College entrance examination volunteering, almost condensed all the coordinates of the dream.
You may be admitted to a volunteer, or transferred, and after a series of accidental arrangements such as luck and timing, the pointer of fate is fixed somewhere on the volunteer form.
Years later, recalling the moment when they filled in the college entrance examination volunteers, they could quickly lock in that key fork in the road.
Chen Shuo from Dali, Yunnan Province, because he and several brothers scored almost the same test, and they all liked the same school, in each other's "humility", they each chose the future path. He was not admitted to the first choice of major, studied food science and engineering, chose to switch tracks at the age of 32, started again, and entered a state-owned enterprise at the age of 34 to become a fire safety engineer.
Jiangxi candidate Yan Jing, bent on economics, was approved for voluntary admission in advance in the yin and yang mistakes, read the preschool education major that was not optimistic, and ushered in the early education industry in the next ten years. "During this decade, everyone said that the major you chose at that time was too good, how could you choose such a popular major?"
Tian Jiawei, a candidate in Hebei Province, could not apply for a foreign language major because she missed the English speaking test, and she once thought that she would miss her entire life, "but the longer the road behind, the things that you felt very unforgiving yourself before, in your entire long life road, it will also become very small." ”
Huang Shuling, a Guangdong candidate, dreamed of going to the desert, planting a tree, enrolled in a niche forestry major, and now she is the sustainable development manager of a listed company. "For me, volunteering for the gaokao opened the door to a reduction in my choices, because it allowed me to gradually narrow down the direction I really wanted to focus on at the end."
Shandong examinee Lin Yuheng, because of the abnormal performance of the college entrance examination, lost touch with the ideal major of the ideal college. "My dad said you love to watch TV so much, so you can apply for a TV major." Film and television art let her know the existence of beauty and the meaning of aesthetics, and professionalism can also penetrate into daily life. Although she is not currently engaged in radio and television editing and directing related work, she said: "No matter what major you study, it will leave traces after passing, and it will always leave some imprint on your body and soul." ”
At the end of June, all over the country have opened the college entrance examination volunteer to fill in, we found five students, chatted about their past to fill in the volunteer. In these past events, there is a glimmer of idealism, there are also tosses based on reality, and some people hold the concept of lifelong learning and go to the next crossroads.
At the end of June, all parts of the country have opened the college entrance examination to volunteer to fill in. Figure/IC photo
"Children who come out of the countryside can only rely on themselves"
Narrator: Yunnan examinee Chen Shuo
I am from Dali, Yunnan Province, and I took the college entrance examination in 2005, 17 years after now.
I am a science student, the score is nearly 60 points higher than the line, the ideal wish is to go to West China Medical University, but the final test score is not enough. My father was from Sichuan and suggested that I apply to Sichuan University. Our family is in the countryside of Dali, and the elders do not understand, that is, you can report what you like.
It took a long time to apply for volunteering, because at that time, the four of us brothers who played better had very close scores, and everyone wanted to report to Sichuan University, but Sichuan University seemed to only recruit more than 100 people in Yunnan, and if we all reported, there would definitely be people who could not record.
The end result was that the person with the highest score was identified as The Great One. The other two classmates told me that since you reported it, then I would not report it. They applied to Southwest Jiaotong University and Electronic Science university. I still chose Chuanda, this score can definitely be on the previous year, but it must be subject to professional adjustment.
I didn't know the importance of professionalism at the time. I applied for four majors, the first choice of water conservancy and hydropower engineering majors, I think this prospect is better, and I also like. The last volunteer is food science and engineering.
The final admission result was Food Science and Engineering. To be honest, I'm a bit repulsive, but I want to forget it, at least I can get a diploma from Sichuan University.
After school, I also belonged to the bottom. Seniors and classmates all said that the salary of this major will be relatively low in the future, and it is indeed not energetic. After all, I am a child from the countryside, and I can only rely on myself for employment, so professional job prospects are the most important for me.
I just graduated and signed a company in Nanjing, after the past I felt uncomfortable, the weather was too hot, after the training I did not choose to join.
Later, when I went back to the Yunnan talent market for a day, there was a state-owned enterprise in the food industry that was recruiting people. People asked me which school it was, and I said I was from Sichuan University, and the person in charge of recruitment said to me, you go straight to work. At that time, it was 2010, and I could get more than 3,000 yuan in Kunming, which was relatively good.
But the company's wages rose very slowly, and I felt stressed after I started a family, especially with children, and I thought about changing jobs.
In 2017, I went to Xinjiang on a business trip with an old senior, and he was reading a book on safety, saying that he wanted to take the registered safety engineer exam, and then he said that you should also take the exam. So I took the registered safety engineer in 2017, and in 2018 I took the registered fire engineer, the fire engineer is difficult to test, the pass rate may be 1%, the certificate was very valuable at the time, relying on this certificate can have an income of eight or nine thousand a year, of course, now the state is also cracking down on the affiliation.
My first job went from 2010 to 2018 and finally as a workshop director.
After resigning in May 2018, I transferred to a private company that does fire business, fire detection, maintenance of fire fighting facilities, and fire control construction, I have done it, or spent a lot of energy and time to learn this skill, to hands-on operation, consult the teacher, but also suffered a lot.
When I resigned, I made a plan, first of all, to learn technology, and then transfer to state-owned enterprises when the technology was learned.
After working in the private sector for two years, at the age of 34, I managed to get into a relatively large state-owned enterprise. Now my income can be said to have doubled compared with the original, and the pressure of life is relatively reduced.
So looking back now, the college entrance examination volunteer is very important, if the major is not filled out, it may affect the future road, I am not denying the food-related major, but from the years I worked, there is really no good soil. There are definitely people who can develop well in this line, and everyone's path is unique. I can only represent myself.
I am equivalent to taking more detours, but as long as people have motivation and are willing to work hard, no matter where they go, they have a bite to eat. Even if we read a major that we are not satisfied with, we can still correct it with some effort.
In July 2020, Chen Shuo conducted fire testing at a cigarette factory. Courtesy of respondents
"Times change too fast, go find something you really like"
Narrator: Jiangxi candidate Yan Jing
I took the college entrance examination in 2007, and Jiangxi is a volunteer after the end of the college entrance examination. In the environment at that time, my father felt that it was particularly good to study finance and economics, and it was easier to find a job in the future, so he chose Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan.
My mother didn't really want me to study economics, she thought it was good for girls to be teachers. In addition, the family is full of teachers, so I filled out an early approval of the volunteer, Shanghai's East China Normal University.
I wasn't sure that my score could reach a particularly good major, so I filled in the preschool education, and the score was relatively low.
I myself did not want to choose this major, growing up in a teaching environment, there will be a kind of rebellion, I do not want to be a teacher again; And preschool education, out of may be a kindergarten teacher, it always feels as if it may not be able to make a lot of money.
The class teacher also said that the possibility of my early admission is not particularly high, and he feels that I should still be admitted to economics. I didn't expect to score points in the end, and I was directly adjusted by the Huashi division in advance.
In my heart, I felt that after reading the teacher training major, the future seemed to be at a glance.
When I actually entered the school, I was particularly impressed by the first class of the university, that was the first time I took a children's literature class, the teacher taught some classic picture books, it was the first time I knew that children's books can be done so well, if it continues to develop, it will be good for the next generation.
It was in that lesson that I discovered that this major was much broader than I thought. And we have a lot of practical classes, my own personality is like children, and slowly accepted this major. Although teaching is a very common profession, you can still get an extra sense of happiness in the future when you are engaged in this industry.
After four years of college, I also found that I was actually suitable for this major, I went out to many people to see me, guess my major, will guess correctly.
Later, the education industry suddenly became a gold industry in a decade. Originally read a preschool education, can not be limited to kindergarten teachers, this decade is all the capital is going to the education industry, especially in early education.
So I didn't actually become a teacher. My first job was in a state-owned publishing house, a preschool education editorial department, but after a long time, I felt a little boring, so I did it for a year and then jumped ship.
The second job I went to a foreign company to do children's programs. Later jobs were basically foreign companies, doing video planning, reviewing, and some paid courses for parenting content. Now in this job, I am the product owner, and I have to lead the team myself.
In October 2016, Yan Jing did a public welfare project in a kindergarten in a poor village in Gansu Province, sending the programs she produced to some kindergartens in the northwest. Courtesy of respondents
After work, my family didn't interfere with me much, and they didn't know exactly what I was doing now, but they knew that I was doing cartoons for children, because the life we were experiencing now, our world was bigger than theirs, beyond their experience, so they couldn't give too much advice.
I am satisfied with my current state. After graduating for so many years, my love for this major has not decreased, and I am in a good financial situation in this industry, and I feel that I am doing something meaningful.
Although the college entrance examination volunteers, the yin and yang mistakes were approved for admission in advance, but I think it is still very good to go down this road.
I think that college entrance examination volunteering is a stepping stone to life planning, but it is really just a stepping stone, does not mean that life is finalized, you still have many opportunities to change. Like some of our classmates, it will be obvious that he does not like children very much, and some of the students' current work has nothing to do with our major.
When I was applying for the exam, preschool education was a not very good major, but during this decade everyone said that the major you chose at that time was too good, how could you choose such a popular major. Of course, after last year's double reduction, this industry will also shrink, so I don't think it is necessary to pursue a particularly popular major, because the road ahead is too long, this era is changing too fast, and it is more important to find something you really like.
"Volunteering basically determines your annual salary ceiling"
Narrator: Tian Jiawei, a candidate from Hebei Province
I am a college entrance examination student in Hebei in 2011, my English is relatively good, I am bent on learning foreign language majors, doing international and foreign affairs work.
Generally, those who intend to apply for a foreign language major will apply for an oral language test in advance. In our year, the speaking test was held a few days after the completion of the main subject.
But I forgot to take the test. My classmates came to me and asked me, why didn't you come to the exam? I woke up like a dream. I felt like it was over, I felt like I was done with the college entrance examination.
Without my speaking scores, I wouldn't be able to enroll in foreign languages. After that, I didn't study the volunteers, my dad was getting it, he chose the school according to the score, and I finally recorded the third volunteer, the Department of Journalism of Hunan Normal University.
When I got the admission results, I seemed to be quite happy, because I felt that my life was scrapped and that I was already good at school.
After I went to college, there was a period in between, and I didn't like courses like journalism theory very much, and when I studied those theories, I was a little skeptical about life. But when I run the news everywhere, I think it's quite funny. I have a lot of internships, and I have been interning at a newspaper since the summer vacation of my freshman year.
But I have never forgotten the path of internationalization, and I still think that I will do related work in the future. I would interact with foreign students at the school and read the Chronicle of the Nations, and I was very interested in the history of each country.
When I graduated, my professional and comprehensive grades were the first in the whole college, and I was guaranteed to be a graduate student in the Department of Journalism of Sun Yat-sen University. During this period, I watched a lot of documentaries in the library, such as African history, and major events in the world pattern, and I initially formulated the direction of international news.
When I was in the second year of graduate school, I began a media internship in Beijing, specializing in international news, every day is a different topic, today is the US election, tomorrow is Snowden, the day after tomorrow is China's Belt and Road Initiative, for quick learning things, clarifying ideas, quickly writing, and interview breakthrough ability are quite exercised.
In September 2018, Tian Jiawei (pictured left) was invited by the local government to visit Turkey as a media person. The picture shows him driving a boat in the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. Courtesy of respondents
During my internship, a lot of the interview resources were expanded by myself, and when I was recruiting the former president of Afghanistan, I waited downstairs in his hotel where he was meeting, and he didn't give interviews to any of the media, and then he gave me the opportunity to interview.
During my work, I went to Africa to do chinese aid to Africa, and went to Syria, Southeast Asia and other places to interview related topics such as diseases and refugees.
I resigned from the media three years later. Content editor at China Europe International Business School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the future, if I have some experience, I should go to international organizations to try it.
To be honest, I once thought, if I chose a major like finance when I took the college entrance examination, what would my life look like now? I see many students, doing different things, with a high salary, there will be some gaps, I feel that when you choose this major, you have been doomed to your overall direction after that, volunteering basically determines your annual salary ceiling.
However, it is also very uncomfortable to study a major that you do not like, so the ideal and reality still have to be balanced. Facing the golden pence, I am still choosing the moon.
I regretted missing that oral exam, thinking that I really missed my whole life, but the longer I walked, the more you felt that you could not forgive yourself before, and in your whole long life, it will become very small.
"The gaokao opened the door to a reduction in choices"
Narrator: Guangdong candidate Huang Shuling
I took the college entrance examination in 2008, and the exam in Guangdong that year was 3 plus X, and my X was biology. I like natural science or books related to national forest parks, and I may have read all the relevant content in the library a long time ago.
At that time, there was an ideal to do something for the Three North ShelterBelt, so I chose the forestry of South China Agricultural University, and I had a vague idea, hoping to go to the desert and plant a tree.
My family and even some relatives, they will ask, are you sure you want to choose this one? They feel that reading good mathematics, physics and chemistry is not afraid of going all over the world, but there is no biology, and they think that reading biology is a very unpopular choice, I listened to some of their suggestions, but when I finally chose, I still chose what I liked.
When I got the results of the linxue admission, I felt quite happy, as if I saw that a small dream could be realized.
There are more than 20 people in our class, most of them are transferred, everyone seems to be a little bit like to learn, one is that the field work is very hard, and the other is that there is no future. We would follow the teacher up the mountain and go to the wild, and every time I walked in front with the teacher, I would ask questions when I encountered plants I didn't know, and then record them. Other students may feel more tired and walk slowly.
For four years in college, I have always maintained a strong interest. So later, when I went to apply for a graduate student at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I also chose to major in ecology. We have more professional examinations, but will not return to this major, they will hope to use the opportunity to change a major, examination law, psychology, economics is more.
At that time, the girls who returned to this major for the graduate school were me.
After graduation, my first job was as an environmental nonprofit, my second job was as a consulting firm, and now my third job is to do sustainability. It sounds a bit cross-border, but there is actually a certain logic.
When working in a consulting company, I found that enterprises can make a difference in the sustainable development of the whole society, so how to make enterprises more sustainable to promote business for good is my new point of interest.
So I chose to study in the UK in 2020, taking the full prize to study in the UK, and choosing a major that also revolves around environmental and business management in terms of sustainability.
In October 2021, Huang Shuling toured Bath, England. Courtesy of respondents
After graduating, I became a sustainability manager for a company in Guangzhou. Many people may not know that there is such a position, but it is actually a combination of three aspects, environment, society and corporate governance, related content.
Thinking back to the college entrance examination volunteer, it seems to open the door to the reduction of my choices, because it allows me to gradually narrow down the direction I really want to focus on in the end.
Lin Xue's path is very small. But even a niche profession can make the road wider. Sustainability is relatively new in the country, and there are few dedicated positions available. But my current work can affect many upstream and downstream suppliers, and many companies are now practicing some green behaviors, and the sense of achievement is still quite high.
I didn't regret it, I just looked at the interest at that time, and I hit it by mistake. Rationally speaking, I still hope that everyone will analyze it comprehensively. I will still give advice according to SWOT, S is the advantage, W is the disadvantage, O is the opportunity, T is the threat. Everyone can make trade-offs based on their own circumstances. Of course, other people's suggestions are suggestions, and it is you who ultimately make the decision, and you are always responsible for your own choices.
"Passing by will leave a trace"
Narrator: Shandong candidate Lin Yuheng
In high school I was always at the top of my class, in the top ten of my grade. In 2005, the college entrance examination may be too nervous, the performance is not very ideal, and Shandong University missed, and finally chose Shandong Normal University.
My father was a science student who liked the liberal arts, and in terms of literature, I had heard about it since I was a child, so I tended to report literature-related directions, but I was worried about not getting enough scores. My dad said that if you love watching TV so much, you can apply for a TV major, and you can combine hobbies and studies. So I applied for radio and television editing and directing.
It is an interdisciplinary subject, and the subjects of study we are involved in are literature; There is fine art (learned sketching and gouache); Have knowledge of music, basic notation and theory; I also learned Mandarin, which is a course related to broadcast hosting; There are also lights, directors, etc., which feels like a special eye-opening.
At that time, I felt particularly happy and lucky to choose this major, in the process of liking, discovering, exploring, and then going deeper, I felt that I had grown a lot, and it made me know the existence of beauty and the meaning of aesthetics, and even professionalism can penetrate into our daily lives, sometimes sitting in the cinema or watching a program, I always have some appreciation based on my own professional judgment.
After graduation, my classmates around me also worked in film and television distribution companies, or publishing, etc., and looking at the work and life conditions they presented, it seemed that it was not what I really wanted. I chose to take the civil service examination, and finally settled in the current university, engaged in administrative work.
In fact, for the choice of life, I think it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, my father once sighed, said that at that time you like literature so much, if you directly let you apply for the literature major, as a bystander, he may have some regrets in his heart.
We often say that living elsewhere, or hobbies, are all about irrelevant things, so I don't regret it.
On June 20, 2018, Lin Yuheng, the head teacher of the undergraduate class, received a flower present from the graduates. Courtesy of respondents
College entrance examination volunteers, I will say listen to the voice of the heart, want to learn what major boldly to learn, because for what we like, in order to persist to the end. Sometimes life is still inseparable from idealism. Although I don't work on the major I studied now, I look at it from a distance and admire it.
No matter what major you study, it will always leave some imprints on your body and soul, and you can still have some small hobbies or gains outside of your career.
When we are working, we do our part, and we can't see the difference between people and people, but in some other details, I think these inner persistence will still give us some guidance and guidance, even if my strength is small, but I can still have my own voice.
(Chen Shuo is a pseudonym in the text)
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