【優選】 鄭宏廷  機械工程系  Social practice

What is social practice? This is my first question came to my mind. After I did all the researches,I realized it just happened in our daily life. It usually means groups of people take actions in order to improve the society and environment. For instance, helping the communities clean the environment. I think take care of myself is kind of social practice, because take care of myself is the first priority and others just don’t have to worry about me, and then I will have the ability to help people. In the process of my personal implementation of social practice,I have gone through several significant growth which are priceless for me.

I still remember that I attended a social practice program which was called “Reading Makes Me Free”. we aimed to provide educational opportunities for those children who need more resources. The main idea is set to help those children who have financial difficulties and lack of educational resources, so that they can overcome all the obstacles and improve their fundamental skills . In this plan, we set up a small library in the countryside and collected hundreds of books, including textbooks, magazines, novels and so on. We also provided a small room which children were able to browse whatever they were curious about on the internet. After finishing the campaign I found it was much more interesting than I expected, and I have learned things which schools never taught.

First, I deeply understand the meanings of social practice by doing things in person. It’s not only good for me but also good for giving back the society,helping others,and improving our world. Basically, we could say it is a win-win project to ourselves and the world. This action made me aware of the powerful strength when the community cooperated together.

Second, I have learned to cooperate with the people who have different opinions and views in the campaigns. Social practice usually requires collaboration, which means we need to cooperate with various people,and sometimes even foreigners or someone who has different culture experiences. This lets me know how to express my thoughts, and learn to respect different views,and also better to solve some problems that I never experienced before. Atthe same time I found the society was not as simple as I think initially. Tons of problems are not black or white, but involve multiple factors and conflicts and interest. Those problems let me realize that I need more time, patience and cooperations in case of any misunderstanding. In this situation I have learned to adjust my strategies all the time while I going forward to cope with those complex circumstances.

Third,social practice gives me an opportunity to learn something new about myself. It let me know about my advantages and disadvantages in different aspects. During the time of participating in social practice, I keep reflecting and finding what I care about and what is something that I want. It also helped me understand the meaning in life. Except for studying, working,and playing, I still have lots of things can do to dedicate the society.

In sum, social practice is a required course that all of us must to take it. Although sometimes I do not feel like doing anything, it gives me a deeply knowledge about society, human beings and myself. I hope to use these experiences and insights continuously to create a brand new world. I believe these priceless experiences will always remain in my mind forever,and of course it is an endless fuel for me to keep me moving forward.