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It is graduation time again. Whether joining the social workforce or pursuing T>2) YOx
advanced studies, about four million Chinese graduates will soon turn a new page in 9!zUv:;
their lives. Still, no matter what, campus life will remain deeply etched on the minds ?sWPx!tU
of China's former students. What lies ahead for the country's graduates? Sd'!(M^k3
Statistics released by relevant departments of China show that in 2006, graduates "z)dz,&T
from all Chinese colleges and universities numbered 4.13 million, up 750,000 from e;\g[^U
2005 with a growth rate of roughly 22%. Hence, the employment tension further PXof-W
intensifies. Meanwhile, various intangible barriers exist in social relations, regional o65:)z
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restriction, permanent residency and university's reputation have made the graduates' mO;X>~K
job-hunting process tougher. x a#0y
Some analyze that against the backdrop of intensified employment tension for L\|p8jJ
university graduates, needy students from rural and urban areas usually find &;S.1tg
themselves in relatively inferior positions. _doX&*9u
Some graduates realize that in order to get a job, they have to sign some "unfair ~n9BN'@x
treaties" that promise not to take the postgraduate exam or leave the company within ,R]hNjs-{
several years, or they have to pay 5,000 Yuan for breaching the contract. Some 6AV@O
recruiters even declare openly that they only need students from famous universities, ?3~]H
so graduates from other schools are not even entitled to apply. Y+75}]B
Currently the contradiction in China's higher education has transferred from entering "W$,dWF
to leaving a university and from the difficulty in enrollment to employment after o ?@,f/"5
graduation. It has become a common phenomenon that "graduates become jobless". j_Pt8{[
Should this problem not be tackled rightly, the employment issue would turn into a :c3}J<Z
new factor that causes social instability. )/kkvI()l
College—A New Experience |Z'NMJU
Living at college, first of all, gives me a sense of responsibility, of being on my |!:ImX@
own. My parents aren’t around to say, ―No, you’re not going out tonight‖ or ―Did you CKwrE]h
finish your homework?‖ Everything I do has to be my decision, and that gives me the 1CK}XLdr
responsibility of handling my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had pi7Fd\A
to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. Before that I looked in b)RU+9x &
the phone book since I had no clue about any banks around here or where they were #s'9Yd
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located. I went to the bank and made decisions for myself—whether to have a vHSX3\(
checking or savings account and whether or not to get a MASTER card. C9>tj=yEY
Friendly people: that’s another aspect I like about college. On my first day (and '7AlE!7%
even now) people were nice to me. I came to Marymount University here in Virginia PhL }V|W>
from New York and – even though I’d been here before—I was a bit confused about 17g\XC@ Cl
where I was going. My mother and I drove in, not knowing the building we were &TYTeJ]
supposed to go to, and the guard was especially nice: with a smile, he told us what )HbsUm#
building we were looking for and where we could park our car. Some upperclassmen 1M+o7HO.mG
saw me and asked, ―Are you a new student?‖ When they found out I was looking for )jkX&7x
my dormitory, one said, ―Oh, just follow us; that’s where we’re going.‖ Even now I J%`-K"NB
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feel comfortable in the dorm because there are friendly people around to talk with.
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Finally—to add to my likes of college—I love having Saturdays off. Also, I love h?E[28QB
to sleep in, something I couldn’t do in high school. iIWz\FM
How Can We Finance Our College Education? Pqiw[ +a$
Nowadays, tuition fees for college are much higher than ever before. How to ArWMbT>Zqw
finance our college education has become a matter of concern for many students, mYLqT$t.+
especially those who are from the remote areas. l_tr,3_w
Actually, there are many ways to solve this problem. We can get the money from Fm}#KE0
our parents. We can apply for a loan especially set up for college students. We can 4FSA:]o-
also acquire the money entirely by ourselves, keeping a part-time job in our spare H]&a}WQ_
time and doing a full-time job in summer and winter holidays. Or we can ask our cojtQD6
parents for most of the money and earn the rest in our spare time in college. ?/ xk
As far as I am concerned, I prefer the last way. I don't want to depend entirely on M#o.$+Uh
my parents, which will be a burden to them. Nor do I want to work in my free time for Qvc "?yx8}
the tuition alone, because I would like to have enough time for my school work. If my RsV<4$
parents pay most of the tuition for me, I will work part time for the rest and this, I ct,
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believe, can make my college life rich and colorful. gc``z9@Xg
Introduction of My College #ra"(/)
I'm a student at Maebashi Institute of Technology in Gunma. It is located HKu? J
between Komagata and Shinmaebashi on the JR Ryomo Line. It's only 10 minutes thG;~W
from JR Maebashi station on a bus or a taxi. )~/;Xl#b-
Maebit was originally founded in 1952 as a junior college and it evolved into a V1y"
four-year college in 1997. Today there are some 700 students in both the junior K_/-mwA v
college and the four-year undergraduate school. k?r-%oJ7
Our school offers two sets of programs, the day course and the evening course. I5EKS0MQ!
Students can choose whichever suits their conveniences best from those two courses. b[5$$_[
Many lessons here are taught in small-sized classes. #p'Xq
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I'm in the Department of Information Engineering. My field of study is Robotics. g\9I&
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The first period begins at 9:30 a.m., which is rather late, and the last period of the day @J J,$?
course ends at 4:55 p.m. The classes for the evening course begin at 5:45 p.m. and end #4hxbRN
at 8:50 p.m. U*Q1(C
Maebit's campus is not very large but it has a lot of flowerbeds and plants. On 5=<
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campus there are the library, the club building, sports fields, the student union hall, 80qSPitj
the laboratory building, and many other facilities. Our department building lies in the h)S223[
northwest corner of campus. This building was built about five years ago, and b|
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everything is still new in this building. J\7ukm"9
There are many clubs, but I'm not a member of any club. One of my friends is a ;F>$\"aG
member of the Tennis Club in which there are 5 members. They practice every pPI'0x
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. They are hoping to make it into the best 8 in the y"N7r1Pf
coming intercollegiate tournament. ryhme\%l;f
I like my college. I have already made some good friends and we're enjoying our rHS;wT
school life. 6yDc4AX
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