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This young
lady is self-initiative, responsible and easy to get along with. She impressed
me with her critical questions and outstanding presentation performance two
years ago, when I taught her in the course of ‘Educational Change in Chinese
Society’. At that time we talked a lot after class about herself, her views of Chinese
educational issues in China
and career choice.

I knew she
loves creative writing and won a national writing contest in high school which
offered her a place in a famous Chinese university without taking the
competitive college-entrance examination. However she declined the offer and took
Accounting as her major study in the Chinese
University of Hong
Kong. It was not easy to continue and keep the balance of creative
writing and accounting, both of which were consuming.

She knows
what she wants and likes, and she will work hard on it. She learnt French out
of her genuine love of this language and synergized it with an exchange program
of business in Paris.
She is mature but authentic to work on her future career and her interests.

Considering
her interests in exploring educational issues and her ability, I invited her
after the course ended to be my research assistant for a research project on
Mainland students’ higher education choice. She searched and contacted
potential interviewees, assisted the field interviews, and transcribed data.
She was responsible and helpful in the whole process. It is quite rare for a
sophomore to third-year college student at that time to do the job which
usually is taken by research postgraduates.

Therefore,
based on my experiences to work and talk with Miss Liu, I firmly believe that
among her peers she is mature enough to take responsibility and work with
people. You shall not regret to take her as a member of your company. Moreover
her creativity in writing and ideas could be a potential to tap in your
business.

If there is
any enquiry, please feel free to contact me by means indicated on my business
card attached.

这个事实让我们激动，让我们看到中国人才世界领先、为国争光、中国伟大强盛，第一名都是我们了，外国不如中国。这个是事实，完全的是事实，没有虚假，但不是所有的故事。
全部的故事是（只是获奖名单上看到的事实）：http://www.icho2010.org/en/results.html
32名金牌选手中，我们占了不到六分之一，和我们为世界人口贡献的比例是差不多的。有什么值得骄傲的？
而那些我们都不算在“外国”行列里，经常在国际新闻里是负面典型的伊朗却贡献了一个第三名。
前十名里有两个泰国学生，和中国大陆在前十所占比例一样。
在理论和实践部分的最佳表现奖，一个是泰国学生，一个是俄罗斯学生。
如果我们要用民族国家来说事儿的话，这就是更全面的证据，可以来讨论的。暂且不去分析背后的脉络、成因、过程、历史，只是看这张全部的获奖名单，中国不是中心，外国有很多国。
可是反观自己，我的中国和外国就构成了世界，外国就是我知道的东亚国家、英语的美国和英国和更相近的北欧西欧白人国家。That’s all.这就是我的天下观，天下的轴心还是在中国，我的井边不过是英语语言和汉文字语言的边界。跨越了这些，我才惊讶，原来这个地球上还有另一群像我们一样生活着，而这片地区和人群我是从来视而不见的。我为我的惊讶而惭愧。
美国人是美国白人中心主义，难道我们不是中国汉人中心主义吗？
这些迷障的破解可以靠公民教育做/做到吗？
不断提醒自己，警惕“分别心”。