Personalized Essay. High School: Top Chinese Schools' Best Picks

Author: Beijing Municipal "Research on Personalized Composition of Middle School Students" Group
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The "Research on Personalized Composition of Middle School Students" Group believes that individuality refers to a person's independence, uniqueness, and irreplaceability. In education, individuality refers to "a unique whole formed on the basis of innate qualities, through interaction with the post-natal environment, which is beneficial to self-liberation and composed of multiple qualities." Its most important quality is being special and novel. We believe that the fundamental connotation of personalized composition is: autonomy, authenticity, innovation, and wholeness.
Autonomy means writing out of the need to express oneself, writing about what one wants to write, and expressing oneself in one's preferred way. Authenticity means speaking the truth, writing the truth, and expressing sincerity and genuine emotions. Seeking truth is the key element of proper writing style, as well as a principle of being a person. Innovation means daring to break through old constraints, thinking independently, having one's own unique insights, adopting new expressive methods, and having a fresh style. Only novel things are truly personalized. Wholeness means that individuality is not just extreme personal, but also rich and social; it possesses humanistic sentiments, broad perspectives, and a generous heart. Therefore, personalized composition must have individualized thinking, individualized reasoning, individualized planning, and individualized language style, among which, individualized thinking plays a decisive role.
Collecting students' compositions under the banner of individuality is a conscious practice in pursuing personalized composition. It is hoped that this can open up a new era for students' writing, allowing our students to love writing, making writing a lifestyle for expressing the inner self, showcasing growth, and liberating the spirit. Through writing, students can gain freedom of thought, joy of life, and enjoyment of beauty.