What is the popularity of China's graduation speech in American universities?

Standing at the graduation ceremony of an American university

Her graduation speech swept the United States.

Her confidence and humor conquered everyone.

The China girl named Cai Yujing, from Nanjing, graduated from Boston University on October 20 17 with a master's degree in mathematics and financial science.

Boston University (BU), founded in 1839, is a world-class private university with a long history and the third largest private university in the United States.

In her 7-minute speech, Cai Yujing first introduced her hometown-Nanjing, one of the oldest cities in the world, to all the students present.

Later, she introduced her family to everyone: she traveled halfway around the world to see their baby graduate and gave a speech in a language they didn't understand.

While waiting for class, one of her favorite things to do is to look at the different national flags hanging in the business school hall. This also made her realize that there are so many representatives of different cultures and nationalities in the student group.

In such a diverse group, it is not easy to understand each other, so she tried to adapt herself from the beginning. But when she got used to it, she found that "their thoughts and ideas are similar to mine. Why should I communicate with others?"

Perhaps this is a problem that many foreign students have faced, and it is the flag of China that changed her.

This is a normal school day. As usual, I looked at different national flags in the hall. I saw China's national flag beautifully surrounded by the flags of Canada, Chile, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and suddenly I realized that I didn't know anyone in these countries. I realize what a waste it is to ignore the diverse experiences and opinions provided by such a diverse group as Questrom!

The United States does not represent perfect freedom, where she will be suspected and hated for defending her beliefs.

There will also be discomfort that cannot be integrated.

However, these are temporary or unimportant. In this environment, the ability to embrace cultural diversity is a lifelong benefit.

"We need to reserve diversified skills and knowledge, and more importantly, we must have an open and inclusive attitude to learn." She said in her speech.

From this China girl's speech, we feel that she advocates lifelong learning, embraces multiculturalism and loves her hometown.

Netizen's hot comment:

@ 个丫丫丫丫丫丫丫丫丫丫: Seeing her speech made me want to cry inexplicably. Many people are as proud of their parents as she is. Her family couldn't understand what she said, but they were proud of her.

@SuperAmily: How proud are his parents under the stage? Perhaps many people will think that going abroad is idolizing foreign things, but for ordinary people who have studied at school, although they have not spoken in such a good school like them, they have indeed received feelings and shocks from different races and cultures around the world. Actually, this is a good thing. It is a kind of pride to see China's children speak on the stage at graduation ceremonies abroad.

@ A Flower: I'm going abroad for graduate study this year. I hope I can be as proud of my parents as this young lady, and I can also do my part for my country and show the beauty of China. In my opinion, studying abroad is definitely not about worshipping foreign things and obsessing foreign countries and fleeing the country. I still believe that some international students really want to make progress with the country. Come on, when I come back from my studies ~ ~

@Im He Lele 97 1 1 12: May one day, we all become the pride of our parents.

Full text of the speech (Chinese version)

Greetings! Friends, family, faculty and staff. Welcome to Boston University on such a beautiful Friday night.

My name is Cai Yujing, and I graduated from the Master of Mathematics and Finance Program. I come from Nanjing, China, one of the oldest cities in the world. Now, my family is sitting there. They traveled halfway around the world to watch their precious children graduate and give speeches in languages they didn't understand. Therefore, I am very honored to share my insights from my six years in Questrom Business School.

One of my favorite things to do while waiting for class is to look at the different national flags hanging in the hall of our business school. Sometimes I play stupid games with my friends to see who can recognize more national flags. I am often surprised that there are so many representatives of different cultures and nationalities in our student group.

In such a diverse group, it is not easy to understand each other, so I tried to adapt myself from the beginning. Soon, I found myself adapted to the larger food intake here and the railway in the middle of the road. I even tasted fortune cookie for the first time in my life! (FortuneCookie fortune cookie: a cookie with a blessing note after the opening of a Chinese restaurant in the United States) Soon, I was satisfied with my progress, so I gradually established a comfortable nest full of people with my cultural background and similar age. Their thoughts and ideas are similar to mine. Why should I communicate with others? The work in school and the process of finding a job have been exhausting, so it seems so unnecessary and even terrible to go out of one's own circle to associate with others.

Everything changed on this day. This is a normal school day. As usual, I looked at different national flags in the hall. I saw China's national flag beautifully surrounded by the flags of Canada, Chile, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and suddenly I realized that I didn't know anyone in these countries. I realize what a waste it is to ignore the diverse experiences and opinions provided by such a diverse group as Questrom! I am determined to change, but it is not easy.

I experienced the embarrassment of having to explain a joke that no one understood, the nervousness of asking questions about other cultures but worrying that the questions were too obvious and stupid, and the anger of defending my beliefs only met with suspicion and disgust. Fortunately, these uncomfortable feelings were quickly replaced by other things: for example, when I taught my classmates to pronounce my surname "Cai", they used a small part of their tongue, which they had never noticed before; The excitement when I promoted the cultural activities of our financial mathematics project to Questrom Graduate Conference, the satisfaction when I knew all the most authentic restaurants around Boston, and the surprise when I saw the world and myself from an angle I never imagined.

In the past two years of postgraduate study and the previous four years of undergraduate life, I am proud to see that our college has grown from a school of management to a Questrom business school, and our student group is stronger and more energetic every year. If everyone here didn't work hard to share, inspire and accept each other, there would be no such progress.

Now let's think about the future. After 20 years, what challenges will we face as family members, as business presidents and as human beings? Nobody knows. In order to cope with such great uncertainty, we need to reserve all kinds of skills and knowledge, and more importantly, we should have an open and inclusive mind to learn. That's why we are lucky to be a member of Questrom Group, because it cultivates the freedom of open mind.

So, congratulations to the 20 17 graduates present! Because when you walk out that door today, you already have one of the key competitiveness of future success, that is, the ability to embrace cultural diversity. Thank you very much.