1.
What makes you choose the mathematics as your
lifetime career?
Shonk: My initial interest is engineer,
and I have to learn a lot of math to learn engineer well. Then I found that
mathematics is much fundamental and fascinating.
2.
What do you think mathematics can bring to our
life or develop our life?
Shonk: Well, math is very useful in the daily life, for example forecasting
how fast flu spreads, how much loss due to the earthquake.
3.
Well, I heard you hobby is flying, right? When
did you have your first plane?
Shonk: Yes, I like to fly. I got my first plane about 10 years ago.
4.
Where do you learn how to fly?
Shonk: Well, I learned how to fly after I moved to Georgia, right in Georgia
tech.
5.
How long did it take you to learn?
Shonk: About 10 months, but I didn’t learn every day. I you learn every day
you can spend much less time.
6.
I heard you have made a plane by yourself,
right?
Shonk: That’s right. It took me a lot of time. But it was very exciting, at
first the plane were just pieces, then after the effort you could fly in the
sky.
…
“Well if you are interested you can fly with me.” Then:
Thanks my professor for the interview and the flying. What a
nice guy he is , and I want to be a person like him, enjoy your job and enjoy
the life. I think that’s the most happy life I have ever heard, I want to be a
person like him. So what kind of life do you want in the future?
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