IAESTE Students are coming and going to and from China for the internship -- all students can face the same problem when arriving : the luggage is missing!

 

Few days ago, a Chinese student just arrived in Europe and got in a panic after he couldn't find the luggage. The local committe picked him up and told him not to worry that they made the report to the Airlines company and they would track it down and send to his address.

He couldn't calm himself and kept mentioning about the luggage matter.

The local committe called the National Committe to report about this matter. It was 7 in the morning when the National Committe wrote us an email saying that they would send the student back to China  because he couldn't understand English and they would find help to communicate with the student.

 

In the afternoon, Our National Secretary spoke to him on the phone : even in Chinese he kept saying about his worries with the luggage.

In short, it not the matter of language ability, it is a communication problem!

 

My concern is, when our foreign students come to China for the internship, I met around 4 students had this problem with luggage missing - but despite of their dissapointment, they would just move on and waited until the Airlines company delivered the luggage. Meanwhile, they would go shopping for some clothes and personal needs.

 

Panicing cannot solve your problem. We need to  stop and start thinking ratioinally.

The world is the best classroom. Experience is the best teacher. IAESTE offers you both!

(by Venny)

 

  不断的有爱因斯特的学生从中国出发去实习，也不断的有外国学生们来到中国实习，而所有初到陌生国度学生都可能会遇到这样的问题：遗失行李。
  几天前，一个刚到欧洲的中国实习学生陷入了巨大的恐慌中——他丢了行李。当地的爱因斯特组织来接机时告诉他不用担心，他们会告知航空公司并通知他们把行李送到住地的。但是他不断的说着他的行李，没法镇静下来。
  当地爱因斯特向他们的国家办公室报告了这件事。早上七点的时候该国的国家办公室给我们写了封E-mail说他们要把这个实习生送回中国，理由是他不懂英文，他们也找不到能帮他们与这个实习生交流的人。
  当天下午，秘书长Fanfan与这个实习生通了电话，在电话里，他还在用中文抱怨行李的事。也就是说，这已经不是英文上的问题了，这实际上是沟通的问题。
  我们也有很多外国学生到中国来实习，我就碰到大概4个学生丢了行李。但是无论他们多失望，他们都会把这个先放在一边然后等航空公司送行李来。在这期间，他们会去买一些衣服和个人用品。
  恐慌并不能解决问题。我们只能停下来理性的思考一下。
  世界是最好的课堂。经验是最好的老师。这两个爱因斯特都可以给你。