Former Students

   

Thank you Gary and Michael

 

 

 

As we started our exercise routine, a 3.5-mile walk around the lake in the middle of the campus we ran into several of our students from 2013-14.  It was great fun to see them and hear about their academic success.  In China it takes three years to complete a Master’s Degree.  First year was the year we worked with in 2013-14, they have classes scheduled all day long, second year they are required to spend seven hours every day in the lab with their research, third year they use to actually write their thesis based on the course work and the results of their laboratory evidence.  The students we worked with in 2013 are now in their third year beginning to assimilate their research into a thesis document. Some are madly trying to finalize their research, some are writing and some are in the last phase of submission to their Master’s Committee. 

They will begin the job interview process in late November.  They are beginning to realize that they could become employed by early spring.  Gary, one of my students wants to continue his education and is applying to university in the U.S and U.K. for a PhD. Michael hopes to get a government job close to Guangzhou.

Michael and Gary took us to the university faculty canteen for Cantonese Saturday Dim Sum.  It was really quite delightful.  We were told to just order what we liked, so we browsed through the offerings and returned to the table with six steam baskets.  Michael promptly got up and went back to pick up two more baskets, one his personal Dim Sum favorite, chicken feet and a second one we didn’t ask about.  Just the appearance made me think I didn’t want to know what it was. 

What a great way to begin 2015, our classes begin on Monday!