理工学子说 | Jake Lee: 目标明确，平衡之道。

“理工学子说”系列报道带你走近港中大（深圳）理工学院不同年级的学生们，了解他们在理工学院学习生活的感受。

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来自韩国的JONGHYUK LEE（李钟赫，Jake）一直很明确他想在大学里学到什么。正如韩国的太极旗的“阴阳平衡”内涵，Jake也平衡着他在理工学院的学习与生活。

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”，而Jake坦言他遇到的最大的挑战也是学习和语言上的。

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，诚然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，因此加入过公关传讯处（CPRO）的学生助理团队，为各大活动拍摄活动照片；他喜欢编程，因此加入了机器人和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 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认为这些讲座能够让他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·智慧城季军；霍特杯挑战赛决赛亚军等。

Jake(左一）在霍特杯挑战赛颁奖中

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)在黑客松·智慧城市颁奖礼中

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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：既然身处在港中大（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，但是以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) comes from Korea. He went to high school and part of university in US before he started his undergraduate study in CUHK-Shenzhen.

He chose Shenzhen and the university not only because of his nature of challenging, but also of the high-tech nature of the city as well as the prominent future of this new university.

When it comes to the choice of major, Jake also had his own idea: interested in both technology and business, he finally chose SSE because Jake could acquire the knowledge of programming systematically. On the other hand, he has managed to take part in several business competitions in order to combine the professional knowledge to the business activities, so that he could gain more practical experience.  

In the interview of international students, a must-ask question may be “what are the challenges you’ve confronted as an international student in the university”; for Jake, the answer is studying and language. Like others, he admitted that he sometimes felt peer pressure as others were quite hard-working. However, in his opinion, studying is challenging but interesting as well. Also, GPA is just something that shows how one performs academically, but his life is not just about academics. 

Therefore, Jake tries to enrich his extra-curriculum life by becoming the student helper of CPRO in photography, joining the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab as an undergraduate research assistant. In addition, he also likes swimming, listening to music and gathering with friends. From these rich after-school life, Jake has met different people, learned different ideas and gained experience that he could not get from learning in class.

Jake pointed out that another challenge is the different teaching mode between China and America. While in America students would ask questions in class, in China students are more inclined to raise questions after class. In his opinion, enjoying the class and finding the connection between the knowledge and the reality life make the process of learning more interesting and enjoyable.

In the perspective of language, Jake confessed that it would be rather difficult if international students could not speak Chinese. Yet, it is not a problem for him anymore as he can speak Chinese fluently. This may also prove that his positive attitude towards challenge.

For Jake, his two-year life in CUHK-Shenzhen is also full of opportunities.

In terms of academic activities, SSE has held a number of research seminars hosted by professors from different universities, which, in his view, is helpful to students interested in different areas, as they could, including Jake himself, understand what they want to learn or what they want to try.

Another keyword of his campus life is “competition”. He has participated in several competition and has achieved satisfying results: Champion of Shenzhen Creative December Innovation / Entrepreneurship competition 2017; second runner-up of Smart City Hackathon by Deloitte and HKUST; first runner-up in Hult Prize Campus Final competition.

Compared with final result, Jake believes the experience is more important. Taking himself as an example, he mentioned that he learned a lot after Smart City Hackthon: “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.”

For his international peer, Jake also 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 too stressed. Try your best but leave the result to the professor. Worrying about it doesn’t make things better. So try best but enjoy."

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采访/撰文：理工学院2018级学生罗澜

系列报道由SSE Media Centre出品

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