Asastudent,Idon’thaveanygreateventtotalkabout,buthereIwanttosharemyexperienceofpreparingforthehighschoolentranceexamination.

　　Duringthefirstthreeyearsofjuniorschool,wewereveryhappyandfree.ButweoftenheardthatGrade4wouldbeahell.AfterthefinalexamofGrade3inJune,everythingblewontoourfaces:teachers’changing,harderandhardertexts,terriblepressureandofcoursethegraduateexam.Whereyourpositionwasonthelistboardbecamethemostimportantthinginourlife.Wehadtostudyharddayandnight,alwaysfrom6:00a.m.to1:00or2:00a.m.thenextday.

　　ButImustsaythatit’sreallyanunforgettablememoryinmylife.Underthepressurewelivedourlifetothefullest,andenjoyedthetrueinterestingthingsthatwemayhavenevercaredbefore.Grade4injuniorschoolwasaturningpointinmylife.Myattitudetolearning,myworldoutlookandmyphilosophyoflifeallchanged.Iturnedtobepositiveandstrong.Ialsogainedmanypeople’strue&purefriendship,bothteachers’andclassmates’.Insomeway,Ilikethatkindoflife,asittaughtmemanythingsI’dneverlearnedbefore.

　　Teachersalsohelpedmealot.Istillcan’tforgetthatmyhistoryteachertalkedtomeuntil10:00p.m.onApril30th,2003,formyapplication.Myheadteacheralsoencouragedme,sodidmyChineseteacher.Ishouldsay,allmyteachersworkedveryhardandalwaysneglectedtheirsleepandmeals.Evenifsomeofthemwereabout50andoftenfellill,theyneverleftusoneday.

　　Thelastandgreatestchallengewasofcoursethefinalexam,alsomyhighschoolentranceexam.Ifeltverywellandcomfortableexceptmychemistryphysicsexams.TheresultprovedthatIcouldn’thavedoneworseinthem.Butintotal,mymarkisO.K.SothenIbecameastudentinthebesthighschoolofHubeiProvince.

　　We,teachersandstudents,gottogetherinEastLakeHotelonJune4th,2003.Atthemomentofsayinggoodbye,Ifeltthatmytimeofjuniorhadgone,andmyseniortimewascoming.

　　Today,Ilookedatmygraduatephotosagain,and,Ismiled.

　　Heoncehesitated,struggled,fearedanddoubted,likeanordinarymanwoulddo.Buthejust"staysatthedooroffate",asthenameofhisnewly-writtenbooksays,andwaitstillthedooropensinsteadofleavingduringthehalfway.Thentherecomesawhollynewworldwherethebeautifuldreamlies.