“It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”
US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, 1950
How confident are we that the power to drive and determine public opinion will always reside in responsible hands?
If we’re absolutely sure that our beliefs are right, and those of others wrong; that we are motivated by good, and others by evil; that the King of the Universe speaks to us, and not to adherents of very different faiths; that it is wicked to challenge conventional doctrines or to ask searching questions; that our main job is to believe and obey - then the witch mania will recur in its infinite variations down to the time of the last man.
he stood at the bedroom window, tears welling, as if in chain reaction to Sonya’s, and through his tears, watched raindrops doing their best to cling to the glass. The wind set them quivering and away they shot finally, only to be replaced by fresh drops, and continue the senseless battle with the wind.
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我只是想转 pingu 那个表情包哈哈哈哈
我拿奖学金
话说我可能真的是幸运拿了好多奖学金…出国是走的 CSC 本科生交流项目,名额有五个,报名了四个,毫无悬念地就从中国政府那里拿走了一万欧(。)
后来从德国这边也拿了三千六百欧的奖学金。
比较坑的是去瑞士写论文的时候,当时在学校申了一个工作人员告诉我稳拿的奖学金,结果等我在瑞士落地的时候突然告诉我没拿到,我顿时陷入生存危机,因为我妈工资只能供我在瑞士那边的房租(大概 650 瑞士法郎),剩下的完全不知道怎么办,哭了一会儿之后我就开始找瑞士当地的奖学金了,找到一个专供校际交流写硕士论文的,我去申了,那边还说像我这样 host university 而不是 home university 定题目来申请的还是第一个,总之就申请到了,非常可怕地一个月 1900 瑞士法郎,比之前落选的奖学金多多了,我一个月根本花不了那么多,总之就富裕起来了(瑞士真的好有钱
可能是 privilege 发言
说到出国留学的难度…我一直以为出国求学就是成绩比较好的一种人进行深造的一个选项?所以我真的会觉得没有什么难的,努努力总会有的。有人担心德国课业难毕不了业的时候我还说如果国内高考成绩不错或者上了985 211 的话其实德国课业的难度根本没有传言的那么吓人,也会建议申奖学金和在研究所打工(我这两项拿了差不多三十万人民币,够这边三年开销了),并且还觉得如果出国读个一般般的学校和专业的话那也学不到什么,没有必要一定要出国学…
于是真的是近两年才发现很多人出国留学并不是纯粹地学习,而是作为跑路/移民的一个跳板(。)学生们想跑的话似乎第一选择就是留学 aka 出国读研,我确实又觉得不是所有人都需要/有能力多读一个学位的…是否也有一些别的策略可以考虑,留学确实是最简单的吗…