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Because You Care
Commencement Address
Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College
June 24, 2012-6-21
By
Stephen Ling
Professor, Tan Kah Kee College

   President Wang, Vice-presidents, members of the faculty, dear parents and graduates,

   Giving a commencement speech, on behalf of our faculty, is a great honor and a heavy responsibility. I come to you with some fear and trembling.

   Because in the western tradition, only someone like Bill Gates or a distinguished, wealthy alumnus would be invited to give such a speech, hoping to inspire all of you to do great things for the society or the world in the days and years to come.

   I am not sure you will remember anything your professors had taught you the last 4 years. I never did. I hope you will. I am not sure you will remember every word I am going to say to you today.

   Here are two stories and both took place in this very campus.

   One day,，I saw Martin and I knew there and then he needed a pair of eye glasses so he could see well. I took him to a shop near the North Gate and in a few minutes he was wearing a pair of new glasses. In a short email to me, he said, “Dear Steve, thank you so much for caring about me. Now I can see clearly the power-point in my classes.” This student will be going to America in late August to study for his PhD.

   For days I would watch Xiang Biao, from a distance, happily hopping with only one leg from his dormitory to his classes, on a wooden crutch his father had made for him since he lost a leg when he was a child. Students told me he loved to play basketball with them. Later I heard from his cousin brother Xiang Biao could climb mountains with only one leg. I arranged to meet him and told him it was critically important for him to walk with 2 legs if he wanted a promising future in modern China. With the generosity of my two doctor friends in Australia, we were able to give Xiang Biao a prosthetic leg. He is now walking with 2 legs. This student will be going to do his postgraduate studies at Beihang University in late August.

   The news about Xiang Biao spread quickly in the campus when the story appeared in a national student magazine—China Campus, and in Common Talk, a Xiamen English weekly newspaper. Students would say this to me: “Thank you for doing this for Xiang Biao. I wish I had done something for him but I was busy studying. I hope some day I could do something to help others.”

   I said simply: “That someday might never come again. If you see someone in need, just do it.” I did it because I care for my students.

   So, what do you care the most now after graduation?

   For some of you, it is
   getting married,
   finding the best jobs,
   going overseas for further education, or
   trying to make sense of your education.

   For many, it is this strong inner desire to make lots of money!

   There are more millionaires in China today than anywhere in the world. The most expensive cars and luxury items in the world are sold in China. We see many luxurious villas being built not far from our campus.

   Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was invited to give a commencement speech at his alma mater—Harvard University. He talked about how “the computers today are exposing us to people we would never know or meet and how many are facing problems, diseases and difficulties in their lives.” He challenged the Harvard professors, students, graduates and guests to do something to better the lives of those we might never meet…

   Many students, in their personal statements to foreign universities, express an ambitious desire “when I finish my graduate studies, I want to return to China and contribute something to my country.” Yes, what are we doing with all our knowledge, wealth and experiences? 

   We hope all of you will share with us, your alma mater Tan Kah Kee College, every now and then, your life, work and adventure, your small and big contributions to inspire others now trying to walk in your footsteps.

   We hope in the near future, Tan Kah Kee College will invite you to return to give this commencement speech and talk gloriously about what you did to make this world a better place because you care.

   You have only one chance to live this life, make the best of it, because you care!

中文譯稿：

因為你們珍愛

尊敬的王瑞芳院長，魯同安常務副書記,、副院長,，雷銳生副院長，
尊敬的各位同仁們,，
尊敬的家長和畢業(yè)生同學們：

　　你們好,！

　　作為教師代表在畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)言，既讓我感到無比榮幸,，也讓我感到肩負重任,，同時，也讓我略感緊張,。因為,，按照西方的傳統(tǒng)，在畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演講的是像比爾·蓋茨這樣的杰出人物,。但希望我今天所說的,，能夠激勵畢業(yè)生們在不遠的將來，為社會,、為世界做出你們的貢獻,！

　　不知道你們是否還記得廈門大學嘉庚學院的老師們給你們的教誨？我希望你們能夠記得,。希望有一些同學能夠記得我今天的發(fā)言,。

　　首先，我想分享發(fā)生在我們校園里的幾個故事,。

　　我認識一名叫Martin的同學,。我發(fā)現(xiàn)他的眼睛度數(shù)不夠?qū)е驴床磺鍠|西，我便帶他去北區(qū)買了一副新的眼鏡,，后來他在一封簡短的郵件里對我說：“謝謝老師的關(guān)心,，我現(xiàn)在上課能看淸PPT了。”這個同學今年八月底就要去美國攻讀博士學位了,。

　　還有一位同學叫Xiang Biao,，我看到他每天靠著他父親給他做的木拐杖，用自己僅有的一條腿往返于教室和寢室之間,。他喜歡和別的同學一起打籃球,，還可以靠著自己僅有的一條腿爬山。我懷著好奇心和他見了面。我告訴他：如果他能像正常人一樣走路,，他將會有一個更美好的未來,。后來，在我的兩個澳大利亞醫(yī)生朋友的幫助下,，我們成功地給他裝上了假肢?，F(xiàn)在他可以用兩條腿行走了。在今年八月底,，他將去北京航空航天大學攻讀碩士學位,。

　　一些學生知道了Xiang Biao的事情后對我說：“謝謝老師您對他的幫助，我也希望我能為他做些什么,，但是繁重的課業(yè)讓我只能專注于學習,，我希望有一天，我也能無私地幫助別人”,。 我笑著告訴他: “這個所謂的 ‘有一天’可能永遠也不會到來,，如果你看到了需要幫助的人，那就請立刻伸出你的援手為他們做一些事,！我這樣做,，是因為我關(guān)愛我的學生。”

　　同學們,，畢業(yè)之后,，你們認為什么最重要呢？美滿的婚姻,、一份好工作,、出國深造，或者學以致用呢,？大多數(shù)人可能渴望獲得財富?，F(xiàn)在，中國的百萬富翁比世界上任何國家的都多,，在中國,，有人買下了世界上最昂貴的豪車，各種奢侈品充斥著中國市場,。就在校園外面,，我們能看到那些漂亮的別墅正在拔地而起。

　　微軟公司的創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨曾受自己的母校哈佛大學之邀在畢業(yè)典禮上為畢業(yè)生做演講,。他說：“通過電腦,，我們可以接觸到很多我們從未謀面的人，也讓我們知道他們所面臨的問題,、疾病以及各種困難,。”他號召哈佛大學的全體師生去為那些從未謀面的人做出一些貢獻,。

　　很多同學在申請出國留學的個人陳述上都表達過這樣的愿望：學成后歸國，為祖國做出貢獻,。想一想,，我們能用自己的知識、財富和經(jīng)驗來做什么,？我希望從今以后，你們能和母校,，廈門大學嘉庚學院,，分享關(guān)于你們的一切，不管是工作,、生活或是生命中的一些冒險,，以及你們?yōu)樗恕⑸鐣龀龅幕虼蠡蛐〉呢暙I,。

　　我希望在不遠的將來,，嘉庚學院會邀請你們回到母校，站在畢業(yè)典禮的圣殿里,，驕傲地告訴你們的學弟學妹自己為這個世界做出了什么貢獻,！生命只有一次，希望大家珍惜美好的時光,，奉獻自己的價值,！

Stephen Ling
英語系
2012年6月24日