Life After the Gaokao (1)

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This article was written on July 11, 2023. The previous month, I had taken the Gaokao, but my score was not ideal. For a while afterward, I felt anxious every day, thinking there was no future for me. Later, after spending some time out with classmates, I looked back and realized many things: I simply could not accept that I had worked so hard for a year in my final year of high school and still performed so poorly.

But looking back now, I think that final year gave me a great deal. I made an effort, and if the result was what it was, perhaps heaven had its own arrangement.

When I look back on that year, I see that I studied very hard and never stopped moving forward. I have always believed it was a form of training, one that tempered my will. After the Gaokao, I thought: I should not stop that training. I should plan the road ahead, even if I did not do well on the exam.

Learning must continue, and I must put into practice the lessons I learned in my final year of high school. In truth, my life only truly began after the Gaokao. I said farewell to eighteen years of the same daily routine—morning reading, classes, and endless exercises. The future has arrived!

Keep moving, cherish the journey, and keep working hard!

May we encourage one another!