This week has been busy. I have finished working 5 p.m. today. I am at library now. I love library. I used to spend a lot of time in library. I feel like reading books with coffee today.
When I was in college, I like to study, Universities in Japan do not give home work so much. So that, after finish my home work, I could spend a lot of time to study my own interest. I am not smart, not smart enough to spend all the time for the most important subjects or problems. I like studying what I am interested, not what I am supposed to study.
Library in the University opens until midnight, some library opens 24 hours. This is not usual in Japan. Universities in the U.S. really focus on student life. I like it. Japanese people always says that Japanese university students do not study. But did they give enough chance to study? Also some people say compared to the student in the U.S., the students in Japan study much less. This might be true. But in my opinion, the only different is only the amount of homework. What are the students supposed to do? If Japanese student was given a lot of homework, they would study more. Conversely, Japanese student has more time to spend pursuing their own interest. That is not so bad.
Why does professor give students much less home work in Japan? I think, because Japanese professors are very busy, and there is few TA to support his work. I am just wandering.
One years past, after I got a Ph. D, so that I have been Scientist for 1 years. As a professional scientist, I need to improve my skills. I am working as a postdoc, so at least I have spend 8 am to 5 pm during week, especially for professor who hired me. But, in the long term, I need to find my own way of studying, need to spend studying based on my own interest. I need to invest time to find my strength as a scientist.
I was a hard worker, but how can we define the hard worker? If you do what you like, you can be hard worker. To work hard, first thing what we have to invest is health, mentally and bodily. If we are mentally unstable, we can not work hard, if we are not healthy, we can not work hard.
I was really tired these days. I am just cleaning up my head. Thank you for reading. I need to get my strength back, to write something worth reading.