2006 - The Most Influential Full-Mark Middle School Exam Essays

Author: Yan Jingqun / Country: Mainland China
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Publishing Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Our name is "Youth." Our name is "Youth," like poetry that is endlessly savored, like a painting that delights the eye, like a song that nurtures the soul, like a dance that makes one leap with joy. Our voices ring out, our songs soar; we are vibrant, cheering and striving; we are lush with green grass, filled with sunshine. Look, this is us! Full of youthful vigor, we leap like dragons and tigers! We are flowers, beautiful yet easily withered; if not cherished, they will fade and die before they can fully bloom. We are rain, misty yet sentimental; if not embraced, we turn into tears, shattering in sorrow. We are wind, coming swiftly and departing in haste; if not held back, we vanish in the blink of an eye, drifting away without a trace. We are hope, even if some fall short, there will still be dreams that are steadfast and persistent. We are freedom, singing until the end of time, crying with passion and grandeur. We are burdens, making one unable to find a corner of rest in the cycle of giving. We are striving, teaching that only by climbing can one see the grand view, and only by striving can one succeed. We are a road with no regrets, once walked, there is no turning back. We are a thick book, filling it with joy, or writing loneliness, but we cannot stop moving forward on its title page because of waiting.
Yes, we are indeed the most beautiful scenery in life, the most sincere memories, fleeting yet wonderful, marking growth and the future, recording cheers and smiles! Seize us, hold onto us! We are full of joy, full of vitality: we show elegance, we show beauty: we symbolize wisdom, we symbolize strength; we mean ambition, we mean progress. We have colorful dreams, we have overflowing sorrows, we have the footprints of our journey, we have brilliant smiles. Wasting our youth is the source of pain, cherishing it is the starting line of happiness. Possessing us means possessing the hope of the future, possessing us means possessing the sunrise of life. Bless us, cherish us! Our steps will not stop because of difficulties, our melody will not be hindered by wind and rain.
Shine, our vitality; Sweet, our essence; Beautiful, our nature. Tears, our nourishment, as youth is enriched and full with sweat; Tears, our solvent, as youth is diluted by being dissolved, leaving only a resilient and unyielding body. Cherish us, preserve us! We are spirited, we are vibrant, we are forging ahead, because our name is—Youth! P38-39