1/ My favorite story about my dad is he got into Peking University (the Harvard of China) but a corrupt communist official swapped his admission ticket w/ his daughter& #39;s admission ticket.

2/ My dad was sent to the state medical university instead, cashing his dreams of studying physics at Peking. The corrupt bureaucrat didn& #39;t even try to cover up the scandal and sent him to the women& #39;s dorm room originally assigned to his daughter.

3/ Faced with this crushing disappointment he could have either stayed in his poor countryside farming village and wait another 2 years to retake his college entrance exams. His brother had given up his spot to go to college to my dad so he felt obligated to take the offer.

4/ He arrived to med school almost a semester late and borrowed his roommate& #39;s textbooks to study over winter break. When it came in finals he scored in 1st and 2nd across his whole class.

5/ He always dreamed of going to Peking University to study aerospace engineering but his dreams were dashed b/c of the corrupt communist official. Instead he became an ear, neck, nose, and throat doctor.

6/ But he never gave up his love for physics combining it in his hearing science research, studying wave theory. He pursued science in addition to practicing medicine, receiving a WHO fellowship to conduct hearing research at the University of Michigan.

7/ His work has been published in Nature multiple times and he has created a paradigm shift in hearing research. My dad embodies childhood wonder. He spends his weekends tinkering with his laser interferometers and reviewing NIH grants b/c he likes giving back to grad students.

8/ My dad taught me that the world is not fair. You can either let injustices define you or choose to move on and find a way to become a more resilient person. The human spirit can do amazing things in the face of adversity.

9/ Cheers to all the immigrant dads who came here to this country without a silver spoon or a roadmap. You taught us about grit, tenacity, willpower, and hustle. We owe you everything. It& #39;s my time to make you proud and make generational quantum leaps in one lifetime.

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