Since Zhao Anran sent an email to Professor Li Guomin, he has been anxiously waiting for a reply, and finally received a reply from Professor Li at noon on Monday:

Hello Zhao Anran! I have read your email carefully, and studying for a PhD is a spiritual practice, and if you can survive the difficult years, it will definitely improve people's minds. Come on! Best wishes!

Is this no sense of rejection? This means that if you pass the line and enter the interview, you may be accepted by the tutor? Zhao Anran couldn't suppress his excitement, and hurriedly sent a WeChat message to Liu Hanlin: "Professor Li replied to me, did not reject me, and wished me success, let me come on!" After a while, Liu Hanlin replied: "I just got out of class, so you can review it well!" I'll help you find review materials. Zhao Anran sent him a rabbit emoji with a smirk and a thank you.

Now that there is hope, I need to report my plan to study for a PhD with the leader of my workplace. Because the application conditions indicate that the on-the-job examination requires a certificate from the work unit, Zhao Anran will have to face the leaders of the school sooner or later. When she saw Principal Huang sitting in the office, she knocked lightly on the door, and then said what she had sorted out countless times in her mind, hoping that the principal would approve her application for a Ph.D. on the job.

Unexpectedly, Principal Huang did not approve and said to her: "Teacher Xiao Zhao, we are a key secondary school, and we want double-teacher teachers, who must understand both theory and operation." PhDs are all engaged in unrealistic research theories, which are not applicable to secondary schools at all. "Principal Huang, my theoretical and practical skills are also obvious to everyone, I have won the first and second prizes in every teacher skills competition held by the school, I just want to improve my academic qualifications, but also want to broaden my horizons." Zhao Anran explained. Principal Huang directly interrupted Zhao Anran's words, waved his hand at her, and said, "Our small temple can't accommodate such a big Bodhisattva, if you really want to study for a doctorate, then write a resignation letter and then talk about it!" ”

Zhao Anran was puzzled, didn't working in school pay attention to academic qualifications? Why did you want to improve, but you were vetoed by the principal? Do you really want to quit your job and study for a PhD? Do you just give up your easy and stable job as a teacher? She went to Vice Principal Yang to explain her situation, Vice Principal Yang was more open-minded, he said: "Teacher Zhao, don't worry, I'll go to the principal to discuss, after all, our school has no precedent for teachers to study for in-service doctorates before, and I will inform you if there is any new news." ”

Seeing that the deadline for applying for the doctoral degree was getting closer and closer, Zhao Anran was like an ant on a hot pot, and she had to go to Vice President Yang again. The final reply she received was that the president took a step back and could let her apply for a Ph.D. first, but once she was admitted, she would have to resign unconditionally.

Zhao Anran reluctantly accepted this decision, she had to have a long talk with her mother this time. After dinner, Zhao Anran hugged Huansha on the climbing mat and let her play with her toys, and then cautiously told her mother about her plan to take the Ph.D. exam, and the principal asked her to resign if she was admitted to the doctorate.

"Mom, I know that if I quit my job and study for a PhD, the financial pressure on my family will fall on you, and although you have a retirement salary, I don't want to spend more of your money. I have saved some money in the past few years of work, and I have read the relevant regulations, the state will provide grants for full-time doctoral students, and there will be various scholarships in the school, and I will work hard to win the scholarship. It's just that during my PhD, I probably had to work hard for you to take care of Huansha most of the time. Zhao Anran said a lot of things in one breath.

"Enron, since I was a child, you have never let me worry about my studies, I am just a secondary school graduate, and I can't give you too much guidance in my studies. But I know that if your father was still alive, he would definitely approve of you going to do a PhD. Children's business, don't worry, I'll bring a good. "Enron's mother just wants her daughter to cheer up, not to be depressed because of the divorce. If she wants to read, then go for it!