Carla l\u00e0 c\u1ef1u sinh vi\u00ean t\u1eeb Chile \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p ba n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc. Tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc, l\u00fac b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u n\u0103m h\u1ecdc m\u1edbi, c\u00f4 \u1ea5y \u0111\u01b0a em g\u00e1i, l\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean m\u1edbi, t\u1edbi g\u1eb7p t\u00f4i. Sau cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i, t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb c\u00f4 \u1ea5y chia s\u1ebb kinh nghi\u1ec7m v\u1edbi sinh vi\u00ean c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i trong l\u1edbp “Nh\u1eadp m\u00f4n h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng m\u00e1y t\u00ednh.” Sau \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1u c\u00f4 \u1ea5y n\u00f3i:<\/p>\n
“L\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf \u1edf \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc M\u0129, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1ea3i nghi\u1ec7m nhi\u1ec1u x\u00fac \u0111\u1ed9ng: h\u1ea1nh ph\u00fac, bu\u1ed3n r\u1ea7u v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i. Ba n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p t\u1eeb Carnegie Mellon v\u00e0 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean trong gia \u0111\u00ecnh t\u00f4i c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u1eb1ng c\u1eed nh\u00e2n. Gia \u0111\u00ecnh t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 t\u1eebng l\u00e0 n\u00f4ng d\u00e2n trong nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ebf h\u1ec7. B\u1ed1 t\u00f4i h\u1ecdc xong trung h\u1ecdc, nh\u01b0ng m\u1eb9 t\u00f4i th\u00ec kh\u00f4ng. V\u00ec t\u00f4i c\u00f2n tr\u1ebb, t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i gi\u00fap b\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 t\u00f4i l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c tr\u00ean c\u00e1nh \u0111\u1ed3ng \u0111\u1ec3 tr\u1ed3ng c\u00e2y sau khi t\u1edbi tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng l\u00e0 gian kh\u1ed5 v\u00ec nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ee9 ph\u1ee5 thu\u1ed9c v\u00e0o th\u1eddi ti\u1ebft v\u00e0 th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Trong th\u1eddi ti\u1ebft x\u1ea5u, c\u00e2y tr\u1ed3ng kh\u00f4ng m\u1ecdc t\u1ed1t, ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111\u00f3i, v\u00e0 b\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i vay ti\u1ec1n \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u0103m nom gia \u0111\u00ecnh b\u1ea9y ng\u01b0\u1eddi. Trong th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng k\u00e9m, c\u00e1i ch\u00fang t\u00f4i tr\u1ed3ng ra kh\u00f4ng b\u00e1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c, cho d\u00f9 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u00f3i, nh\u01b0ng b\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ee7 ti\u1ec1n \u0111\u1ec3 mua h\u1ea1t gi\u1ed1ng cho v\u1ee5 sau. \u0110\u00f3 \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0 cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a n\u00f4ng d\u00e2n \u1edf Chile, v\u00e0 t\u00f4i ch\u1eafc \u1edf c\u00e1c n\u01b0\u1edbc n\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p kh\u00e1c c\u0169ng th\u1ebf.<\/p>\n
B\u1ed1 t\u00f4i khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch t\u00f4i theo \u0111u\u1ed5i gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c nh\u01b0 c\u00e1ch \u0111\u1ec3 tho\u00e1t kh\u1ecfi cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n n\u00e0y. Sau khi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p kh\u1ecfi tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc v\u1edbi m\u1ee9c danh d\u1ef1 h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u; th\u1ea7y gi\u00e1o c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch t\u00f4i xen h\u1ecdc b\u1ed5ng c\u1ee7a ch\u00ednh ph\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111i h\u1ecdc n\u01b0\u1edbc ngo\u00e0i.\u00a0 Cho d\u00f9 c\u00f3 h\u1ecdc b\u1ed5ng tr\u1ea3 cho h\u1ecdc ph\u00ed, t\u00f4i v\u1eabn ph\u1ea3i xin v\u00e0o tr\u01b0\u1eddng M\u0129. V\u1edbi s\u1ef1 gi\u00fap \u0111\u1ee1 c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y gi\u00e1o c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 nhi\u1ec1u tu\u1ea7n t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm tr\u00ean Internet, t\u00f4i v\u1eabn kh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft g\u00ec m\u1ea5y v\u1ec1 c\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng M\u0129. T\u00f4i quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh xin v\u00e0o 10 \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u, 20 \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc trung b\u00ecnh v\u00e0 10 \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc \u00edt t\u00ean tu\u1ed5i h\u01a1n v\u1edbi hi v\u1ecdng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u1ea5p nh\u1eadn. V\u1edbi ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, t\u00f4i nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c 12 vi\u1ec7c nh\u1eadn h\u1ecdc, ba trong ch\u00fang t\u1eeb c\u00e1c \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u (Carnegie Mellon, PennState, v\u00e0 Yale.) T\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft c\u1ea7n ch\u1ecdn tr\u01b0\u1eddng n\u00e0o, nh\u01b0ng th\u1ea7y gi\u00e1o t\u00f4i n\u00f3i: “T\u01b0\u01a1ng lai l\u00e0 khoa h\u1ecdc v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7, t\u1ea1i sao kh\u00f4ng v\u00e0o tr\u01b0\u1eddng k\u0129 thu\u1eadt t\u1ed1t nh\u1ea5t \u1edf M\u0129?” \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 l\u00ed do t\u1ea1i sao t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh t\u1edbi Carnegie Mellon.<\/p>\n
Cho d\u00f9 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ea1nh ph\u00fac \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ecdc \u1edf M\u0129, t\u00f4i c\u0169ng c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y bu\u1ed3n khi r\u1eddi kh\u1ecfi gia \u0111\u00ecnh, v\u00e0 vi\u1ec7c nh\u1edb nh\u00e0 n\u00e0y k\u00e9o d\u00e0i trong v\u00e0i th\u00e1ng. T\u00f4i c\u00f3 “c\u1ea3m gi\u00e1c kh\u00f4ng tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i” v\u1ec1 vi\u1ec7c s\u1ed1ng \u1edf m\u1ed9t n\u01b0\u1edbc kh\u00e1c th\u1ebf v\u1edbi n\u01a1i t\u00f4i xu\u1ea5t th\u00e2n, v\u00e0 c\u1ea3m gi\u00e1c n\u00e0y c\u00f2n l\u1ea1i v\u1edbi t\u00f4i trong su\u1ed1t nh\u1eefng n\u0103m \u1edf \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i. Trong khi t\u00f4i h\u1ecdc trong th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n c\u00f3 \u0111i\u1ec1u ho\u00e0 nhi\u1ec7t \u0111\u1ed9, t\u00f4i bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n t\u00f4i \u0111ang l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c tr\u00ean n\u00f4ng tr\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a b\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 h\u1ecd d\u01b0\u1edbi m\u1eb7t tr\u1eddi n\u00f3ng. Khi t\u00f4i \u0111i xem phim v\u1edbi b\u1ea1n b\u00e8 v\u00e0o bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i, t\u00f4i bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng anh v\u00e0 ch\u1ecb t\u00f4i v\u1eabn \u0111ang chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb c\u00e2y tr\u1ed3ng \u0111\u1ec3 b\u00e1n \u1edf ch\u1ee3 ng\u00e0y h\u00f4m sau. Khi t\u00f4i \u0103n th\u1ee9c \u0103n \u0111\u1ea7y dinh d\u01b0\u1ee1ng trong ph\u00f2ng \u0103n c\u1ee7a tr\u01b0\u1eddng, nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u01b0\u1edbc t\u00f4i c\u00f2n c\u00f3 kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n \u0111\u1ec3 t\u00ecm n\u01b0\u1edbc s\u1ea1ch v\u00e0 th\u1ee9c \u0103n cho b\u1eefa \u0103n c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. T\u00f4i nh\u1eadn ra t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 may m\u1eafn l\u00e0m sao, nh\u01b0ng c\u0169ng c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y r\u1ea5t kh\u00f4ng tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i, v\u00ec t\u00f4i th\u01b0\u1eddng ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 n\u01b0\u1edbc t\u00f4i v\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi d\u00e2n c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i.<\/p>\n
L\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng M\u0129 l\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng d\u1ec5 d\u00e0ng. \u1ede Chile, t\u00f4i l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng h\u1ecdc sinh h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u, nh\u01b0ng trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng n\u00e0y, n\u01a1i nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi gi\u1ecfi nh\u1ea5t \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ecd, t\u00f4i ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t sinh vi\u00ean nh\u01b0 b\u1ea5t k\u00ec ai kh\u00e1c. Cho d\u00f9 ti\u1ebfng Anh c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i tuy\u1ec7t h\u1ea3o; t\u00f4i v\u1eabn m\u1ea5t g\u1ea7n m\u1ed9t n\u0103m \u0111\u1ec3 c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y tho\u1ea3i m\u00e1i trong n\u00f3i chuy\u1ec7n v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. N\u0103m th\u1ee9 nh\u1ea5t l\u00e0 r\u1ea5t th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c, kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i b\u1edfi v\u00ec ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef, m\u00e0 b\u1edfi ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p d\u1ea1y v\u00e0 nhi\u1ec1u b\u00e0i \u0111\u1ecdc th\u1ebf. Ngay c\u1ea3 v\u1edbi ai \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u \u1edf tr\u01b0\u1eddng trung h\u1ecdc nh\u01b0 t\u00f4i, t\u00f4i v\u1eabn g\u1eb7p kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n \u0111\u1ec3 ho\u00e0n th\u00e0nh ph\u00e2n c\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ecdc b\u00e0i. T\u00f4i th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u1ecdc l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 ch\u00ednh c\u1ee7a nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi tin r\u1eb1ng \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 do ti\u1ebfng Anh. V\u00ec t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ed7 b\u00e0i ki\u1ec3m tra th\u00e0nh th\u1ea1o ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi t\u1edbi \u0111\u00e2y, \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c. Ngay c\u1ea3 nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00f3i ti\u1ebfng Anh v\u00e0 hi\u1ec3u b\u00e0i gi\u1ea3ng t\u1ed1t; vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u1ecdc v\u1eabn l\u00e0 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1. B\u1ea5t k\u00ec ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00e0o c\u0169ng c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f3 kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n trong n\u0103m th\u1ee9 nh\u1ea5t, nh\u01b0ng sau hai, ba hay b\u1ed1n n\u0103m nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi v\u1eabn c\u00f3 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 v\u1edbi vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u1ecdc. T\u00f4i k\u1ebft lu\u1eadn r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n th\u00f3i quen \u0111\u1ecdc t\u1ed1t. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 l\u00ed do t\u1ea1i sao nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng h\u1ecdc t\u1ed1t trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng.<\/p>\n
Kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n kh\u00e1c m\u00e0 nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u1ed1i di\u1ec7n l\u00e0 vi\u1ec7c kh\u00f4ng quen v\u1edbi ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p d\u1ea1y. T\u1ea1i Carnegie Mellon, nhi\u1ec1u l\u1edbp \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u1ea1y d\u00f9ng ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p h\u1ecdc ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ed9ng n\u01a1i sinh vi\u00ean ph\u1ea3i tham gia v\u00e0o th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn tr\u00ean l\u1edbp. \u0110\u1ec3 di\u1ec5n \u0111\u1ea1t \u00fd ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n y\u00eau c\u1ea7u kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng n\u00f3i n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3. N\u1ebfu b\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ecdc t\u1ed1t, hay kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 v\u1ed1n t\u1eeb v\u1ef1ng gi\u1ea7u c\u00f3, b\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 di\u1ec5n \u0111\u1ea1t \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u1ea3n th\u00e2n b\u1ea1n t\u1ed1t. T\u00f4i th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ecdc nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n c\u00f3 xu h\u01b0\u1edbng c\u00f3 \u0111a d\u1ea1ng t\u1eeb \u0111\u1ec3 di\u1ec5n \u0111\u1ea1t \u00fd ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd h\u01a1n ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. Th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn cho ph\u00e9p sinh vi\u00ean xem x\u00e9t nhi\u1ec1u quan \u0111i\u1ec3m tr\u00ean ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1. Khi sinh vi\u00ean chia s\u1ebb \u00fd ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u1ec1 t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc, h\u1ecd c\u0169ng h\u1ecdc t\u1eeb ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. Vi\u1ec7c d\u00f9ng th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn cho ph\u00e9p sinh vi\u00ean th\u00e1m hi\u1ec3m ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 s\u00e2u h\u01a1n ch\u1ec9 nghe b\u00e0i gi\u1ea3ng. Qua th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn, sinh vi\u00ean c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 th\u0103m d\u00f2 nhi\u1ec1u chi ti\u1ebft m\u00e0 \u0111\u00f4i khi b\u1ecb b\u1ecf qua trong b\u00e0i gi\u1ea3ng. B\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn, sinh vi\u00ean \u0111i s\u00e2u h\u01a1n v\u00e0o ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 v\u00e0 hi\u1ec3u \u0111\u1ea7y \u0111\u1ee7 ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1 t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n.<\/p>\n
Nh\u01b0 nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf, t\u00f4i nh\u00fat nh\u00e1t v\u00e0 \u01b0a th\u00edch kh\u00f4ng n\u00f3i m\u1ea5y tr\u00ean l\u1edbp. T\u00f4i may m\u1eafn h\u1ecdc m\u00f4n “Nh\u1eadp m\u00f4n h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng m\u00e1y t\u00ednh” do gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 V\u0169 d\u1ea1y. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c v\u00ec c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u b\u00e0i \u0111\u1ecdc, b\u00e0i t\u1eadp v\u1ec1 nh\u00e0 v\u00e0 th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn tr\u00ean l\u1edbp th\u1ebf. Sau v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y b\u1ecb tr\u00e0n ng\u1eadp, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 ngh\u0129 t\u1edbi vi\u1ec7c b\u1ecf m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc n\u00e0y. Khi t\u00f4i t\u1edbi g\u1eb7p th\u1ea7y, th\u1ea7y n\u00f3i: “Th\u1ea7y m\u1eebng l\u00e0 em \u0111\u00e3 t\u1edbi g\u1eb7p th\u1ea7y tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi b\u1ecf l\u1edbp. Em kh\u00f4ng n\u00ean t\u1eeb b\u1ecf d\u1ec5 d\u00e0ng th\u1ebf. Em ph\u1ea3i d\u0169ng c\u1ea3m v\u01b0\u1ee3t qua nh\u1eefng ch\u01b0\u1edbng ng\u1ea1i n\u00e0y v\u00e0 ti\u1ebfn l\u00ean. Nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm gi\u00fap \u0111\u1ee1, h\u1ecd c\u1ee9 b\u1ecf m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc, r\u1ed3i h\u1ecd c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i. \u0110\u00f4i khi th\u00e1i \u0111\u1ed9 n\u00e0y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 k\u00e9o d\u00e0i trong m\u1ed9t th\u1eddi gian l\u00e2u. Th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng ngh\u0129a l\u00e0 n\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c, b\u1ea1n c\u00e0ng \u0111\u01b0a nhi\u1ec1u n\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c v\u00e0o vi\u1ec7c h\u1ecdc, k\u1ebft qu\u1ea3 c\u00e0ng t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n. Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 c\u00e1ch kh\u00e1c ngo\u00e0i vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u01b0a n\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n v\u00e0o. Sinh vi\u00ean ph\u1ea3i kh\u00f4ng s\u1ee3 th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i; \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc l\u00e0 n\u01a1i h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc chinh ph\u1ee5c nh\u1eefng c\u00e1i s\u1ee3 n\u00e0y v\u00e0 h\u1ecdc t\u1eeb th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd.”<\/p>\n
Sau bu\u1ed5i g\u1eb7p, m\u1eb7c cho c\u1ea3m gi\u00e1c ti\u00eau c\u1ef1c, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng b\u1ecf m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc. V\u00ec t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng n\u00f3i nhi\u1ec1u, th\u1ea7y g\u1ecdi t\u00ean t\u00f4i m\u1ecdi l\u00fac v\u00e0 bu\u1ed9c t\u00f4i ph\u1ea3i di\u1ec5n \u0111\u1ea1t c\u00e1ch nh\u00ecn c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i. Th\u1eadm ch\u00ed h\u00f4m nay t\u00f4i v\u1eabn nh\u1edb sinh \u0111\u1ed9ng ti\u1ebfng c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y: “Carla, \u00fd ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a em l\u00e0 g\u00ec v\u1ec1 …”; “Carla n\u00f3i cho c\u1ea3 l\u1edbp v\u1ec1 ….”; “Carla ch\u1ec9 cho c\u1ea3 l\u1edbp thu\u1eadt to\u00e1n c\u1ee7a em v\u1ec1 ….” Cho d\u00f9 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t; t\u00f4i ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c h\u1ecdc ba m\u00f4n t\u1eeb th\u1ea7y. Trong t\u1eebng l\u1edbp, th\u1ea7y li\u00ean t\u1ee5c khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch t\u00f4i, v\u00e0 t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nhi\u1ec1u t\u1eeb th\u1ea7y, kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 v\u1ec1 k\u0129 thu\u1eadt m\u00e0 c\u00f2n \u0111\u1eb7t ra chi\u1ec1u h\u01b0\u1edbng r\u00f5 r\u00e0ng cho t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i.”<\/p>\n
“T\u00f4i ch\u1eafc trong l\u1edbp n\u00e0y; c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd nghe th\u1ea7y n\u00f3i: “Nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong c\u00e1c em ch\u1ec9 ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 ki\u1ebfm vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m, nh\u01b0ng \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 d\u1ec5 d\u00e0ng. B\u1ea5t k\u00ec ai c\u0169ng c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m v\u00ec n\u00f3 l\u00e0 c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 c\u00e1c em l\u00e0m \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c tr\u1ea3 l\u01b0\u01a1ng. T\u1ed1t h\u01a1n l\u00e0 ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 ngh\u1ec1 nghi\u1ec7p m\u00e0 c\u00e1c em th\u00edch l\u00e0m cho ph\u1ea7n c\u00f2n l\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a \u0111\u1eddi c\u00e1c em.” Khi m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 trong c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n th\u1ea3o lu\u1eadn v\u1ec1 \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m v\u00e0 l\u01b0\u01a1ng, th\u1ea7y th\u01b0\u1eddng n\u00f3i: “Nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong c\u00e1c em v\u1eabn ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 ti\u1ec1n. V\u1edbi b\u1eb1ng khoa h\u1ecdc m\u00e1y t\u00ednh, c\u00e1c em s\u1ebd l\u00e0m ra nhi\u1ec1u ti\u1ec1n. M\u1eb7c d\u1ea7u ti\u1ec1n l\u00e0 c\u1ea7n thi\u1ebft, n\u00f3 s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng cho c\u00e1c em h\u1ea1nh ph\u00fac m\u00e0 c\u00e1c em ngh\u0129 c\u00e1c em s\u1ebd c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c. N\u00f3 s\u1ebd l\u00e0m cho c\u00e1c em c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y tham. N\u00f3 s\u1ebd l\u00e0m cho c\u00e1c em mu\u1ed1n nhi\u1ec1u h\u01a1n. N\u00f3 s\u1ebd l\u00e0m cho c\u00e1c em so s\u00e1nh v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c; n\u00f3 s\u1ebd l\u00e0m cho c\u00e1c em l\u00e0m nh\u1eefng th\u1ee9 m\u00e0 c\u00e1c em th\u1eadm ch\u00ed kh\u00f4ng ngh\u0129 t\u1edbi, ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ec3 c\u00f3 ti\u1ec1n. T\u1ed1t h\u01a1n c\u1ea3 l\u00e0 c\u00f3 ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ecbnh trong cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng, s\u1ed1ng cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a, c\u00e1c em s\u1ebd c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y gi\u1ea7u c\u00f3 h\u01a1n v\u00e0 h\u1ea1nh ph\u00fac h\u01a1n.” T\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc b\u1ed1n l\u1edbp c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y v\u00e0 nghe th\u1ea7y n\u00f3i \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 m\u1ecdi l\u00fac. T\u00f4i ch\u1eafc c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd nghe th\u00f4ng \u0111i\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y.”<\/p>\n
“V\u00ec \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p t\u1eeb ba n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc, t\u00f4i quay tr\u1edf v\u1ec1 nh\u00e0 v\u00e0 c\u00f3 vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t v\u1edbi Empressa Falabella, m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng c\u00f4ng ti l\u1edbn nh\u1ea5t \u1edf Chile. Vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i bao g\u1ed3m \u00e1p d\u1ee5ng k\u0129 n\u0103ng c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec3 c\u1ea3i ti\u1ebfn h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng m\u00e1y t\u00ednh c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng ti v\u00e0 t\u1ef1 \u0111\u1ed9ng ho\u00e1 c\u00e1c qui tr\u00ecnh chung \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m t\u0103ng hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3. B\u00ean c\u1ea1nh vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, t\u00f4i t\u00ecnh nguy\u1ec7n d\u1ea1y l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh m\u00e1y t\u00ednh cho h\u1ecdc sinh trung h\u1ecdc v\u00e0 khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch h\u1ecd h\u1ecdc khoa h\u1ecdc v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7. Trong ba n\u0103m, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o nhi\u1ec1u con c\u00e1i n\u00f4ng d\u00e2n nh\u01b0 t\u00f4i. T\u00f4i b\u1ea3o h\u1ecd r\u1eb1ng c\u00e1ch t\u1ed1t nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u1ec3 tho\u00e1t kh\u1ecfi ngh\u00e8o l\u00e0 gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c t\u1ed1t, \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t trong c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7. N\u0103m nay, nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong s\u1ed1 h\u1ecd c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ecdc b\u1ed5ng \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111i h\u1ecdc n\u01b0\u1edbc ngo\u00e0i, v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong s\u1ed1 h\u1ecd l\u00e0 em t\u00f4i Carmela. C\u00f4 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 xin v\u00e0o nhi\u1ec1u tr\u01b0\u1eddng, nh\u01b0ng t\u00f4i kh\u0103ng kh\u0103ng r\u1eb1ng c\u00f4 \u1ea5y n\u00ean xin v\u00e0o Carnegie Mellon. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 l\u00ed do t\u1ea1i sao ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u1edf \u0111\u00e2y h\u00f4m nay. T\u00f4i \u0111\u01b0a em t\u00f4i t\u1edbi g\u1eb7p gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 V\u0169 \u0111\u1ec3 c\u00e1m \u01a1n th\u1ea7y v\u00ec \u0111\u00e3 khuy\u1ebfn kh\u00edch t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ea1t t\u1edbi m\u1ee5c \u0111\u00edch gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u00e0 \u0111\u00e3 gi\u00fap t\u00f4i t\u1ea1o ra kh\u00e1c bi\u1ec7t trong \u0111\u1eddi s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c.”<\/p>\n
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The story of Carla<\/p>\n
Carla is a former student from Chile who graduated three years ago. Last week, at the beginning of the new school year, she took her sister, who was a new student, to see me. After our conversation, I asked her to share the experience with students in my “Introduction to Computer Systems” class. Following was what she said:<\/p>\n
“As an international student in a U.S. university, I experienced a lot of emotions: Happy, Sad, and Uncomfortable. Three years ago, I graduated from Carnegie Mellon and became the first one in my family to earn a Bachelor’s degree. My family has been farmers for many generations. My father finished high school, but my mother did not. Since I was young, I had to help my parents to work the field to grow crops after school. Life was hard because so many things were depending on the weather and the market. In bad weather, the crops did not grow well, we were hungry, and my parents had to borrow money to take care of a family of seven. In a bad market, what we grew could not sell, even we were not hungry, but my parents did not have enough money to buy seeds for the next season. That was the farmers’ lives in Chile, and I am sure in other agricultural countries too.<\/p>\n
My father encouraged me to pursue education as the way to escape this hard lives. After graduated from high school with top honor; my teachers encouraged me to apply for a government’s scholarship to study abroad.\u00a0 Even having a scholarship that pays for my tuition, I still had to apply to get into a U.S. schools. With the help of my teachers and many weeks of research on the Internet, I still did not know much about U.S. schools. I decided to apply to 10 top universities, 20 averaged universities, and 10 lesser known universities with the hope of getting accepted. To my surprise, I received 12 admissions, three of them were from top universities. (Carnegie Mellon, PennState, and Yale.) I did not know which school to choose, but my teacher said: “The future is in science and technology, why not go to the best technical school in the U.S.” That was why I decided to go to Carnegie Mellon.<\/p>\n
Even I was happy to study in the U.S., I also felt sad\u00a0 to leave my family, and this homesickness lasted for several months. I had an “uncomfortable feeling” about living in a country so different from where I came from, and this feeling stayed with me throughout my years in college. While I studied in an air-conditioned library, I knew that many of my friends were working on their parents’ farm under the hot sun. While I went to movies with friends in the evening , I knew that my brothers and sisters were preparing the crops to sell in the market the next day. While I ate nutritious foods in the school dining room, many of my people were having difficulty to find clean water and food for their meal. I realized how lucky I was, but also felt very\u00a0 uncomfortable, as I kept thinking about my country and my people.<\/p>\n
Being an international student in a U.S. school was not easy. In Chile, I was one of the top students, but in this school, where many students were the best from their school, I was just a student like anybody else. Even my English was excellent; it took me almost a year to feel comfortable in conversation with others. The first year was very challenging, not because of the language, but the teaching method and so much reading. Even for someone who read a lot in high school like me, I still had difficulty to complete the reading assignments. I found that reading is one of the major problems of many international students. Some believe that it was due to the English language. Since all of them passed a language proficiency test before coming here, it could not be the language problem. Even many spoke English and understood the lectures well; reading was still an issue. Anyone could have difficulty in the first year, but after two, three, or four years many were still having a problem with reading. I conclude that they did not develop a good reading habit. That was\u00a0 why many did not do well in school.<\/p>\n
Another difficulty that many international students faced was their unfamiliar with the teaching method. At Carnegie Mellon, many classes were taught using the Active Learning method where students must participate in class discussion. To express your opinion requires a certain verbal ability. If you do not read well, or having a rich vocabulary,\u00a0 you cannot express yourselves well. I found that those who read more tend to have a variety of words to express their opinion than others. Discussions allow students to consider several viewpoints on a subject.\u00a0 As students share their opinions about the course materials, they also learn from others. The use of discussions allows students to explore a topic more deeply than just listening to a lecture. Through the discussion, students can explore a lot of details that sometimes get ignored during a lecture. By discussion, students go deeper on a topic and fully understand the subject better.<\/p>\n
Like many International students, I was shy and preferred not to say much in class. I was fortunate to take the “Introduction to Computer Systems” taught by Professor Vu. That was a challenging course because there were so much reading, homework and class discussions. After a few weeks of feeling overwhelmed, I was thinking about dropping the course. When I came to see him, he said: “I am glad that you came to see me before dropping the class. You should not give up that easily. You must be courageous to overcome these obstacles and moved forward. Many students never seek help, they just dropped the course, then felt that they had failed. Sometimes this failure attitude could last for a long time. Success means efforts, the more efforts you put in learning, the better outcomes. There is no other way but putting in your efforts. Students should not be afraid of failure; the university is where they learn to conquer these fears and learn from their failure.”<\/p>\n
After the meeting, despite the negative feeling, I did not drop the course. Since I did not talk much, he called my name all the time and forced me to express my view. Even today I still vividly remember his voice: “Carla, what is your opinion about …”; “Carla tells the class about ….”; “Carla shows the class your algorithm on ….” Even I did not do well; I continued to take three more courses from him. In each class, he continued to encourage me, and I have learned a lot from him, not just technical but also setting a clear direction for my future.”<\/p>\n
“I am sure in this class; you will hear him say: “Many of you are only thinking about getting a job, but that is easy. Anyone can get a job because it is something you do to get paid. It is better to think about a career that you enjoy to do for the rest of your life.” When some of you are discussing job offers and the salary, he often said: “Many of you are still thinking about money. With the Computer Science degree, you will make a lot of money. Although money is necessary, it will not give you the happiness that you think you will get. It will make you feel greedy. It will make you wanting more. It will make you compare with others; it will make you do things that you do not even think of, just to get the money. It is better to have a purpose in life, living a meaningful life, you will feel richer and happier.” I have taken four classes from him and heard him said that all the time. I am sure you will hear his messages.”<\/p>\n
“Since graduated three years ago, I went back home and got a good job with Empressa Falabella, one of the largest companies in Chile. My job involved applying my skills to improve the company’s computer systems and automate common processes to increase efficiency. Besides my job, I volunteered to teach computer programming to high school students and encouraged them to learn science and technology. For three years, I have trained many farmers’ children like me. I told them that the best way out of poverty is a good education, especially in technology. This year, several of them got scholarships to study oversea, and one of them is my Sister Carmela. She applied to many schools, but I insisted that she applied to Carnegie Mellon. That is why we are here today. I take my sister to meet professor Vu to thank him for encouraging me to achieve my educational goals and helped me to make a difference in the lives of others.”<\/p>\n
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