Exponential Luck

金正日男孫Han Sol Kim將入讀波士尼亞的United World College,這位史上第一位北韓UWC pioneer,最近成為了網上最viral的話題之一。跟同學聊聊,原來金正日的三兒子早在十多年前在瑞士接受西方教育,他的後代到外留學亦非第一次。但這次不同的是,UWC辦學宗旨提倡文化尊重包容,支持celebration of difference,sounds like一旦金正日接班人接受了我們的洗禮,這個世界就得救了。大家反應如一,回響節錄:

(1) “Kim’s grandson is in UWC!! this is seriously hilarious! UWC has been making a difference for my life. Hope it will be doing the same on him and so to make a difference on others “~ 來自一位現於big 4 工作的校友。

(2) “Because I had played a significant role in setting up Kim’s enrollment…As a result, I broke my silence.”剛請辭的澳洲校長,亦忍不住要在個人網誌裡自賞一下自己可等勞苦功高。

實話實說,回首當年同校的同輩前輩,可惜,有志全職延續uwc精神的人可真少之極少 (so i especially appreciate my frens who are really making an effort to continue the spirit in their free time!)。其實這個辦學團體是否被overrated了?眼見很多非uwc朋友亦同樣熱衷社會服務,到底這所學校訓練出來的學生是否如mission statement一般與眾不同?於mit的uwc學生gathering,能connect到大家的都是heavily weighted on比較high-level的 multicultural environment 學習經歷,而不是更深層次的世界大同理念。

As an inactive member of the community,我知道I’m in no position to criticize anything。但evaluate一下在這學校兩年對我in terms of intercultural understanding的influence,其實或多或少都與college的生活有點duplicate。例如大學的cultural nights/evenings or anything that promote international xyz ,理應感新奇興奮,卻有已經屢見不鮮的感覺。林林種種的同類活動,預科兩年已以極高intensity經歷過,來到美國,就有如過著反迫歸真的生活。

To be honest,在李寶椿兩年的takeaways的確有很多,但這些specific影響,難道真的可以與金氏偉大改變北韓封閉暴政相提並論?

6 thoughts on “Exponential Luck”

  1. 北韓願意讓新一代走向世界,不再封閉在國內已是好事!能夠考進UWC,更是個好消息好開始!
    祝福北韓!

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