Famous sentence? It doesn’t have much effect. You’d better listen to the stories of some college students

1. The purpose of suspending school and returning to school is to start a business

3 years ago, Xiaoliang made an idea that made classmates and teachers feel Unexpected decision: take a break from school. Last year, Xiaoliang gave people another surprise: returning to school. Xiaoliang said that his suspension and resumption of school were all for the same purpose: starting a business.

In the autumn of 2001, Xiaoliang, who came from the countryside, was admitted to a university majoring in secretarial studies with a score of 531. However, Xiaoliang’s initial choice was to major in international trade. Although he went to college, he was not interested in studying secretarial work. In September 2003, he decided to drop out of school and go to Beijing to work.

The days of working are not comfortable. When I first arrived in Beijing, I ran out of money and couldn't find any help. But the difficulties did not defeat him. He sold his beloved mobile phone at a low price of 200 yuan and supported himself by writing manuscripts for others, going to computer companies to repair computers, and helping others distribute advertisements. Later, he participated in software engineer training while working, and finally obtained the qualification of software engineer. At the same time, he was hired by Beijing Tsinghua Unigroup.

It is better to do it yourself than to do it for others. After several months of training, Xiaoliang had new ideas. In November 2004, he opened his own company in Beijing. A few months later, he earned nearly 200,000 yuan.

Once, when Xiaoliang was building an e-commerce platform for a company in the south, the boss of the company was not optimistic about Xiaoliang's plan and views, and the reasons were convincing. At this time, Xiaoliang felt that his knowledge was not enough. In September 2005, Xiaoliang returned to university to recharge his batteries for starting his own business.

The most fearful thing is wasted years

When it was most difficult to work in Beijing, Xiaoliang had no money to buy food for two days in a row, so he read "Dream of Red Mansions" and drank in the small and dark basement. Hot water. At that time, he was physically and mentally exhausted.

Talking about this experience, Xiaoliang seemed very calm: "I have never regretted it. On the contrary, I am grateful that I couldn't endure hardships in school. Such an experience will become my starting point in starting a business in the future." I am not afraid of hardship or suffering, but what I am most afraid of is wasting my time.”

In Xiaoliang’s eyes, the most intolerable thing is doing nothing. After he returned to school last year, he already had nearly 200,000 yuan in money, so he could study comfortably on campus and enjoy himself happily. But instead of doing this, he invested all the money and founded a business website. Xiaoliang attends classes on time every day, and has a full schedule at other times: conducting entrepreneurial activities, participating in forums and lectures inside and outside the school, visiting experts and scholars, and going to the library to "recharge."

Xiaoliang’s company is now running smoothly and is making money every month. But he still lives a simple life. His diet and daily life are no different from those of his classmates. Even his mobile phone is a second-hand mobile phone purchased for more than 100 yuan. Xiaoliang said: "To be in the software industry is to live on youth. Opportunities are fleeting. If you don't seize the time now and don't work hard to lay a solid foundation, it will be difficult for you to gain a foothold in the market in the future."

This year 2 On March 7, China National Offshore Oil Corporation donated 10 million yuan to our province to establish the Hainan Provincial Education Poverty Alleviation Fund, of which 6 million yuan was used to implement the student aid project for outstanding poor university freshmen, and 4 million yuan was used to implement the orphan student aid project.

The student aid program for freshmen from outstanding poor universities will be implemented for 4 years, and will be used to provide free financial aid to freshmen who have been admitted to the second batch of colleges and universities with undergraduate degrees or above, have permanent residence in our province, and whose families are particularly financially disadvantaged. This student aid project is a one-time grant. In principle, 1.5 million yuan is allocated to support 300 students every year, with a standard of 5,000 yuan per student. This year ***, 1,533 people applied for the CNOOC Excellent Poverty-stricken University Freshman Bursary.

Poverty is a double-edged sword. While it brings suffering to people, it also sharpens people's will, making them stronger, more passionate about life, and more positive in facing life. There are many poor students in our province. Although their poverty-stricken families make their education path extremely difficult, they do not fall into poverty and study hard, hoping to change their destiny through knowledge. The few poor students introduced below are typical examples. I hope their experiences can provide some inspiration to other poor students.

"The children did not disappoint us"

Wen Anyu, 19 years old, is a candidate at Ledong Middle School. In this year's college entrance examination, he scored an excellent score of 722 points He became the top scholar in Ledong Science and passed the Sun Yat-sen University. At the same time, his second brother Wen Anwen was also admitted to Chongqing University with a score of 623. In 2001, their eldest brother Wen Anping entered the University of Science and Technology of China as the top scorer in Ledong Science.

The first time I met Wen Anyu was in the lobby on the first floor of the Ledong Employment Building. Coming with Ayu was his father Wen Zhensheng.

Wen Zhensheng talked enthusiastically with reporters, while Ayu, who was slightly shy, sat quietly aside and listened carefully to our conversation. Wen Zhensheng said that he was an ordinary driver at the epidemic prevention station in Ledong Li Autonomous County, and Ayu's mother was a pure housewife. The family's daily living expenses depend on his own income and the help of relatives.

"The children did not disappoint their parents." This is the most touching sentence Wen Zhensheng said.

Ayu said that for so many years, his father worked hard every day, and his mother prepared meals for the three brothers on time every day. They did not need to worry about family matters at all. Their task was just to study. Work hard to get into college. The power of big brother’s example is their motivation to learn. Going to college was his only goal in high school. In order to spare more time for study, he, who originally loved sports, rarely appeared on the court anymore. And daily study usually lasts until 12 o'clock in the evening.

Teacher Wei Jizun, Ayu’s head teacher, said that Ayu is a diligent student. During the three years he taught Ayu, Ayu’s grades were always among the top three in the class. On weekdays, Ayu did not neglect the relationship between classmates because of his studies. In the class, Ayu was very popular.

Not everyone will enjoy the joy of going to college. Although Ayu has a childish face, what he said is a feeling that ordinary children do not have. He said that although his eldest brother has applied for a student loan and does not have to pay for it from the family, the tuition and fees for him and his second brother together cost 1.3 Ten thousand yuan, plus living expenses and travel expenses, 20,000 yuan may not be enough. The pressure on the family is really great.

Wen Zhensheng said calmly that if our children can go to school, it will give us credit. Parents do not expect anything in return. This is their responsibility. I believe our difficulties can be overcome. At the same time, he hopes to use this newspaper to express his family's gratitude to CNOOC, which donated 5,000 yuan to Wen Anyu, and to the Haikou Ledong Fellowship Association, which donated 2,000 yuan.

When a reporter asked why he didn’t seek personal help, Wen Zhensheng said that our difficulties are real. If we use other people’s money and owe others, we will never be able to pay it back in our lifetime. He has already given the two brothers, Ayu, the certificates to apply for student loans. He said: "There are people who are more difficult than us, and we must strengthen ourselves. This is what I often teach the three brothers."

At the end of the interview, Ayu said that he had already inquired, You can get 60 yuan for an hour as a tutor in Guangzhou, and you will have to do it yourself, but it will not affect your studies. The results belong to yesterday. On the road of studying hard and improving life, he will unswervingly move towards his ideal.

"I want to earn my own money to complete my studies."

Li Juan is 19 years old, a graduate of Class 9 of Hainan Middle School. In this year's college entrance examination, Li Juan was admitted to Sun Yat-sen University with a score of 726. She is a golden phoenix flying out of the "vegetable basket".

On the afternoon of September 3, the reporter came to Li Juan’s home in Renmindongli, Haidian Erdong Road, Haikou City. Li Juan, her mother, and brother live in a small room of more than 30 square meters.

Li Juan’s family economic conditions are not good. My parents were laid off as early as the 1980s and have been relying on the meager income from selling vegetables to support the family and support Li Juan and her younger brother in school. Li Juan's family of four lived a harmonious life despite hard work. However, something unexpected happened. When Li Juan was in her third year of high school, at around 5 a.m. one day in September last year, her parents went to sell vegetables with a cart and crossed the street. While on the road, my father was hit by a minibus. He was taken to the hospital and died after a week of emergency treatment. The death of my father has caused the family to lose its backbone, and the family, which was already in financial difficulties, is now even worse. Li Juan's mother could not do the heavy work of selling vegetables alone, so after her husband's death, she had been selling vegetables for more than ten years and could only help others sell coconuts, do odd jobs, and raise a pair of children and an elderly mother-in-law.

The family's financial difficulties did not weaken Li Juan's desire for knowledge. From elementary school to junior high school, Li Juan's grades have always been among the best. When she was admitted to high school, Li Juan was admitted to Haizhong, and since her first year of high school, Li Juan has been rated as a "three good" student every semester. According to school regulations, her tuition fees for each semester were fully exempted, and the school also gave her a scholarship of 280 yuan. Because she is among the top in the class and her family is poor, Li Juan can also receive a monthly subsidy of 30 yuan from the school for extremely poor students. In this year's college entrance examination, Li Juan, who has always performed well, was admitted to Sun Yat-sen University.

On the evening of September 3, the reporter called Li Juan who was far away at school. Li Juan said that it was many kind people who allowed me to enter the university. Talking about how to solve the problem of future tuition fees, Li Juan told reporters: "The society has given me too much help. I have to complete my studies through my own efforts. I plan to work part-time during school and stay in Guangzhou during the winter and summer vacations." Work part-time to earn living expenses and tuition fees.”

Work as a nanny to save money for tuition fees

Yang Mei, a student from Lingshui Middle School, scored 549 points. With excellent grades, she was admitted to the preparatory class of the Education Department of Hainan Normal University, becoming the first college student from a poor Li family.

On September 1, the reporter took a half-hour bus from Lingshui County to Timeng Township. After walking for nearly 15 minutes from the village entrance, he arrived at Yang Mei's home in Timeng Team 6, Timeng Village. A simple hut of less than 10 square meters, two simple beds, a bedside table and a black and white TV set given by relatives are all the belongings of Yang Mei's family. There are no windows in the house, and if you stay there for just a few minutes, you will break out in sweat. Yang Mei and her grandma live here.

In the spring of 2001, Yang Mei's father passed away and her mother remarried. Yang Mei, who had just graduated from junior high school, and her younger siblings had to live with their elderly grandparents. The grandparents who work as farmers are weak and sick. They work hard for a year and their income is only more than 1,000 yuan. The poor family background forced her younger siblings to drop out of school and return home soon, and Yang Mei also faced the fate of dropping out of school several times. Through her own tenacious hard work and the help and encouragement of her teachers and classmates, Yang Mei finally completed the difficult three-year study journey in high school.

In the past three years of high school, no matter how poor her family was, no matter how embarrassing her life was, Yang Mei always believed that only knowledge can change her destiny, and her belief in studying has never wavered. In order to earn the tuition for three years of high school, Yang Mei worked as a temporary worker in a tailor shop, as a tutor for primary school students, as a waiter in a tea shop in Wuzhishan, and as far away as Guangzhou. In the summer of 2003, in order to earn tuition for her senior year of high school, Yang Mei, who had never been out of the province, went to Guangzhou alone to work as a nanny on the recommendation of her teacher. "I was a little scared at the time, but my desire to work hard and earn money to study has far outweighed my fear."

The family can only provide Yang Mei with living expenses of about 50 yuan per month. In order to save money, Yang Mei's daily meal is a 5-cent rice dish, plus some 1-yuan 3 packs of pickled mustard.

Due to her poor family background, Yang Mei also felt pain and disappointment. But the care and concern of teachers and classmates at Lingshui Middle School gave her the confidence and courage to face life with a smile. Looking back on her three years in high school, Yang Mei will never forget the meticulous care her class teacher Wang Wanqin gave her in her study and life, her classmate Zhu Jin’s help and encouragement in life, and the delicious food prepared for her by her classmates Wang Xiaorui and Pang Chunxiu in her senior year of high school. breakfast. After the school leaders learned about Yang Mei's family background, they reduced Yang Mei's tuition for her senior year of high school by 500 yuan and provided the school broadcast room for Yang Mei to live in for free. Yang Mei told reporters: "It is unfortunate to have a poor family and a difficult life, but the great luck among the misfortunes is that there are still so many people who care about me in life. If I don't study hard, how can I be worthy of these people who care about me?"

One month before the college entrance examination, she was always troubled by the thought that "even if she passed the exam, she would not have the money to study." She had no intention of studying at all and was under great psychological pressure. "I could have done better in the exam." Yang Mei said regretfully.

In the month after the college entrance examination, Yang Mei went from house to house to relatives for help, running around non-stop to raise college tuition fees, but in the end she always came back empty-handed. Just when Yang Mei was worried about the expensive tuition fees, on August 31, she received a CNOOC freshman scholarship of 5,000 yuan.

As she is about to go to college, Yang Mei still takes the time to help her grandparents collect cow dung, transplant rice seedlings, pull weeds, and grow beans and sweet potatoes at home. Yang Mei told reporters that the five-year road to college is still long, and she must study hard in school and strive for a school scholarship. I hope that through my own efforts, my grandparents can spend a peaceful old age and help my younger siblings live a happy life.

2. Reading old textbooks for college students

Gao Changqi, 19 years old, is a student of Hainan Railway Middle School. He passed the electrical information major of China Agricultural University with a high score of 647. This is another student from the Gao family who has graduated from a key university since his elder brother was admitted to Tsinghua University in 2002.

On the morning of September 1, the reporter came to Gaochang Qi’s home in Hengli Printing Factory, Basuo Town, Dongfang City. A Nanbao color TV that has been used for more than ten years and a telephone that can only answer but not make calls since its installation are the most valuable items this reporter could find in Gao's home.

The house the Gao family lives in is old and the walls have fallen off in many places. The house is large, but three wooden beds take up a lot of space. In addition, there are books, cabinets, fertilizer bags, and bicycles. , grain vats and other sundries are also "divided into one area". As a result, the originally large room suddenly looks narrow. Since my brother is studying in Beijing, there are only three beds in the house, and the three members of the family sleep in the same room. Despite the family's financial difficulties, Gao's family installed a telephone at the end of last year to facilitate contact with his brother. He only paid 10 yuan per month. The telephone can only answer calls but cannot make outgoing calls.

Gao Changqi’s parents have been laid off for many years. My father is already fifty years old this year. He is running around looking for odd jobs almost every day, but he often comes back disappointed. Recently, he has even had no work to do. My mother is now 45 years old, but she accidentally fractured her cervical vertebrae while going out to work five years ago. The fracture left the right half of his body paralyzed. He could no longer bend his right hand and foot freely and could not even do simple housework. Despite this, she is still cheerful and optimistic, and she still smiles when she sees reporters. When talking about family income, Gao Changqi didn't seem to mind very much. "It's only more than 200 yuan a month," he said, scratching his head.

The Gao family’s daily diet is very simple. They eat vegetables every day and only buy pork belly once a week. They buy a pound at a time and finish it on the same day. Sometimes they only eat it once every two weeks. Since Gao Changqi eats and sleeps at home, rides a bicycle to school every day, and spends almost no money. Relatives at home occasionally provide financial support, and my life is very frugal and very hard.

Perhaps it was his mother’s influence. Although his family was poor, Gao Changqi’s mentality was surprisingly peaceful. Material scarcity did not hinder his study, and he never complained about it.

He said that during school, except for winter and summer vacations, he did not dare to play. Every time he came home from school and finished his housework, he spent the rest of his time studying. In order to save money, Gao Changqi did not buy new textbooks during his school days. Instead, he used books and other learning materials that his brother had used before.

Life is hard, but Gao Changqi did not choose to escape: "Even if you escape, the reality is still the same. It is better to face it head-on. This is the correct attitude towards life."

The Gao family is poor, but Gao Changqi is also one of the luckier among the students.

During high school, after learning that his family's financial difficulties were very difficult, Hainan Railway Middle School waived his tuition for three years. Since last year, the Oriental Civil Affairs Bureau has provided him with a monthly living allowance of 300 yuan. On August 31, Gao Changqi went to the Provincial Department of Education to receive 5,000 yuan of CNOOC Education Poverty Alleviation Fund, which he used to pay for his college education. He expressed his gratitude to all walks of life for their concern and help.

Gao Changqi said that his biggest wish is to graduate from college early, find a good job in the future, work hard to make money to cure his mother's illness, and then take his mother, who has never left Hainan, out of the island. Let’s take a look at the outside world together.

3. The entrepreneurial legend of a poor college student

He was once a poor college student; soon after he entered college, he earned tuition by working as a tutor; he, from the first year of college He started to start a business; he was once kicked out of hiding in Tibet for running a "black class"; he has now become an entrepreneur with tens of millions of assets - Profile of Hu Zhongwei, born in 1976 in an ordinary person in Sujiatun District, Shenyang City He comes from a peasant family and was admitted to Shenyang University in 1994. In 1995, Hu Zhongwei, who came from a poor family, was working as a tutor when he discovered the huge business opportunity in children's English training. He used his spare time to start a business and used 3,000 yuan to open the "Xiao Xiao Guan Children's American English Class" with only 20 students. Today, a small English training class has grown into an education group with tens of millions of fixed assets and more than 400 employees. In the eyes of many people, Hu Zhongwei's entrepreneurship is simply a miracle. Hu Zhongwei, a penniless college student, started his own business in the first year of college and became a multi-millionaire after nine years of hard work. Hu Zhongwei's entrepreneurial experience is so miraculous that some people exclaimed that he is simply the "Bill Gates of Shenyang."

On February 24, the reporter interviewed Mr. Hu Zhongwei and asked him to introduce his entrepreneurial experience. Hu Zhongwei talked eloquently and summarized his six entrepreneurial "secrets".

Changing mentality - When others are worried about employment, Hu Zhongwei is thinking about his own experience of starting a business: solving mentality problems is the first step to starting a business. People with entrepreneurial awareness should break away from the traditional concepts and thinking patterns of career selection. The traditional concept of career selection makes people always bet their "treasure" on others; all their efforts are to gain the recognition of others, and then be put into good use by others, and thereby obtain the benefits they hope to get. People who start a business must consciously change this mentality, believe in themselves, recognize themselves, and use it for themselves!

I have had entrepreneurial awareness early on and have been saving up various conditions for starting a business for a long time. Growing up in the countryside, I learned to write calligraphy just like the kids in the city. Someone told me that if you learn calligraphy well and know one more skill than others, it will be easier to find a job in the future. In fact, what I am thinking about is that when I become a leader of a company in the future, I need to sign better. I took the driver's license test in my senior year of high school. It was 1993, and not many people in the city took the driver's license test. Another person said to me that if you get a driver's license, it would be a good job to work as a driver for the leaders of your unit. What I was thinking was that driving is a skill that a business manager must master. This is the contrast between the two mentality.

Crisis awareness--people who have no long-term concerns must have immediate worries. While others are satisfied with today's comfort and comfort, Hu Zhongwei sees the crisis of future life: Chinese college students often relax themselves extremely in college after experiencing extremely tiring high school stages. Many college students mistakenly believe that finding a job is something that only needs to be considered in their senior year. In fact, from the first day of entering university, you should put pressure on yourself, strengthen your sense of crisis, and consciously make preparations for starting a business, such as knowledge reserves and social experience reserves.

In 1994, I was admitted to Shenyang University. Since my family could not afford the tuition, we were faced with the dilemma of having to support only one of me and my sister to study. I thought over and over again and asked my family to pay for my first year of tuition, and I would pay for the rest by myself. In my first year of college, I worked as a tutor and earned several thousand yuan in one winter and summer vacation. The sense of crisis prompted me to engage in tutoring work. This job brought me not only the solution to financial difficulties, but also the observation of society and the understanding of the market.

Market awareness - when you find a market opportunity, you should seize it like a tiger pouncing on its prey. Experience: Market awareness sounds like an empty truth, but it is indeed the key to starting a business. . University campuses should not become ivory towers trapping college students. College students should allocate part of their energy to enhance their understanding of society and proactively analyze common examples: Through tutoring work, I learned that parents attach great importance to their children's English learning, and will become a a trend. After obtaining such market information, we decided to hold English training classes. Stock trading, selling goods in the five-love market, and practicing stalls were all considered by people to be delinquent businesses at first. However, those who have seized the opportunities in these industries have become market gold diggers.

Some people say that my success is because I was lucky enough to catch up with the early stage of the popularity of English learning. However, who can deny that this accident is actually inevitable? The most important thing for a successful business is to seize the first opportunity to succeed. Not long after I started the class, my monthly income reached more than 10,000 yuan.

Actively adapt - when some college students complain about various problems in society, Hu Zhongwei wants to adapt to this society, make society work for him, and wait patiently for society to change. Experience: The society is not for you It's made, you have to adapt to it. Instead of complaining about the bad social environment, it is better to change your mentality. Every crisis is a turning point, and every change means an opportunity. Staying excited about social changes is a good attitude for starting a business. College students should not focus on being cynical.

When I started my business, I faced many difficulties. At that time, it was not allowed to hold English cram schools. My behavior was considered as not doing my job properly. My class was a "black class" and I was frequently investigated and punished. Because I don’t have a city registered permanent residence, I can’t run a class but can’t become a legal person; hiring foreign teachers to teach English is considered illegal... Faced with difficulties, I insist that as long as the market needs it, no matter how much pressure there is initially, it is also a good industry. . Facts proved my judgment. It didn't take long for the policy to change, and all the difficulties that stood in front of me were solved.

Firm belief - When the company faced a desperate situation, Hu Zhongwei did not collapse, but persevered and realized that: the road to entrepreneurship cannot be smooth sailing, and you must have a normal mind when facing difficulties.

In 1998, due to the situation at that time, including the exclusion of some colleagues, the training center I ran was found to have illegally hired foreign cultural and educational experts and was fined 100,000 yuan. At that time, I was still a college student and I was under so much pressure. However, with my tenacious spirit, I survived. Not only did my career not collapse, I also gained the trust and recognition of relevant departments at all levels.

During the SARS period, schools were completely closed. My monthly rent, employee wages and other expenses were very huge. In such a severe situation, I never thought of giving up. My employees also showed amazing team spirit - the Chinese employees said they would rather not get paid than leave, and none of the foreign teachers returned to China. This incident was recorded by Liaoning TV Station as the program "We Are Still Happy" and was selected by CCTV.

Pursuing innovation and change——When other competitors were also rushing to jump into the sea and swim, they found that Hu Zhongwei had already boarded a big ship and gone away. He realized: market competition is tit for tat, and it is better to fight in tit for tat. It is better to pursue innovation and change than to live and die. Breaking out from this kind of competition will not only make you relaxed, but also achieve better results. A person's success requires the ability to take one step and see two steps, and to constantly broaden one's horizons and seek development.

In terms of publicity, when others were doing newspaper ads, I would do street sign advertising; when others were doing street sign advertising, I would do TV programs. Today's enterprises are faced with unlimited opportunities: producing TV programs, publishing teaching materials and audio-visual products, and working as corporate trainers; providing professional training for employees of large enterprises, such as business communication, negotiation, etiquette, office training, etc. Postscript to the interview : Throughout the interview process, we found that Hu Zhongwei was not willing to describe too much the pain and difficulties he experienced when starting a business. Even when talking about these difficulties, we felt that what he found more was his courage to face and overcome all difficulties. Confidence and happiness from within.

Hu Zhongwei said: I am not a career ascetic, I just want to be a complete person - create life and enjoy life!

If you feel ashamed, study hard