President: 'Graduates should face reality'
( 2003-08-28 14:53) (China Daily)
The president of Peking University said on Monday that news of a former
graduate working as a butcher was nothing to get excited about, reports China
Youth Daily.
Lu Buxuan, who graduated from the Chinese-language department of Peking
University in 1989, opened a small butcher shop in Shaanxi Province in 2000
after his former employer, a factory, went bankrupt, and subsequent business
ventures failed.
The report of his plight as a graduate of one of China's best universities
surprised readers throughout the country.
But Xu Zhihong, president of Peking University, said it was not that unusual
that a former student should have such a "lowly" job, as not every graduate was
expected to become a State leader.
He also called upon students to change their attitudes towards certain
careers, as any job might herald the start of a bright future.
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