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发帖数: 4860 | 1 头也不回，推荐信也不要的，离开了老墨师傅。如今想来，真是冥冥中有天意。
Sometimes I regreted not fixing him a job. But really, who could tell? Maybe
it was his destiny to endure and turn out to be great. I indeed got a job
for my first student at the end of 70’s. Later on I mentioned the episode
to my friends, they all laughed at me and told me that it was only the norm
of the long-gone 60’s. At late 70’s, we had a change of time, there was
the new term “tenure track,” and students should look for their own jobs.
So after he graduated, I told him the normal way of seeking jobs and looked
into his eyes. I found a disturbing soul, a burning bush, an explorer who
wanted to reach the north pole, a mountaineer who determined to scale Mt.
Everest, a traveler who would brave thunders and lightnings to reach his
destine. He never came back to me requesting recommendation letters. So he
did not seek a job. Even to this date, I do not know what was the best for
him. I was sure of one thing, he could not survive the process of the “
tenure-track,” “tenure,” “promotions”. I thought him as a free spirit,
and I should let him fly. He flew away after he told me he were going to
Rutgers University to talk to Prof. Iwaniec. I bid him good luck. That was
22 years ago.Prof. Iwaniec. I bid him good luck. That was 22 years ago. |
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