第一天 – First Day

dì yī tiān

di yi tian de yang guang tou guo wu tong ye sa zai xiao yuan li, wo zuan zhe ke biao, shou xin wei wei chu han. xue shu dian tang de da men gang gang kai qi, wo xuan le san men zhuan ye he xin ke, mei yi men dou yao qiu ji gao de xue shu tou ru. jiao shou zai kai xue dian li shang shuo, da xue si nian yao xiu man yi bai liu shi ge xue fen, qi zhong bi xiu ke zhan le da ban, zhe rang wo ji xing fen you jin zhang.

wo de zhuan ye shi li lun wu li, ke cheng biao shang pai man le liang zi li xue he dian ci xue zhe yang de bi xiu ke. di yi tang ke, zhu jiao fa xia hou hou yi die yue du cai liao, shuo zhe shi ben xue qi de xue shu ji chu. wo fan kan zhe mu lu, fa xian mei men ke cheng dou yao qiu wan cheng du li yan jiu xiang mu, mei ge xue fen bei hou dou shi chen dian dian de si kao. shi you bao yuan bi xiu ke tai duo, wo que jue de zhe xie ke cheng neng bang wo gou jian wan zheng de zhi shi kuang jia.

xia wu xuan xiu ke jie shao hui shang, wo yi wai fa xian yi men guan yu ke xue zhe xue de ke cheng, sui ran ta bu shi bi xiu ke, dan jiao shou shuo ta ke yi wei zhuan ye xue xi ti gong xin de shi jiao. wo you yu shi fou yao jia xuan, yin wei zhe hui zeng jia liu ge xue fen. zui zhong, wo jue ding ting cong nei xin de xue shu re qing, zai ke biao shang tian le zhe men ke. zou chu jiao xue lou shi, xi yang ba ying zi la de hen chang, wo zhi dao, zhe di yi tian de mi mang he xuan ze, zheng shi da xue sheng huo zui zhen shi de xue shu qi meng.

First Day

The sunlight of the first day filtered through the sycamore leaves onto the campus. I clutched my schedule, my palms slightly sweaty. The gates of the academic hall had just opened. I had chosen three core courses in my major, each requiring extremely high academic commitment. The professor said at the opening ceremony that we need to complete 160 credits in four years, with required courses taking up most of them. This made me both excited and nervous.

My major is theoretical physics, and my schedule is filled with required courses like quantum mechanics and electromagnetism. In the first class, the teaching assistant handed out a thick stack of reading materials, saying this is the academic foundation for the semester. I flipped through the table of contents and found that each course requires completing an independent research project, and every credit carries heavy thinking. My roommate complained that there are too many required courses, but I feel these courses can help me build a complete knowledge framework.

At the afternoon elective course introduction session, I unexpectedly discovered a course on philosophy of science. Although it is not a required course, the professor said it can provide a new perspective for professional study. I hesitated about whether to add it, because it would increase six credits. In the end, I decided to follow my inner academic passion and added this course to my schedule. When I walked out of the teaching building, the setting sun stretched my shadow long. I knew that the confusion and choices of this first day were the most genuine academic initiation of university life.

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