From the 1980s, carrying a kettle washbasin to report to school, up to now, mobile phones, laptops and iPad have become the standard for freshmen. Over the past decades, the "entrance equipment" of college students in China has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the improvement of material conditions has also witnessed the development and changes of the times. However, the increasingly obvious tendency to keep up with the joneses in university campuses has also aroused people's thinking.
1989 admission
-The necessities are your own lunch box.
From 65438 to 0989, Guiyang boy Yang Jinsong was admitted to Northwest Institute of Light Industry (now Shaanxi University of Science and Technology) and went abroad to study.
Recalling his college days, he said with a smile: "Life at that time was extremely simple. The necessary thing for admission was his own lunch box, because there was no common tableware in the canteen."
At that time, my living expenses were provided by my family. I sent home 80 yuan a month, mainly for meals, and a small amount was used to buy books, daily necessities and so on. There is basically no off-campus entertainment fee.
During college, Yang Jinsong and his classmates took playing poker as their pastime, which was basically free. He and his classmates occasionally travel around together, which is also a poor tour. There are few cameras and basically no commemorative photos.
"At that time, it was not popular to go out to eat, because there was no money, and everyone honestly ate the canteen. Most students usually eat 4 cents of vegetables when cooking, dare to eat meat once a week, bring a little diced meat, and a piece of sauce beef costs 8 cents! "
1998 admission
-The communication tool is a BP machine.
From 65438 to 0998, CoCo Lee (a pseudonym) entered a university in Zhejiang to study business administration. As a college student in 1990s, CoCo Lee's college life was much more comfortable at that time. In her memory, the monthly living expenses are about 800 yuan, which is mainly used for eating and dressing, and the entertainment items are very limited.
"We went to school to report with daily necessities, and there was nothing else." CoCo Lee recalled that at that time, mobile phones were not popular and there were no electronic devices. After he went to college, he bought a BP machine as a communication tool. At that time, learning English was also listening to tapes. It would be nice to have a repeater or a walkman.
Entered school in 2003
-10 yuan can eat well in the canteen one day.
In 2003, Li entered Zhengzhou University to study. Recalling the scene of going to college more than ten years ago, he said that many students around him were still relatively poor.
"Eating in the canteen is also very cheap. You can eat well in less than 10 yuan in a day, plus the extra expenses of buying daily necessities. At that time, the living expenses of four or five hundred yuan a month will be enough. " Li said that when he went to school, he could still receive 50 to 60 yuan of state subsidies every month. At that time, the money was not too small, and I was very happy every time I finished it.
"When I first went to college, mobile phones were not fully popularized and there were no smart phones. I remember that my first mobile phone was bought in 2007. It was a Nokia bar phone. " Li recalled that when he first entered school, everyone bought a phone card and contacted his family and friends by phone. The monthly communication fee is not much.
20 14 admission
—— College students have used Apple phones.
Wang Jiazhen, born in 1996, entered the journalism major of Soochow University three years ago. As a post-1995 college student, the living and learning conditions of Wang Jiazhen and his classmates have changed greatly.
At the beginning of her freshman year, Wang Jiazhen's parents bought her a mobile phone and a computer, which is very common in her class.
Wang Jiazhen said that his monthly living expenses are about 1500 to 2,000 yuan, which is the average level in his class. "Eating accounts for most of these expenses, about six or seven hundred yuan a month. The remaining expenses include transportation, telephone, clothes and so on. "
How much to pay, how to pay, need to do what you can.