Hue - a study land

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:08:42 GMT

Yeah, it's true. That's what people say, not only me. Let see why people say that...

Most of my friends and people I know who went to the universities at the big cities in Vietnam like Saigon, Hanoi, Danang and stayed there after they finishied their courses, they tried to get a job after graduate and work... work... work. They have never thought of study anything more (maybe except foreign language (English) with some of them cause it's necessary for their daily job). The only thing they have thought of for the very first years of their working life is that changing to the new companies which have the higher salary than the one at their current company. In fact, with them a bachelor is enough...

But let see what the friends who studied in Hue and stayed here for work are doing? especially working for a University like me. Still studying and have not known when our study process will be done. What do we study? After undergraduate, postgraduate, MA next and maybe PhD and postPhD. But go together with all of those are hundred of different classes; exclusive associate professor and professor after all of those degrees. Just a very small example on me, finished 4 years at undergraduate level, I have worked for the University here and now have to study at Master level. At the same time I have to finish some more classes which are required: philosophy certificate, foreign language certificate, research methods certificate, teaching methods certificate, computing and foreign language (again) and labour law classes to be a civil employee soon. What are next? They will be computing and foreign language (again, again) and education law classes to be a principal lecturer, will be politics argument classes if you are working on PhD degree...

What is the reason? Saigon, Hanoi, Danang are the developed places. They are called industrial cities. Lots of private companies, foreign companies, joint-venture companies,... there and those kind of companies, they don't really care about the degrees. Their employee selecting process is more pragmatic; interview, few months' trial and then sign a contract if you can work well. And until you can't satisfy the requirements of the company, they will kick you out. So in those cities, you don't even need your degree to get a job if you really work well.

In Hue, not many of those kind of companies, but lots of government agencies. And when people are working for a government agency, the only thing they want to have as soon as possible is that being made a regular member of the personel (not at trial period anymore). And then, they don't have to be worry about how they work, because no one can kick them out from the agency. One of the important requirements for that is the certificates that I mentioned above. Another reason might be working for the government agencies is not busy (except people who are REALLY working) and the easy way to be... busy is going to study (what is the purpose of studying? to learn to WORK. Some people say that they are keeping doing the first duty, but NOT for the second one). Take a look on people around them and see people are all studying, they would be impatient and would decide to study more...

That's why we call Hue is a study land; study, study, study for the whole life.

I told myself when I got in the university that I would have spent time only on improving my professional capacity and teaching until I have a good capacity, I can easily change to a new job that I would love to do. I told myself "I don't need to try to be a regular member of the personel of a government agency". But until I turned round to look back, I recognized that I have been stuck in hundred unnecessary classes and wasting time on them since when I don't even know.

IELTS Score

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:54:45 GMT

Listening 5.5

Reading 5.0

Writing 7.0

Speaking 6.0

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Overall Band Score: 6.0

GREAT !!!

IELTS exam today

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:59:42 GMT

Well well, I have finished the listening, reading and writing modules of my IELTS exam this morning but if you ask me how I did the exam, I will say that... I don't know. Actually, I don't know, I don't know I did them right or wrong because they are so hard and the answers are too similar to choose. I did finish all of them but to guess about how many marks I could get, humm..., I can't do that. But anyway, I have finished 3/4 of my exam so now, I am not so nervous as I was before the exam began. Hopefully, I will do well the speaking on next Monday.

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Hue - a study land

IELTS Score

IELTS exam today