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Wan Shu Pvng, a visiting professor from China, educated himself by visiting
a library after work and reading about what the world has to offer.
Worldly
Wisdom
Self-taught history professor shares
his global perspective with Texas
A&M students
By Shea Wiggins
The Battalion
W an Shu Ping worked as a carpenter in Shang
hai, China, for 10 years. Every evening after
work, he went to the library to teach himself
English, Japanese and Russian. He read books with ti
tles ranging from A to Z, scanning topics from astrono
my to zoology.
His self-education brought him to America and to
Texas A&M to teach American students.
Ping, a visiting lecturer at A&M, is teaching traditional
East Asia and Modern Chinese courses this semester.
Ping said he came to America in 1989 to pursue his
graduate studies.
“I taught at Northwestern University in Chicago last
year, and I am completing my dissertation right now
under Arif Dirak,” Ping said. “I had several offers to
teach, but I choose A&M, because the history depart
ment has a good reputation.”
Ping said he never expected his education to be
useful.
“I studied to make my life more meaningful,” Ping
said. “After the cultural revolution in China, there was
a lack of faculty. I took an examination and was able to
teach at the university.”
Ping said A&M students are polite.
“They are good, friendly students, but they are very
shy,” Ping said. “They have more extracurricular activi
ties than Chinese students. Their semesters are short
er, as Chinese students have 20 weeks of school and
one (week) for exams.”
Wan said he heard of A&M's football team from oth
er student newspapers.
“I knew A&M was famous for its football team,” Ping
said. “Football is not very popular in China, because we
do not have a football team. We call soccer football.”
See Ping, Page 4
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