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JPED真人圖書館

真人圖書館Living Library這種閱讀理念，起源于丹麥哥本哈根，是一種通過與分享者的交談，從而獲得更多知識的活動。達羅捷派升學指導中心，為幫助低年級同學對海外留學建立初步的了解和認識，特邀請我校教師進行專題分享活動。JPED雙語老師均畢業于海外知名院校，擁有多年海外留學及工作經驗。通過老師們的講解能夠更好地幫助學生貼近真實的海外留學生活，從而獲得PPT或者紙質書籍等載體所無法達到的直接的感受。第一期分享，邀請到達羅捷派人文教師、活動策劃負責人Mr.Will作為分享嘉賓，與同學們交流13年海外留學及工作所帶給他的所思所感。李蒙霏Mr.Will達羅捷派人文老師/活動策劃負責人瑞金大學戰略傳播文學碩士，霍頓大學傳媒文學學士熱愛文學，精通中文、英語、德語三門語言，擅長國際媒體項目管理、多文化團隊協作工作。曾任全球國際新聞節目制片人、環球亞洲新聞記者，2018年作為志愿者為國家會議中心提供翻譯服務；2013年至今，深度參與CBN演講俱樂部活動，現為俱樂部成員之一。跨領域的工作經驗、不同國度的文化鏈接使教學變得豐富多彩，帶領學生感受不同語言，文化的魅力。13年的海外留學工作經驗帶給他的擁有獨特的經歷和感受，并結合自身經驗對于未來將進入海外留學的學生提供可參考的寶貴建議。

中國

(資料圖)

China

美國

The US

2005年8月1日，我一個人踏上了美國的土地，開啟了求學生涯。當時最大的感受就是害怕，因為覺得自己到了一個陌生的國家。

學業：短暫的痛苦，最終會成為禮物

2005年時，我成為北京市英語單科狀元，這使得我非常自信，甚至有些盲目的自信。自認為，在出國之前就擁有了良好的英語水平。

當海外求學的第一個月正式開始學習時，令我引以為傲的英語卻讓我備受打擊，我發現我完全聽不懂課程內容。而且我所就讀的學校中沒有其他的國際學生，我是唯一一位中國籍學子。

學生時代的Mr.Will

突然進入到一個沉浸式的英文環境，迷茫的同時又有一種舉目無親的感覺。開學的前兩周，我的成績基本上都是零。這使得學校聯系我當時的寄宿家庭進行溝通，再由寄宿家庭與我交流。通過交流我知道了這不僅僅是語言上的障礙，更重要的是文化的障礙。

和朋友們在一起慶祝節慶

中外方的課程設置是完全不同的，國內課程基本上就是中國歷史、中國政治、世界歷史，但是在美國中學，是需要學習美國政治、美國歷史這些課程，這都是之前從未經歷過的。我記得當時教授美國歷史的老師教授知識教得非常好，但是他的作業是非常嚴苛的。例如：需要學生在兩天之內把美國50個州及各州首府背下來，作為考試的一項。

種種挑戰都讓當時的我覺得很痛苦。但是我當時的寄宿家庭，他們告訴我說，這只是一個過程。回想當初，我很感恩。

攻讀碩士時期的Mr.Will于是我開始改變自己。每天去聯系老師給我補課，大量地去閱讀相關書籍。在這個過程中，我找到了我自己需要的東西是什么，我想學什么。慢慢地我逐步調整自己的狀態，適應學術難度。我在美國從高中到本科一直到研究生這十幾年的求學生涯中，我經常會講讓我自己感到最驕傲的事情，就是我是以全額獎學金的形式進行升學，沒有讓家庭因為我的海外求學花費高額的費用。

工作：做出的去回得來的世界公民

18歲時，我開始自己的工作生涯。因為當地政策的原因，屬于國際學生的我，不能去校外工作，只能選擇在校內打工。第一份工作地點選擇了麥當勞，我的工作內容是去后廚做炸雞，整整做了5個月。在麥當勞工作的時候，每個人都會擁有一個柜子，用來放個人物品。我會把我的全部家當都放在那個柜子里面，包括我最心愛的iPod。這是我辛苦攢了一個月的零花錢買的，對于還是學生的我來說，非常珍貴。與朋友們在一起

就在工作的時候，我發現我的包被翻了，遺失了我的全部家當，包括這個iPod。當時我處于一個非常崩潰的狀態。可是面對沒有監控、沒有證人的情況下，我只能自認倒霉，邊哭泣邊聯系我的住家聯系來接我下班。

記得我的住家告訴我，你現在經歷的一切，實際上是幫助你變得更加堅強。

參與現場采訪工作研究生畢業之后，我選擇成為一名國際記者，這項工作大概從事了8年左右。成為一名記者讓我打開了我的世界觀，讓我看到了這個世界中不同國家、人群、種族他們的文化、歷史、生存環境。這份工作讓我走訪過非常多的國家，比如敘利亞、伊拉克等相對來說可能處于戰時狀態的國家，甚至一些比較紊亂的東南亞國家，等等。與其他國家人員進行溝通采訪

在美國工作生活的這些年里，不同的工作經歷，帶給我的是不同的感悟。在摔得最慘的時候，最快地成長。在接觸不同文化時，塑造著我的世界觀，也讓我不斷地反思，海外留學生活到底是一種怎樣的感覺。

出得去，回得來。

什么叫出得去？是指把中國的歷史文化帶出去。

什么叫回得來？是指可以把國外的東西帶回來，同時能夠跟中國的文化結合在一起。

11年來始終堅持從事國際新聞工作我認為這是我在國外學習生活多年以后，我認為我能夠帶回來的，以及最享受的一點。

生活：三個錦囊，助力學生海外生活

初到國外的時候，我發現寂寞感特別強，那個時候還沒有現在這么多的媒體方式，可以用來消磨時間。當時的通訊工具還不像現在這么發達，唯一的聯系方式就是打電話，和家中約好固定的時間去交流我在美國如何應對生活學習。

這也就意味著，在十三年的留學生涯中，大部分的時間，我都需要一個人去應對未知的挑戰。因此，我總結了三點，希望能夠給我的學生將來開始海外學習生涯時提供幫助。

第一點，找到讓你享受的一種娛樂方式

在海外的時候，我把自己所有情緒方面的變化都放在健身館，通過運動健身這種健康的方式來發泄自己的情緒。

在海外堅持健身

因此，大家可以思考一下，當你遇到困難，遇到很大的問題時，將會以什么樣的方式去宣泄情緒，讓自己能夠變得輕松一些。

第二點，持續保持閱讀狀態

Mr.Will的書架一角我希望我的學生能夠大量地看書，養持續閱讀的習慣。閱讀不僅能夠在和別人交流時給你幫助，還能夠充實自己。這是一個非常好的生活習慣，我從學習時期一直堅持到了現在。

第三點，擁有誠摯的朋友

在海外與好友相聚

希望我的學生可以找到兩個非常好的朋友，是指那種能夠幫助你，引導你正向發展，能夠在遇到困難的時候幫助你去分析、去交流的朋友。與學生們分享海外留學經歷

希望我的留學經歷，我的分享能夠給大家提供一些思路，去思考一下，想要出國讀書的目的是什么？想在大學里得到的是什么？希望你們對自己未來的道路至少是明確且清晰的。

Mr.Will與學生們在一起

希望你們做一個做一個快樂的人，希望你們能夠多學一些東西，能夠去應對未知的充滿變化的時代。

認真傾聽老師分享的JPEDer我很感恩能夠回到中國，能夠進入教育行業，成為一名教師，與我的學生去分享我的經歷。同時，我更希望將來有一天，當我再遇到同學們時，或者當同學們再次回到學校的時候，能夠看到他們通過海外學習生活能夠擁有不一樣的人生故事。那將是最精彩的事情。

學生「視角」

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Will老師講的都是自己在美國的親身經歷，讓我體會到了在美國生活的不容易，也讓我對未知的海外求學生活有了更多的心理準備與無限的期待。——Miya“

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周三的真人圖書館中，Mr.Will為我們分享了他在美國的留學經歷。獨自一人背井離鄉，在完全陌生的環境下一邊打工一邊求學，其中的辛酸和苦楚或許只有切身體會過才能理解吧。雖然遭遇了許多困難，但是在寄宿家庭的鼓勵和父母的勸導下，他還是靠著自己的力量完成了學業和生活的考驗。在吸取教訓，總結經驗的同時，我們更要學習他永不言棄的精神。風雨過后，必有彩虹，克服了挫折之后，前行的道路自然會變得清晰。——Tina““Mr. Will 講述了他在美國的留學經歷，上大學、找實習工作和一些發生的趣事。這讓我對美國留學有了一定的認識，同時也讓我學習到了留學時需要做的事情包括需要用全部的精力投入到學習上，這樣以后才會有個理想的生活—Cissy““Will老師的故事讓我們感受到了置身異國的艱辛與不易，同時展現了他堅強勇敢的內心，也是因為這樣的努力他才能變得這么優秀！——Cici““Will老師的真人圖書館讓我印象深刻。他在國外的生活可以用艱苦來形容，剛入學的一個月分數全是不及格；在麥當勞打工，包被偷了，辛苦攢錢買的手機也沒了。這些我從前只在文章里見過的經歷全在Will老師身上體現了出來，我由衷的佩服他。——Linda Fu““Will老師在美國的經歷就跟小說劇情一樣，自己一個人在國外有經歷過艱難也經歷過快樂，一些發生在他身上的小事也讓我對留學生活有了了解——Allison““水晶簾動微風起，滿架薔薇一院香。”Mr.Will結合自己的親身經歷給同學們提供了非常有效地思考，并提出了有建設性的建議。幫助同學們能夠結合自身情況更好的為將來的海外留學生活做好準備，并明確規劃自己未來的發展道路。下一期我們將邀請兩位具有英國留學經驗的老師為同學們講解如何快速適應英國留學生活。

JPED Living Library

The Living Library, a reading concept that originated in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a way of gaining more knowledge by talking to people who are sharing. The JPED Progression Centre, in order to help the younger students build up an initial understanding and knowledge of studying abroad, we invited our bilingual teachers to share the topic.JPED"s bilingual teachers are all graduates from renowned overseas institutions and have many years of experience in studying and working abroad.Through our teachers" sharing, students will be able to get closer to the real life of studying abroad and get valuable experience that cannot be achieved through PPT or books.In the first session, Mr. Will, a humanities teacher and event planner at JPED, was invited to share his thoughts and feelings from his 13 years of studying and working abroad.Mengfei LiMr.Will

Humanities teacher/Event planner at JPED

Master of Arts in Strategic Communication, Regent University;Bachelor of Arts in Media, Houghton UniversityPassionate about literature, fluent in Chinese, English and German, specialising in international media project management and multicultural teamwork. He has worked as a global international news programme producer, a reporter for Global Asia News, and provided translation services for the China National Convention Centre as a volunteer in 2018; He has been deeply involved in CBN Speech Club activities since 2013 and is a member of the club.The cross-disciplinary work experience and the cultural links between different countries enriched his teaching, and able to lead students to experience the charm of different languages and cultures.The 13-year overseas study and work experience has brought him unique experience and feelings, and combined with his own experience, he can provide valuable suggestions for future students to study abroad.

中國

China

美國

The US

Academics: a short-lived pain that will eventually become a gift

Back in 2005, I was ranked the NO.1 student in English in Beijing, which made mevery confident, even somewhat blindly so.I thought that I had a good level of English even before I went abroad.When I started my first month of study in the US, my English, which I was so proud of, gave me a shock since I could not understand the lessons at all. There were no international students at my school and I was theonly Chinese student.

Mr. Will as a student

Suddenly entering an English immersion environment, it was confusing and at the same time a feeling of having no one to turn to.For the first two weeks of my study, my grades were basically zero. This led to the school reaching out to my host family to discuss my situation, then the host family communicate with me. Through the communication I realized that it was not just language barrier, but more importantly a cultural barrier.

Celebrate with friends

The school curriculum is completely different between the Chinese and American school. The chinese curriculum is basically Chinese history, Chinese politics and world history, but in American high schools, students learn American politics and American history, which is something that I havenever experienced before.I remembered that the teacher who taught American history is excellent in teaching , but his assignments were very difficult. For example, students were required to memorise the 50 US states and their capitals in two days as part of his exam.

All kinds of challenges were extremly painful for me at the time. But my host family told me that this was a process. Looking back, I am very grateful for that.

Mr.Will during his Masters studies

SoI started to improve myself. I went to teachers every day to ask for extra lessons and read a lot of books. In the process, I found out what I needed and what I interested to study.Step by step, I gradually adjusted myself to fit in the academic environment.Throughout my 13 years study in the United States, the thing I am most proud of is that my progression was always on full scholarshipsfrom high school to Undergraduate, then to Postgraduate, Idid not cost my family for my overseas study.

Work: Be a global citizen who can makes it outside there but also can be back

At the age of 18, I started my career. Due to rhe local policy, as an international student, I was not allowed to work off-campus so I had to apply for jobs on-campus.My first job is in McDonald"s, and my job description was to go to the very back of the Kitchen to make fried chicken for five whole months. When I worked at there, we all have a locker to keep our personal belongings. I would put all my belongings in that locker, including my iPod, which I saved up for an entire month, it was extremly precious to me.

with my friends

While working, I found out that my locker had been stollen and I lost all my things, including that iPod, and I was at the edge of breakdown. But with no surveillance and no witnesses, I had to accept that and call my host family to pick me up with tears.I remembered thatmyhost familytoldme that what you are going through now is actually helping youtobecome stronger.Participate in on-site interview workAfter my postgraduate studies, I chose to become an international journalist, a job I have been doing for about eight years.Being a journalist has opened up my view to the cultures, histories and living conditions of different countries, people and races in the world.This job has allowed me to visit many countries, such as Syria, Iraq and other countries that may be in the state of war, or some of the troubled countries in Southeast Asia, etc..interviews with other countries" government staff

Over the years of living and working in the United States, different work experiences have brought me different insights. I have grown the fastest when I have fallen the hardest.The exposure to different cultures has shaped my world view and made me reflect on what it is really like to live abroad.

Can be out, but can make it back.

What does it mean to go out? It means taking chinese history and culture out.

What does it mean tomakeit back?It means being able to bring back the foreign culture and able to combine it with Chinese culture.

11 years of internationaljournalism

I think that"s one of the things that I can bring back and enjoy the most after studying and living abroad for years.

Life: Three tips to help studentsstudyingabroad

When I first arrived, I found that the loneliness was particularly harsh. During that time there were not as many media platforms to kill the time as there are now.Communication tools were not as advanced as they are now, and the only way to get in touch was to make a phone call by arranging a regular time with my family to talk about how I was coping with life and study.

This also means that for most of my thirteen years of studying abroad, I had to deal with all the challenges all by myelf.Therefore, I have summarised three points that I hope can be helpful to my students when they start their overseas study.

First, find an entertainment that you can enjoy

When I was overseas, I put all of my emotional changes in the gym andlet out my emotions through exercise as a healthy way.

Keeping exeriseTherefore, you can think about a way that you like to vent your emotions when you are in trouble and have a big problem, so that you can get relaxed.Secondly, keep readingA corner of Mr. Will"s bookshelfI wish my students can read a lot and develop a consistent reading habit. Reading not only helps you when interacting with others, it also enriches you. It is a very good habit to live by and I have keeping it from my days as a student to present.Thirdly, have sincere friendsGet together with good friends in AmericaI hope that my students can find good friends, the kind of friends who can help you, guide you in a positive way and help you to analyse and communicate when you are in trouble.sharing experience with studentsI hope that the experience of studying abroad I shared can give you some tips to think about what is your goal to study overseas. What is it that you want to achieve from university?I hope that you are clear and definite about your future path.

Will is with the students

I hope that youcanbe a happy person, youcanlearn more, and that youhave the capabilityto cope withunknown furtureand changingtimes.

Listen carefully to the JPEDer shared by the teacher

I am grateful to be back in China and to be able to step in the education industry as a teacher and share my experiences with my students. At the same time, I hope that one day in the future, when I meet my students again, or when they come to school again, I will be able to see that they can have a different life story through their overseas experience. I believe that would be the most wonderful thing.

Students view：

What Mr. Will talked about was his own experience in the United States, which made me realize that it was not easy to live in the United States, and also made me morementally prepared and excited for the unknown life of studying abroad.- MiyaOn Wednesday"s LivingLibrary, Mr.Will shared his experience studying abroad in the United States. Leaving home alone, working in a completely unfamiliar environment while studying, the bitterness and suffering may only be personally experienced to understand. Although he encountered many difficulties, but with the encouragement of the host family and the persuasion of his parents, he still rely on his own strength to complete the test of school and life. While drawing lessons and summarizing experience, we should also learn his spirit of never giving up. After the storm, there will be a rainbow, after overcoming setbacks, the way forward will naturally become clear.- TinaMr. Will shared aboutabout his study experience in the United States. He went to college, got an internship and some interesting things happened. This gives me a certain understanding of studying in the United States, and also enables me to learn the things I need to do when studying abroad, including putting all my energy into study, so that I can have an ideal life in the future .- CissyThe story of Mr. Will makes us feel the hardship and difficulty of being in a foreign country, and also shows his strong and brave heart. It is because of such efforts that he made to become so excellent!- Cici

I was impressed by Mr. Will"s living library. His life abroad can be described as hard. He failed in his first month at school; Working at McDonald"s, got my bag stolen, lost my cell phone I saved up for. These experiences, which I had only seen in articles before, were all reflected in Mr. Will. I sincerely admire him.

- Linda Fu

Mr. Will"s experience in the United States is just like the story in the novel. He has experienced both hardship and happiness in a foreign country by himself. Some small things happened to him also made me understand the life of studying abroad

- Allison

"The crystal curtain moves and the breeze rises,filled the garden with rosescent."Mr.Will combined his own experience to provide students with very effective andconstructive suggestions.

It helped students to better prepare for their future study and to plan their future paths in the light of their own circumstances. In the next issue, we will invite two teachers with UK studying experience to explain how to fit in the life in the UKquickly.

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