2023.10.24. A nice chat with my old friend Jerry

"Hey Jason, sorry for being late. I met a student on the way, having some talk." Seconds later after I selected a seat near one window, Jerry came to me with his warm smile.

"It's okay, we've got really long time no see! So glad to see you again! "

"Right, years long. How's your work? Do you like it? "

"Pretty well, much better than my last one, since this job requires nothing about marketing and persuading blahblah. all I need to do is just teaching. I'm enjoying the fun of teaching."

"Right! That's why I keep doing teaching."

A young waitress came by, asking us for order

" I like this restaurant, with all the seats and silent atmosphere, of course, compared with those serving with hotpot or so."

"Hah, indeed."

"Where have you been these days? I saw your wechat moments, in Vienam?"

"Yes, so much fun there. Vienam now acquired many factories shifted from China, on the way China used to be."

"Gorgeous. Somethign new there? "

"Yes, they have some festivals, including bear festivals, with the whole street full of people, many of whom are foreigners, both from China and America or Europe. Many from north-eastern part of China like to be there."

"Gee, it seems like quite crowded, not where I would be. "

"Haha, indeed. "

Waitress lady came by, serving us with cup of lemon water.

"Thanks", said Jerry.

"What's your plan next, any ideas about the job in Chongqing?"

"Still wait. There might be a positive news from SISU academy of Chengdu. But it seems the head of the international department lies too much importance on the age stuff. "

"Right, too few to see such a earnest and courageous teacher."

"I may go to Wuhan to see what's the situation would be there. Many private college there. I may find some opportunites. Much hard for a teacher in my age to land in a job. You're lucky, Haha."

"Hahah, right, indeed, young man like me could be push and exploited much harder, genrating more profits for capitalist. A sad story but very true. "

"Make sense... Strange. Does MARXISM seem attractive to you?"

"Yes, that's strange. I know many of sutends in my age have no interest in such stuff, before they are thown into workforce. You see, I was the one with fury on these cliche, especially the ones spoken by form classes. Seeing them boasting something right politically, and sometimes their own so-called experiences, hmmm, I had no interest at all. But that's not the real Marxism. After being forced to do my job, I find myself in a plight with agnoy and confusion about the job, my life and the meaning of myself, casting many questions about the society and the way it functions. I have no notions about this feelings, but sensed that this must be relative about marxism or so. So I found some books written by Marx and Engles. Gee, every single word seems the best description about myself, and this was written near 200 years ago?! Things got clearer then. You know, with terms and theories to understand one's situation, one may become less anxious, at least for me. "

"Hhah, you find yourself being exploited?"

"Quite so, especially when I got my second job, witnessing so many students leading an unbelievably luxury life, wearing 6,000 RMB T-shirt in high school, and driving their own cars to have my classes, which by the way, 600RMB for each hours, I was like, wow, not my life at all. And this urges myself to find some theories to explain all these staff, their pursuits, recognition and so on. "