Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 63: Thousands of people release Kongming lanterns
Walking to the microphone, Chen Jianguo took a deep breath and calmed his excited and nervous mood a little.
Then, he read the speech written by Chen Zhou: "Dear leaders, teachers, dear parents and friends, dear students. Good morning, everyone!"
"After the Spring Festival, I started to get nervous because the college entrance examination for my children is getting closer and closer, and the decisive sprint is here."
"At the same time, I was very excited because I had to cheer the children on as a parent representative, and I was afraid that I wouldn't do well. This mixture of excitement and nervousness made me even more nervous. Maybe you can hear it..."
As soon as Chen Jianguo finished his opening remarks, Chen Zhou was the first to applaud, and the applause became more enthusiastic along with the crowd on and off the stage.
Chen Jianguo's mood calmed down instead. He waited until the applause ended and continued reading his speech.
In fact, the school did not agree to write this opening statement in this way at first, but it was retained only at the insistence of Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou understood that his father was just an ordinary worker, and his nervousness in such a situation was completely foreseeable.
If I don't help him relieve his nervousness, this speech might be a failure.
As Chen Jianguo's voice became more and more steady, Chen Zhou understood that the effect of the opening had been achieved.
"Children, after more than ten years of hard study, you have finally passed the imperial examination! I hope you will all win in the exam !"
"The last thing I want to tell you is: facing the college entrance examination, you are definitely not fighting alone, you are not alone! We are behind you! Thank you all!"
There was another round of applause, and Chen Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his seat.
The host teacher came to the microphone again: "Okay, thank you for the speech of our parent representative, it was very well said. The college entrance examination is never a one-person battle. We are behind you, and we are your guarantee!"
"Now, please welcome student representative Chen Zhou from Science (1) class to speak!"
Chen Zhou slowly stood up, walked to the podium, and stood in front of the microphone. Just as he was about to speak, he was suddenly stunned.
Chen Zhou looked down at the speech in his hand and put it away.
Chen Zhou's sudden action not only stunned the parents of the students in the audience, but also Principal Zhu and his colleagues. What was going on? Was he going off script?
In fact, Chen Zhou didn't want to do this either. He was also very nervous, but the stupid system suddenly popped up and asked him to give an impromptu speech that would attract the attention of the whole audience...
After a simple weighing of the pros and cons, Chen Zhou decided to listen to the system...
"Ahem..." After coughing twice, Chen Zhou said, "I originally wanted to read the speech according to the script, but I suddenly felt that the script I wrote before was still too superficial. So..."
Chen Zhou organized his words and began to say, "The beginning cannot be changed. Um... Dear leaders, teachers, dear parents, dear students, good morning everyone."
"I don't know if you have noticed the time. There are still 100 days left before the college entrance examination. If my class teacher hadn't told me that there were only 100 days left, I wouldn't have paid attention to this time point."
"For me, for everyone, for everyone who is truly immersed in learning, the passage of time is something we cannot perceive, and we do not need to perceive. When the real college entrance examination comes, those review materials and filled draft papers will naturally tell us what we have done."
"At this time, we have come to a conclusion as to whether we have treated time unfairly and whether time will treat us unfairly. So, we don't have to think about the 100 days. We just need to do our own thing well."
"Of course, I hope that those students who are paying attention to time instead of their own studies will also focus on what they should do. Don't count seconds every day and sigh in vain."
"Well, since this is the college entrance examination oath-taking meeting, I should also cheer you up. What goals do you think can be achieved in the remaining 100 days?"
Chen Zhou waited for a while, giving himself some time to think, before continuing, "Take my own example. When I entered Maochang High School, my total score was over 500 points..."
Then, Chen Zhou briefly described his own repetition trajectory: from Class (6) to Class (1), from the last in Class (1), to his continuous improvement, until now he has a total score of 700 points, ranking third in the grade.
"Of course, I'm not saying this to show off, but to tell you that we are all repeaters. If I can do it, you can do it too! Besides, it's not the college entrance examination yet. There are still a hundred days left, so there is more than enough time!"
"Dear students, how many 100 days in our lives can have such great value and profound significance? For 100 days, give yourself a goal and let your life burn for it. For 100 days, use your youth to prove that there is no road longer than your feet and no mountain higher than you."
"I can also tell you that my goal is far more than this. I can agree with you on a college entrance examination goal. My college entrance examination goal is to get a score of 725 or above! What about you? I hope that we can set a goal for ourselves together, and let everyone present today, let us witness this goal together! Let us also, together in the college entrance examination hall in a hundred days, fulfill this goal! Are you willing to set this goal with me?"
After two seconds of silence, voices of " yes . Slowly, everyone began to make their own voices, and the voices merged into a torrent that shook the sky!
Chen Zhou did not expect such a great response. He smiled with satisfaction and said, "I hope that the students will remember today's goal and cherish the time ahead. I believe that time will be the best answer. Thank you everyone!"
The applause lasted for a long time.
No one had ever said such a thing at the oath-taking ceremony at Maochang High School.
But sometimes, this kind of example is what student representatives should really do.
And Chen Zhou was right, the achievements he made through hard work are something that everyone can achieve.
Just as Chen Zhou was about to step down from the podium, he was stopped by the host teacher who asked him to lead the students in taking the oath.
Chen Zhou whispered, "Didn't I just lead them in taking the oath?"
The host teacher was stunned. That resounding "yes" really sounded like a vow.
And it is more powerful than an ordinary oath.
However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.
So Chen Zhou returned to the stage again and led the students to take the college entrance examination oath again according to the college entrance examination oath.
As if driven by the students' emotions, the teachers who followed suit also took the oath with great enthusiasm!
The Hundred-Day Oath-Taking Ceremony of Maochang High School fully achieved the expected results.
There is only one last activity left, and tens of thousands of college entrance examination students from Maochang High School will release Kongming lanterns together.
This has always been the tradition of Maochang High School, writing wishes for the college entrance examination on Kongming lanterns and letting one's dreams fly.
Chen Zhou walked down from the stage with his father to join the team of Class (1).
Ignoring the enthusiastic gazes of Zhang Yifan and the other two, Chen Zhou found Yang Yiyi, who was playing with a Kongming lantern by herself.
"Didn't your mother come?" Chen Zhou thought of the woman who came to pick up Yang Yiyi home last year. She should be her mother.
Yang Yiyi nodded and said nothing.
After she finished making the Kongming lantern, Chen Zhou held it for her, and she wrote down her goal on it.
Looking at Yang Yiyi's target, Chen Zhou was stunned, and then he remembered what he had said before.
After Yang Yiyi finished writing, he helped Yang Yiyi light the candle under the Kongming lantern, and Chen Zhou started to make his own Kongming lantern.
After finishing it, he asked his father to help hold it, and then wrote "College Entrance Examination 725+" and added a sentence that was the same as what Yang Yiyi wrote.
Then light the Kongming lantern and hold it in both hands.
When the Kongming lantern inflated, Chen Zhou turned his head and glanced at Yang Yiyi.
The two smiled at each other, let go of their hands at the same time, and the Kongming lantern slowly rose into the air.
Countless Kongming lanterns have risen in the sky, and every student's wishes are written on them.
However, what Chen Zhou didn’t expect was that there was a number written on each Kongming lantern.
This is the goal they set together today!
As everyone released their lanterns, the sky became an ocean of dreams and the scene was spectacular.
