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    November 09

    Thanks...

    阳光明媚,万里无云的一天
    一大早起床,梳洗打扮了半天,然后翻出那套外面的防尘布已经挤满很厚一层灰的西装,除了上次去New Jersey穿过一次以外,一直都挂在衣柜里面被冷落。主要是去参加这个Scholarship Brunch.星期四就被召集去拉扯了良久,关于如何着装,谈吐,table manner,乃至吃饭不能出声音,这么小的细节都强调了..反而让我开始厌恶这种场合,不就是一个早饭,弄得那么正式。
    然后我和小旭很早到了,名牌早就做好了,还被提醒有些桌子我们不能坐,心烦意乱得我们两个出去乱逛了一番,然后最终纠结得坐下了。和同桌的两个老爷爷随便聊聊,结果发现其中一个就是奖学金的赞助人之一,搞笑的是学校印的小册子上没有他的名字,我和小旭很无奈的告诉了Dean Moore这个老爷爷的悲惨故事...然后接着是学校官方的一串解释..紧接着我们就被调离这张桌子了...
    终于让我看到了我所得的Scholarship的Donar,结果就是那个传说中的教务长..说来真巧,Dean Moore告诉我了很多次,教务长Maria是她的Boss,很关心我们中国学生bla..bla..bla..如雷贯耳的大名,我还听过她几次speech...之前还被学校逼着写了一封感谢信给她...突然发现有种,众里寻他千百度的感觉....
    然后那个叫做Chris的最年轻的赞助人的演讲让我感触还蛮深,他一上台声音就开始抖了,自从学了Speech这门课,我发现我开始很容易懂得演讲者的心情了,看他眼睛一直直视着正前方,我很是同情,“God, there is a lot you need to memorize...”..不过他所说的,The only way to thank the donars who helped me is to give back to students who really need it..确实震动了我,又想起之前的Relay For Life...果然,回馈社会在这这样一种文化里已经上升到精神世界的最高层了...即便回馈社会确实让他们自己也很有成就感,但这也显示他们也认同成就感是比金钱更重要的东西,那也就证明他们的人生追求不再庸俗了.当一个人的人生追求不再庸俗的时候,我觉得那就是一个人素质显现的时候。
    其实,素质,是一个很难定义的概念,且没有一种固定的标尺去衡量。就像艺术品一样是一种感觉,当它在你周围的时候你一定会眼睛一亮,“That is it!”但是,你很难会去想为什么that is it...但我想,差别应该就是在精神层次上,这和受教育程度不一定成正比,虽然我也不清楚是不是可以称其为素质高。确实中国也有太多比他有钱几百倍的人,但是很少有人会想到会去回馈社会。想起之前老妈让我去看的比尔.盖茨传,无论之前微软的垄断是多么可恨,但是Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation还是世界上最透明运行的慈善基金会了..
    然后眼前这个和蔼可亲的教务长温柔的笑容,自己和丈夫捐了一堆钱给所有有成就的女学生,还频频对我们说thank you..又让我惶惑了...

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    啸飞 孙wrote:
    search for coupons~~~
    THX
    Nov. 10
    weiyi jiaowrote:
    小杰:你也写点啥让我也坐坐沙发萨....by the by, I like the views from your camera....
    Nov. 9
    涛杰 华wrote:
    沙发。
    Nov. 9

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