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15 Days Countdown to the Gaokao...

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Taking some time off to write about my feelings ^_^

15 days left

There are 15 days left until the Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination). In fact, the Gaokao itself is not a scary thing for me; I have already prepared myself for both success and failure. This “nuisance,” which is neither the starting point nor the end point of our lives, is not worth my anxiety or panic. However, I still do not want it to arrive, because it actually signifies an end, a parting—the end of high school life and the separation from many classmates and friends. We belong to a remote rural area, and many classmates have studied here since primary and middle school. Therefore, many are not just classmates of three years, but of six or even twelve years. And after 17 days, everyone will truly go their separate ways. There may be many opportunities to meet again in the future, and I believe that friendship lasts forever, but after all, high school life will have passed.

In addition to general classmates, there are those who care about me and those I care about, those for whom I am willing to give my all, and those who are truly hard to part with. High school life is wonderful only because of them. I believe there will be more good friends in the future, but these are true soulmates.

During the three years of high school, I have tried many things, and there are also thousands of regrets. Those things I once wanted to do but never did linger in my heart. They remind me that there are not many things in the world that can be thought through and explained clearly; if you think of it, just do it! I cannot always shrink back; I must believe in the “reward of impulse.”

On Monday, there was supposed to be a long-awaited and well-prepared annular solar eclipse, but unfortunately, the weather was not in my favor, and I only saw a sky full of thick clouds. Sigh, how helpless. We will wait until June 4th and June 6th to watch the partial lunar eclipse and the Transit of Venus together (if you miss it, you’ll have to wait another 105 years). This is what my senior year of high school is like; so what if it’s the day before the Gaokao? Whatever should be pursued must be pursued; even if one has to wait another 105 years, so what? (As long as I have the chance, I am willing).

I once said: “My existence is to prove that many of the patterns we have always followed are unnecessary, or even just a pile of waste.” Since the third year of junior high, I haven’t done much of the homework assigned by teachers, nor have I listened to the teachers’ “exam secrets” or “exam techniques.” I have always been repulsed by “learning for the sake of exams,” yet I can still learn well, better than many people. This absolutely cannot be explained by talent, because I don’t have much talent; that is a fact.

The dream is in my hands! Believe in yourself!

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