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"i hope everyone can call me brother jun or brother tang. calling me uncle is too embarrassing."

tang shangjun, 35, arrived at south china normal university two days ago and completed all the registration procedures. he has a new identity: a freshman majoring in information engineering at south china normal university. tang shangjun has already started attending classes.

"it's too embarrassing to call you uncle."on the first day of school, when introducing himself to the class, tang shangjun suggested that his classmates call him "brother jun" or "brother tang".

compared with most of the classmates who are around 18 years old, tang shangjun is a dozen years older than them. in terms of age, he can indeed be called an "uncle-level" classmate.

this huge age difference is also due to the fact that tang shangjun repeated his studies for 15 consecutive years.

having repeated his senior year for so many years, tang shangjun is undoubtedly an extreme case among the large number of college entrance examination candidates every year. he has therefore attracted much attention, and his personal douyin account has more than 700,000 followers.

on the day of registration, tang shangjun was surrounded by reporters from many media outlets and became the focus of their attention. some netizens joked that tang shangjun had single-handedly put south china normal university on the hot list.

after a long journey of repeating his studies, tang shangjun entered university, breaking out of the vicious circle of repeating the college entrance examination year after year and making no progress. but tang shangjun still has a long way to go and may face challenges. for example, information engineering is not the major tang shangjun wants to study. is it possible for him to transfer to the teacher training major he wants to study by changing his major? moreover, after graduating from college, tang shangjun is nearly 40 years old, and there is a lot of pressure whether he is looking for a job or continuing his studies.

tang shangjun expressed satisfaction with the campus environment, facilities, and friendly and enthusiastic teachers and students of south china normal university.

“i hope the outside world will interfere less with the school and me personally.”tang shangjun’s university life officially began.

source: morning news