Staff Profile of the Week – Sarina Sun
你最喜欢的电影是什么？为什么？
任何时候被问到这个问题，我的答案都会是电影“心灵点滴”。它和我的价值观、信仰非常契合，那就是我们要帮助和支持他人。这部电影讲述了我们如何很好地帮助和支持他人。另外，它也讨论了一个深刻且重要的问题——我们如何使这些受助者感到舒服。
虽然这部电影讲述的是一位医生Patch Adam的故事（由Robin Williams扮演）但是，我发现他的一些话也和我自己的教育理念相契合。
例如：
- 每个人都会影响到另一个人。
- 诸位，死亡不是敌人。
- 如果我们要挑战疾病，应挑战其中最严重的部分，那就是冷漠。
- 医生的使命应不只是避免死亡…还要增进生活品质。这就是为何治疗一个疾病有赢有输。
我们可以用真心、热情、善良打败最有挑战的冷漠。拒绝冷漠，以病人为中心，同样也可以适用于教育。尤其对于我来说，这部电影具有比喻含义，为学生创建温馨、安全、健康、愉悦的教育环境也正是每一个老师应该为之努力的目标。
What is your favorite film or TV show and why?
Whenever I am asked about this question, my answer is the movie “Patch Adams.” It fits my value and belief that we help and support others. The movie speaks to me about how we can help and support each other well. Moreover, it discusses a deeper and important question about how we comfort the people whom we help and support.
Although the movie is about a doctor played by Robin Williams, I find metaphorical meaning for my own education values in these quotes from “Patch Adams’:
- Every human being has an impact on another.
- Death is not the enemy, gentlemen.
- If we’re gonna fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all: indifference.
- A doctor’s mission should be not just to prevent death, but also to improve the quality of life. That’s why you treat a disease, you win, you lose.
We can defeat indifference by sincerity, enthusiasm and kindness. Saying “no” to indifference and being “patient-centered” also applies to education. Essentially, for me the movie is a metaphor for educators that we need to strive to create a comfortable, safe, healthy and pleasant environment for our kids.
最难忘的旅行经历是什么以及原因。
旅行，对于我和我的家人来说，是每年必须要进行的活动。尤其是随着我的儿子Terry的成长，我们去的城市和地区也越来越多、越来越远。他也会帮我们做计划、查资料、整理行李、办理入住、退房、过安检等等。
喜欢一个句子“.旅行就是，即使是同一个世界，我们发现的却是不一样的世界。”是的，旅行让我们见识了很多不一样的风景、民俗和文化，也让我们在旅途中结交了很多新朋友。我们一起品尝美食、体验当地的文化和民俗，一起玩乐，即使在陌生的地方，我们也可以享受快乐。
最近Terry正在学习中国的钱币。所以我们打算一起把人民币后面我们没有去过的景点走完。有泰山、三峡、桂林。我想，旅行是我们享受家庭时光、见证Terry成长的好时机。感谢旅行，总是带给我们难忘的经历。
What is your favorite traveling experience and why?
Traveling is an essential annual activity for my family. As my son Terry grows up, we travel more and go to places that are further away. Terry likes to help make the plans, research information, pack luggage, check in, check out and pass customs.
I love one sentence about travel: “Traveling is that we find a different world even though we stay in the same world”. Traveling enables us not only to know different scenery, cultures and traditions, but also make friends. We taste yummy food, experience local culture and have fun together. In a new place, we can have a wonderful time.
Recently, Terry is learning Chinese Money. We plan to visit some places we have not been to on the back of our currency such as Mount Tai, The Three Gorges and Guilin. In my idea, traveling is an important occasion to cherish our happy family time and Terry’s growth. Travel creates unforgettable memories for us.
