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It is graduation time again. Whether joining the social workforce or pursuing h?3f5G*&H
advanced studies, about four million Chinese graduates will soon turn a new page in 9Iy[E,j
their lives. Still, no matter what, campus life will remain deeply etched on the minds \ /sF:~=
of China's former students. What lies ahead for the country's graduates? 2O^32TdS
Statistics released by relevant departments of China show that in 2006, graduates np&HEh 6
from all Chinese colleges and universities numbered 4.13 million, up 750,000 from Zm5nLxM
2005 with a growth rate of roughly 22%. Hence, the employment tension further ],!pp3U
intensifies. Meanwhile, various intangible barriers exist in social relations, regional ~'|&{-<
restriction, permanent residency and university's reputation have made the graduates' N_|YOw6
job-hunting process tougher. .Pqj6Ko9
Some analyze that against the backdrop of intensified employment tension for r]xdhR5
university graduates, needy students from rural and urban areas usually find 9eksCxFg
themselves in relatively inferior positions. Y'\3ux0]4'
Some graduates realize that in order to get a job, they have to sign some "unfair g(M(Hn7
treaties" that promise not to take the postgraduate exam or leave the company within Uia)5z z8
several years, or they have to pay 5,000 Yuan for breaching the contract. Some V:$[~)k8
recruiters even declare openly that they only need students from famous universities, i,\t]EJAU
so graduates from other schools are not even entitled to apply. N}e(.
Currently the contradiction in China's higher education has transferred from entering `V$
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to leaving a university and from the difficulty in enrollment to employment after .f [\G*
graduation. It has become a common phenomenon that "graduates become jobless". ~W5>;6f\
Should this problem not be tackled rightly, the employment issue would turn into a $Ykp8u,(
new factor that causes social instability. +K @J*W 1
College—A New Experience C]{V%jU
Living at college, first of all, gives me a sense of responsibility, of being on my :zS>^RE
own. My parents aren’t around to say, ―No, you’re not going out tonight‖ or ―Did you VbY>l' rY
finish your homework?‖ Everything I do has to be my decision, and that gives me the oC;l5v<
responsibility of handling my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had cftn`:(&8
to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. Before that I looked in Yn?2,^?N
the phone book since I had no clue about any banks around here or where they were C=pPI
located. I went to the bank and made decisions for myself—whether to have a WL*W=(
checking or savings account and whether or not to get a MASTER card. 7m@^=w
Friendly people: that’s another aspect I like about college. On my first day (and Jh/M}%@|
even now) people were nice to me. I came to Marymount University here in Virginia {{#a%O
from New York and – even though I’d been here before—I was a bit confused about :9O0?6:B|
where I was going. My mother and I drove in, not knowing the building we were WhVmycdv
supposed to go to, and the guard was especially nice: with a smile, he told us what :pV("tHE
building we were looking for and where we could park our car. Some upperclassmen D aqy+:
saw me and asked, ―Are you a new student?‖ When they found out I was looking for @a7(*<".
my dormitory, one said, ―Oh, just follow us; that’s where we’re going.‖ Even now I D;#Yn M3
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feel comfortable in the dorm because there are friendly people around to talk with. ztxQv5=:,
Finally—to add to my likes of college—I love having Saturdays off. Also, I love 9@&Z`b_
to sleep in, something I couldn’t do in high school. @_weMz8}
How Can We Finance Our College Education? dXcMysRc%&
Nowadays, tuition fees for college are much higher than ever before. How to KzH}5:qI
finance our college education has become a matter of concern for many students, C?c -V,
especially those who are from the remote areas. t>=y7n&q
Actually, there are many ways to solve this problem. We can get the money from -gX2{dW
our parents. We can apply for a loan especially set up for college students. We can jKi*3-&
also acquire the money entirely by ourselves, keeping a part-time job in our spare <OO/Tn'a
time and doing a full-time job in summer and winter holidays. Or we can ask our `?|]: 7'<
parents for most of the money and earn the rest in our spare time in college.
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As far as I am concerned, I prefer the last way. I don't want to depend entirely on a0j.\g
my parents, which will be a burden to them. Nor do I want to work in my free time for 0FR%<u
the tuition alone, because I would like to have enough time for my school work. If my Z*Hxrw\!0
parents pay most of the tuition for me, I will work part time for the rest and this, I ?g*T3S"
believe, can make my college life rich and colorful. [/,6O
Introduction of My College 3g
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I'm a student at Maebashi Institute of Technology in Gunma. It is located ?GfA;O
between Komagata and Shinmaebashi on the JR Ryomo Line. It's only 10 minutes 8ch~UBq/
from JR Maebashi station on a bus or a taxi. n&78~@H
Maebit was originally founded in 1952 as a junior college and it evolved into a Leick6
four-year college in 1997. Today there are some 700 students in both the junior eii7pbc
college and the four-year undergraduate school. `hf9rjy4
Our school offers two sets of programs, the day course and the evening course. .W.U:C1
Students can choose whichever suits their conveniences best from those two courses. _SW a3O#'
Many lessons here are taught in small-sized classes. '\YhRU
I'm in the Department of Information Engineering. My field of study is Robotics. 3E@&wpj
The first period begins at 9:30 a.m., which is rather late, and the last period of the day 0P/LW|16
course ends at 4:55 p.m. The classes for the evening course begin at 5:45 p.m. and end s;f u
at 8:50 p.m. *
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Maebit's campus is not very large but it has a lot of flowerbeds and plants. On
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campus there are the library, the club building, sports fields, the student union hall, C:EoUu
the laboratory building, and many other facilities. Our department building lies in the \>dG'
northwest corner of campus. This building was built about five years ago, and u"|nu!p`
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everything is still new in this building. F
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There are many clubs, but I'm not a member of any club. One of my friends is a 1vd+p!n
member of the Tennis Club in which there are 5 members. They practice every TrAUu`?#
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. They are hoping to make it into the best 8 in the n_2LkW<?
coming intercollegiate tournament. R:<AR.)K
I like my college. I have already made some good friends and we're enjoying our Bv
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school life. h*%1Jkxu
Coping with Stress in College g8yZc}4
College life can be very stressful. Sometimes parents, faculty and others tend to KJSy7F
idealize their college experience and remember it as that idyllic time when they had >s~`K^zS
few worries or responsibilities. To students currently attending college, however, the akwVU\RP
process is often stressful and frustrating. The competition for grades, the need to (U<