Science Focus (Issue 32)

21 Visit the following webpage to read the Complete interview! 瀏覽以下網頁以閱讀完整專訪! Do you have any advice for high school students thinking of studying chemistry? 你有甚麼建議給予考慮修讀化學的高中生? Abigail If you are really focused and love chemistry like you just want to do it for your whole life, you can choose as many chemistry classes as you want to find your interest within that. I also suggest exploring as much as possible in university, especially for people who are not sure about what they’re interested in or good at. I took a lot of music courses because I like music a lot. I also took humanities classes like literature. I never regret and still remember what I learned. Funny for like certain chemistry classes, I don't like organic chemistry at all, so I don't remember anything because I never touched it after I graduated. Besides, exchange programs are really good. I went to Denmark for a summer exchange, and then Switzerland for semester exchange. It was some special time in life that after graduation you won't have the same experience like that, even if you have vacations there. 如果你目標非常明確,熱愛化學得只想終身沉浸於這個領域,那你可以儘可能修讀最多的化學課來找到自己在化學裡 的興趣。我也建議在大學期間儘量探索不同事物,特別是不確定自己興趣或專長的同學。我選了很多音樂課,因為我非常 喜歡音樂;我也選過一些人文課,譬如文學,但我從不後悔,並仍然記得從中學到的東西。有趣的是,對於某些化學課 ─ 例如我完全不喜歡有機化學 ─ 我反而會記不住任何東西,因為畢業後我再沒有接觸過它。 此外,交換留學真的很棒:我去丹麥進行了夏季交換,然後去瑞士進行了學期交換。那是人生中的特別時光,因為畢業 後即使你到那裡度假,你將不會有同樣的感受。 Ho Nam When I was a high school student, I never thought I would be an entrepreneur. I don't think you can plan so many years ahead. As a high school student, we can only plan one or two years ahead. Just follow what you like most – if you like chemistry, then join the chemistry department. When you study in university, you will explore and experience much more than you would imagine now. You will see different research groups, different research topics, and other things not related to chemistry at all. When you find something you really like, just go for it. You will spend time on it and gain passion. Eventually, you will have a great chance to succeed. 當我還是高中生的時候,我從未想過自己會創業,因此我不認為你能計劃多年後的未來。作為高中生, 我們只能計劃未來一至兩年。追隨自己最喜歡的:如果你喜歡化學,那就進入化學系吧。在大學裡,你會 探索和體驗很多現在未曾想過的事情;你會遇到不同的研究團隊、不同的研究主題,以及其他與化學完 全無關的東西。當你找到自己真正喜歡的東西時,就去追隨它吧。你會花時間投身其中並予以熱情,最終 將有很大機會成功。

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