The seminar ended and all the students rushed out before the speaker and I could get to the door. The Great Learning cites a number of historical cases to prove that the taste and value standards of a nation change along with what the royal court upholds. The Great Learning was considered one of the four must-read books for scholars in ancient China who wished to become 'Great People', such as government leaders. I had to shout to introduce our guest speaker, who then struggled to deliver her talk as students continued to chat, come in late, and go out to answer their telephones. I opened the door to a lecture theatre that was as noisy as the bird market in town and saw in front of me a bunch of kids chatting, laughing, shouting, eating, and running around.
I barely recovered from the shock and hurried to the seminar.
I wondered how effective he would be in counselling his patients about avoiding risk taking behaviour. I was sweating from the fright but he continued as if nothing had happened.
I woke up in high spirits, ready for a full day of teaching, with a seminar in the morning and an outpatient consultation session in the afternoon.Īs my car turned into the road leading to the Medical Faculty, a student talking on his mobile phone jumped out in front of my car. It was the last day of the semester before Christmas. The way to great knowledge is to understand virtue … the emperor as well as an ordinary man must first develop self discipline, said Confucius-and this applies to future doctors as well
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