In fact, these mainland students will know that they are wrong after staying in a university in Macau for a year or two! It is not easy to get a diploma from the University of Macau. If you don't work hard, study hard and fail your grades, the school will never let you go! Take our school as an example: in that year, the school enrolled 23 mainland students, but only 8 students graduated on time and the rest had to repeat their studies. The graduation rate of mainland students is only 34%.
How can I graduate smoothly? Let's look at the successful experience of people who have experienced it.
Good interpersonal relationship, get twice the result with half the effort at school.
"I finally graduated!" Li Yan threw her graduation hat into the air, and then hugged her roommates and classmates who came to congratulate her. Good interpersonal relationship helped her get enthusiastic help from teachers and classmates in her study and life, and she happily enjoyed four years of study.
Li Yan entered our school as a tutor. When she arrived in Macao, she was surprised to find that the living habits of the two places were completely different. For example, Li Yan's dormitory is a suite (two rooms and one living room) rented by the school outside the school. Because of the late registration, three girls have already lived in the house: a Dutchman, a Swede and a China girl, Huang Jingjing. Unfortunately, Li Yan had to share a room with Dutch people who didn't understand Chinese. At first, the atmosphere was very dull. After class, m-girls does his job: the kitchen takes turns and the washing machine turns on. Because of the language barrier, girls never sit together to eat and watch TV, let alone chat. But Li Yan remembered the proverb "Go out with friends". On the one hand, she called to ask how to make Cantonese soup and how to fry Cantonese food. On the other hand, I often have the cheek to talk to my roommate in nonstandard English (even if she doesn't understand her English), and let her try her cooking whenever I have time. In less than a month, three roommates have been "bought" by Li Yan, and four people have become like a family. Whoever goes back to the dormitory first cooks first. On weekends, she either goes shopping together or cleans together. Foreign roommates often help her with her English.
In addition, Li Yan has a good relationship with her classmates and professors in various subjects. At the beginning of the free combination study group, because of the poor English level of mainland students, Macao students refused to "take in" Li Yan, so Li Yan said to the group leader, "Let me join your group." I am good at math, and I am good at history. I can help me with my world heritage homework. Although my English foundation is not good, my roommate has two foreigners and my dormitory is big. You can come to my dormitory to discuss problems, without worrying about finding a place to study. "After joining the group, Li Yan often used her spare time to find information, discuss and consult with her team members, and realized that she could definitely help. Li Yan's performance changed the impression of Macao students on mainland students. More and more local students are willing to try to study with mainland students. Through this way of cooperation, Li Yan's academic performance has also improved a lot.
When Macao students encounter homework that they don't understand, or think that the teacher has done something wrong, they are used to talking to the teacher directly, while mainland students are shy and afraid to contact the teacher. Often after a semester, professors can't even name most mainland students. "If I can't remember your name when facing you or your paper, or even doubt whether you are my student, then I have the right to question your learning attitude or learning ability!" An English teacher once said this. Therefore, when these mainland students' grades are between passing and failing, they will be unfortunately "sacrificed". Like those Macao students, Li Yan often goes to the teacher's office to ask questions. At the end of the semester, the teacher not only remembered Li Yan, but also won the first place in her class's homework! Four years passed quickly, and Li Yan, who had a good relationship with her roommates, classmates and teachers, naturally graduated on time.
When encountering "low tide", we must know how to persist.
A person's life will not be smooth sailing, and so will studying abroad. When you encounter difficulties and want to give up, only by persisting and finding a solution to the problem quickly can you tide over the "low tide" and see the dawn of victory.
The "low tide" of classmate Ben began in the first class of the first semester. At first, BEN chose the hotel management major because of his parents' advice, but when he arrived at school, he found that he had to learn western cooking and financial management!
He can't cook at all, but the first class is western food. The teacher is an old Swiss man who can only speak English and French. Ben's Chinglish can't cope with class at all, just like a deaf-mute learning vocal music. The teacher said please take out the kitchen knife, and Ben took out the meat cleaver to cut potatoes. The teacher said please shred the potatoes, but Ben overheard him cutting them into pieces. Finally, the teacher reminded me that there are many differences between western food and Chinese food, such as the practice of soup. Western food pays attention to the concentration of soup, so the air and oil in the soup are usually boiled out with slow fire. The teacher asked him, "It's not wrong to cook soup with a small fire, is it?" After a "good" answer, he turned on the fire because he thought he would cook the soup until it bubbled like a Cantonese. Looking at the teacher's face flushed with anger, Ben was really speechless and couldn't tell how bitter it was to eat Rhizoma Coptidis.
"If you don't understand, learn tourism management." Parents are distressed. The idea of avoiding cooking courses and changing majors came into being, but Ben hesitated at the thought of having to repeat one year if he wanted to change majors. "Chinese can't pass, and no major can keep up!" After two days of ideological struggle, Ben made up his mind to stick to it. He first went to the Swiss teacher to ask how to understand his class quickly (with an interpreter, of course), then got the courseware for the teacher's class, and then recorded all the teacher's lectures with a tape recorder. In the evening, he also goes online to find words and related pictures and contents that he can't understand in the morning. Many things happen. After half a year's hard work, he can finally abandon the electronic dictionary and enjoy the fun of class. In the next three years, Ben studied in the same way, especially in science (accounting and finance, etc. ), and he gradually found the course more and more simple and attractive.
Internship before graduation
Choose excellent big companies.
Internship plays an important role in university life, because the choice of internship unit is directly related to future employment. For international students, they can stay in the local area for one to two years after completing their studies. And excellent internship units can provide good jobs. Here are two good examples:
When choosing an internship unit, Li Yan chose a global chain of five wholly American-owned hotels for internship. Although the monthly internship fee is only 500 yuan, Li Yan thinks that interns can take turns working in the reservation department, the front office and the housekeeping department. "So I can find the position that suits me best." Li Yan is confident. After half a year, Li Yan not only accumulated experience in different types of work, but also accumulated a wide range of contacts. After graduation, Li Yan entered her favorite human resources department in this hotel.
However, her roommate Huang Jingjing was not so lucky. In order to covet the internship fee of 1500 yuan/month, Jingjing chose four hotels for internship (while the hotel only allowed her to practice in the finance department). Although you can earn a lot of internship fees after half a year, after graduation, the original hotel thought that Huang Jingjing was not a graduate majoring in accounting, so she didn't retain him. When she went to other hotels to look for a job, there were no vacancies in many hotels, and Huang Jingjing regretted choosing her internship unit.