The original meaning of the word professor is to teach and educate people, impart knowledge and skills.

Contemporary professors have two functional identities, teacher + scholar.

But in the past, many professors spent more than half of their energy on projects, funding, articles and connections, and teaching students was a perfunctory job of teaching undergraduates.

With the introduction of the new regulations, professors should not perfunctory students, but professors should love students from the bottom of their hearts and truly preach and teach and solve doubts.

In fact, many professors pay more attention to scientific research than teaching, and they are also forced to do so. The hard scientific research tasks assigned by the above must be completed on time.

If professors are not given hard scientific research tasks, most professors are still willing to become synthetic teachers and cultivate reserve talents in all aspects for the motherland.

Being a teacher is rewarding, rewarding, and respected. Moreover, in the teaching process, professors can also sort out their own professional ideas, which is conducive to systematically conducting more in-depth and comprehensive research on their professional fields.

Shen Qi likes to be a teacher very much, and after taking this excellent course, he has a deeper understanding and new ideas about mathematics and physics, Riemann conjecture and prime number distribution, high-dimensional physics and M theory.

Freshman students with a strong thirst for knowledge surrounded Shen Qi and asked all kinds of questions, some basic and some imaginative.

Shen Qi could not answer every student's question in detail, and Princeton's approach was to use the tutorial class system, where the tutor who assisted the professor answered the questions and consolidated the relevant knowledge points for the students after class.

Chinese universities do not have a tutorial system, and when students encounter academic doubts, the usual practice is to do it themselves.

What should I do if my understanding is too poor to figure it out?

Then there is no way, learning this kind of thing depends on diligence and talent.

Shen Qi picked a few typical questions to answer the students, but this could not solve all the confusion of the students.

Shen Qi thought about finding a time after class to hold a Q&A meeting, but this was not the fundamental way to solve the problem, after all, Shen Qi had limited time.

So Shen Qi came up with an idea to accept a doctoral student in mathematics within Yan University.

Soon after this news came out, a bunch of resumes were placed on Shen Qi's desk, all of whom were master's students of the School of Mathematics of Yan University.

Shen Qi began the primary election.

"Gao Dai 100, Number Score 82, Number Theory 99, Complex Variable Function 72...... This student is strong in some courses, but also has obvious shortcomings. ”

"High algebra 92, number score 88, solution number 95, number theory 90, mathematical physics methods 89, algebraic geometry 87...... This student is well-rounded, pick. ”

Shen Qi's primary selection criteria are to examine the results of these graduate undergraduate and master's professional courses.

Some courses get full marks, and some courses only have students in their seventies, and Shen Qi excludes them.

All professional courses are excellent level, more comprehensive students, Shen Qi picks them.

Five master's students entered the final PK stage, and Shen Qi summoned them to the center for interviews.

A total of five students, four men and one woman, lined up in front of Shen Qi, all of them were excited and looking forward to it, and one of them would become Shen Qi's doctoral students.

What it means to be able to follow Shen Qi to study for a doctorate is beyond doubt for the five students.

Shen Qi said with a smile: "Hello students, let's introduce yourself first. ”

The tallest boy took the lead in introducing himself: "Hello Professor Shen, my name is Chen Tao, from Northeast China, the master's supervisor is Mr. Fu Yabo, the master's major is real variable function, the master's thesis has been completed, I hope to follow Professor Shen to study for a doctorate." ”

Shen Qi nodded and said, "Well, that's good, the next one." ”

The only girl said, "Hello Professor Shen, my name is Tao Ya, and I am from Chenzhou ......."

The other three boys introduced themselves one after another: "My name is Cao Quan, and I am from Jingmen ......."

"My name is Liu Weikun, and I am from Mianyang ......"

"My name is Wu Shangfeng, and I'm from Texas ......"

Shen Qi kept smiling: "Yes, yes, you are from all over the world, you are all excellent, have you all joined the party? ”

Four students raised their hands, and they were party members.

Only Wu Shangfeng, a student from Texas, did not raise his hand.

Shen Qi looked at classmate Wu Shangfeng and asked, "Classmate Wu's hometown is Texas, right?"

Xiao Wu shook his head again and again: "No, no, Professor Shen said that he laughed, my hometown is Texas, China's Texas, and I am not an American." ”

Shen Qi asked again: "Why don't you join the party?"

Xiao Wu explained: "My whole family believes in Buddhism, and I also believe in Buddhism. ”

"I understand, it turns out that you are a disciple of Buddhism. "Shen Qi respects Xiao Wu's religious beliefs, a staunch communist is an atheist, and Xiao Wu's conversion to Buddhism is his freedom of belief, which is normal.

"Let me tell me what I think, the doctoral student I recruited this time, the first two years did not do any research projects, this doctoral student only did one thing in the first two years, that is, to tutor the undergraduate students' studies after class, to answer the doubts of the undergraduates, you can understand that this is a similar position as a tutor. ”

"After two years, this PhD student will follow me on the project, so it will take you more than five years to get your PhD. So, would you like to follow me for a PhD?" Shen Qi said a sensitive topic, observing the expressions of the five students.

"Ah, didn't you do projects in the first two years?" Tao Yaxian was surprised.

"Tutoring undergraduates?" Chen Tao felt that this was a waste of time, two years of youth did not do serious work, and he couldn't afford to afford to just tutor undergraduates.

Of course, most master's students want to follow a great doctoral supervisor, and they can immediately participate in a major project at the doctoral level, get a doctoral diploma early, and enter the inner circle of the academic community as soon as possible.

Even if all goes well, I will be almost 30 years old after graduating with a doctorate.

If a PhD student does not do a project in the first two years, then the time of PhD graduation will definitely be delayed.

"Can it be like this, in the first two years, we not only tutored undergraduate students and sisters, but also followed Professor Shen to do projects, we worked hard and we were okay, we can stand it. Liu Weikun made a compromise proposal.

"Oh, that's what you think. Shen Qi smiled, noncommittal.

Only Wu Shangfeng, a disciple of Buddhism, did not speak, and Shen Qi asked Wu Shangfeng: "Xiao Wu, can you also say a few words." ”

Wu Shangfeng said sincerely: "We are all from undergraduates, when I was an undergraduate, the teacher disappeared after class, and the teaching assistant didn't care about anything, I encountered a problem that I didn't understand, I really didn't know who to find to solve the puzzle, so I could only go to the library to check the materials and solve the problem by myself through self-study." I think undergraduates, especially freshmen and sophomores, still need someone to answer their questions after class. I am willing to accept the two-year job of a tutor mentioned by Professor Shen. ”