Meng Wei, a doctoral student of Zhejiang University who dialogues to takeaway: I have not graduated in 8 years because of mentality. At present, I bring children while looking for a job.

Jimu Journalist Ding Peng Du Guangran

He has not graduated for 8 years in the PhD, and once sent takeaway to make a living. Meng Wei, 31, has recently attracted the attention of netizens.

After graduating from Zhejiang University in 2014, Meng Wei entered the School of Control Science and Engineering of Zhejiang University as a direct student, and was rated as the top ten college students from Zhejiang University. However, he failed to complete the doctoral dissertation for 5 years. In 2019, he applied for a postponed graduation. By this year, he had not met the requirements of the delayed graduation. He had to go through the completion procedures. At present, he has left school and returned to his hometown in Shandong.

Meng Wei obtained the Honorary Certificate of Top Ten College Students at Zhejiang University (Photo of the Interviewee)

In order to make a living, Meng Wei sent takeaway in Hangzhou from February to May this year, and registered an account on the short video platform to tell his 8 years of experience. Meng Wei feels that he has not graduated in 8 years. He has his own reasons, and some mentors do not guide him. However, his instructor Zhang Guangxin said in response to the media that some of the remarks made by Meng Wei's publicly publicized are not true. Whether it is a school or his personal, there must be requirements and standards for the doctoral graduation. No results. During Meng Wei's blog, whether it was guidance or subject arrangement, they were fully responsible for help.

On September 21, Meng Wei, who returned to his hometown, once again caused heated discussions on the video released by the social platform. He said in the video: "I have not graduated for 8 years in the video, and I am embarrassed to Zhejiang University." In this regard, many netizens right to do it. It is sympathetic. However, some netizens questioned that he did not do well in scientific research when he was studying, and he did not leave in the laboratory after graduation.

On September 22, Jimu Journalists connected Meng Wei, and he responded to some questions and claims of netizens.

After graduation, Meng Wei spoke on a short video platform (video screenshot)

After the extension, I have no interest in the paper, and I have a problem with my mentality

Jimu News: Some netizens said that you were taken away by the police when you left school this summer?

Meng Wei: That's not the case. The truth of the matter is that at the end of June, a message was sent in the laboratory group to let everyone sort out things, and the laboratory should be renovated. I had been cleaned up at the time, so I put it next to my station. Later, the decoration master would demolish all the stations in the laboratory. I said that my station can be dismantled for a day or two. When I find the place to put things, the master does not listen. I locked the door of the laboratory and did not let the decoration master enter the laboratory. He reflected it to the school, and finally the police station police to mediate.

After the police arrived, I was accompanied by the school teacher to the police station. The school leader rushed to persuade me that he had graduated and now needs to find a job. That night, the school opened a room outside the school. The next day, I went back to school to pack my own things and leave, stayed in Hangzhou for a few days, met a few friends, and then returned to my hometown of Weihai.

Jimu News: Why didn't you want to leave school at that time?

Meng Wei: I did not depend on school. If I complete the paper within three years and have the opportunity to get a doctoral diploma, I hope to continue to complete the writing and scientific research of the paper. My Zhejiang University's pass is expired in August. After leaving school, it is even more difficult to make a dissertation. So I applied to the instructor to see if I could get some support, but I did not get a reply, so I hope that the college can help me and the mentor to mediate to see how my subject is determined next.

I am different from those graduates. The matter of their school has been handed over and left with a degree certificate. I have a long way to go next. I hope that before leaving school, I will talk about the topics I have to do next, and some precautions for the graduation certificate of the completion certificate, and then leave.

Jimu News: Your doctor has been postponed for 3 years after 5 years. Why did you not graduate for 8 years?

Meng Wei: My doctoral thesis topic is "Urban Water Supply Network Water Quality Destiny". Neither my own papers are published on the magazine that meets the requirements. After the extension, I feel that I have no interest in papers. I want to find a new direction to break through, but I suffer from various conditions and restrictions. In the end, I did not make progress.

In the three years of extension, although I still went to school, I felt that everyone in the laboratory seemed to look at me with another perspective. Walking in school was recognized by some previous students and asked me why I hadn't graduated, and my face was a bit unable to hang. When I was in the research group, I had nearly a year of time, and I went to the laboratory at night. When I came in the morning in the morning, I would try to avoid everyone.

In addition, after one year of extension, almost all doctors who entered the same year were graduated from the same year, including my three roommates, and they also got the places to study abroad to continue their studies. Therefore, there were some anxiety in my heart at that time. At that time, I wanted to achieve results. As a result, I had some quick success, and my mentality had problems. As a result, the subject did not progress. These were my own reasons. I felt at the time that I couldn't catch up by others, and I was more anxious in my heart. From 2017 to the first half of 2018, I had eaten antidepressant drugs for nearly 10 months.

Meng Wei is riding a bicycle to send takeaway (the picture comes from the Internet)

There are really difficulties to take takeaway, don’t want to be an Internet celebrity

Jimu News: Some people say that you can't graduate because you don't work hard to engage in scientific research. You want to take takeaway videos to be an Internet celebrity. What do you think?

Meng Wei: I don't care too much about the evaluation of netizens, but some netizens say something wrong. I do go to takeaway because I have difficulties in my life. After postponing graduation, the relevant subsidies for graduate students are gone. After 2020, I am in a state of no income. The mentor will issue some subsidies for the holidays, but only one or two thousand dollars. After my child is born, I suffer from outbreak myocarditis. Therefore, I really need to have such an income. I took a takeaway from February to May this year, in Hangzhou. At that time, a counterpart who sent takeaways learned that I was a PhD in Zhejiang University, so I made a video of me. I did not expect to attract the attention of netizens. This was beyond I expected. I never thought of being an Internet celebrity. As for learning, I do n’t work hard, I just feel that there is a problem with my mentality at that time, so the subject of the paper cannot be performed.

Jimu News: Why didn't you obey the mentor's suggestion?

Meng Wei: If Bo moved to a master, I might regret it for a lifetime, and I can't accept it. I have never regretted my choice when I postpone graduation. As long as I do my best, even if I can't get a doctorate degree in the end, I will accept the reality. Sometimes I may be too impatient and eager to make results, because there is no dissertation for a long time reading, and people are very anxious.

Jimu News: After the relationship with the mentor is stiff, what help did the school give you?

Meng Wei: At that time, the college provided a plan and established a consultant group. I have any questions, including the paper writing and the questions in the process of sending the trial. You can ask them. One of the teachers had exchanged with me several times. I still suggested that I continue my original topic, and I think this is the most feasible way. I said that my mentality was already like this. My topic selection was not just to do during the postponement stage, but I didn't even want to open it. The longest time, I don't want to read the original papers for a few months, and I don't want to put this paper out.

In 2017, Meng Wei and his colleagues developed a water warning platform (the interviewee confession)

Bringing a child while looking for a job, still preparing the paper

Jimu News: Are you still taking takeaway after returning to his hometown from Hangzhou?

Meng Wei: In early July, after I left the school, I didn't go to takeaway, and I was looking for a job. Now it is mainly to bring children at home, and at the same time determine the new thesis framework. Sometimes I also do some part -time jobs. I write some data collection procedures, make translations, etc., and make some money to subsidize the family. But the economic source of the family is more of a wife and parents on both sides. Come back for more than two months, my income is definitely not as good as my wife, and she takes more care of children and home.

Jimu News: You take out the undergraduate diploma of Zhejiang University. Isn't it difficult to find a job in your hometown?

Meng Wei: It is not as easy as finding a job. In addition to investing in resumes, some friends also say that there can be opportunities for common cooperation, including some companies related to research on my doctoral research topics. I also found me, but in the end, it is gone. Essence It may be because some of the sounds I published on the Internet have caused everyone to worry about it. I voted another resume this morning.

Polar News: How to do the next thesis topic at home?

Meng Wei: My next paper selection topic can only choose such topics that rely on less dependencies on experimental equipment or pure number value algorithms, including some relatively hot directions and open source data. I now do things I think I can do. Some netizens who support me also expressed their willingness to provide me with support for computing tools and data. If the final result is unsatisfactory, I will accept reality. Of course, the next time is definitely not spending time on this one, it must also take into account family and work.

Jimu News: How is the mentality adjustment now?

In fact, sometimes I think about it, but now I look back. Even if some of the previous practices are a bit radical, I will not regret it. I may have to change the personality and need to be gradual.

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