Growing tree

Author: Gao Ziyue
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Adolescence is the period of life most cherished, the stage of academic foundation; adolescence marks the beginning of a child's puberty, the benchmark for parents' midlife; adolescents write teachers' guidance on their faces, while keeping students' reflections deep in their hearts; their understanding of academics, society, and life directly influences their future value orientation; adolescents only speak to their own souls, recording the impact of school, family, and society on them, as well as their observations and insights into these surroundings, in their secret depths of their hearts; adolescence is undoubtedly a sensitive period in life. The Middle School Entrance Exam Top Scorers Series selects diaries, essays, various experimental texts, and interviews on certain topics from several top-performing middle school students, and through the collaborative efforts of their parents, teachers, classmates, or friends, records a segment of their adolescent memories. The editors do not intend to glorify these "top scorers" or their individual successes; they are far from perfect superheroes. Instead, during this special period of life, the young top scorers' personalized perceptions of parents, teachers, classmates, and the surrounding society may seem naive, but their achievements during this phase undoubtedly provide an approaching excellence for themselves and every adolescent's future growth. Especially for the young top scorers born under China's current "score-centric" exam-oriented education system. A soldier who doesn't dream of becoming a general is not a good soldier. Let this serve as encouragement for the young top scorers and countless peers.