LIFE AS A STUDENT

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LIFE AS A
STUDENT

• By Jun Yang

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CSSA-SOUTHAMPTON

• CSSA ---Chinese Students and Scholars Association
  
• MissionCSSA is committed to develope unique and
  attractive programs and activities locally,
  nationally and internationally. This enables
  Chinese students, scholars and other ethnic
  individuals interested in China to experience and
  enjoy a richer, fuller, and more successful life
  in the UK and beyond.

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CSSA-SOUTHAMPTON

• Partners Supporters
• Embassy of PRC in the United Kingdom
• Well established institutes and companies in both
  the UK and China
• Major Activities
• Forums, exhibitions and conferences in the UK and
  China
• Exchange programs on education, culture,
  technology and business
• Annual sports games and entertainment events

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Chinese Week

• A series of seminars about Modern China
• Venture Capital and Private Equity in China
• Three Gorges project in Yangze River
• Traffic System for Olympic game in 2008---Beijing
• Talks for international students
• Chinese Week Dinner and Social Night
• Chinese Week Party

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My experience as a student

• Chinese High School
• gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgt
• UK University

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Daily Life in Chinese School
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Daily Life in Chinese School

• Get up at 6.30am
• Go to School at 7.00am
• Must reach School at 7.45am
• Class start from 7.45am to 11.45am with 3 break
  between 4 classes

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Daily Life in Chinese School

• The classes in the afternoon start from 1.30pm or
  2.00pm, depends on the season.
• Finally, the classes finish at 4.45pm or 17.15 in
  the afternoon.

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Daily Life in Chinese School

• That is not all.
• Do not need to do the housework--------lots of
  home work, too much pressure on study
• Must attend every class and on time. Unless
  something happened
• Private class (in the evening and at weekend) and
  more than 8 hours study

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Daily Life in Chinese School

• You have to learn everything (Gardening,
  Geography, History, Chinese, English, Physics,
  Chemistry, Biology and so on)

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Daily Life in UKs University

• Positive points
• Do not need to get up at 6.30am
• Going to the class is not compulsory
• Choose the subject which I would like to learn

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Daily Life in UKs University

• Negative Points
• Entire Freedom means Pressure (career plan,
  financial matters, life style and so on)
• Different Culture
• Chinese People want to adopt or learn
  English culture, however, need time.

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Daily Life in UKs University

• Negative Points
• Different thinking and different behaviours
  (Chinese people are shy)

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Conclusion

• Figure
• 20,000 per year
• More than 12 hours by airplane
• Suffer from homesick
• Coming to the unfamiliar country
• Why?

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Conclusion

• Reasons
• Learning Skills, Experience and understand
  Different culture gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtBetter life
• Trust
• High level educational system
• Very helpful supports from the staff in the
  university---------you are the main reason

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Conclusion

• After graduation, I hope every international
  student will agree that, both the expense and
  time has turned out to be the invaluable wealth
  of their entire life.
• Thank you!