学子风采 | Jake Lee: 目标明确，平衡之道

Jake

Lee

Jake Lee一直很明确他想在大学里学到什么。正如韩国太极旗的“阴阳平衡”内涵，Jake找到了平衡学习与生活的方式。

目标明确，自主选择

从美国的高中毕业后，Jake曾经在美国上过一段时间的大学。不过，为了寻求更多的可能性，他决定转学。在研究比较了中国和德国的大学后，他最终选择了位于深圳的香港中文大学（深圳），不仅因为他喜欢挑战新事物的本性，也因为深圳这座城市的科技属性以及港中大（深圳）作为一所年轻的学校的无限可能。

在专业的选择上，Jake也很有主见：同时对商学和工程学感兴趣的他，在权衡一番后还是选择了理工学院的计算机科学与技术专业，因为这样他可以系统地学习编程和其他计算机方面的知识；至于他对商学的兴趣，他决定把商学融入日常生活中，积极参加各种活动和比赛。这样，他能够将自己所学的专业课知识与商业活动结合，从而获得更多宝贵的实践经验。

不仅仅是学习

在采访国际生的时候，一个不可避免的问题是“作为国际生你觉得在中国、在港中大（深圳）遇到过的挑战是什么”，而Jake坦言他遇到的最大的挑战也是学习和语言方面的。

和其他学生一样，他也会感觉到“peer pressure”（同辈压力），因为周围的同学们都非常努力。不过在他看来，学习是具有挑战性的，不过同时也是有趣的；一个人的生活是由很多方面组成的，而学习只是其中的一部分，绩点也只是学习的一种表现形式。所以，他会尽量在学有余力的情况下，充分丰富他的课余生活。他喜欢摄影，因此加入过传讯与公共关系处（CPRO）的学生助理团队，为各大活动拍摄活动照片；他喜欢编程，因此加入了机器人与人工智能实验室并成为研究助理。此外，他在课余时还喜欢游泳、听音乐、与朋友聚会，以此放松。正如他在采访中所说：

“GPA is just something that tells how you do academically. But my life is not all about academics.” （绩点只意味着你在学术领域表现如何，可是我的生活不仅仅是学术。）

Jake认为，通过这些各式各样的课余活动，他遇到了不同的人，了解到了不同的想法，更重要的是，他还获得了学习中得不到的经验。

Jake指出，他曾经面对的另一个挑战是教学模式上的差别。之前在美国的课堂上，学生们会在课上就提出自己的问题；而在中国，课堂上主要是以老师授课为主，以便学习到更多的知识，同学们的问题往往留在课后提出。不同的课堂教学模式是他需要适应的。在他看来，享受课堂，找到所学的知识与现实以及生活的联系使学习更加有趣，也让他更加享受学习。

有关语言方面的挑战，Jake坦言在中国如果国际生不会说中文的话是会遇到一些难题。不过，他应该已经成功的克服了这个难题，因为他已经能用中文和周围的人无障碍交流了。这一点，也是他积极面对挑战，在学习以外的收获吧。

机遇与比赛

对于Jake来说，在港中大（深圳）的这两年，除了挑战，更多的还是机遇。

在理工学院学习的两年他参加了许多讲座和研讨会。尽管这些讲座来自不同的研究领域，Jake认为这些讲座能够十分有效地帮助他们了解不同领域的知识，拓展视野。

Jake在港中大（深圳）的另一个关键词是 “比赛”。在两年多的时间里，他根据自己的兴趣，参加了许多比赛，也取得了不俗的成绩：2017深圳创意十二月创新训练营决赛的冠军、黑客松·智慧城（Hackathon#Smart City）季军、霍特杯挑战赛决赛亚军等。

Jake(左一）与同学组队夺得霍特杯挑战赛亚军

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Jake(左二)在创新训练营决赛

Jake指出，也许有的同学因为畏惧自己会出错而不敢去尝试这些比赛。不过对Jake而言，他最初只是抱着试一试的心态去参加比赛的，比起奖项或名次，他认为参加比赛的经历才是最重要的。他尤其提到了参加黑客松·智慧城市比赛的经历：虽然比赛安排在期中考试阶段，但是大赛的创业主题吸引了他，因此他还是报名参加了比赛，最后他和他的队伍获得了第三名的好成绩。倘若他当时害怕参加比赛耽误了复习，那么他会错过绝佳的实践机会。

这次比赛让他获益匪浅：Jake意识到无论任何事情都要敢于尝试，因为在这一过程中个人的逻辑能力，专业知识以及人际交往能力都能获得极大的提升；同时，他也从实践中认识到一个创新观点的背后一定要有实际的意义，有积极影响和价值导向支撑。

Jake(左二)所在团队获得黑客松·智慧城市季军

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对于那些和Jake一样来自不同国家的国际生们，Jake对他们的建议是：既然身处港中大（深圳）这样一个开放的环境，同学们也要抱有一种开放的心态，认识更多来自中国和其他他各国的同学，尝试学习中文，多走出去，去探索深圳这个城市。同时，也不要太被成绩所束缚，尽力而为。

小编手记

和Jake的采访过得十分迅速而且愉快，虽然仅仅只相处了半个多小时，但是在和他的沟通中我感受到了他对于自己的生活有着明确的目标。他很清楚自己的目标是什么，也一直敢为自己的目标而努力尝试。享受生活，享受学习，他没有为了任何一个而放弃另一个，反而是很好地平衡了两者的关系。我觉得我也正应该从他身上学习到这种对自己人生的规划吧。

English Version

JONGHYUK LEE (Jake) is from South Korea. He went to high school and spent the first months of university in the US before he decided to transfer to CUHK-Shenzhen for undergraduate studies.

His love for experiencing new things, Shenzhen’s high-tech environment, and the infinite possibilities promised by a new university led to his choice of Shenzhen and this university.

Upon choosing his major, Jake knew his own mind. Interested in both technology and business, he chose Computer Science and Technology offered by SSE as his major so as to study programming and computer science systematically. In the meantime, he fueled his passion for business in day-to-day activities. He has been actively involved in various business competitions, in which he combined his computer science expertise with business initiatives. Out of these competitions, Jake reaped valuable hands-on experience.

With international students, an inevitable question is “what are the challenges you’re faced with as an international student at CUHK-Shenzhen?” For Jake, the challenge comes from study and language. Like everybody else, Jake sometimes feels peer pressure as students here are so hard-working. But besides hard work, Jakes also makes a point about the fun part of study. According to him, GPA only tells how you perform academically, but university life is not just about academics.

With this in mind, Jake tries to enrich his extra-curriculum life through serving as a student photographer at the University’s Communications and Public Relations Office(CPRO), working as an undergraduate research assistant in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is a swimmer, music lover, and a favorite with friends. In the processes of each experience, Jake met different people, embraced new ideas and learned what classroom study does not teach.

The different teaching style between Chinese and American classrooms, Jake pointed out, was another challenge for him. In America, students would chime in with questions during the class, whereas in China, students tend to save their questions till after class. To Jake, enjoying the class and connecting course study with real life is what really makes study meaningful and joyful.

Talking about the Chinese language, Jake confessed that international students may encounter some difficulties if could not speak the language. Yet for him, it’s no longer a problem since he can already speak fluent Chinese. This, again, half resulted from his hard work, and the other half, from his positive attitude towards challenges.

For Jake, his two years at CUHK-Shenzhen is full of opportunities.

He has attended quite a number of seminars featuring a wide range of topics hosted by SSE, which to his view, helps students develop their interest in different domains. Thus students could better understand where their interest is and what they really want to try.

“Competition” is another keyword of his university life. He has participated in several competitions and achieved unexpectedly good results: Champion of Shenzhen Creative December Innovation/Entrepreneurship Competition 2017; Second Runner-up of Smart City Hackathon organized by Deloitte and HKUST; Runner-up of Hult Prize University Final.

Jake considers the experience more important than the results. He expressed that he has learned a lot from participating in Smart City Hackathon. “You just need to try things you are interested in and also when you try, be logical, knowledgeable and pay attention to the human interaction. Also, a good idea should be positive and valuable.”

To his international peers, Jake has something to say.

“I think it is very important to be open to find different activities so that you can meet more Chinese and others, and try to open up for different opportunities.

I believe language is also important, so try to learn Chinese and communicate in Chinese. Learn the language, explore, go outside and visit the city. Also, don’t be over stressed. Try your best but leave the result to the professors. Worrying about it doesn’t make things better. So try best and enjoy.”

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转载自理工学院微信公众号

采访/撰文：罗澜 2018级理工学院、逸夫书院

系列报道由SSE Media Centre出品

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