The first biggest setback in my lifetime

I sometimes still think about the day when the results of high school entrance exam first came out. All the things, confidence, self-respect, honor, were all gone away from me in that day. It was really a surprise for me as my score had never been that low. Not believing that, I kept dialing and dialing the number which would tell me the score (although it will be shown on the website someday after) but the results never change.

That was really a blow to me. I couldn’t eat or drink but only stay in my room. My parents were so worried about me, so they asked me out and bought my favourite game. These things didn’t make any change to me. As I thought I had lost everything, what was the point if I played game at that time? I was so pessimistic about the future that I couldn’t even think of anything I should do.

Just after that, my father told me that I still got one more chance. I could go to the entrance test for the IB school in NSFZ. I signed up after I searched on the internet about IB. I knew this may be my last chance. Even though my score was not adquete, I still went there and talked to the teacher until I pursuaded her to give me a chance for the test.

As there were two parts of the tests which were Math and English, I had to revise those Math problems and English words again so many days after the final exam while nearly all of my classmates had already got their letters of admission. I turned off my cellphone in order not to get access to the “report” of how many of my classmates has been admited by the best high school in Nanjing. What I wanted was just a chance to show I was still capable after the great blow of the middle school test, so I tried harder and harder.

Finally, it came to the day of the test. I told myself I will definitely do a great job. Understanding all the Math concept and recognize all the words, the test was too easy for me.I finished the test before the time was called.

“Why did you choose IB?” The teacher asked.

“Because I want to go abroad and get eduacated different from chinese do” The student beside me answered.

“what about you?”

“ I am confident enough about myself studying abroad in the future and I had done a lot of research showing that it was really suitable for me.”

I answered the question in this way and I would continue to respond with the same answer. I understanded that it does not matter why something happened because we can not control our life all the time perfectly, but we could face the problem directly with our confidence and courage to break down it and go on with our own way.