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It is graduation time again. Whether joining the social workforce or pursuing u1a5Vtel
advanced studies, about four million Chinese graduates will soon turn a new page in bj4cW\b(
their lives. Still, no matter what, campus life will remain deeply etched on the minds ab8uY.j
of China's former students. What lies ahead for the country's graduates? WJBi#(SY
Statistics released by relevant departments of China show that in 2006, graduates ;
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from all Chinese colleges and universities numbered 4.13 million, up 750,000 from xoI;s}*E
2005 with a growth rate of roughly 22%. Hence, the employment tension further 0Qvbc}KP8
intensifies. Meanwhile, various intangible barriers exist in social relations, regional zRPX
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restriction, permanent residency and university's reputation have made the graduates' <@xp. Y
job-hunting process tougher. rH7|r\] r
Some analyze that against the backdrop of intensified employment tension for I=X-e#HM?
university graduates, needy students from rural and urban areas usually find So?SBh1C
themselves in relatively inferior positions. @Ong+^m|PC
Some graduates realize that in order to get a job, they have to sign some "unfair w!o[pvyR$
treaties" that promise not to take the postgraduate exam or leave the company within 44 ,:@
several years, or they have to pay 5,000 Yuan for breaching the contract. Some F2!C^r,~L
recruiters even declare openly that they only need students from famous universities, b=v
so graduates from other schools are not even entitled to apply. \G}EI|Wo
Currently the contradiction in China's higher education has transferred from entering uTGd{w@]0|
to leaving a university and from the difficulty in enrollment to employment after ;Ut0tm
graduation. It has become a common phenomenon that "graduates become jobless". ;$Q`JN=
Should this problem not be tackled rightly, the employment issue would turn into a 3a #2 }
new factor that causes social instability. n[ip'*2L
College—A New Experience ?{l}35Q
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Living at college, first of all, gives me a sense of responsibility, of being on my ?.E6Ube
own. My parents aren’t around to say, ―No, you’re not going out tonight‖ or ―Did you LcS\#p#s]
finish your homework?‖ Everything I do has to be my decision, and that gives me the ~ *RG|4#
responsibility of handling my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had [2I1W1pd
to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. Before that I looked in 7K3S\oPej
the phone book since I had no clue about any banks around here or where they were !Kr|04Qp#x
located. I went to the bank and made decisions for myself—whether to have a o-\ K]
checking or savings account and whether or not to get a MASTER card. *4#)or
Friendly people: that’s another aspect I like about college. On my first day (and )8]O|Z-CU
even now) people were nice to me. I came to Marymount University here in Virginia -(9>{!",J
from New York and – even though I’d been here before—I was a bit confused about /NfuR$oMd
where I was going. My mother and I drove in, not knowing the building we were 0zfh:O
supposed to go to, and the guard was especially nice: with a smile, he told us what 8A/"ia
building we were looking for and where we could park our car. Some upperclassmen *YmR7g |k
saw me and asked, ―Are you a new student?‖ When they found out I was looking for 9x@( K|
my dormitory, one said, ―Oh, just follow us; that’s where we’re going.‖ Even now I Q qGf*
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feel comfortable in the dorm because there are friendly people around to talk with. P{j2'gg3
Finally—to add to my likes of college—I love having Saturdays off. Also, I love c,nE@~ul2
to sleep in, something I couldn’t do in high school. As0E'n85
How Can We Finance Our College Education? Nn<TPT[,
Nowadays, tuition fees for college are much higher than ever before. How to Q\.~cIw_AQ
finance our college education has become a matter of concern for many students, =@(&xfTC
especially those who are from the remote areas. JDPn
Actually, there are many ways to solve this problem. We can get the money from 0Oy.&C T
our parents. We can apply for a loan especially set up for college students. We can -X+G_rY
also acquire the money entirely by ourselves, keeping a part-time job in our spare KMC]<
time and doing a full-time job in summer and winter holidays. Or we can ask our | a001_Wv
parents for most of the money and earn the rest in our spare time in college. K8[vJ7(!|
As far as I am concerned, I prefer the last way. I don't want to depend entirely on i) v
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my parents, which will be a burden to them. Nor do I want to work in my free time for #1fT\aP
the tuition alone, because I would like to have enough time for my school work. If my $yxwB/ O(
parents pay most of the tuition for me, I will work part time for the rest and this, I vbEAd)*S
believe, can make my college life rich and colorful. eC`} oEz
Introduction of My College JSz;>
I'm a student at Maebashi Institute of Technology in Gunma. It is located SSG57N-T
between Komagata and Shinmaebashi on the JR Ryomo Line. It's only 10 minutes }AfX0[!O
from JR Maebashi station on a bus or a taxi. WUOoK$I~K
Maebit was originally founded in 1952 as a junior college and it evolved into a c;siMWw;
four-year college in 1997. Today there are some 700 students in both the junior s
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college and the four-year undergraduate school. t&scvXh
Our school offers two sets of programs, the day course and the evening course. Xwz9E!m
Students can choose whichever suits their conveniences best from those two courses. ~N
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Many lessons here are taught in small-sized classes. B=dF\.&Z
I'm in the Department of Information Engineering. My field of study is Robotics. r~f*aD
The first period begins at 9:30 a.m., which is rather late, and the last period of the day sVXIR
course ends at 4:55 p.m. The classes for the evening course begin at 5:45 p.m. and end |,YyuCQcL[
at 8:50 p.m. scr`] tD
Maebit's campus is not very large but it has a lot of flowerbeds and plants. On ,uz+/K%OA5
campus there are the library, the club building, sports fields, the student union hall, <'(O0
the laboratory building, and many other facilities. Our department building lies in the WFHS8SI
northwest corner of campus. This building was built about five years ago, and W`^euBr7R>
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everything is still new in this building. v67utISNI
There are many clubs, but I'm not a member of any club. One of my friends is a r0MUv}p#|L
member of the Tennis Club in which there are 5 members. They practice every C1V
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Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. They are hoping to make it into the best 8 in the IZ9L
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coming intercollegiate tournament. vI84=n
I like my college. I have already made some good friends and we're enjoying our K!AW8FnHkZ
school life. #.Q3}[M
Coping with Stress in College u/s,#
College life can be very stressful. Sometimes parents, faculty and others tend to mBAI";L3
idealize their college experience and remember it as that idyllic time when they had LgG7|\(-
few worries or responsibilities. To students currently attending college, however, the p?@R0]
process is often stressful and frustrating. The competition for grades, the need to )># Y,/q
perform, relationships, career choice, and many other aspects of the college GbFtX\s+5j
environment cause stress. cA,`!dG2,
But before condemning stress outright, we need to understand that stress is only [quT&E
harmful when it is excessive. Much of the stress that we all experience is helpful and ,Wbr;
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stimulating. The challenges of life tend to be stressful and an attempt to avoid stress DfPC@`
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completely would lead to a rather boring existence. The problem comes when you /JcfAY
experience too much stress. kzkrvC+u
There are four primary sources of stress: the environment, (noise, pollution, K3Sa6"U
traffic, crowding, and the weather), physiology, (illness, injuries, hormonal 9~rrN60Q
fluctuations, and inadequate sleep or nutrition), students’ thoughts (negative self-talk, B,xohT
catastrophizing, and perfectionism), and social stressors (financial problems, work :m&cm%W]ts
demands, social events, and losing a loved one). Symptoms of stress appear in many 5%6{ ePh{
forms. Some symptoms only impact the person who is directly experiencing stress, l-v(~u7
while other symptoms may have an impact on our relationships with others. e>zv+9'Q
Although some stress reactions are part of deeper and more serious emotional ',_E;(
problems, many are not, and can be handled with relatively simple counseling and %&Fsk]T%:
stress-management techniques. Developing a balanced lifestyle, gaining perspective NMy+=GZu^
by discussing problems with other students or tutors, specifying relaxation techniques, ;h"St0
and clarifying your values and cultivating a sense of life meaning can help you relieve DN X-\
your stress in college. #F^0uUjq
Sports !T|q/ri
From the earliest times, people have held sports competitions. The athletic few &i5MRw_]]
compete on the field while the rest of us participate from the safety of our seats. _\ &