Figure ①: Lin Jiamin (right), a graduate of Shanghai Health Medical College, works in the community health service center of Xiaokunshan Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Ying photo
图②：内蒙古机电职业技术学院毕业生计磊在一家电子材料企业生产线上工作。 王正摄（人民视觉）
图③：扬州大学外国语学院毕业生李丽在贵州参加支教活动。 张运摄
版式设计：张芳曼
874万高校毕业生经历了特殊的就业季。在抗击新冠肺炎疫情的过程中，经受磨练、收获成长。在确立择业观、就业观的过程中，规划人生、树立理想。
志不求易者成，事不避难者进。本期周刊，我们记录几名毕业生的故事。他们中，有人扎根西部、建设边疆；有人投身重大领域，在祖国最需要的地方。相信他们的故事，能给更多青年人带来启发与共鸣。
——编 者
“只有荒凉的沙漠，没有荒凉的人生”
人物：中国石油大学（北京）克拉玛依校区2020届本科毕业生丁贵阳
就业选择：中国石油塔里木油田分公司
“来信收到了，得知你们118名同学毕业后将奔赴新疆基层工作，立志同各族群众一起奋斗，努力成为可堪大用、能担重任的西部建设者，我支持你们作出的这个人生选择。”7月7日，习近平总书记给中国石油大学（北京）克拉玛依校区毕业生回信。
“习近平总书记给我们回信了！惊喜，振奋！”回忆起收到信的那一刻，即将入职中国石油塔里木油田分公司的丁贵阳仍激动不已。当时，他和同学们正在图书馆，雷鸣般的掌声持续了好几分钟。
丁贵阳的家乡在“红瓦绿树，碧海蓝天”的山东青岛，时刻都能呼吸到来自海洋的气息。那么，为什么选择新疆？为什么选择留下来？
4年前，高考填报志愿，丁贵阳抱着厚厚的报考指南，寻找和石油有关的院校。“我从小就知道‘铁人精神’，一位要好的新疆朋友给我讲了他的家乡，他的父母从事的就是石油行业。”于是，丁贵阳郑重填报了中国石油大学（北京）克拉玛依校区。
克拉玛依，因石油而生、以石油命名。1955年，由36名工人组成的青年钻井队挺进克拉玛依。当年10月，克拉玛依一号井喷出工业油流，宣告发现新中国第一个大油田。
“只有荒凉的沙漠，没有荒凉的人生。”第一次看到中国石油塔里木油田分公司的这幅标语时，丁贵阳被深深震撼了。“我国西部资源储量巨大而丰富，但勘探开发程度较低。我的专业是资源勘查工程，新疆复杂的地质构造等着我们去勘探、去发掘！”
If you choose resource exploration, you choose to be a partner with hard work. The magical ghost city, the changing mud volcano and the steep Dushanzi Grand Canyon all left the footprints of Ding Guiyang and his classmates. "Time and time again, I realized the hardships of geologists and the importance of grassroots work." Ding Guiyang said.
Where will you go after graduation? Ding Guiyang initially planned to take the postgraduate entrance examination and then returned to Shandong for development. However, in the process of learning, his idea gradually changed: "Xinjiang is an important comprehensive energy base in the country with huge resources, and there is a broad space for development." Ding Guiyang wrote such a sentence in a circle of friends: "Pursuing the original ideal, choosing the right path, and continuing to struggle, the future can be expected."
"Realizing the dream of a maritime power is the power that inspires us to keep moving forward."
Person: Shark Wang, Ph.D. graduate of Mechanical Engineering College of Zhejiang University in 2020.
Employment Choice: Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, China Academy of Sciences.
August 3, deep in the ocean. Shark Wang, a PhD graduate of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Zhejiang University in 2020, is on a mission at sea. The signal is not good, and the communication with reporters can only be intermittent.
The 28-year-old boy will soon join the Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering of China Academy of Sciences, and devote himself to the research and development of deep-sea electromechanical equipment and manned submersible technology.
Unlike some people who value high salary and comfortable conditions, Shark Wang was fascinated by the more than 150 days he spent on the experimental application voyage of Jiaolong and the biological exploration voyage of the Mariana Trench.
The vast ocean has no shore, and the ship at the foot is the only "land". At first, you can eat vegetables with leaves. Later, you can only eat pasta and meat.
What is even more frightening is the extreme bad weather. Shark Wang clearly remembers that he caught up with a typhoon on his first expedition, and the maximum wind force exceeded 17. Although we have escaped from the center of the typhoon at the fastest speed, the ship is still as small as a leaf above the ocean. In the stormy waves, the mother ship seemed to sit on a "roller coaster" and swung everything in the cabin to the ground. Shark Wang tried to fix himself on the bed in the cabin, and his ears were full of the sound of the sea hitting the hull.
"After several days of high-intensity bumps, my body is extremely tired." Shark Wang said, but instead of being afraid, he was fascinated by the feeling of chopping waves.
"Young people are often attracted by the prosperity in front of them. In fact, they should listen to their hearts and do what they think is meaningful." What Shark Wang is afraid of is not the danger and hardship in the deep sea, but the loss of the opportunity to fight for the great power. "If you give up, you may never have the opportunity to ride the ocean again."
Wang Shuo once practiced in Qinshan nuclear power plant and other units, and he was deeply shocked by the efforts and dedication of the older generation of builders. After receiving the "baton", Shark Wang was very proud: "Our country is a big maritime country with a vast sea area. Caring for the ocean, understanding the ocean and managing the ocean is the mission of our generation of young people. Realizing the dream of a maritime power is the power that inspires us to keep moving forward! "
"Let more children have the opportunity to see what I see"
Character: Lili, a 2020 undergraduate graduate of Foreign Languages College of Yangzhou University.
Employment Choice: Machang Town Central School, Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province
On the first weekend of August, I dialed Lili’s phone. She said she was watching a movie and we’d talk later.
Later, the reporter learned that what Li Li said about "watching movies" was actually downloading movies to computers and showing them to students. "Besides teaching English, I want children to see a wider world." Li Li said.
Lili, a 2020 graduate of English Teachers College of Foreign Languages, Yangzhou University. At the end of July, just graduated, she came to Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, surrounded by mountains, and taught at Machang Town Central School where she had taught.
Lili’s hometown is in a small mountain village in Hezhang County, Bijie, Guizhou. She is no stranger to mountainous areas. However, when I first came to the teaching school a year ago, my mood was still a little heavy. "Compared with many developed regions, the hardware, teachers and educational concepts here are still relatively backward. Under the same blue sky, the educational resources enjoyed by children are still uneven. "
That is, the teaching time planted seeds in Lili’s heart: to become a teacher and bring knowledge and hope to more children in the mountains.
"When I left, the children all hoped that I could come back again. Coming back to work this time is like fulfilling a promise. " She said.
Many people can’t imagine that as a post-95 English teacher, Li Li didn’t start learning 26 English letters until junior high school. "I haven’t had an English class in primary school. I still remember that in the first class of junior high school, the teacher asked who had never studied English, and I was the only one who raised my hand. This incident touched me a lot. "
Lily doesn’t admit defeat, nor do the teachers give up. From never knowing ABC to choosing an English teacher major in a university, and now becoming an English teacher, Li Li has strengthened her ambition to devote herself to education: "The power of education is too great!"
These days, Li Li is busy participating in the related work of dropping out of school. I heard that several children in remote local cottages have a tendency to drop out of school to work. Li Li signed up for a home visit before her luggage was packed. "Keep them. Stay and study, and there is hope. "
Ahead, the mountains are connected with the mountains. By car to the foot of the mountain, it takes an hour or two to walk to the students’ home. This thin "post-95" girl walked along the mountain road. "I came out of the mountains. Today, I went back to the mountains to give more children a chance to see what I saw. " Li Li said.
"Try again, and dream of being a soldier."
Character: Xiong Pu, a 2020 undergraduate graduate of beijing university of chemical technology Institute of Information Science and Technology.
Employment Choice: Sign up for enlistment.
Like many young people, Xiong Pu, a 22-year-old boy, likes to brush short videos. On August 1st Army Day, he praised many short videos. Veterans salute, moved, like! Military knowledge, useful, like it!
Xiong Pu loved watching movies and TV works with military themes since he was a child. "Bright Sword, My Brother’s Name is Shun Liu, Rushing out of Amazon and Red Star Shining on China … …” Bear spectrum is like a treasure. "I have admired and worshipped soldiers since I was a child and want to be a soldier."
"I know that to be a qualified soldier, you must have amazing perseverance and must go through countless times of tempering … …” Xiong Pu still has an award-winning composition when he was 14 years old. White paper, slightly yellowed, has the mark of time.
At the end of the college entrance examination, Xiong Pu thought about applying to the military school, but he didn’t sign up because he didn’t know enough about the army and himself at that time. During the freshman military training, the students asked the instructor what it was like to be a soldier. "The instructor said that if you really want to know, try it yourself!" Xiong Pu’s heart itches.
Two years ago, Xiong Pu applied for registration for the first time. That summer, he participated in the propaganda activity of "Join the army with a pen and have no regrets about youth". "I like the white T-shirt and the red and white hat I wore that day very much, and I still cherish it at home." Unfortunately, that medical examination failed. "At that time, I decided not to give up, and I must sign up again in the year of graduation!"
Time has come to 2020. In the graduation season, seeing the news of conscription, Xiong Pu signed up without hesitation. "If I can really join the army, it will be a dream for me!"
When signing up for the recruitment network, Xiong Pu saw his photos in 2018. "I am very excited. I have seen my changes in the past two years and I have seen my persistence in my heart." Xiong Pu said.
There is such a sentence in Xiong Pu’s circle of friends, which was written on the day of his graduation: Do not forget your initiative mind, forge ahead.
How to understand this sentence? In the face of the reporter’s inquiry, Xiong Pu hesitated for a long time: "At first, I understood it as what I wanted to do from the beginning, which was the goal and direction. To forge ahead is to keep going, no matter how hard or difficult it is. If I can join the army this time, I will definitely practice my excellent skills and become a qualified soldier, so as to reassure the motherland and people. This is my initial heart and dream. "
"Go where you need it."
Person: Betty Wong, a graduate of the First Clinical Medical College of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 2020.
Employment choice: apply for the post of medical talents in Tibet.
I heard that Betty Wong signed up for a post in a medical and health institution in Tibet. Some students advised her: "Your home is in Qinghai, and you finally came to a big city. Why do you want to go back after graduation and go further away from Beijing?" There are also good students who ask, can you adapt after going?
Betty Wong thought about all these questions. She comes from Golmud, Qinghai, and is a graduate of the excellent Chinese medicine training program of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. After studying for 8 years, Betty Wong also wants to find a favorite job. At first, she planned to travel to the south. However, when the teacher sent a message to work in Tibet, Betty Wong signed up.
"I was born and raised in the northwest of the motherland, and I know that medical resources in the western region are still relatively short. For example, some diseases are not incurable diseases for hospitals in Beijing, but hospitals in relatively backward areas will advise patients to go to provincial hospitals or to Beijing, Shanghai and other places. " Betty Wong said, "When I graduate, I am willing to respond to the call of the country and sign up to work in Tibet. I want to help more people with what I have learned. "
Betty Wong said frankly that the efforts of the people throughout the country to fight the epidemic have strengthened her confidence and motivation in clinical work. "Be a brave retrograde person and bring hope to more people!"
"The country’s medical and health undertakings need talents, areas with weak medical resources need talents, and the majority of patients need talents." Betty Wong said softly, "Although many students choose to stay in the big city, I still feel that I should go to a place that is really needed, a place where I can better realize my own value."
Will you regret it? In the face of a reporter’s question, Betty Wong was sure: "No.. My choice now is the same as choosing a major that I have to study for eight years at a time. Choose what you love, and if you choose it, you will go on firmly. "
"Life is not waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain." This is Betty Wong’s signature on WeChat. In her opinion, a firm belief can make us not afraid of the wind and rain. (People’s Daily reporter Zhang Shuo Wu Yue)