1992年秋天,徐州铁路分局丰辆段青年工人(?)自学毕业生薛晓源同志被北京大学录取为马列主义哲学专业硕士研究生。消息传来,同志们奔走相告,为之振奋,为之骄傲。薛晓源,今年二十六岁,八四年高中毕业,仅几分之差高考名落孙山,被车辆段招为合同削工人。高考失意使他痛苦、悔恨,在人生的十字路口上茫 In the fall of 1992, Xue Xiaoyuan, a self-taught young worker from Fengcha Depot of Xuzhou Railway Branch, was admitted to Peking University as a master’s degree in Marxism-Leninism philosophy. The news came as comrades rushed to the streets, excited and proud of them. Xue Xiaoyuan, who is 26 years old this year, graduated from high school in 1984, only a few percent of the college entrance examinations fell into the mountains and was recruited by the depot as a contract worker. College disappointment made him painful, remorse, confused at the crossroads of life