And I thinkyouguysreflectedthatideaveryverywellinyourdecisiontopickwhatevertostudyinuniversity.
I justgonnasay I think I’m actuallycomingbackherethistime, I have a lotofhopethatpeoplecanpursuitdifferentinterests, find a waytomakeitfinanciallysustainable.
Aswe’rebecomingmuchmorelikeglobalworld,
there’s a lotmoreinvestmentfordifferentideasanddifferentthoughts
And a lotofthesoftskillsareactuallynotmaybestressedintheeducationsystemhereinthesense
thatactuallyoneofthemostsuccessful I think, thing I waspreparemyselfforiscomingtoLeagueuniversity, yougonnameet a lotofpeoplenotfromthesamebackgroundasyou.
I neverheardanyVietnamesefolksongsorchildhoodsongs.
Throughoutthisyearandthoughmytravelandinterview, I actuallygotthechancetolearn a lotoftheseclassicVietnamesechildhoodsongs.
And I wastouched, becausethere’s somuchmoreemotionalandsomuchmoreauthentic, insomeways, like “Thewheelonthebus”.
I’m justgonnasing a littlebit.
Then I share a bitaboutmymom, so I thinkthere’re ....toittoo.
Howdidyoulearnaboutthissong?
Andhow’s thatrelatedtoyouandyourmother?
I havetheprivilegeofgoingonthetripthroughoutVietnamand I wasconnectedwith a lotofdifferentelementsofpromotingeducationaswellasprovidingmusicalinspirationandpartofpublichealth.
I wasveryfortunatetobeabletoshareabout a lotofdifferenttopicsthatareimportanttome, whetherit’s likehygieneorimportantlysexuallyproductivehealthtoyounggirls.
And Q&A consultationaboutgeneralhealthissueslikehighbloodpressure, joint-painproblems.
Throughthatprocess, I wasintroducedto a bunchofVietnamesefolksongs.
Amongthem, therewasthis “Emdiduacom” (I deliverlunchtomymom).
Theobviousthingsthatitwastinnedwithidyllicchildhoodintheworldlandscapethat I haveneverexperiencewhen I think I, sortof, alwaysyearnfor.
A lotofthesymmetriesinthatsongsspeakstomyexperienceaboutwhatmymotherwastoo.
I think, ingeneral, Vietnamesestudentsarededicated, especiallycomparedtomewhen I was a student.
I wasn’t thatpassionateaboutmyeducation.
Lookingback, I think I couldhavedonelotsmoreworkinmystudy.
But I thinkmostVietnamesestudentsreallytakeadvantageoftheopportunity, whentheydo a lotofextraworktoimproveEnglishlanguage, forexampleandtheotherskills.
I think, ingeneral, Vietnamesestudentsarededicated, hardworkingstudents.
Yousee a lotofveryhighprofilepeoplelikeSteveJobdropsoutofuniversity, BillGatesdropsoutofuniversity, and a lotofpeoplethinkthatofthesesuperstarsweresuccessfulwithoutuniversity, whyshould I gotouniversity.
Butthereality I thinkthosearesomeveryfewexceptionstothenorms.
I thinkthisstageinage, havinganuniversityeducationislikehaving a high-schooleducationtwentyyearsago.
It’s kindoflikethenewbasedline.
I thinkit’s stillimportant, butnoteveryuniversityeducationequals.
So I thinkforpeoplethataredecidingwhethertogotouniversityorhavegonetouniversityshouldreallyconsiderwhattheywantandwhatisrequiredforwheretheywannabeinthefuture.
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