校园内自拍

　　我叫Sandeep Singh，是来自徐州医科大学的一名大四学生。我是印度人，在印度高中毕业后，为追求更高的医学梦想，我来到了中国。将来，我想当一名医生和研究员，我目前在徐州医科大学就读M.B.B.S。因为中国在医疗科学和技术领域的发展迅速，所以我可以很自信地说，来中国学医，我真是来对了。我已经在江苏徐州生活了3年，现在我想和大家分享一下我在这儿的生活点滴以及我如何实现梦想的打算。

　　教育

　　我真的很佩服中国的教育制度，即使在本科阶段，也鼓励学生积极参与研究。在中国，中国学生和国际学生是真的在做各种项目和科研。在我的大学里有江苏脑疾病和信息实验室、神经生物学领域的实验室等，所有实验室都配备了高科技的技术设备，以便于进行深入的研究。我们学校，有来自不同领域和国家的学生在攻读硕士和博士学位；大多数教授都有海外留学和工作经历，我的一些老师是从哈佛医学院、墨尔本大学、伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校、匹兹堡大学等世界著名学府毕业的博士，许多老师在《欧洲神经科学杂志》等国际杂志上发表过学术文章。

　　我喜欢我的老师，他们教我解剖学、生理学、药理学、遗传学等复杂科目，教授手段多样，不拘泥于课本，还利用视频、音频和网上资源等。我们的药理学老师给我们播放了由医生做的关于不同主题的T.E.D视频。我喜欢这些有趣的话题，方式新颖，互动性很强。

　　在中国教育是研究型导向的。我想在这里讲一个小故事。我有一个朋友Mathew，他在苏州大学学习通信工程，他申请了加利福尼亚大学一个学期的交换课程，并最终幸运地被录取了。我真的很喜欢中国大学积极与国际大学合作的办学模式，也很喜欢大学组织我们参加的世界著名教授的讲座。我曾经参加了由伦敦皇家学院Sian Harding教授的讲座，Sian Harding教授是干细胞领域的心脏病专家，她在伦敦帝国学院国家心肺和血液研究所教授心脏药理。到了互动环节，一些中国学生和国际学生踊跃地向她提出了各种问题。这种健康的环境对于促进学生参加社会福利的研究和工作是非常重要的。近日，克利夫兰临床基金会的Mathew教授参观我们的学校，做了一个和他研究领域有关的讲座。

　　考试

　　现在我想说说中国的考试制度。我觉得中国的考试很难，学生每科需要达到60分以上才算合格。同时，为了鼓励留学生，学校制定了奖学金计划。学生因其优异的学术表现可以荣获“茉莉花留学江苏省政府奖学金”，我很幸运第一年就获得了奖学金。我很认可中国大学在世界上享有盛誉的事实，他们真诚热情地致力于各个领域的研究。2015年，我申请了到复旦大学和华中科技大学医学院学习，并且幸运地录取了，但我最终还是决定继续留在徐州医科大学学习。

　　我喜欢学校举办的各种各样的比赛，比如辩论赛、智力竞赛、运动会等等。我希望今后能从事神经科学领域的研究，计划在导师的指导下加入神经生物学实验室，并在本科学习结束时发表一篇自己的研究论文。到目前为止，我一直在解剖学教授魏仁攀博士主持下从事科学实验，他是一位著名的整形外科医生，从事淋巴系统的研究。我非常感谢我的老师们，他们富于合作精神，鼓励学生做研究。

　　图书馆

　　我还想提一下大学最重要的地方之一——图书馆。我们的大学在2016年建造了一座新图书馆，它看起来非常先进，图书馆里分为国际区和中文区，有很多书籍、国际期刊和文章，有最新的图书发行设备，还有如会议室、演讲厅和咖啡厅。看到这么多学生在图书馆里日夜学习真是太令人惊奇了。有时我看着中国学生从早上8点一直学习到晚上9点，中间也不休息，觉得自己应该更努力地学习。大部分中国朋友喜欢集体学习，当然还有些人喜欢独自安静地呆在教室的角落里学习。

　　医院经历

　　我想谈谈我在医学院当医科学生时的学习经历。我认为作为一名医科学生，在医院实习和照顾病人是学习过程中最好的一部分。我在徐州医科大学学习期间去过各个医院。我校附属医院有神经内科、心脏科、泌尿外科、整形外科、癌症等多个科室，每天接待大量病人。那里有许多有才华的医生、护士和其他医务人员，他们每天轮班工作24小时照顾病人。我亲自接待了很多不同病症的病人，热情地为他们讲解他们所患的疾病和必须要接受的治疗。有时看到癌症病人所遭受的身体上的疼痛和心灵上的折磨时，我也会感到非常痛苦。

　　正如我前面提到的，通过视频学习和与病人面对面的交流对于医科学生来说是非常重要的。学校不仅让我们通过书本学习，也积极推广在线课程，我也幸运地通过许多像Coursera和EDX等平台，完成了在线课程（MOOCs）。这些课程对我的医学研究很有帮助，有时很难通过书本一下子掌握难懂的术语和概念。因此，这些在线课程对我们很有帮助，因为它们帮助我们从基础了解一切。很高兴我们学校也开始向学生提供MOOCs。校领导一直非常重视在这个新的教育时代开发新的教学方法和学习新事物。我很高兴许多中国大学如复旦大学、上海交通大学、中国科技大学等都开设了这类课程来帮助学生。

　　最后陈述

　　我要尽我最大的努力去实现成为一名优秀的医生和研究人员的梦想，这样我就能减轻许多致命疾病给人类带来的痛苦。我想继续我的旅程，我要在中国成为一个好医生。我计划在中国更好的大学去继续我的硕士和博士课程，如北京大学、上海交通大学和清华大学等，我知道实现这个梦想是一个非常艰难的过程，我必须努力工作来实现这个梦想。

　　我想用爱因斯坦的一句名言结束我的文章：重要的是不要停止疑问,好奇心有其存在的理由。

　　作者：Sandeep Singh（印度）

　　译文

FOREIGNER’S COMPOSITION CONTEST

Myself Sandeep Singh, I am a 4th year medical student at Xuzhou Medical University. I want to share my experience of studying in China since last 3 years. I am an Indian citizen. I passed high school in India and decided to come to China for pursuing higher medical studies. I plan to become a Doctor and Researcher in future. I am currently pursuing M.B.B.S at Xuzhou Medical University. I can very confidently say that I am very happy with my decision of coming to china and studying Medical Science in this country where Science and Technology is advancing at a very rapid rate. I would like to express my views on how I have successfully lived here for 3 years and how I plan to achieve my dreams living in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

ACADEMICS:

I really admire the Education system in China where students are encouraged to take part actively in Research even during their undergraduate studies. In China, Chinese students as well as International students are really interested in doing various projects and doing scientific Research. I have various laboratories in my university namely the “Jiangsu Laboratory for Brain Disease and Information, Laboratory for studies in the field of Neurobiology”. All the labs are equipped with high technology equipment for Good Research. We have various students doing P.H.D and Masters here in our school in different fields. I would like to mention the fact that most of my Professors have Overseas Experience. Some of my Teachers have graduated with their P.H.Ds from world famous Institutes like Harvard Medical School, University of Melbourne, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Pittsburgh. Many of our teachers publish their scientific articles in International Journals like “European Journal of Neuroscience”.

Education in China is really Research Oriented. I would like to mention a little story here. I have a friend whose English name is Mathew. He studies Communication Engineering at Soochow University. He applied for an Exchange Program to study for one semester at the University of California. Luckily he got accepted at the university and studied there for one semester. I really like the fact that Chinese Universities promote collaboration with International Universities. I have enjoyed attending the lectures given by world famous Professors through my University. I attended a conference hosted by Professor Sian Harding from Imperial College, London. She is a Cardiologist doing Research in the field of stem cells. Professor Sian Harding is a Professor of Cardiac Pharmacology at the National Heart and lung Institute, Imperial College, London.

I was really happy to see, how some Chinese students as well as International students were actively asking questions regarding her Research. This kind of healthy environment is very important in order to promote students to take part in Research and work for the Welfare of the society. Recently, Professor Mathew from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, U.S.A visited our school and gave a lecture about Surgery and told us about his Research.

I like my teachers, who teach me various difficult subjects like anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Genetics not only by textbooks but also with the help of videos, and other online sources. Our Pharmacology teacher used to show us T.E.D talks given by doctors on different topics. I used to love these interesting topics taught in such a nice and interactive way.

EXAMINATIONS:

Now I would like to mention something about examination system in China. I feel that Examinations are difficult in China because of the fact that a student needs to achieve over 60% marks in every subject in order to pass. At the same time, our school has developed scholarship programme in order to encourage International Students. Students are awarded with the Jasmine Jiangsu Government Scholarship for their excellent performance in academics. I was lucky enough to receive scholarship for the first year. I like the fact that Chinese Universities are extremely prestigious all over the world and they put sincere effort in doing Research in various fields. In the year 2015, I applied to the Fudan University and HUST for medical studies. Luckily I got into both the institutes namely Fudan University, School of Medicine and HUST, Tongji Medical College. But I was already a student at Xuzhou Medical University, so I decided to continue my Studies here.

I like the fact that our school organizes various competitions like Debate competitions, Quiz competitions, Sports meeting etc. Till now I have mentioned a bit about how my college has helped me achieve my dream of studying in a nice college. I would like to mention that I still have a long way to go to accomplish my dreams fully. I would like to mention that I dream about a career in the field of Neuroscience. I plan to do research in this field. I plan to join the neurobiology laboratory under one of my professor and publish a research article of my own by the end of my undergraduate study. Till now, I have been attending and observing scientific experiments under my Anatomy Professor Dr. Wei Ren Pan who is a very famous plastic surgeon doing research in the field of lymphatic system. I am deeply thankful to my teachers in china who are very cooperative and encourage students to do research.

LIBRARY

I would also like to mention something about our university’s one of the most important places- Library. Our university has a new library constructed in the year 2016. It looks like a very developed library. We have an international section and a Chinese Section in our library. Our library is full of books, International Journals and articles.

I like the fact that our Library has the latest machines for issuing of books. We also have other facilities like conference rooms, lecture halls and Coffee shops for refreshments. It’s so amazing to see so many students studying in the library day and night. Sometimes I look at the Chinese students and feel that I should work harder when I see them studying from 8:00 A.M in the morning to 9:00 P.M in the night without taking a break. My Chinese friends like to study in groups; some of them study in the classrooms alone quietly.

HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES: I would love to mention something about my study experiences during my hospital class as a medical student. I think that as a medical student doing internship in the hospital and taking care of the patients is the best part of a medical student’s life. I have been to various hospitals during my study here at Xuzhou Medical University. The affiliated Hospital of our college is much updated and has many departments like Neurology, Cardiology, Urology, Orthopaedics, cancer etc. The No. 2 Hospital or the affiliated hospital of Xuzhou Medical University in Xuzhou handles a lot of patients’ every day. It has many talented doctors, nurses and other medical staff working 24 hours a day in order to take care of the patients. I have personally contacted patients receiving different kinds of treatments and I feel very proud and enthusiastic talking about their ailments and treatments they have received. Sometimes it feels very painful to see cancer patients, when they are suffering from this deadly disease and feeling that pain all the time.

As I mentioned earlier that studying through videos and face to face interaction with the patients is very important for a medical student. I would like to mention that the school teachers have been very cooperative in terms of letting us study not only through books but also through online courses. I have been lucky enough to complete many online courses (MOOCs) through organizations like Coursera and Edx. These courses have been very helpful to me in my medical studies. Sometimes it is very difficult to study through books as many terms and concepts are hard to grasp at once. So, these online courses are very helpful for us as they help us understand everything from a basic level. I am happy to mention that our school is also engaged in making MOOCs available to students. Our school leaders have been very careful of the fact that in this new era of education, we must develop new innovative methods to teach and learn new things. I am glad that many other Chinese universities like Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Science and Technology of China etc. develop these kinds of courses to help students.

CONCLUSION AND FINAL STATEMENT:

I want to try my best to achieve my Dream of becoming a good doctor and researcher, so I can relieve people of many deadly Diseases. I have achieved a little bit and I want to continue my journey here in China in order to become a good doctor. I plan to do research and continue my Masters and P.H.D in China at a very good university such as Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Tsinghua University etc. I know that achieving this big dream is a very difficult process and I have to work hard to achieve this dream.

I would like to conclude my Essay with a quote by ‘ALBERT EINSTEIN’.

“THE IMPORTANT THING IS, NOT TO STOP QUESTIONING. CURIOSITY HAS ITS OWN REASON FOR EXISTING”.