Event Review | 毕业生代表发言：永不低估一颗有梦想的心

7月11日，广东以色列理工学院隆重举行2022年本科生毕业典礼。广东以色列理工学院化学工程专业2018级学生邵远川作为毕业生代表在仪式上发言。值得一提的是，邵远川是广以首位在四年内取得双专业学位的学生，他同时获得了化学工程专业和数学与计算机科学两个专业的学位。他深情回顾了广以四年学习生活的点滴细节，感谢广以让学子们实现成长蜕变，让梦想不再遥远。他希望自己和同学们毕业生们永葆追梦赤子心，克服前方的种种困难。

以下为发言全文

尊敬的来宾，老师，教职工，家人朋友们：

今天，我非常荣幸能站在这里代表发言。首先，我要祝贺2022届的毕业生们，我们毕业了！过去两年，疫情一直影响着我们的生活，我们面临网课等等未曾预料的难题。但我们终于克服万难，顺利完成了四年的本科阶段的学习。

讲实话，当我第一次来到这里，我有点失望，校园好小啊，走一圈只要30分钟。但是，当我在这里学习了四年后，我终于意识到，我们课上学的知识，老师的智慧，学生的活力，还有不同文化的碰撞，让这片小小的校园拥有无边的生命力。我们在这里成长，在这里蜕变，更在这里收获良多。

四年前，我们心怀梦想来到这座崭新的校园。有些梦想听起来可能有些荒唐、遥不可及，让我们羞于启齿。但是，正是我们敬爱的教授们，用他们的热情与敬业感染了我们，给予我们逐梦的勇气；他们的学识和包容激励了我们，为我们指明逐梦的道路；在他们的指导下，我们褪去稚气，变得更加专业和成熟。四年过去，我们收获社会的肯定，被各大名校和名企录取。我们不再只是“白日梦想家”，而是脚踏实地的“实干家”！所以老师们，谢谢你们。是你们，让我们离梦想不再遥远！

我还想谢谢那些在背后默默支持我们的教职员工们。因为你们的付出，我们才能够享受到便利、舒适、安全的广以校园，让我们在广以的每分每秒都不曾虚度。

在广以，得高分是很难的。数不清有多少个夜晚，我和组员在一起通宵写作业、改实验报告。团队的不懈努力换来了优异的成绩，但也会有失败得低分的时候。但无论结果如何，我们都会一起庆祝、相互鼓励，用大餐犒劳自己的付出。我们常常互相打气：前方还有很多困难在等着我们，和它们相比，一门课的低分好比大海里的一小滴水那样微不足道。我们坚信，比起放弃，勇气和毅力才能帮助我们克服困难，实现目标。

当然，学习不是我们在广以生活的全部。在99%的埋头苦干之外，是我们与好友一起欢聚玩乐的时光。还记得每个期末月结束后的那段日子，我们刚逃脱苦海，宿舍便彻夜通明，一起打游戏、到周围的饭店一家家打卡、回看错过的电影和电视连续剧……这1%让我们的校园生活更丰富多样，“会学会玩”才是真正的广以学子！

奋斗四年，到达今天“毕业”这座里程碑，我们迎来了一个新的篇章。前方路漫漫，险阻未可知。但经过广以这几年的学习培养，我们一定能走向成功。今天，我们以广以为荣；明天，我们的父母、朋友、老师，还有广以，将会以我们为傲。

最后，我想以我最喜欢的一句话结尾。休斯顿火箭队主教练说过，“你永远不要低估一颗冠军的心。”于我们而言，我们永远不要低估一颗有梦想的心！希望这句话能伴随我们克服前方的种种困难。

祝我们所有人未来顺顺利利，谢谢大家。

GTIIT Commencement for Bachelor Degree Graduates 2022 was held successfully at the Gym of South Campus on July 11. Shao Yuanchuan, a graduate from Chemical Engineering Program, delivered a speech as the representative of the Class of 2022. It is noteworthy that Shao is the first GTIIT graduate to earn dual Bachelor's degrees within four years: Chemical Engineering with also minor of Mathematics with Computer Science. During the speech, Shao said that GTIIT is a boundless universe of vitality, where students grow, thrive, and harvest. He encouraged that all the students should never underestimate our hearts of dreams. 

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Good afternoon distinguished guests, faculty, staff, family, friends and most especially, the graduating class of 2022! Congratulations! It is a great honor for me to be here and speak to you today. We survived, after two years of struggle under the shadow of pandemic, online classes, and many other unexpected difficulties, and moreover, completed our four-year undergraduate study.

To tell the truth, when I first arrived here, I was a little disappointed. What a small campus! It took me only 30 minutes to take a walk around the north campus. However, after studying here for 4 years, I finally realized that the knowledge taught in our classes, the wisdom shared by our professors, the vigor infused by the talented students and the clash of multi culture made this place a boundless universe of vitality, where we grow, we thrive, and we harvest.

Four years ago, we came to this brand-new campus with great dreams bearing in hearts. Some of the dreams might seem to be ridiculous, and many of us were even afraid of speaking out loudly. However, it was you, my dear professors, your passion and dedication to work that influenced us, giving us the courage to pursue our dreams. And it was your rich knowledge and open minds that encouraged us and led us to the right way. Under your guidance, we became more professional and more mature. We received offers from our dream graduate schools and companies. We are no longer merely dreamers. We are doers! Therefore, thank you, professors, for bringing us closer to our dreams.

I also want to thank all the faculties and staff in GT. It was you who always support us behind the screen in various aspects of our campus life, making it a comfortable, convenient, and safe environment so that we can make the best of our college time. Thank you!

In GT, getting high grades is hard. I don’t remember how many times I stayed with my teammates until late night to finish our homework or lab reports. As a team, we received excellent results but sometimes we also got low grades. In either case, we would have a dinner together at the end of the semester, to celebrate our achievement, or cheer up each other for a better teamwork next time. There will be plenty of obstacles ahead of us. Compared to them, one failure in a course is a drop in the ocean. We believe that instead of giving up, courage and persistence are what we need to overcome the barriers and finally reach our destination.

Of course, no one will believe our university life is 100% about study. It’s just 99%. And what about the other 1%? We play! We study hard and play harder. We didn’t chase our dreams all the time. After surviving the finals, the dorms were bright all night long and filled with excitement from the game players. The restaurant check-in list got shorter day by day and the hard drive of the laptop was occupied by the latest movies and TV series that we missed during the semester. This 1% makes my college life more colorful.

We have been working hard for so long and finally, we reach the milestone. Today is our commencement. A new chapter is about to start. There will be plenty of barriers ahead of us, blocking the ways. But with the knowledge and the skills we gained in GT, we will walk towards the light of glory. Today, we are proud of being a student here. And I hope one day, our parents, our teachers, and GT will be proud of us as well.

At last, I want to use my favorite quote from the coach of the NBA team Houston Rockets. You should never underestimate a heart of champion. For us, we should never underestimate our hearts of dreams. I wish this sentence can accompany us through all kinds of difficulties ahead in our lives.

Good luck to every one of us in the future. Thank you.

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文/图：邵远川、GTIIT传媒与公共事务部

Text/Photos: Shao Yuanchuan, GTIIT News & Public Affairs

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