I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

The original meaning of the word professor is teaching and educating people, imparting knowledge and skills.

Contemporary professors have two functional identities, teacher + scholar.

But in the past, many professors spent more than half of their energy on projects, funding, writing articles, and personal connections. Teaching students is basically teaching undergraduates perfunctory.

With the introduction of new regulations, professors are not allowed to perfunctory students, but professors must love students from the bottom of their hearts, truly preaching and teaching.

In fact, many professors put more emphasis on scientific research than teaching, but they are also forced to do so. The rigid scientific research tasks assigned by the above must be completed on time.

If no rigid scientific research tasks are set for professors, most professors are still willing to become a synthetic teacher to cultivate talents in all aspects for the motherland.

Being a teacher has a sense of accomplishment and pleasure in teaching, and is respected. Moreover, during the teaching process, professors can also sort out their own professional thinking, which is conducive to systematically conducting more in-depth and comprehensive research on their professional fields.

Shen Qi likes being a teacher very much. After taking this excellent course, he has a deeper understanding and new ideas about mathematics and physics, the Riemann Hypothesis and prime number distribution, high-dimensional physics and M-theory.

The first-year students with a strong thirst for knowledge surrounded Shen Qi and asked him various questions, both basic and imaginative.

It is impossible for Shen Qi to answer every student's question in detail. Princeton's method is to use the tutorial class system, and the tutor of the assistant professor will answer the students after class to consolidate relevant knowledge points.

Chinese colleges and universities do not have a tutoring system. When students encounter academic doubts, they usually solve them by themselves.

I am too poor in comprehension, what should I do?

Then there is no way, learning this kind of thing depends on hard work and talent.

Shen Qi picked a few typical questions to answer the students, but this could not solve all the students' confusion.

Shen Qi thought about finding a time after class to hold a special question-and-answer meeting, but this is not the fundamental way to solve the problem, after all, Shen Qi has limited time.

So Shen Qi came up with an idea to accept a doctoral student in mathematics within Yanda.

Not long after the news came out, a bunch of resumes were placed on Shen Qi's desk, all of them were graduate students of Yanda School of Mathematics.

Shen Qi started the primary election.

"Advanced 100, number score 82, number theory 99, complex variable function 72... This student is very strong in some courses, but there are also obvious shortcomings."

"Advanced Algebra 92, Mathematics 88, Solving Mathematics 95, Number Theory 90, Methods of Mathematical Physics 89, Algebraic Geometry 87... This student is very comprehensive, pick."

The standard for Shen Qi's primary selection is to examine the results of these graduate students in various professional courses at the undergraduate and master stages.

Shen Qi excluded students who got full marks for some courses and only scored 70 or more for some courses.

All professional courses are of excellent level, relatively comprehensive students, Shen Qi picks them.

There were 5 graduate students entering the final PK stage, and Shen Qi summoned them to the center for an interview.

A total of five students, four men and one woman, lined up in front of Shen Qi. They were all excited and looking forward to it. One of them would become Shen Qi's doctoral student.

To the five students, there is no doubt about what it means to be able to study for a Ph.D. with Shen Qi.

Shen Qi said with a pleasant smile: "Hello, everyone, please give a brief self-introduction first."

The tallest boy introduced himself first: "Hello, Professor Shen. My name is Chen Tao. I am from Northeast China. My master's supervisor is Mr. Fu Yabo. My master's major is real variable functions. My master's thesis has been completed. I hope to follow Professor Shen to study for a Ph.D."

Shen Qi nodded and said, "Well, yes, next."

The only girl said: "Hello, Professor Shen, my name is Tao Ya, I'm from Chenzhou..."

The other three boys introduced themselves one after another: "My name is Cao Quan, from Jingmen..."

"My name is Liu Weikun, from Mianyang..."

"My name is Wu Shangfeng, from Texas..."

Shen Qi kept smiling: "Not bad, not bad, you are all excellent from all over the world, have you all joined the party? Party members, please raise your hands."

Four students raised their hands. They are party members.

Only student Wu Shangfeng from Dezhou did not raise his hand.

Shen Qi looked at Wu Shangfeng and asked, "Xiao Wu's hometown is Texas, right?"

Xiao Wu shook his head again and again: "No, no, Professor Shen was joking, my hometown is Texas, China's Texas, and I'm not an American."

Shen Qi asked again: "Why didn't you join the party?"

Xiao Wu explained: "My whole family believes in Buddhism, and I also believe in Buddhism."

"Understood, so you are a disciple of Buddhism." Shen Qi respected Xiao Wu's religious belief. A staunch communist is an atheist. Xiao Wu's conversion to Buddhism is his freedom of belief, which is normal.

"Let me talk about my thoughts. The doctoral student I recruited this time did not do any research projects in the first two years. This doctoral student only did one thing in the first two years, which was tutoring undergraduates after class. You can understand that this is a position similar to that of a tutor.”

"Two years later, this doctoral student will follow me to do projects, so it will take you more than 5 years to obtain a doctorate. So, are you willing to follow me to study for a doctorate?" Shen Qi said a sensitive topic, He observed the expressions of the five students.

"Huh? You didn't do any projects in the past two years?" Tao Ya was surprised.

"Tutoring undergraduates?" Chen Tao felt that this was a waste of time. Two years of youth were spent on tutoring undergraduates instead of doing anything serious.

Of course, most graduate students want to follow a great doctoral supervisor, so that they can immediately participate in a major project during the doctoral stage, get a doctoral diploma early, and enter the core circle of academia early.

Even if everything goes well, it will be almost 30 years old after graduation.

If the doctoral students do not do research projects in the first two years, the time for doctoral graduation will definitely be delayed.

"Can it be like this? In the first two years, we not only tutored undergraduate students, but also worked on projects with Professor Shen. We can bear it if we work hard." Liu Weikun made a compromise suggestion.

"Oh, you think so." Shen Qi smiled, noncommittal.

Only Wu Shangfeng, a disciple of Buddhism, did not speak. Shen Qi asked Wu Shangfeng: "Xiao Wu, please say a few words."

Wu Shangfeng said sincerely: "We all came from undergraduates. When I was an undergraduate, the teacher disappeared after class, and the teaching assistants didn't care about anything. When I encountered problems that I didn't understand, I really didn't know where to find Anyone who is confused can only go to the library to check information and solve problems by self-study. I think undergraduates, especially freshmen and sophomores, still need someone to answer their doubts after class. I would like to Accept Professor Shen's job as a tutor for two years."