Relationships of KIMEP students.

Here I would like to write about students. This article is going to appear next week in KIMEP TIMES newspaper, but YOU will SEE it first on MTV :))) i mean, READ it first on my web-blog :)

So many different people in the world. Brazilian, American, Korean, South African the list goes on and on. They all have different personalities, based partly on their origins. They do not look like each other; they do not act like each other.
So many children are born in one day, the majority of them dissimilar. Despite these different national origins, and the different ways they are raised, they are likely to have one thing in common: Their parents will try to convince them to study hard so they can have a better life. And if they are lucky enough to enter a good university, they have a responsibility to study hard because their parents are paying for their education. But they should also try to reach out to their fellow students, to make them feel more comfortable.


All students at KIMEP have their own world, their own dreams. When it comes to realizing their dreams, there are two distinct camps. Some students spend most of their time reading books in the library, not even looking around because they are so busy with their studies. Others just walk around KIMEP searching for adventure or a romantic encounter.


In fact, some students, it is obvious, come here not to study, but to socialize, to make and meet with friends. To share the latest news and gossip.
You can see it when you listen to guys sitting in the Grill talking about what car is the best or how good Jessica Alba looks on that poster. You can also see it when you notice a girl running at the last minute to print a class paper just before the deadline a paper that should have been ready long before.
Adults, especially middle-aged and older ones, are apt to discuss their own student lives with words such as: “In our time we did not behave like today’s students. What do they mean by that?


Are they decrying the fact that today’s students are more confident, freer, more able to become individuals and share their own opinions?
No. What they really mean, when you ask them to explain, is that universities were friendlier when they were attending. In fact, they say, a university was like a home and all students part of the same big family. It’s not that way now, they suggest. I understand what they are saying.


Sometimes students today are so busy that they are not interested in what is happening outside their circle of friends, let alone in the wider world. Yet their professors and classmates are leaving a mark on their lives, too.
We should be appreciating our friends, of course, but also others around us. And we should not be taking offense easily, or engaging in behavior that increases misunderstanding.
No one is perfect. We shouldn’t be stingy with words like: “I appreciate you. You mean a lot to me. You always can count on me. I will be always here to help you”.
After all, you do not know whether you will see your friend tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Life can be fleeting. And it can throw some really big surprises at you.


Let someone else know how much he means to you.
I think sometimes that too many KIMEP students are conceited. Even if they might like someone outside their social circle, they might not make the effort to get to know that person until the fourth year of their studies almost too late.
If some students were willing to utter a simple hello to someone they didn’t know, the campus climate could become warmer. We should appreciate every moment at KIMEP, and say nice things, compliments; even to those we don’t know. After all, we all study here.



Some students have complained that they said hi to a student and the next day the guy walked by, acting as if he didn’t recognize them. They wonder what kind of guy he is. Is he unfriendly, or does he think he’s just too busy to acknowledge them?
But even when someone else refuses to acknowledge you, you should continue being friendly to others, going out of your way to make them feel comfortable. That kind of approach will make this campus a better place. And it will make you feel better.