Friday, November 24, 2006

One example on Chinese collaboration

Yesterday I visited SASCO - Southern Airport Services Company to discuss with Ms. Mai Huong on the needs of future training and development programs for her company. Talking about collaboration among Vietnamese, she pointed out an interesting example. She said, "Look! many advertisements in our local newspapers about education abroad always have this sentence, 'This area has little or no Vietnamese residents.' They use this slogan to attract Vietnamese students. Chinese are different, they tend to study where they have the Chinese communities." I recalled my observation when I studied in America. Wu Min, one of my classmates, studied very well, but he used less time for his study than others. One day, he came to see me and asked if he could xerox my homework. "You do not study this course. Why do you need it?" I asked. To my suprise, Wu Min said he would keep my solutions for next year Chinese students who might come to study at our school.