领科教育苏州校区张建东校长致辞

尊敬的家长们，亲爱的老师、同学们：

大家下午好！

初夏六月，石榴绽笑，梅子金黄。今天，我们在这里隆重举行苏州领科2020届毕业典礼，首先请允许我代表领科教育苏州校区向圆满完成学业的同学们表示热烈的祝贺！祝贺你们通过三到四年的出色表现圆满毕业，朝着梦想又迈进了一步；祝愿你们在更高的平台上实现人生的价值。同时，也请让我们以热烈的掌声向曾为我们倾注过爱心和汗水的所有老师和学校员工表示衷心感谢，他们是我们成长路上的陪伴者和见证者。

同学们，岁月如诗亦如歌。领科青葱，不负韶华。今天让我们打开记忆的闸门，共同回忆那些发生在我们身边的温暖细节和精彩瞬间：几年前，你们怀着更为高远的求学目标选择国际高中作为新的起点，从那时起，你们开始领略中外教育别样的风情气象，开始亲历天文地理、学霸过招的新奇和刺激，开始见识趣味课程、学术争鸣的高端与魅力，开始思索修己达人，家国天下的担当与抱负。你们见过领科每天的东升之日、西斜之阳，熟悉领科每一寸土地上的草木之姿、花鸟之容。你们在报告厅胸有成竹的答辩，在科创中心凝心聚神的实验，在国际赛场舍我其谁的风采，在图书馆神情专注的苦读，在体艺馆顾盼神飞的侧影，这些都是值得我们永远珍藏的领科记忆。

要是在以往，我要说感谢与大家共处的多少多少个日子，但今年似乎不能这样说了，因为疫情，我们有了史无前例的寒假和前所未有的居家学习时长。但我还是要这么说，因为即使居家的这段日子，我们的心始终是和领科在一起的。

真心希望，几年的领科生活带给大家的是充盈的精神财富，是迎接未来的自信底气，是砥砺人生的崇高信仰。如果在这段岁月里，我们有什么照顾不周的地方，请转告你的学弟学妹，食堂里你们没有尝过的美食他们将替你们消受，校园里尚未涉足的角落他们会替你们开发，还有那些你们放心不下的小仙女、小鲜肉，我们会替你们好好照顾他们的。

毕业是复杂的，它掺杂了几乎所有的情愫。有相处几年一朝分别的留恋不舍，有朝向美好整装待发的憧憬向往，也有即将启程莫名其妙的忐忑不安。但毕业也是一场人生的洗礼，它使我们的人格更加完整，毕业留给我们的不只有感动，还有激励。

作为00后的后浪们，在毕业之际，我想给同学们三点忠告：

第一，要记住“海外学成，你要归来”。我们当中几乎所有同学毕业后都将进入世界范围内的高等学府。这些学校的办学理念、学术氛围、科研条件可能优于国内，当你身处优越的学习条件时，想想钱学森、邓稼先、黄大年、施一公，想想这些世界顶尖的科学家为什么放弃国外优厚的待遇毅然选择回国？答案很简单，因为祖国需要！“尚未配妥剑，转眼便江湖。愿历尽千帆，归来仍是少年。”同学们，希望你们能从前辈科学家身上接过报国的雄心壮志，以坚定的报国之志把准青春航向，把自己的人生理想融入到国家和民族的伟大梦想之中，把家国情怀转化为奋斗激情，把个人的奋斗与奉献国家结合起来，当一个个“小我”都朝着一个共同目标努力奋斗的时候，就能汇聚成“大我”，形成中华民族伟大复兴的强大力量。

第二，要记住“学海无涯，拼搏作舟。”几年前，你们踌躇满志、带着忐忑和喜悦来到这里。今天，你们将满怀梦想和期待离开领科，步入激动人心和充满挑战的未来。同学们，我要说的是：光阴有限，学问无穷。人类对于世界乃至宇宙的探索和认知才刚刚开始。季羡林老先生完成《糖史》这部著作时已经87岁高龄；屠呦呦获诺贝尔奖时也已经85岁；90多岁的袁隆平老先生依然奋斗在科研一线……即将毕业的我们面对的是新的挑战。学海无涯，拼搏作舟。我们这么年轻，这么有活力，我们更应该选择努力奋斗。同学们，前行途中，“有平川也有高山，有缓流也有险滩，有喜悦也有哀伤”，“人生在勤，勤则不匮。”希望大家在顺境时不懈怠，在逆境时不气馁，永远保持昂扬向上的奋斗精神。心中有阳光，脚下就有力量。

第三，要记住“社会复杂，良善为本。”社会是一所所有人必读的大学，有的人怀揣梦想而来却中途扫兴离场；有的人步履蹒跚而来却收获了鲜花和掌声。在这里，我要告诉大家，善良才是社会大学的毕业证。生活中，我们会遇到这样一种人，他们有着高起点，名校、高学历、高收入等光环，但他们投机钻营、自私自利，甚至不惜违规枉法，我们称这类人为“精致的利己主义者”。追求个人发展、维护个人利益本无可厚非，但我们一定要诚实做人，规矩做事，这是做人的原则和底线，也是一个人该有的良知与尊严。同学们，每个阳光明媚的清晨或落日洒下余晖的黄昏，给自己一个拥抱，即使你有伤痛如江河，这是对自己的善良；给每一个遭遇灾祸或遭受不幸的人以同情，无论他身处何方，这是对他人的善良；给每一个遇见你的人以微笑，无论他贫穷或富贵，这是对世界的善良。

“相聚不觉时光短，别离方知情意浓”。亲爱的同学们，今天的毕业典礼，不是结束，而是你们人生旅途上新的起点。在这里，别忘了向青春致敬，向母校感恩、向未来宣战。愿你们乘青春韶光，劈波斩浪，扬帆启航。

Distinguished parents, dear teachers and students,

Good afternoon!

Embracing early summer with pomegranate bloom and golden plum, we are here to solemnly hold the graduation ceremony of Ulink Suzhou 2020 today. First of all, on behalf of U-ink Suzhou, please allow me to extend my warm congratulations to the students who have successfully completed their studies! Congratulations on your successful graduation through three to four years of outstanding performance and further progress towards your dream. I wish you all the best in your life on a higher platform. At the same time, let's give warm applause to all the teachers and school staff who have poured love and sweat into you. They are the companions and witnesses of your growth.

Time is like a poem as well as a song. Let’s seize the day and live it to the full. Today, let's open the gate of memory and recall the warm details and wonderful moments that happened around us:a few years ago, you chose international high school as a new starting point with a higher learning goal.Since then, you have begun to appreciate the different customs and atmosphere of Chinese and foreign education, to experience the novelty and stimulation of astronomy and geography, to enjoy the fun of peer competition, to experience the charm of interesting curriculum and academic contention, and to think about the responsibilities and aspirations of cultivating talents and the whole country.

You have seen the rising sun of Ulink in the East and the slanting sun in the west every day. You are familiar with the appearance of plants, flowers and birds in every inch of U-link's land. Your debate in the lecture hall, your experiment in the STEAM center, your elegant demeanor in the international arena, your concentrated learning in the library, and your profile in the sports museum are all the leading memories that we will always treasure.

In the past, I would like to say how many days I would like to thank for being with you, but this year it seems that I can't say that because of the epidemic, you have unprecedented winter vacation and unprecedented home-based learning. But I still want to say that, because even in this period, our heart is always with Ulink.

I sincerely hope that campus life in Ulink will bring you abundant spiritual wealth, confidence to meet the future and noble faith to forge your life.If there's any place we can't take care of in this period of time, please let the younger grade students know that they will take good care of the delicious food you haven't tasted in the canteen, and they will develop for you the corner that hasn't been set foot in the campus , as well as the boys and girls that you care, we will take good care of them for you.

Graduation is complicated. It is mixed with almost all feelings. There are those who are reluctant to leave each other for several years, those who are looking forward to a better life and ready to go, and those who are about to leave are inexplicably uneasy. But graduation is also a baptism of life, for it makes our personality more complete, leaving us not only touched, but also inspired.

As the young strength of the Post-2000 era, at the time of graduation, I would like to give you three tips:

First, remember that "When you finish studying abroad, you shall come back". Almost all of you will enter the world's institutions of higher learning after graduation. These schools may have better school running philosophy, academic atmosphere and scientific research conditions than those in China. When you are in superior learning conditions, think about Qian Xuesen, Deng Jiaxian, Huang Danian and Shi Yigong. Think about why these world's top scientists gave up their preferential treatment abroad and resolutely chose to return home? The answer is very simple, because the motherland needs them! "I haven't got a sword before facing the cruel world. I wish I could go through a thousand sails and still come back as a passionate young man. " I hope that you can take over the ambition of serving the country from the senior scientists, with the firm ambition of serving the country, integrate your life ideal into the great dream of the country and the nation, turn the feelings of home and country into the passion of struggle, combine personal struggle and dedication to the country, and strive for a common goal as one "ego". At that time, we will be able to gather into the "great self" and form a strong force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Second, we should remember that "there is no end to learning, and we should strive to make a difference." A few years ago, you came here full of am abition, with fear and joy. Today, you will leave Ulink with dreams and expectations and enter an exciting and challenging future.I have to say: time is limited and learning is endless. Human exploration and cognition of the world and even the universe are just beginning. Mr. Ji Xianlin was 87 years old when he finished the work sugar history; Tu youyou was 85 when he won the Nobel Prize; Mr. Yuan Longping, in his 90s, was still struggling in the front line of scientific research We are facing new challenges as we graduate. There is no end to learning, and you should work hard as you are so young and energetic. On the way forward, "there will be flat plains as well as mountains; there will be slow streams as well as dangerous beaches; there will be joys and there will be sorrows", "The essence of life lies in diligence." I hope that you will not be slack in times of prosperity, discouraged in times of adversity, and always keep the spirit of upward struggle. If there is sunshine in the heart, there is power under the feet.

Third, we should remember that "the society is complex and kindness is the foundation." Society is a necessary University for all people. Some people come with dreams but leave in the middle of nowhere. Some people stumble to get flowers and applause.Here, I want to tell you that kindness is the graduation certificate of social university. In our life, we will meet such a kind of people, who have a high starting point, famous schools, high education, high income and other halos, but they speculate and care only about themselves, even at the expense of breaking the law, we call them "refined egoists". There is nothing wrong with pursuing personal development and safeguarding personal interests, but we must be honest and behave ourselves according to rules. This is the principle and bottom line of being a human being, as well as a person's conscience and dignity. Please give yourself a hug in the sunny morning or sunset, even if you are trying to overcome grief, it is good for you; give sympathy to everyone who has suffered disaster or misfortune, no matter where he or she is, it is good for others; give a smile to everyone who has met you, no matter whether he or she is rich or poor, it is good for the world.

"When we get together, we don't feel that time is short. When we leave, we know our feelings are strong.". Dear students, today's graduation ceremony is not the end, but a new beginning in your life journey. Now, don't forget to salute your youth, thank your alma mater and set goals for the future. I hope you will live your youth to a full potential, sweeping all the challenges.