My mentor Liu Xichuan and I are mainly in the classroom and in his office. The conversation between us is always mainly academic research.
Meteorological Department has only a few students in each class. Every time the tutor's class does not make us too "easy". Each class often requires more than three rounds of speeches. The content of the speech is sometimes an interpretation of academic papers, and sometimes a reflection on academic issues. The tutor requires us to put forward valuable views. He always listens to us very seriously, asks questions and answers sometimes. In addition to the
class, the tutor still has high requirements for us. He always shares the latest cutting-edge knowledge of the subject and some meteorological news, so that we can keep moving towards the forefront. It is through the tutor's repeated lectures and communication with the tutor that I have a clearer understanding of scholars from various universities in the academic world and have become increasingly interested in some academic issues. The teaching method of
tutor is very distinctive. He will not let us imitate or conduct indoctrination teaching step by step, but will guide us to take the initiative to think and cultivate divergent thinking. He asked us to start from the original materials and let us read historical materials countless times to discover and think about valuable things from them.
When I asked the instructor, no matter how obscure the questions, he could explain them concisely and clearly and hit the key points. The words and sentences in the words are artistic, which makes me admire them very much. The tutor often teaches us: "Explaining a problem that no one understands in words that no one understands is not academic. Academics should explain a problem that no one understands, and explain it in words that no one can understand." The tutor
is always busy. Except for frequent business trips, he works in the office the rest of his time. He told me with his personal experience that actions are more effective than any preaching. The tutor once said: "Don't be superstitious about chicken soup, because there is basically no knowledge in it, it's all truth. It's useless to just learn the truth but not the knowledge." Although the tutor often quotes and is interesting in class and lectures, he often thinks in a serious style when he is alone, and always explores and moves forward on the long academic road in a practical manner, which has greatly encouraged me.
In my opinion, he is not only my mentor, but also a role model in my life. I also want to keep moving forward like him. This idea is like a sapling, rooted in my heart. Whenever I see the figure of the tutor’s work, it will be constantly nourished. Now it has grown into a towering tree and can no longer be shaken.
strives for excellence is an attitude, and this sentence is also fully reflected when used by the supervisor’s requirements for academic papers. After a communication with my supervisor, I was inspired to start writing a paper, but I, who was a little talented and inexperienced, never met his standards. The instructor can give many specific opinions every time, breaking my previous thoughts. After revising
from rough to fine, my first academic paper was finally published. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night, which aroused my interest in academic research. After that, I tried to think and write more frequently, and the tutor still "strikes" my ideas over and over again, but repeated defeats and repeated battles made me grow faster, and striving for excellence made me go further and more steadily.
Growth is difficult, and thousands of mountains are turning back. "It's like meeting a noble person, with graceful decorations." The mentor is the noble person in my life. He is like a mountain, affecting our curiosity to climb over, but he always has mountains outside the mountain, which often makes us feel insurmountable. In fact, whether we pass or not is not important. What is important is that the journey we accompany us will make us better and stronger.
author | Wu Zuhang
dubbing | Li Hui
editing | Ran Zhuo
