Shu YuminTeacher: Recalling the colorful life of the past and talking about the importance of the present foundation

Oralist: Shu Yumin Written by: Yin Xuhang

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Shu YuminTeacher1967Graduated from the Department of Foreign w88 Economics, Beijing Institute of Foreign w88.1988In 2018, he was sent by the government to the Moscow Institute of International Relations in Russia as a visiting scholar.1992Year11Month Solstice1994Year12Served as economic and commercial consul of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Khabarovsk, Russia.1996Served as a master's tutor in the Department of International Economics, w88 casino.2003Since then, he has served as professor, director of the Department of International Economics and w88, and director of the International w88 Teaching and Research Section of Beijing Vocational College of w88. Published books include Beijing Higher Education Quality Textbook Project "China's Foreign w88" (chief editor), "Introduction to China's Foreign w88" (co-editor), the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" of the w88 casino211Project" project "The Process, Effect and International Comparison of China's Foreign w88 System Reform" (co-author). In addition to his books, he has also published many papers such as "A Preliminary Study on the Establishment of my country's Export Commodity Production System". He mainly teaches courses such as "China's Foreign w88", "International w88" and "Introduction to China's Economy".

【Preface to Oral Narration】

ShuAs a witness to the growth of the University of International w88 and Economics, the teacher is well aware of the changes in the University of International w88 and Economics. Many scenes in the past are still vivid in his mind. In the interview,ShuThe teacher mainly talked about the development of the University of International w88 in his memory, several students who impressed him deeply, and his views on the development of current students. Every word was revealedShuThe teacher has deep feelings for the University of International w88 and ardent expectations for the students of the University of International w88 and Economics.

[Oral information]

Impressive student days

During my student days, what impressed me most was that the w88 casino was not called the w88 casino at that time, but was called the Beijing Institute of International w88. Located in Daigou, the western suburbs, we could call it the "primary w88 casino within the university." At that time, there were only two departments in the entire college: the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and the Department of Foreign w88 and Economics. The Department of Foreign Languages ​​offers ten languages ​​including English, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, and Vietnamese. The Department of Foreign w88 Economics has teaching and research offices such as the International Finance Teaching and Research Office and the Accounting Teaching and Research Office. Admissions per department100Multiple people, no more than200People. i196211994_12022114People, only one class20About 12084_12110 people. We were in the five-year system at that time, so the total number was only1000Multiple people.

I remember that I was deeply impressed by the fact that there were almost no winter or summer vacations at Beijing Foreign w88 casino at that time. Because we were too poor, many students came from the south and could not afford to go home and had no travel expenses. Therefore, the winter and summer vacations were the best time for students from other places to study, because there were no classes during the holidays, and the campus was more lively than before. Normally during class, no one can see anyone else. When winter and summer vacations come, everyone has nothing to do when they go back. It happens to be a good time to study here, so everyone is concentrated in the small campus. In the past, we had a library, and everyone went to the library to read. In order to read, they would take a small topic board and go to the library to occupy a seat without eating. The library at that time was very small, with a total of three floors. Because there were not many students at that time, most of the students were in the library during the winter and summer vacations, just like in class. They went in at eight o'clock, came out at 11:30, then went in again at 1:30 and 2:30, and came out again in the afternoon.

At that time, there were people on duty in the cafeteria who were wearing red sleeve bands and required that they were not allowed to speak Chinese after entering the cafeteria. They could speak in whatever language they learned. Anyway, they were not allowed to chat in Chinese. The person on duty walked around wearing red sleeves, and if you were found chatting in Chinese, you would be punished by wiping the table or something. But everyone is very self-conscious, because students usually have very little time to communicate in class, and they have very little time to actually practice conversations in foreign languages, so students are willing to chat in the language they are learning, although sometimes they may not understand well.

One of the biggest features of the past was that different classes studied different languages. For example, I studied Russian. From the first to the fifth grade, there are more than a dozen people in each class, totaling more than 100 people. Everyone knows each other, so everyone is willing to eat together. There are older brothers and sisters from the same grade, as well as fifth graders. Because everyone has studied different classes, they are also willing to learn some Russian from me. There are eight people sitting at one table, and these eight people are all familiar with each other.

Canteens are now much richer than in the past because the country's economy has also changed. In the past, almost every family received scholarships, with the highest being fifteen and a half yuan and the lowest being seven and a half yuan. The money the family earned was not enough to send their children to college. There were no tuition fees, nothing, and the state provided food expenses. Fifteen yuan is a full scholarship, which is enough to buy food, clothes, pencils, pens, etc. We used to make steamed buns and pickles every day, but then the country's economy was in trouble. When we were queuing up in the cafeteria, the master would ask you for three cents and two cents. Three cents was one steamed bun plus one penny for pickles, and five cents was one steamed bun plus half a piece of soybean curd. Everyone lined up in front of the window and said "Three points!" "Five points!"

Colorful university life

There were some club activities in the w88 casino back then. We had a cafeteria at that time. The cafeteria was about twice the size of the demolished student activity center, but not as big as the current one. We ate there and held meetings there. There was a stage in the cafeteria and there were performances every day. Suppose I am in Class 1 of the first grade, and then we are told that whether it is singing or dancing on the stage during lunch on Monday, you have to perform non-stop anyway. At that time, there were six or seven female students and a dozen male students in our class. Male students generally did not like to be on stage, and then the female students would go up to sing, recite, and say a few lines of comedy in foreign languages. Because there were only a few people, the cafeteria was not a small table like it is now, but a large round table for eight people. The master chef served four dishes and one soup, steamed buns and rice for free, and then everyone turned their faces to the stage to watch the performance. Tomorrow, we will inform Class 1 of the second grade that the performance schedule has been arranged, so everyone can prepare early. The performances are quite exciting, and they happen every day.

In the past, Beijing Foreign w88 casino was a foreign-related w88 casino, and students were taught how to dance ballroom dancing in physical education classes. At that time, there was a social dance every Saturday night, and students and some young teachers danced in the cafeteria. I remember when I was in the first grade, everyone found it difficult to understand. They looked at them like little monsters and were confused, "Why are there men and women hugging each other? Why aren't there two women dancing together and two men dancing together?" So everyone watched at the door or listened to the music. Later, in the second and third grade, I slowly integrated into it. At that time, we still watched movies once a week. Movies at that time were shown in the main square. There was a flagpole in front of the main square and a big screen next to it. The whole w88 casino watched outdoor movies there.

So our college life at that time was not boring at all. At that time, our political counselor was only in charge of about a hundred people, like our political counselor, who later became the head of the Organization Department of the Party CommitteeWang ZhongxiTeacher, he has passed away now. When he was a counselor, he had just graduated two or three years ago and was not much older than you are now. The counselors stay with the students all day long and organize various activities, which is great. Unlike you now, there are more than a thousand people with one counselor, who doesn't know you at all. At that time, we were all together all day long, and the counselors were just like members of our grade.

Our course schedule was very tight at that time. We had four classes in the morning and three classes in the afternoon from Monday to Saturday. We had to have evening self-study at 6:30 in the evening. Night self-study was exactly the same as class. In the past, young teachers were not allowed to go home at night. If there was financial tutoring planned tonight,FinanceThe teacher sits in front of the podium, and if you have any questions, you can ask him. Sometimes he will tell you about common problems. No student can sleep in the dormitory without going to study in the evening.

Our university has not been idle for five years, actually it is five years. For half of the year, you will be assigned to an internship in a foreign w88 company, and you will start writing your thesis during the internship. Five years of college means that you have to take four and a half years of classes and half a year of internship to complete your thesis.

The hugely changing building of the University of w88 and Economics

The architecture of the University of International w88 has also changed a lot in the past few decades.1972When I first came here in 2040, there was only a red brick search building facing the south gate, and the rest was a large open space.1972When I first came here, the w88 casino occupied a large area, stretching from the north to the Fourth Ring Road. The Fourth Ring Road was originally a river. We opened a piece of land next to the Fourth Ring Road to plant old corn and sweet potatoes. At that time, Wednesday afternoon was the teacher's political study practice. After class, we said a few words: "Let's go!" and then went to water the old corn with buckets. The land at that time was very large, but we only carved out a small piece of land. The land in the north was occupied by township enterprises and Sinopec, and then a lot of land in the east was also lost. Later, the lawsuit was filed in the west because the Ziguang Building was our last piece of land and he occupied it to build a building. Because of the lawsuit over this matter, the city of Beijing gave us the Gaoyuan Building, which was the original land of the Beijing Foreign w88 w88 casino. This land and the Ziguang Building occupy about the same area as ours, so it’s a tie.

So many buildings were built bit by bit. The first building built was the Honesty Building. Later, the China Institute of Finance built a teaching building called the Boxue Building. The Gaoyuan Building was the building of the original Foreign w88 w88 casino, and the Zhixing Building used to be the building of the China Institute of Finance. At the beginning, we only had one Honesty Building and one Qisuo Building. We had been in the Qisuo Building in the past, and we moved here later. At the beginning, the teaching facilities were not good. For example, you are all good at computers. Why are we not so good? First, I only came into contact with computers when I was in my fifties, but my eyesight and brain were not good at that time. How could I master it as quickly as a young person? In the past, there were no multimedia or small speakers. When I was in my 30s and 30s, there were no small speakers in the large classroom. I had to rely on shouting. Eventually, I got really tired, so I just stood in the middle of the classroom and spoke, so that students in front and behind could hear me.

Students who are always concerned about them

Among all the students I have taught, one class is1980Enrolled in w88 casino1985Those who graduated in June or July this year left the deepest impression on me. Because I have been their political counselor for five years, and my grade is140students,7For example, Yang Changchun, the current director of the graduate w88 casino, was my student; and Tang Chuanfeng, who now works at the Chinese Embassy in the United States.

Although they are quite promising now, they also made me worry a lot at that time. The large playground used to be a very desolate place, including the building where I lived. them1980Enrollment in year, while76The Cultural Revolution ended in 2005. I counted the time and found that they were born when the Cultural Revolution began. They have experienced the entire Cultural Revolution, so these students are very good at fighting in groups. We have made an appointment for ten of you and ten of us to not let the teacher know. We went to a particularly desolate place with no one to care about us. It was all the classmates who told the teacher when they had made an appointment to fight.

They all have smart minds. Although some of them have not even gone to high w88 casino, he has been admitted to college. He is good at foreign languages and other things, but he is free and loose, and his thoughts are very confusing. He does not know what is right and what is wrong. There is a man named Wang Jun who is assigned to light industry (China Light Industrial Products Import and Export Corporation). In the past, the light industry corporation was located in Wangfujing, next to Donghua Gate. He was supposed to do it every morning8Go to work on time, but he always9Arrived at one o'clock, there is no day when I am not late. Their manager was also a classmate of mine, so he said, "Wang Jun is too laid-back. He won't listen no matter what he says." I said to him, "This guy is a prickly guy and a shunned donkey. He is from Hangzhou. You, follow him. The more you choke him, the more he will fight against you." One day, Wang Jun didn't know what to do. He got up early and arrived very early, so the manager praised him and said, "Look at Wang Jun, how early he came today." As soon as he praised him, Wang Jun called me and said, "You have defeated me, and I will have to come to work on time next time." Later, he became quite capable and settled in Austria.

Eager expectations for students

After teaching for so many years, I feel that although almost every student now has a computer, he knows everything from ancient to modern times, China and foreign countries, astronomy and geography, and his knowledge is getting wider and smarter, but he is also becoming less and less able to endure hardship. They come in with a high level of knowledge, but when they leave, they don’t have enough knowledge except foreign languages. From the process of tutoring undergraduates, I can feel that their theoretical level and ability to analyze problems are not as good as those of past college students. Because the curriculum for college students used to be very basic. When we were learning Capital, the teachers didn’t even teach it.1To60Let me tell you the general content of the page and let you read it yourself. After reading it, including theory and practice, write down your experience notes of this chapter, just like writing a short report. So at that time, the theoretical foundation of college students was relatively good, but now the students' theory is not good. When I finally wrote the paper, I always felt that there was something missing, and the analysis of the problem was just on the surface and could not go deeper.

Some people in today's society may say that the atmosphere of the University of International w88 and Economic Cooperation is relatively "floating", and then they cannot sink down or concentrate on doing research.

There are many reasons. One is that after a student is admitted to the University of Economics and Business, he hopes to find a foreign-related job, so he works hard for this goal as soon as he comes in. He pays more attention to foreign language and practical classes, but does not study theoretical classes well. In fact, this is not the case. Almost all leaders must learn something related to politics. For example, leaders in capitalist countries must learn some logic and philosophy. Only by learning such things can they have a deep understanding of society and have a solid foundation for many practices. Many college students today are like children when they go to work after graduation. They always feel that they will not grow up because they have not learned enough theoretical courses. In fact, no university now pays attention to theoretical courses, not just w88 casino.

Although theoretical courses are difficult to understand, it is difficult to understand things that can improve oneself. Nowadays, everyone likes to learn about international w88, international finance, and currency demand. But these things can be learned while working. However, the essence of logic and Capital is also difficult to learn after working, because theoretical things are a process of shaping people's thinking.

For example, many employers now say that students from the University of International w88 and Economics are "quick to get started but lack stamina", which shows that their foundation in the university is shallow. "Get started quickly" because I understand English and know about contracts and so on, but my ability to analyze and research problems is poor. You must learn theoretical things in college, but you can also learn practical things after working, so it’s not difficult. College is supposed to be a time to improve your abilities, but you don’t offer many theoretical courses, so you won’t be able to deepen your understanding of life, understanding and analysis of things.

When I was learning Russian in the past, one of my teachers, Zhang Mary, was a Russian国老Mrs. She asked us to buy an original copy of the Russian novel "How the Steel Was Tempered". We had to read it in one semester and then give the book to her. When I read it, there were many more new words written in red than in black, and the whole page was in red. This book must be returned to her at the end of the semester. She will check it one by one to see if you have read it. The depth of your reading can be seen from your annotations. Then I will buy another book next semester and read it again. There will be far fewer red letters. If you get to the second and third books with more red letters, she will let you buy them. By the end, you are almost as proficient as reading a Chinese novel. Moreover, "How the Steel Was Tempered" contains both history and literature, many things, including war, and everything. How can you still say that you are not good at foreign languages? You see, I abandoned Russian for nearly twenty years. After I arrived in Russia, I was a little rusty at first, but then I picked it up right away. People said your pronunciation was pretty good, and I said I was you from the first grade to the fifth gradeOld Soviet UnionMy wife taught me, so I have a good foundation.

With the foreign languages you are learning now, you can get started quickly and adapt well to society, but in the end it will not work if you really do some translation. One of my nieces graduated from customs in w88 casino and has passed CET-8 long ago. Once we translated an English book, and because she graduated in English, we gave her a copy. After reading her translation, we felt that her understanding of the sentences was only superficial. Because it is a literary work, it cannot be translated literally. It is necessary to deeply understand the context of this sentence and give an appropriate translation. Although she passed CET-8 when she was in college, she still couldn't do it. Therefore, the learning of current college students is still not deep enough.

The last scientific research project I worked on was "The Process, Effect and International Comparison of Foreign w88 System Reform". This was a project given to us by the State Council. This scientific research project is led by80Led by multi-year-old project leader and doctoral supervisor Wang Shaoxi, and70A teacher of many years, I am60We were many years old and we led several master's and doctoral students to do it. I think our research was really deep. Nowadays, young teachers in the field always do research here and there. I always say, "a bottle of paste and a pair of scissors" and they have everything.

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