Learned My Lesson!
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There are only six days left before school starts, and although it’s likely that we’ll have military training after school begins, we may have to start exams at any time since we’ll be on campus. Although the possibility of ranking in the top 20 out of over 2,000 students is very small, it’s still an opportunity, and I want to try my best and prepare for it - after all, opportunities are only given to those who are prepared. I’ve started learning now, but it’s a bit late, and time is limited, so I can only focus on the key points. I think that for English, I should practice with some exercises, since I’ve been learning it intermittently throughout the summer, and now is the time to intensify my efforts. As for math and biology, I think I should review the knowledge I learned in high school again, since it’s been three months and I’ve forgotten some of it… Sigh, it would be great if I could take chemistry instead… With school starting soon, this is the second summer vacation that I haven’t been worried about homework, and it feels really great.
Yesterday, I went out to eat with my dad, and as soon as we sat down, I started talking nonstop, from my plans for life to my views on repeating a year. As for life, well, that’s a bit too big of a topic - I just talked about my plans for the next four years of university. I think it’s better to write down my specific plans after school starts, since I don’t know what the school environment is like, and there may be some opportunities (such as studying abroad) that I’m not aware of. My current goal is to switch majors as soon as possible, and although it’s not necessary to start from the beginning of the first year to switch majors at our university, and although it’s relatively easy to switch majors, I still need to get good grades to make the switch. In other words, I must work hard - only then will I have a chance.
Okay, let me continue writing. Ah, my views on repeating a year… What I’m about to say may offend some people, but I really think this way: I believe that repeating a year is about pursuing your ideals, and ideals are generally about 1) getting into Tsinghua or Peking University, or 2) getting into a university rather than a third-tier university or a vocational college (in other words, getting a genuine university diploma). In other words, I think that only those who repeat a year for these two goals are truly doing something meaningful. I acknowledge that repeating a year for these goals can change one’s life to a certain extent. Think about it - if you graduate from Tsinghua or Peking University and go abroad, it’s naturally better than graduating from our university. Every year, the top students from Tsinghua and Peking University go to Harvard or MIT, while our university only has a few top students who can go abroad, and most of them can only go to universities like Cornell or the University of California… As for the benefits of getting into a university that’s better than a third-tier university, I think everyone knows. Although all roads lead to Rome, and although university students are no longer as highly valued as they used to be, just look at those who attend vocational colleges - after they graduate and start working, aren’t they all frantically taking night classes and preparing for exams? Why? Because in today’s society, people still look at your academic background. But if you’re not repeating a year for these two goals, I think it’s a waste of the country’s educational resources, and it’s also a waste of your youth. At 18 or 19 years old, it’s the prime of your life - why not use this time to learn new knowledge? Why get stuck in outdated knowledge? I don’t agree with some people who say that you need to lay a good foundation before you can learn. To be honest, the first two years of university are all about laying the foundation, and what’s the point of the gaokao? You’re just repeating the same knowledge you learned in high school.
Sigh… I took a break to cook and forgot what I was going to say… Anyway, I think that as long as you have the opportunity to attend university, it’s all about your own efforts. That’s just my two cents, for your reference.
I heard that the “Wang Zi Lou” (and there’s also a “Gong Zhu Lou” - it’s like a fairy tale world) on campus has a lot of frogs and very few princes. Ah, big frogs, I’ll definitely try to sneak in and catch a few when I have the chance, and pair them up with my own.
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