哈佛大學畢業(yè)生寄語：你不僅僅是美國名校生，也是中國的形象大使

畢業(yè)生寄語：你不僅僅是美國名校生，也是中國的形象大使

哈佛大學畢業(yè)生寄語：你不僅僅是美國名校生，也是中國的形象大使

出國黨的畢業(yè)季絕對是令人百感交集的，好不容易在國際學校經過幾年的沉淀，終于把標化考試和背景提升活動搞定了，開開心心把世界名校的Offer拿到手，結果還沒有喘口氣，又要開始擔憂對于國外大學學習和生活未知的恐懼，面對全新的文化，作為一名國際生應該如何度過國外大學生活?不慌不慌，出發(fā)美國前，聽訊得達國際書院學術主管(哈佛大學畢業(yè)生)的幾句鼓勵，為你撥開心中疑慮。

【 Tremayne Gibson 】

訊得達國際書院學術主管

美國哈佛大學歷史本科

美國約翰·霍普金斯大學國際關系研究生

訊得達國際書院2018屆畢業(yè)生：

很高興看到大家在上周畢業(yè)典禮的出色表現(xiàn)，你們不僅通過自身努力熟練的掌握了一門外語、通過了世界大學的篩選并獲得了這些世界優(yōu)秀大學的錄取，你們應該為自己取得的成就自豪。在美國之行開始之前，請允許我說幾點期許。

對任何年輕人來講，上大學是令人“五味雜陳”的：你會感覺到興奮、樂觀的同時，同時也伴隨著焦慮和傷感。其實這很正常，你去任何新的地方(新的城市，州或國家)，會因為全新的經歷感到興奮，也會因為長期遠離鄉(xiāng)土而傷感。在國外，你需要面對全新的文化，剛開始或多或少會恐慌，直到你學會了融入了這個新環(huán)境，并從探索新經歷中發(fā)掘自己的無限可能性，你的恐慌的情緒就會好起來。我自己也經歷過背井離鄉(xiāng)、求學海外的歷程，我堅信只要大家以開放的心態(tài)擁抱新生活，以謹慎的態(tài)度面對選擇，以積極的心態(tài)處理問題，任何事情都會順利起來的。

高中階段的刻苦學習和持久的努力使大家取得了今天的成績，然而，我希望大家進入大學后可以花更多時間參與社會活動，并使其融于自己的生活。大學中最寶貴的經歷來你于他人建立的聯(lián)系，而非僅僅關注獲取知識，結識對的人能幫我們開啟社交和專業(yè)的大門，而這些無法從學習本身獲得。所以在大學，你除了繼續(xù)努力當學霸外，更要變身社交達人。

同時不要忘記，在國外求學時，你的身份不僅僅是大學生，同時也是中國的形象大使。你可能是某個美國人見到的第一個中國人，甚至可能是所處環(huán)境的第一個外國人。我們的個人行為將不光代表自己和自己的家庭，也代表祖國。你要充分發(fā)揮自己這一優(yōu)勢，盡可能和非華人交朋友，避免只和同胞打交道而陷入社會孤立。努力去展示你們最優(yōu)秀的社會文化，同時將他們最好的社會文化回到中國來。

做到以上這些，你們可以很好的豐富了自己和他人的大學生活，提升兩個偉大國家的關系和彼此理解。更重要的是，這將幫助我們實現(xiàn)訊得達國際書院的終極使命：做更好的自己，創(chuàng)造更好的世界!

再次恭喜大家，分別之際，祝各位畢業(yè)生萬事如意，保持聯(lián)系!

Greetings Class of 2018：

Congratulations once again on your achievement last week. It is no small accomplishment to have gained proficiency in a foreign language, adapted to an entirely new college admissions system, and gained entry into some of the world’s top colleges, so be proud of yourselves.

As you embark on your journeys to the United States and beyond allow me to provide a few words of wisdom.

For any teenager, going to college is an important rite of passage that stirs inside many emotions. Somehow you may feel excited yet anxious, optimistic yet sad all at the same time. This is normal. To go to a new place (city, state or country) to live is both exciting, for the many new experiences you will have, and sad, because for most of you it will be the longest time you have ever been away and the farthest distance you have ever traveled from home. Going to a foreign land and facing a whole new culture is also at first a little scary until you learn to fit in and discover all of the new possibilities this experience now provides you. I have experienced what it feels like to go to universities far from home and to live abroad in totally different cultures. Therefore, I say with confidence that as long as you open yourself up to new experiences,be careful in your decision making, and maintain a positive attitude everything will be ok.

Hard work and continuous study have helped you reach this moment. However, I encourage you all to now make more time than you ever have before to also incorporate social activities into your daily lives. The most valuable experience from college may actually be the relationships you build and not necessarily the knowledge you acquire. Knowing the right people well can open doors for you that no amount of study can, socially and professionally. So, continue to work hard and be great students, but be sure to play hard too!

Always remember, in your time abroad you will be more than just college students, you are also ambassadors of China. You may be the first Chinese citizens an American ever meets, you may even be the first foreigner. Your personal conduct will reflect not only on yourself and your family but your motherland as well. Use this to your advantage, try to avoid isolating yourselves in communities of overseas Chinese, go out and befriend as many non-Chinese as possible. Spread the best parts of your culture and society to those you meet and absorb the best parts of theirs and bring it home with you when you return to China.

Doing this will enrich your college experience and theirs. It may help improve relations and understanding between our two great societies. Most importantly, it will help realize the guiding philosophy of Sendelta and our ultimate mission: creating better selves to help create a better world.

Congratulations, farewell, good luck, and please keep in touch!