图为任娟娟教授在第三届中国高速铁路健康管理技术论坛
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从本科到硕士再到博士,在同学们相约逛街、看电影的时候,任娟娟教授选择把这有限的时间花在学业上。
硕士阶段,面对未来将何去何从的迷茫,她最先做的,是通过咨询与对比,逐步确定未来的目标,然后毫不动摇地坚守。“动摇肯定什么都做不好,人的精力是有限的。所以首先要确定目标,一旦确定了之后,就沿着这个目标走下去,让它成为一种习惯。”
任娟娟教授似乎永远都这么雷厉风行,决定了就去做,做了就尽可能做好。
2007-2008年,任娟娟教授以国家公派留学生的名义前往德国慕尼黑工业大学进行联合培养。她把初来乍到的自己称为团队的“外来户”。“外来户”需要自己主动融入团队,这对于多数人来说都很不适应,于是便被放养,成了没人管的学生。为了让自己“有人管”,任娟娟教授像个“问题怪”,她整日蹲守在实验室里,拉着博士甚至是工人和她聊天。
图为任娟娟教授在做实验
于是同学们经常能看到一个绑着马尾辫的女孩,追着正在忙碌的工人,用不熟练的德语问他们一线工作的体悟,转而又跑去询问刚刚操作完实验的博士师兄,这个实验有什么注意事项和实验心得。空闲时间,她还会去教授的办公室“逮人”,忙碌的教授被“逮”住了也不得不给这个“烦人”的学生解答疑问。慢慢地,任娟娟教授如愿融入了这个新的团队,师兄们在做实验时开始主动叫她动手操作。
目标导向一直是任娟娟教授秉承的做事原则,尽可能减少时间的浪费,做有效的事情,从上学到工作,她舍弃了很多休闲时间,为的便是在未来有更多的选择权。
看着任娟娟教授不停忙碌的身影,任娟娟教授的学生也经常发出疑问,“老师都已经评上教授和优青,也有了孩子,怎么还那么拼。”
在任娟娟教授看来,自律是一种会上瘾的习惯,所以哪怕她现在已经收获颇丰,也极少去享受青春时代搁浅的娱乐和消遣。她像个永动机,通过自己的主动轴带动从动轴不停地转动,期盼在有限的生命里书写多一点的可能性,在科研上为我国高速铁路发展作出更多贡献。
莫问收获,但问耕耘
办公室里,早到和晚归的同学总能看到任娟娟教授加班加点,伏案工作的身影,她沉浸在科研的世界里,屏蔽了窗外的云卷云舒,桌上的花开花落,忘记了疲倦与喜悦的情绪变化。
曾国藩有个一生谨遵的人生格言,“莫问收获,但问耕耘。”这似乎也是任娟娟教授科研工作的哲学,锲而不舍地修改基金,不知疲倦地加班加点,在她看来这都是科研工作者的必修课。
作为导师,她也常常鼓励自己的学生去尝试各种事情,哪怕是刚得知消息却马上就要截止,她也会鼓励学生们勇敢去试一试。结果并不要紧,重要的是学习和积累的过程。在她看来,科研的成果是一个水到渠成的事情,足够的积累,总有一天会汇集成河流。
灰尘扑扑的工程实验室里,任娟娟教授经常被一群群求知若渴的男学生围着,而她犹如指点江山一般,疯狂输出一个又一个专业术语,耐心地为同学们解答疑问。
图为任娟娟教授在试验现场指导学生
实际上,在家庭中她也是用心的。“当你们成家以后,会慢慢发现,如果家庭没有经营好,其他的成功都是没有用的。一定是先把家庭打理好,才能放心在外面打拼。”她六点多起床,为孩子做好早餐,帮忙换上精心搭配的校服,在上班高峰前将孩子送到学校,一个完美的转身,她又来到另一个校园,细心指导着她的另一群“孩子”。
任娟娟教授清晰地穿梭在各种身份之间,而多重身份的叠加,也让这位职场女性的魅力愈发光芒四射。
就像此时料谁也想不到自己人生的下一个阶段会在什么时候发生更替一样,任娟娟教授也无法预见自己未来的模样,于是她选择脚踏实地,默默耕耘,尽全力演绎好每一个阶段的角色。过去十年,任娟娟教授是铁道工程发展的见证者,是建设者,更是传承者,她一往无前,将青春岁月倾注于此,如今再回首时,却发现早已摘得累累硕果。
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
(文图:赵筱尘 巫邓炎)