参加预备党员培训班学习体会

参加预备党员培训班学习体会
预备党员培训班学习小结 不到一个月的预备党员培训班在这辞旧迎新的时刻即将拉上 帏幕，但是我的心却并未随之而平静，不到一个月的时间是短 暂的，但是不到一个月的收获却是巨大的。 还记得在本次培训班的第一讲中，※※老师给我们介绍了知识 经济对当代大学生的挑战，并且提出知识经济是知识爆炸的时 代，有大量的新知识，新技术涌现出来，大量的新知识，新技 术对个人有限的知识和技能提出了挑战，因此要求当代的大学 生要不断地刻苦学习，甚至终生学习。是的，当今的世界是知 识经济的时代，世界风云变化莫测，在这新世纪的开端之年， 世界更是呈现出复杂多变的态势，在多变的世界中，中国政治 以不变应万变，坚定不移地走自己的路，取得了世人瞩目的成 就。中国经济的杰出表现更是让世界………面对祖国日新月异 的变化，作为一名党员大学生，作为“三个代表”的实践者， 我们知道今后的道路还很长很长，肩上的担子更是很重很重； 在祖国取得巨大成绩的同时，面对一些反动思潮的不断冲击， 我们更应坚定自己的信仰，不断地加强自身的党性修养，正如 ※※老师在第三讲中提到的，面对知识经济的挑战共产党人首 先应该要有过硬的思想，要有坚定的党性，要不断加强党性修 养，要有坚定的信仰，因为信仰是一个人的精神支柱，如果失 去了自己的信仰，则人就失去了生存的价值。 在培训学习期间，优秀党员报告会，使我的心灵再一次受到了 震撼，平凡的人，平凡的事，平凡的生活，却是一个优秀学生 党员的真实写照。忘不了兰冲同志激动的“以自己的言行树立 党员的形象，不辜负组织，不辜负群众”，忘不了※※※的 “一人之上，万人之下，以身作则，不贪功名，勇担责任；一 切以大局为重，正确处理好个人与集体的关系”，更忘不了刘 伟同志朴素但却真实的“把党组织的事当作自己的事来干，处 处做好，处处做到榜样作用；保持高度的政治警觉，同一切邪 恶势力作斗争”，听了他们的报告，朴素真实令人振奋，因为 他们平凡但却伟大的言语道出了一个真正共产党员的心声，我 为自己生活在这样一个激进而又博爱的大环境中而自豪，在自 豪与振奋之余，也许更多的是培训班结束后的思索……
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我是 XX 年 11 月 5 日加入党组织的，迄今已有一年多了，一年 多来在组织的关怀下，在老师和同学的大力支持下，取得了很 大的进步；但取得进步的同时，对自己存在的一些问题也重新 进行了深入的思考，还记得在支部大会，很多党员同志给我指 出要注意加强理论学习。是的，理论学习是我们坚定信仰的坚 固基石，※书记在我们的一次讨论会上也强调“信念来源于认 识，认识来源于学习，学习党的理论，熟悉党的历史，会更加 坚定我们的信念”。为了不断地加强理论学习，我经常利用课 余时间到图书馆去看一些相关的书籍，并经常买些时事报刊， 并与身边的同学交流讨论，在学习的同时，我也发现自己缺少 将书中的理论与实际结合起来，在学习的同时也缺少思考，有 些盲目，还记得从前的党支部书记※老师说：“有思考，才有 提高，才有进步”。针对这些不足，在这次预备党员培训班期 间，我在课上认真听讲的同时，在课下更是认真思考，认真思 考老师讲的每一个知识点，比如像三讲中※※老师讲的“共产 党员必须加强党性修养和党性锻炼”，经过深深思考我更能体 会和理解加强党性修养对每一个共产党员的重要性，因为组织 上入党一生一次，但思想入党却是一生一世，要从思想上入 党，要有过的硬的思想，这样才是一名合格的共产党员，才能 为伟大的共产主义事业做贡献，要做到这一点，在平时就必须 坚定党性，自觉加强党性修养。 平凡是最真实的，平凡的共产党员因为时刻不忘自己的党员身 份，处处用自己的行动去做为人民服务的平凡小事才显出党员 的不平凡，显出他们的光芒。还记得在 XX 年 12 月份，也就是 在我刚刚进入组织一个月左右，我在 6 号楼 3 楼看到※※同志 将 3 楼走廊里的灯一个个的熄灭，这个事情虽然很小，但对我 的触动却很大，因为它小，所以没有人注意到它，但它小，却 未必每个人都能做到，虽然这是一件微不足道的小事，却体现 了一个共产党员的光辉思想，一个人做一件好事不难，难的是 他一辈子都做好事。做为一名学生党员，我们确实应该以为同 学服务为已任，处处起到模范带头作用，从身边的小事做起， 做一名真正的无愧于“党员”这一称号的学生党员。 自进入大学以来，我一直担任学生干部，也曾和给我们做报告 的三名优秀党员合作过，他们对工作的认真负责、一丝不苟； 对学习的勤奋刻苦，严谨踏实；对群众的尊重体贴，热情关 心，令我永远不能忘记，3 年来担任学生干部期间我尽职尽责， 一丝不苟地去做好每一件事情，并且热情帮助身边有困难的同
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学，得到了老师和同学的肯定。但是由于自己思想上的放松， 大二一年学习成绩开始下滑，由大一的第二名下滑到班级十二 名。学习是学生的天职，无论什么时候都应该把学习放在第一 位，做为一名学生党员不仅在其他方面起到模范带头作用，同 样也要在学习上起到模范带头作用，因此在经受挫折与打击的 同时，也对自己学习成绩退步的原因做了深刻的分析与反思， 归纳起来有如下几点：第一，思想上的放松；第二，听课效率 下降；第三，自习效率不高；第四，尚未掌握一套适合自己的 学习方法，针对这些问题，在平时加大功夫的同时，我也注意 与身边成绩好的同学交流，不断地提高自己，争取能够在学习 上取得不断地进步。
3 年来，感谢组织的培养，感谢数学系这个温暖的大家庭，更感 谢数学系老师和同学给予我的支持和鼓励，还记得刚进大学的 我是一个怯懦没有自信的女孩，是老师给我提供了锻炼自己和 展示自我的舞台，使我的各方面能力得到了锻炼和提高。更不 会忘记数学系严谨踏实的作风，正是在这样的氛围中让我养成 了一种踏实的作风，一种认真的态度，一种孜孜不倦，不服输 的精神，我想这将是我人生中的一笔财富，一笔精神食粮。 短短的预备党员培训班已经结束了，但它却使我的思想，使我 的心灵再一次受到了洗礼，我永远不会忘记自己是一名光荣的 共产党员，我更会记得无论是过去，现在还是将来，我都将会 用自己的行动，用自己的青春为党旗增辉！无愧于共产党员这 一称号
本文为 Word 版资料，可以任意修改编辑。如果你看到我上传的资料这个后缀，请删除后使用。 高效学习方法和技巧 学习需要方法，找到适合自己的方法，学习才能事半功倍。接下来，我结合我自己的学习情况，给大家总结的高效学习《五部曲》 一、预习是学习的重要环节上课前充分预习，考试前充分地复习，与“打有准备之仗”有同曲之道。预习效果好，听课才能有针对性；听课有针对性，复习才能顺利进行；复习深 刻，作业、考试才能得心应手。所以说预习是学生学习过程中一个必不可少的环节。 二、掌握好高效的听课方法课上集中精力听课，是掌握知识的捷径。听讲时，思想上必须与老师讲解的思路保持一致，听老师对事物是怎样分析、推理；听老师解决问题是用 什么方法、技巧；听老师对问题有哪些提问和解释。这样才能把握住听课的重点。听讲中，要把自己在预习中的理解，和老师讲解的相比较，看自己和老师有哪些相同点和区别 点。 三、合理安排复习时间很多科学家通过研究发现，有几个时间段有利于巩固记忆：一是学习后最初几分钟内，电生理活动引起蛋白质的合成；二是学习后在 48 小时内复习； 三是一周之后脑突触发生永久性变化。根据人在学习过程中这一生理变化，采用复习加强记忆就显得特别重要了。如果我们能够在学习的内容即将忘记时进行复习，那么复习的效 果最好，效率也最高。著名的心理学家艾宾浩斯通过实验发现了人的记忆与遗忘规律。实验证明：在学习仅过了 20 分钟后，就忘记记忆内容的 42%，1 天后忘却量已经达到了 66%，到了第 31 天，忘却量高达 79%。他根据实验结果，画成了著名的遗忘曲线。并表明遗忘的规律是“先快后慢”。这条规律提示我们，—定要尽早、及时地对所学知识进行 复习，以便在知识还在大脑内时就加深印记，否则大脑中已经没有痕迹了，只能再费精力重学。合理安排复习时间特别重要并且必要，制定复习计划，严格按精英特计划执行，并 力求形成习惯，是我们每一位学生都应该力求努力做到。 我们为什么要复习呢？因为我们记忆效果没有那么好，不可能过目不忘，所以需要重复、增强记忆。同时，复习的进展 也有利于学习效率的提高。 四、做作业的科学方法这里有七种做作业的技巧： 1、先复习后做作业。复习是做好作业的关键，只有复习得好，作业才能做得好。做作业前先把老师这一节课所讲的内容认真地看一看，弄清楚基本原理和概念后再去做作 业，作业才能做得既快又好。 2、认真审题。 做作业最关键的—步就是审题，连题都判断错了，作业内容就全错了。首先第—步要弄清楚题目的内容，所给的条件，什么要求，需要联系哪些知识等等；其 次是考虑好解题思路、方法、步骤，要善于把—道题分成几部分，化大为小、化难为易、分清其中的已知和未知，弄清各部分的联系，设计好整个解题步骤，—定要让自己做到不 明白题意不做题，不清楚方法步骤不下笔。
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3、细心的做题。 做题是表达思路的全过程，这个过程要求既动脑、又动手。做题的关键是要保证“规范”、“准确”。要做到这两点就要求学生认真的抄好题，书写格式必须正 确、规范，严格按照各类题的解题要求，仔细演算解题的每—步，得出正确的结果。只有平时做题认真细致，步骤完整，思路正确，表达严密，准确无误，考试时才能按照这种良 好的习惯进行 五、重视错题积累在学习的过程中，同学们可能遇到过一错再错的现象 究其原因，多数是由于在学习中不求甚解，不注意总结积累所致。那么，该怎么办呢？实践证明，自编一本“易错题集”是避免做题一错再错的最好办法。错题本的复习方法： 1、每周把该周错题本中记录的题目快速浏览一遍；2、每月把该月错题本中记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；3、每个季度把错题本中三个月记录的题目再快速浏览一遍；4、大考前 把该错题本中的所有题目认真复习一遍，确保题不二错
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When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. In doing so, he contradicted his own recent claim that the U.S. had achieved its objectives of total victory over Islamic State militants in Syria.“Look, we don't want Syria,” he continued. “We're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death,” he said, seemingly contrasting the war-wracked country with Iraq and its vast oil reserves.Iran “can do what they want there, frankly,” he added, a comment likely to unnerve officials in Israel, who have worried that a U.S. withdrawal from its positions in eastern Syria would allow Iran to expand its influence there.“It’s not my fault,” he said. “I didn’t put us there.”Trump offered little further clarity on the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, which he initially said would take place in 30 days, saying now that the pullout will “take place over a period of time.”Later, in a long riff a bout Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscow’s 1979 invasion of the country — an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. “They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending. Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then you better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-style movie poster teasing Iran sanctions — “SANCTIONS ARE COMING,” it read — lay unfurled across the table directly in front of him. But he made no remarks on the subject.He did, however, comment on Sen.-elect Mitt Romney of Utah, who wrote in the Washington Post on Tuesday that he was troubled by Trump’s “deep descent in December” and that his deficit in “presidential leadership in qualities of character … has been most glaring.”“I wish Mitt could be more of a team player,” Trump said. “And if he’s not, that’s OK too.”Seeming to warn Romney about the fate that lies ahead for Republican lawmakers who vocally criticize him and his preside ncy, Trump boasted that he “got rid of” former Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, both of whom opted not to seek new terms last ye ar.Accusing both men of seeking publicity in taking stands against him, Trump suggested that Flakewould be seeking a job as a paid cable news contributor — or perhaps in another profession that Trump himself once plied.“Jeff Flake is now selling real estate or whatever he’s doing,” he said dismissively.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’ shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don ’ t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of peoplewho have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can ’ t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is cryig.Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don ’ t, don ’ t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone ’ s day with this message.Since we went to school, we have access to English all the time, because it is one of the necessary subjects. Before we attend college, we keep our attention on the grammar, but now college means the new stage and we should pay attention to practical English. Here are some suggestions.First, it is important to speak out loudly. The purpose of learning English is to communicate with foreigners, so as to get to know more about the world. Grammar is not the only thing we care about. What we should do is to open our mouths and improve our ability to use spoken English. It begins with reading textbooks. When we listen to the tapes and repeat many times, then our d.President Trump, as he often does, had a few things to sayAfter admitting that he had been lonely over the holidays, Trump took advantage of his first public appearance of the new year Wednesday to air lingering grievances, make multiple false claims and reinforce recent decisions that have rattled financial markets and his party’s leaders.As he held forth for more than 90 minutes before a small pool of reporters and photographers, members of his Cabinet, ostensibly called to the White House for a meeting, sat quietly around a long conference table.Trump defended his decision last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and sharply cut the deployment to Afghanistan, moves that disturbed Republican allies in Congress and prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. In doing so, he contradicted his own recent claim that the U.S. had achieved its objectives of total victory over Islamic State militants in Syria.“Look, we don't want Syria,” he continued. “We're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death,” he said, seemingly contrasting the war-wracked country with Iraq and its vast oil reserves.Iran “can do what they want there, frankly,” he added, a comment likely to unnerve officials in Israel, who have worried that a U.S. withdrawal from its positions in eastern Syria would allow Iran to expand its influence there.“It’s not my fault,” he said. “I didn’t put us there.”Trump offered little further clarity on the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, which he initially said would take place in 30 days, saying now that the pullout will “take place over a period of time.”Later, in a long riff a bout Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscow’s 1979 invasion of the country — an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.“The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia,” Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. “They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.”Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.For years, Republicans have credited President Reagan with bringing an end to the Soviet Union by his aggressive increase in U.S. military spending. Trump’s comments stood in stark contrast to the view Mattis espoused in the resignation letter he presented last month after failing to convince the president to hold off on withdrawing from Syria.“We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances,” Mattis wrote.Mattis’ comments clearly stung Trump, who responded last month with criticism of his former Pentagon chief. On Wednesday, he stepped that up, claiming that he fired Mattis.“What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I.”Obama did not fire Mattis, although the general did retire several months early in 2013 from his position as the head of the military’s Central Command after dissenting from Obama administration policy decisions.Tuesday was Mattis’ final day at the Pentagon. Trump, in a fit of pique after the resignation letter became public, had moved up Mattis’ termination dateIn addition to his foreign policy comments, Trump also downplayed December’s stock market losses, which erased all positive gains for the year, as “a little glitch” and asserted — wrongly — that there are “probably 30-35 million” immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates that as of 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the country, a number that has declined in recent years.Trump repeated his call for Democrats to agree to $5.6 billion in funding for a border wall, and expressed surprise not to have received overtures from them over the holidays to negotiate an end to the government shutdown.“I was in the White House all by myself for six or seven days,” he said. “It was very lonely. My family was down in Florida. I said, ‘Stay there and enjoy yourself.’ I felt I should be here just in case people wanted to come and negotiate the border security.”Trump, who met later in the day with congressional leaders away from TV cameras, has already dismissed a funding proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that includes $1.3 billion in border security funding.While leaving the door open to a compromise, Trump continued to argue for the importance of a wall, pointing to other examples of barriers. He incorrectly asserted that Obama’s Washington residence is surrounded by a 10-foot wall and cited the Vatican, which he said “has the biggest wall of them all.”“When they say the wall is immoral, then yo u better do something about the Vatican,” he said. “Walls work.”As Trump spoke, a “Game of Thrones”-st
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