圣诞假期中,APAPA在克利夫兰组织了一次极好的活动,请八位现在的大学生来讲他们上大学后的感受,对现在的中学生怎么安排学习生活、如何准备大学申请、怎么选择今后的方向,都非常有启发。以下是我参加座谈会后的个人感受。
那个谨慎全面、每个Quarter都得了A的学霸,反思自己是不是太纠结于成绩了。他给弟弟妹妹的忠告是:可以放松一点,中间得一两个B没关系,只要最后年终成绩是A就都一样。

大学生们提到学习成绩没有那么重要,寻找自己的兴趣,坚持、发展、深入更重要。

那个高挑的女孩,回忆自己适应大学学习的过程,提到:学期结束我们宿舍四个女孩子畅谈,大家才发现彼此都经历了摸索和适应的过程,如果我们早点敞开心扉,该多好啊。

有家长指着自己的儿子说,这个孩子花太多时间玩电子游戏,考试成绩对付到了A就不再努力了,怎么办?

结果大学生们纷纷自曝高中时也玩游戏,还有家长粗暴夺走游戏、锁计算机的。他们谈了如何控制游戏时间,不让游戏影响到学业。

感谢在座的一位高中生家长,他问了很多好问题。

当被问到,“你们高中时代让你记忆最深的是什么?” 很多大学生都提到是体育活动,足球、网球、游泳,等等。那些当时折磨他们、让他们痛苦的经历,给了他们启迪,现在回忆起来,都觉得很值得、很珍贵。

曾被西点录取、最后去了大藤的年轻人讲了她在大学里探索自我的道路。看得出她是一个有思想的人,也更佩服她父母面对一个休学一年的女儿给予的理解和支持。她幽默地说,经过她的一番折腾,父母思想的改变也很大,弟弟遇到的是全新的更好的两位家长了。
当问大学生们最后还有什么要说的,那个大眼睛的姑娘说,她最想感谢她的父母。父母的教育让她中文娴熟,她在大学里交了很多中国好朋友,对她的生活、专业帮助都很大。父母一直支持她,哪怕半夜三点她也可以打电话给爸爸妈妈,倾诉考试不理想,家长总是倾听、理解、支持。她的一番话让在座的家长们泪花闪闪。

这些大学生的发言不仅孩子学到很多,家长们收获也很大。不仅了解了年轻人的想法,更知道了该怎样尽力做一个好家长。

这个会后,有个家长提到她家小孩参加了这个活动后的改变:

今天早上我们十岁的儿子(老二)问我,“妈妈,我长大了干嘛?我的Passion是什么?” 新年前夜,家里12 点玩一个西班牙游戏,吃十二个葡萄,12个wish。他写了, 其中几条是:“Graduate from Ivy league schools. “ ”Find my talent.” ”Find my passion, improve my sports.” 我看老二比老大还要印象深刻、影响深远。榜样的力量无穷大∞啊!
APAPA已经组织了好几次特别棒的活动,之前的一次大学申请讲座也是干货满满。看到他们即将组织一次有关亚裔孩子认同感、心理健康方面的讲座,为他们鼓掌!这是华人社区非常需要的讲座。
附:APAPA克利夫兰青年团的英文活动报告
APAPA "What Really Matters in College" Seminar
By Catherine Yu
On Sunday, December 30th, 2018, APAPA Cleveland set up and hosted a seminar featured eight speakers, ranging from college students to former graduates, who shared their high school and college experiences with the audience.
The first speaker was Eileen Huang, a graduate from Solon High School’s class of 2014 who now attends the University of Pennsylvania as a senior. Next was Luke Qin, a graduate from Solon's class of 2018 who now attends Duke University. The third speaker presenting that day was Maya Razami who was graduated from Hathaway Brown in 2018 and currently attends Harvard University. The fourth speaker presenting was Erin Xu, graduated from Hathway Brown’s class of 2018 who currently goes to the University of Michigan. 
Following was Michelle Yin, yet another graduate of Hathway Brown’s class of 2018 and also a former member of APAPA Youth, who now attends the University of Virginia. The next speaker to present was Tony Zhang, a graduate from University School’s class of 2018 who now attends Cornell University. The seventht presenter was Stephanie Zhou, who graduated from Hathaway Brown in 2018 and currently attends Washington University in St. Louis. As a surprise,we had a special eighth speaker, Andi Peng, a Solon and Yale graduate, who is working at Microsoft Reasearch as an AI resident.
Each speaker discussed their former high school experiences, described their current college experiences, explained any regrets they had involving high school, and so on. Highlights of the seminar included Michelle Yin’s passionate speech on how she wished she’d given herself more time to relax during high school, Stephanie Zhou’s well-versed presentation on her high school and college experiences, and Tony Zhang enlightening the audience on what squash—the sport—is.
The seminar concluded with a speech by Teri Wang, a senior admissions essay editor, who discussed how to structure your college essays, and exactly what information one should include if you wish to stand out. Altogether, the speakers invited to APAPA’s seminar were all incredibly intelligent, accomplished and were able to present a great deal of information that could be of use for students who are applying, or planning on applying, to more prestigious universities.

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