Last week, I had another opportunity to talk with a group of students at Mae Fah Luang University about 'exchanges'. Even though I've been giving talks on this topic for years, I thought hard how to relook at the ways we've seen and managed it ka.
As my focus has increased to be more concerned about the mass especially through Internationalization at Home (IaH), my added objectives were for students to realize that IaH is everywhere on campus for them to benefit, and how to get ready to maximize the exchanges abroad, and how the AI world would impact our lives (brought Alexa to show to them ka!). I also came up with several new cases, one on depression and another on macro management to help them think of linking big pictures ka.
My question a while ago to MFU students was, 'Do you think once you graduate, what you've been learning will be applicable? Why?'
Now I changed my question to, 'Whatever you're learning now, do you think it won't be outdated for the changing world? Why?'
Wanted them to think and get ready...... moving away further from being too 'sabai' ka!
Anyway, that isn't my key sharing (but couldn't help telling you about it na ka:))!)
The programs the organizers crafted were for me in the morning and for two alumni (one is a blogger and the other is a scriptwriter) to share how their exchange experiences have changed their lives. Sometimes I felt that this statement is sort of 'too casual expressions' but not for these two ka. Too bad I didn't talk to them that much and with a little follow-up on the script writer, I'd like to share it here ka.
This script writer, Nong Title, was in public health and felt it wasn't what he really liked. He developed the love of photo taking and when an exchange opportunity knocked on his door, he decided to take it up to enroll in a course on, "Film making Technique" to explore his own passion. It led him to be clear that 'public health wasn't his thing.' so he started learning more about different aspects concerning film making to find that he would prefer writing to shooting pix and films. He read 20 novels before starting to write with his thinking of 'I just write it because I want to share the story!'
Currently at a very young age, he has become a director, screen writer, script writer for series under GMM 25 and short story writer. He sent me a link to watch a series he helped with the script, 'เขามาเชงเม้งข้างๆหลุมผมครับ'. It was my very first time to watch such series, which opened my eyes about the younger gen's world ka!
My learning from interacting with him is:
- Many of our kids still follow choices of study their parents favor and it shows that our younger ones give a high priority for them to please their old folks.....I consider it 'a very sweet tradition' we still see ka.....though on the other hand, it could be time for parents to learn more how to help their kids identify their passions.
- Self-assessment to find one's passion isn't easy and Nong Title said then he was really 'เพลิน' (got carried away) whenever he took pix even subsequently, it wasn't his top priority!
- 'Act on it' when one feels he/she has found the thing that makes them 'เพลิน'!
- 'Perseverance' to learn hard to make sure the passion is really right though it could change in time.
- We, the older versions, can pick up much learning and understanding simply from watching the current series, which offer imagination, thinking, social lives, expectations, and interactions across generations.
It was real real fun and interesting to talk with him and I hope to talk more with him some time soon ka.
Happy Tuesday na ka.
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