Finally, I want to talk about agriculture, rural areas and farmers. The central government once again put forward the issue of agriculture, rural areas and farmers as the top priority of the whole party's work. Obviously, such a big country with a population of/kloc-0.3 billion and 800 million farmers in rural areas must rely on self-reliance, because part of our current grain imports can only be adjusted by variety and a small amount of balance, and the main thing is to solve the food problem of/kloc-0.3 billion people by ourselves. You can't rely on anyone Therefore, if we don't have a clear head on this issue, the work will be biased and agriculture will be repeated, which will not only endanger the national food security, but also endanger the overall economic development of the country. This central meeting particularly emphasized that all party comrades, especially senior cadres, must raise the importance of food security to the height of national security and realize its importance. At all times, we should always attach importance to the basic position of agriculture, strictly protect cultivated land, protect and improve the comprehensive grain production capacity, always attach importance to the interests of grain producing areas and grain farmers, and always attach importance to increasing the income of farmers, especially grain farmers. This is a very important decision made by the central government. I think the students in our agricultural university should pay more attention to the "three rural issues" in particular, and hope that students will pay more attention to the progress in this regard.
The second part: recognize the situation clearly, learn to cherish it and become a talent as soon as possible. Having said so much, I mainly want to show that we are all social people and are all in such an international and domestic environment. As a college student, it reminds me of a phrase that I often said in the 1970s and 1980s, "Look at the world with my motherland in my heart", which is still very appropriate. How do we position ourselves? How should we face it? How to integrate yourself into the competitive social life? Each of us cares about personal development, which is the most realistic problem. Comrades care about their own success and their own direction. Four years in college, whether to go abroad, take postgraduate entrance examination or get a job, is the most realistic problem. Today I want to say a few words about these practical problems. Before I told you a short story, a young man ran away from home when he was young and wanted to start his own business. He asked an elder in his family for advice. After listening to the young man's narrative, the elder casually wrote three words, "Don't be afraid" and said, "Son, the secret of life is only six words. I'll tell you three words today, and the other three words will be said later. " Thirty years later, the young man had white hair. On his way home, he went to visit the old man again. But the old man has passed away, and the old man's family took out a letter and told him that it was specially left for you by the old man. The old man said that you would definitely come to him one day. The young man opened the letter and read it. There are three big characters written on a piece of white paper: "No regrets". The old man told future generations a truth: life is alive, "don't be afraid" before middle age and "don't regret" after middle age. The whole life is these six words. Don't be afraid at your age, and don't regret at my age.
Give you a few more figures, which are also closely related to you. Just now, I talked about the "three rural issues" and employment pressure, which is a long-term problem that puzzles our country and is also a realistic problem of economic development. In terms of employment, statistics show that the number of college graduates will reach 2.8 million in 2004, an increase of 680,000 over 2003. In July 2002, there were 500,000 graduates waiting for employment in China, and in July 2003, there were 700,000 graduates. What do I mean by these figures? It reflects that the employment competition of college students is becoming more and more fierce. In the students' own words, "I have smelled the smoke on the battlefield of employment, and I knew it was difficult to find employment when I first entered the university." I will also provide you with a number. In the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the state has a key topic, "the expansion of higher education scale and the study of labor market". Its judgment is that the influence of human feelings, family background and social relations on college students' job hunting this year has been greatly reduced. However, the road of college students' career choice has not been smooth sailing, and the "lack of personality" has become more and more prominent, which has become an obstacle to college students' career choice. The employment problem is influenced by various factors, but as far as this research topic is concerned, it is reflected in the employment of students. Compared with the past, many factors affecting employment, such as human feelings and back doors, have also decreased with the development of the situation. On the contrary, the quality of students, their own conditions and the choice of employment units are increasing, hoping to arouse everyone's thinking, because everyone is concerned about their own growth. You may have noticed that the media is also hyping it up: an article in Guangming Daily, "Education comes after ability", talked about the criteria for enterprises to choose talents. In my opinion, it is actually: education, not just education, partial ability, ability plus education. Many well-known companies and large enterprises at home and abroad, including administrative institutions, regard professional quality and academic performance as a benchmark for assessing talents without exception, but only as a benchmark, taking your learning ability and technology, and my personal integrity, honesty, modesty and ability to treat people as the most important conditions. This is a rational and realistic employment orientation. In other words, the demand for talents now is to pay more attention to the ability and comprehensive quality of talents. This is the orientation of employing people in today's society. Everyone must see this situation clearly and face it squarely. What employers give back to our educational circles should really arouse our great attention and deep thought. By the way, when it comes to honesty, the problem of testing style and discipline is common. Recently, someone found someone to take the "Band 4" test, and some people used fake ID cards. This reflects that a person's basic quality requirements can't be met, so what is there to talk about? Don't talk about anything recently. Li Zhiren, director of the University Center of the National Education Research Institute, said: Going to school and working are two different things. Those who do well in exams are not necessarily excellent in practical work. In practical work, graduates from famous universities are not necessarily better than students from other universities. A foreign education expert said: in the process of learning, your IQ is more at work, but to be a complete person and play a good role in society, more emotional intelligence is at work. Seeking truth from facts, the cultivation of EQ in China's university education is still lacking, especially among the students of famous schools. The formation of personality should be the final product of university education, and this topic is aimed at our school and education department. As students enter the university from high school, our aim is to promote the formation of young people's personality, hoping that college students can realize directly at school and seriously try to be spiritual adults. We say that a 18-year-old college student is an adult in biology and law. If you are faced with such an era and situation of fierce competition and multicultural choice, you will not be regarded as a spiritual adult. Our education has achieved the educational goal by the time you graduate. I hope the students can use their brains. Think about it. There are all students in the first, second, third and fourth grades here, as well as graduate students. I think what I said today may be more beneficial to the lower grades, but in any case, each has his own ideas and each has his own ideas. Grades one, two, three and four have different ideas from graduate students, and personal ideas are different, but one thing is the same. You are all planning your future development, which is quite right and correct. All present today are students who actively demand political progress and strive to join the China * * * Production Party. This is also planning your own political life, which is very good and important. The party committee of the school should fully affirm the students' high political enthusiasm, and the grass-roots organizations of the party should also warmly welcome them, especially hoping that students can correct their motivation to join the party. We often analyze the situation of college students' party building and find that there are still a few students who have utilitarian thoughts. His starting point and ultimate goal is for himself, and joining the party for himself can be put on a little political aura, which is convincing. But I still think, first of all, students, you should fully affirm when you ask for progress. It doesn't matter whether it works or not. In the process of organizational training, you should keep learning, educating and changing. I care about my own development, which is understandable and absolutely correct. Why did you come to school? I just want to grow up and become a talent. What do I think is the most important? Comrades should add a strong sense of social responsibility. I want to add this. If you combine your personal enthusiasm with your sense of social responsibility, I think you can grow up as soon as possible, become a talent and become a spiritual adult.
This is your great time. Looking at the young people now, I really feel a lot. Time flies. It's time for "no regrets". Having said that, I mean that students care about themselves now, and I will take the postgraduate entrance examination, go abroad or get a job in the future, and so on. These very realistic problems are all in front of us. When I was in high school, I was the baton leading the college entrance examination. Ten years of cold window, burning the midnight oil, finally entered the palace of the university. I didn't think it was too late to relax and celebrate, and an employment baton was already playing a role. It is not easy. I envy you and understand you. After arriving at the school, quite a few students are at a loss about the employment prospects of their major, what kind of major they are suitable for and what major they should choose. So looking back: including how to position ourselves and plan your future development after we arrive at the university. The school is also deepening the reform of education and teaching, including enrolling students according to colleges and disciplines next year. Schools should create more relaxed conditions for students. First, through one or two years of teaching in public courses and public basic courses, I have a certain understanding of my major, and then I will determine my major. At present, 60% students don't like their major and want to change their major, but they don't know what major is suitable. This situation must change. The career planning of college students can't wait until the next semester of grade four or grade three, then it's too late. In the future, all teachers in the employment guidance center must hold certificates. However, in a sense, not only the teachers in the employment guidance center, but also every teacher and staff in the school should be certified to provide consultation, service and even all aspects of work for the future development of every college student. To some extent, the establishment of university goals is actually the establishment of life goals, which is very critical. Whitehead, a famous British philosopher, said: in middle school, students study at desks; In college, they need to stand up and look around. Only by standing up, looking forward to society, looking forward to history, looking forward to the future and looking forward to life can we grasp our goals and promote our all-round development. That's true. I think it is a great turning point in your life that you start studying in college. Liu Qing also said, "Although the road of life is long, only a few steps are often in jeopardy, especially when people are young." Balchen, a famous American psychologist, saw a rotation written by a young man with only three punctuation marks: one-(dash) and one! (exclamation point), one more. (period), Balchen asked him what he meant, and he said, a rampage (-), a sad regret (! ), finally had to die (. )。 Balchen changed these three punctuation marks into one, (pause), one ... (ellipsis), one? (question mark), and explained that youth is a small station in life (,), and the road is long, and Xiu Yuan hopes endless (……). You don't hear the prodigal son turn back and don't change his money (? )。 With the care and encouragement of Balchen, the young man finally became a successful person. In a word, the most practical problem is the process that college students want to make full use of our university. The real value of college education is different for everyone. In college education, you get what you put in. When you enter the university, your abilities may be similar, but when you graduate from the university, you may be surprised to find that your ability gap may not be a few steps away. For you, I think this gap is definitely not caused by intellectual gap, but by non-intellectual factors, including mood, emotion, will, quality, morality, sense of responsibility, interpersonal relationship, hobbies, personality and so on. You should sum up and reflect on yourself. Four years in college can only be regarded as an introduction to a subject. Only by laying a little foundation and working hard after leaving school can you achieve something. It should be said that it is an honor to have the opportunity to enter the university, but any kind of honor and treatment must be won by continuous efforts, and these opportunities should be maximized. So, finally, I want to give my classmates ten suggestions:
First: realize that attitude is everything. Learning attitude determines how much you get from courses and teachers. You must take a positive attitude towards your study. Understand what it means to your life.
Second: Remember that your college grades will accompany you into the future. If your report card is full of "passing", it can only show that you have not really worked hard. Please try your best to do everything well.
Third: be brave in taking responsibility. You may find various reasons to explain that you are not interested in learning. Don't make excuses, learn endlessly, and seize any opportunity to learn. We should absorb knowledge as the sea absorbs water. If you leave the university exactly the same as when you came in, you can only blame yourself, not others. University is a process of change, but you should take the initiative to promote these changes, and no one can guarantee the future. Jade can't be cut without cutting, and people can't be cut without suffering.
Fourth, realize that college life is life itself. This is not a prelude, preparation or prelude to your life. Your values, hobbies and work rules began to form as early as in college. For better or worse, at the age of 20, you are probably 60 years old. Studies have proved that if you are cheerful and good at self-regulation, you will be the same when you are old.
Fifth: learn to ask questions. Your middle school teacher may have made it very clear that asking questions often is an important way to improve the value of life. Life without problems is empty and meaningless. Your mind should be active.
Sixth: respect others and learn to communicate. Harmonious interpersonal relationship is an indispensable condition for mental health and an important way to obtain mental health. In fact, many interpersonal conflicts in life occur in trivial matters without principles. It would have been all right to say hello and apologize, but both sides have strong self-esteem and don't know how to respect others. Respect for others means respect for yourself. The secret of harmonious interpersonal relationship is to be willing to associate with others and learn to associate with others.
Seventh: solicit opinions from many parties. Good advice will not be given to you. You should talk to your mentor and friends often. Lazy people only listen to one side of the story, regardless of the source. Lazy people don't want to listen to many opinions before making important decisions. Smart people search for information extensively.
Eighth: make full use of resources and do it as soon as possible. To find a good job after graduation, it is not enough to rely on good grades and letters of recommendation. What social work you did in college is also important. We have dozens of societies and student organizations. We look forward to your joining us and integrating yourself into college life as soon as possible. Time flies, and nothing will come again. Don't wait until your junior year and senior year to start investing. A person who is active in college is often as energetic as his future work and life. Employers like active students. As an active participant, you will never lose sight of all beings. Remember: a mediocre person may have many classmates, but there are always a few people running ahead.
Ninth: Stay optimistic. If you are eager to learn and make progress, and want to get something valuable, if you think you can do anything once someone asks you to do it, you won't have a headache about college life. Facts have proved that optimists perform better in college life, score higher, gain more, apply what they have learned better, and express their satisfaction with their achievements more easily.
Tenth: act immediately. If you don't even like something about yourself, you lack self-confidence, you can't arrange your time reasonably, you are arbitrary, you are anxious, you are not open enough, you have no consciousness, you lack leadership qualities, and you procrastinate, so you should take immediate action and correct it.
These suggestions are for your reference. I think these ten suggestions are not only applicable to college education, but also can be used as the creed of future life. Tell two stories to end. In the first short story, two students, A and B, applied for a doctor's degree from a professor at the same time, but the professor only recruited one student, so the professor gave them a topic. The two students completed the questions at the same time, and the process was equally wonderful and the results were equally correct. The professor thought about it and chose A. Not convinced, B asked the professor why he didn't choose B. The professor pointed to the time of homework on the topic and said, I assigned the topic last Friday afternoon. One of you started doing it at four o'clock last Friday afternoon and started doing it on Monday. Then I chose A starting at 4 pm on Friday, because a person who starts to act immediately is more competitive. In the second short story, 1972, the Singapore Tourism Board gave a report to the then Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, to the effect that our Singapore is not as good as the Egyptian pyramids, the Great Wall in China, Mount Fuji in Japan, and so on. We don't have any famous historical sites except direct sunlight all the year round. A clever woman can't cook without rice, and it's really difficult to develop tourism. Lee Kuan Yew was very angry after reading the report. He approved a line in the report. How much do you want God to give us? Sunshine? Sunshine is enough! Later, Singapore used direct sunlight to grow flowers and grass all year round. In a short time, Singapore has developed into a world-famous garden country, and has been the third largest tourist income in Asia for many years. I tell you this because many students here may also have a lot of complaints and dissatisfaction. They have complained about God's injustice, and they will complain that the school has no satisfactory aspects for the time being. If you are lucky enough to read this sentence by Lee Kuan Yew, I wonder if you will suddenly realize that a pair of desks and chairs in the classroom were given to you by God. I hope you can learn to cherish, cherish time, cherish youth and cherish life. Suppose a person's life is only three days, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Yesterday has passed, never to return. Today I am with you, but it will soon pass, and tomorrow will come, but it will also disappear. Come on, life is only three days. What a philosophical concept of time (this is the prayer of students on the island of Hawaii before class).
I sincerely hope that students will seize the opportunity of youth, become talents as soon as possible, and produce results as soon as possible.