At this age when you can walk with the wind, you are about to turn over a new chapter in your life together with the city of Nanjing.It's not a micro-sketch, but an important chapter in a long, long story of your life's journey. It will be worth reading for a long time to come.
We watched Sheng Lihao, Huang Yuting and Quan Hongchan who competed for gold and silver in the Olympic Games, and let out a sigh of "What a kid brother (sister)!" They exclaimed, "What a kid brother (sister)! Age is no longer a limitation for the new generation of youth.You are the same age as them, in their respective "field", the dazzling light emitted when burning the universe, also deeply infected us.
It may not be long before our knowledge of you will move from a group portrait to focus on each individual portion, because we have no doubt about your ability to create exclamation points.Please trust that Boo will save the headlines for you.
Of course, in addition to the knowledge and skill end of the college years, we want you to develop values that are invaluable:Full of sincerity and humility, not looking up and never looking down on the world; thinking of the sky while stepping on the earth, because the sky can only be seen further when you are closer to the earth. Also, cultivate the ability to think independently with critical thinking, and block easy conclusions without thinking.
Knowledge is the surface, the deep inside is your connection to this community, the ability to touch the world with a larger perspective, to broaden your horizons and comfort your soul.The moment you walk through the door with your acceptance letter is actually the moment you have the most choices in your life in your hands.
From the first day of college, whether you are accompanied by labs, libraries, or various club activities, even if it's just dorm rooms and take-outs, theBut seek "not to be ashamed of your inactivity, not to regret your wasted years."An acceptance letter is just a ticket; it addresses what bus you can get on, but it doesn't change the road beneath your feet or the sky above your head.
You may have gone through tormenting struggles, which is a must before entering the society. You have more opportunities at hand than pain.You will meet a hundred challenges, but you have a thousand more possibilities to try to open the door to a new world.
As he writes this, Boo also looks back hard at what was once his first college class.
It was a Civics class with indelible memories, and the teacher gave an amazing meet-and-greet gift: each person wrote an epitaph for himself or herself.
Life has just begun and we have to talk about life and death. Everyone is in a state like exuberance in a haze, adding all sorts of pie-in-the-sky or even borderline depictions to their life's journey.
The teacher smiled kindly and asked a question in his final closing statement, "Class, do you think 20,000 days is a long time?" Everyone looked at each other.
"With an average life expectancy of 75 years, that's a total of over 27,000 days. At this moment, you 18 year olds here may not realize that you have already lived close to 7,000 days and have only 20,000 days left."
Now, more than a decade later, many of my classmates have not been able to make good on the bragging rights they had in that class, but we all remember that class fondly.The flicker of the ideal in that lesson, and each day of striving for it, is incredibly real.
Effort is not a sufficient condition for success, but the process of putting your best foot forward is the most unlikely asset to be swindled on the road of life.When you are tired, go to embrace the evening breeze of Xuanwu Lake, the bright moon of Zijinshan Mountain, the shadow of the Qinhuai River, the neon glitter of Xinjiekou, and the four seasons of Wutong Avenue, all that Nanjing contains, may also be a good classroom for meditation.
Society always seems to teach us to put down our ideals and be full of money. But outside of the pot of gold, the ideal of flashing light for the freshly dressed young people, only more priceless.
Hello, my young friend. I hope this letter doesn't smell too much like "dad" and that NJRL stays with you through your college years.
Nanjing Publishing Studio
August 2024
