"Let's continue. You'll have to bear with my rambling."
Liu Banxia, having taken a sip of water, returned to the stage.
"Honestly, I don't really know what to say. I can only talk about the people and things I'm familiar with. If you find what I say helpful, great. If not, just treat it as background noise.
"As I mentioned earlier, I'm a very realistic person. When I decided to attend college, it was purely out of a desire for a better life in the future. I had no grand aspirations or ambitions, like contributing to world peace or benefiting all humankind. Those goals are too immense; even now, I don't dare to entertain them. But that doesn't mean I'm heartless or simple-minded. We all need to set new goals for ourselves at different stages of life.
"For instance, at the beginning of a new semester, some students might aim to be in the top five of their class. When placed in a new class, others' primary goal might be to see how many pretty girls there are."
