Be an Atypical International Student

When she decided to study abroad in 2021, she understood that studying abroad was for her a ticket to the developed countries and the free world. When obstacles are removed, a person will naturally develop into a mature, fully realized individual". She didn't think about what degree she would get, didn't think about using it to prove herself or add color to her resume, and didn't think about going back to China, so naturally, she didn't think that she almost used the shortest time to adapt and like it Living in the Czech Republic, she spends less time fulfilling her academic tasks and spends more time making friends, exploring Europe, and groping for sources of income that are not settled in RMB. Brand new country.

When choosing a university, only Charles University in Prague came into her sight, so she only applied to this university. Because this is a university located in Prague, a city that can meet all the necessary conditions for her self-realization, and it is also a liberal university that is deeply involved in Czech history. Prague allowed her to breathe and create freely, live in an inclusive and diverse environment, make friends from all over the world, and observe a democratic election for the first time with her own eyes. The moderate cost of living made her less financially stressed. I am fully enjoying my new life and traveling many times in other European countries...

Charles University better reflects the Czech Republic’s sensitivity and aversion to the totalitarian system due to historical reasons. Jan Palach, a philosophy student, protested against the Warsaw Pact’s invasion of the Czech Republic. He set himself on fire in 1969 and is still commemorated every year. . In addition, Charles University offers a large number of courses on the study of totalitarian systems, such as "Jokes and Daily Life under Totalitarianism", "Propaganda System under Totalitarianism" and so on. As for the project she wants to choose, the liberal arts project is almost the only choice that satisfies her. According to the official website of the college, this is a project with very few compulsory courses and encourages students to explore more by themselves. And its application process is very simple, the only thing applicants need to do is to pass an online entrance examination. For her who thinks that "compared with other things she wants to do more at the moment, language testing and essay writing are boring and meaningless", this is too satisfactory for her.

Later, she entered Charles University with full marks and first place. In terms of coursework difficulty and intensity, there is no significant difference between Charles University and other European universities, and its requirements are sometimes even higher than other European universities. However, humanities and social sciences are a field that requires a very high degree of personality health and freedom. Therefore, people who study together often have very different learning speeds and feelings, and those who do not meet the requirements will also appear. There are obvious disadvantages. In the college, she met Chinese students who could only pay attention to new words in class during the retake, and also met Chinese students who were full of expectations for a new life at first, but then became more depressed as they learned more. She narrowly escaped these situations.

Because she knows that the most important thing in learning humanities and social sciences is not the accumulation of time or reading volume. A person will not increase his knowledge in a linear trend just because he reads more books in this field and learns a little more every day. What really matters is the health and freedom of the personality. When a person has no or little trauma, lives in a free, open, safe environment and a small environment that is friendly, tolerant, and has sufficient material conditions, and has plenty of leisure time, he will naturally want to explore his own spirit world. TA will naturally want to question and challenge their previous concepts and thinking patterns, and will want to explore some new hobbies and lifestyles, etc., and will become more and more bold and open in personality. On such a journey, he will inevitably touch some knowledge that will help him live a better life and become a better version of himself. Such knowledge does not necessarily have to come from a specific person, book, or field, but can come from anywhere, as long as a person explores his own spiritual exploration to a certain extent, he will inevitably encounter it. In other words, even if a person may not have read "Plato", once he reads it, he will quickly understand the content and find that the content has long been in other books, other places, or through other sources. way understood.

The knowledge of the humanities and social sciences is often like a tree. Once you understand certain branches-like knowledge, those branches and leaves-like knowledge can be understood at a touch. The health and freedom of personality are nutrients. The more nutrients there are, the better the tree will grow. A person who is full of trauma and cannot even guarantee the most basic sense of security, etc., is often full of restrictions and self-awareness in his thinking. No matter how much pain you feel in the process (the pain shouldn't exist), you can't reap the results of one-tenth of the efforts of a healthy and free person.

Therefore, she did not spend too much time on her studies, but just took some courses she was interested in, read some books she liked, and did not go to the courses she didn't like. Considerable achievement. However, her study abroad life served her self-exploration after all. After finishing her first semester, she thought she should change her lifestyle (living all over the world) and live a life that conforms to the core part of Western philosophy—leisure. Only in her spare time can she respond to her sudden inspiration and interest as quickly as possible, respond to God's revelation, and return to the colorful and changing nature of life, so that she can be her every moment. Own.