"Fate knocked me down, but it could never defeat me. What about you, boy, are you going to stop there? This text comes from a short video posted by Mo Mingyong, a doctoral student at Tsinghua University. In the video, Mo Mingyong is wearing a takeaway suit and holding a student ID card, standing at the gate of Tsinghua Garden, his face full of youth.
After the video was released, it received more than 185.<> million likes in a short period of time, and some netizens praised him for interpreting "self-improvement and moral integrity" with his actions. However, some people accused him of selling miserable traffic.
Mo Mingyong had to respond to this, and a ups and downs of his life were revealed. It turned out that food delivery happened before he was admitted to the doctorate. Due to millions of yuan in debt after the failure of the business, Mo Mingyong registered as a takeaway rider at the end of 2021 to cover tuition fees and alleviate financial difficulties.
"It's not people from Tsinghua who go to deliver food, but people who deliver food go to Tsinghua." As Mok has repeatedly emphasized, the story should focus on why he delivers food, not the label of education. Most people did not have time to understand the truth of the matter, and only based on the combination of "education + takeaway", they sensitively questioned and even accused him of wasting his education and selling miserable shows, which is not a division of labor into three, six and nine in their own hearts.
In fact, Mo Mingyong not only has a doctorate background from Tsinghua, but also graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In times of distress, he not only delivered takeaways, but also sold English classes online.
It should be seen that food delivery is a way for this young man who failed to start a business to get through the trough of life. When encountering difficulties, he did not be discouraged or evaded, relying on his ability and perseverance, he tried to fulfill the contract to repay the debt, and still did not give up on upgrading his education. What shines in this story is Mo Mingyong's inspirational attitude to life.
This attitude is not uncommon among young people.
In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 26-year-old Gao Shuaiqi suffered a family illness during the postgraduate entrance examination, in order to support the family burden and his dreams, he delivered takeaway while reviewing, and finally received a graduate admission notice; Lishui, Zhejiang, 18-year-old girl Xu Zhuoyu delivered food part-time after the college entrance examination, experienced the hard work of making money, and bluntly said that she became black and "stingy"...
For the protagonists in these "education + takeaway" stories, in addition to obtaining economic income, food delivery also has more personal colors: some people use it as a spiritual support, some people use it as a "life-saving straw", and some people use it as a labor experience... Their goals and starting points may vary, but it should be noted that this does not mean that they do not have other options, much less that they are a waste of academic qualifications in this position.
Food delivery is nothing more than a job, and it is not a gain to be able to do this job well, be recognized by others, and experience the happiness and steadfastness brought by labor? Even if you switch to other industries in the future, how can the past experience not be a kind of life precipitation and spiritual nourishment? In this sense, academic qualifications are not a shackle or dazzling label that limits them, but a key to help them open their horizons and experience life.
Those who accuse highly educated front-line workers of wasting their education and selling miserable shows can rest.