The essay 'My feelings about Tet' written with the heart causes a stir on social networks

The essay "expressing your feelings about Tet holiday" by a student was given 9 points by the teacher and was shared by writer Trang Ha along with her thoughts about the essay and about Tet holiday.

On Facebook, writer Trang Ha wrote:“If I were a teacher, I would give this essay 10 points!

Nowadays, it is rare to find a student essay that is free of spelling mistakes, has meaningful sentences, is properly broken up, and is full of emotion like this! Last month, I just did a talk show to launch the book "Mother" which includes dozens of poems and short stories by students about motherly love, from nearly 3,000 entries, but among the dozens of award-winning works, there were not many articles with as profound a style and as keen observations as your essay!

My immature thoughts started from observations with my eyes, but were written with my heart. Seeing my mother's hardships every Tet holiday, I realized that behind her burden of work during Tet is an invisible burden on her appearance, beauty, and spirit!

Decades ago when I was little, I only looked forward to Tet so that I could have a long break from school, light firecrackers, eat all day and receive lucky money! I didn’t realize how hard my mother worked before Tet or even during the Spring days, I was too young back then. And back then, all mothers were so busy and hard-working for Tet!

Later, when I became a daughter-in-law and a mother, I finally understood the burdens of Tet that my mother had gone through for so many years! Then, when my peers could “disappear” during Tet for family trips, I wondered, is the real meaning of the hardship during Tet really all the work we take on ourselves, and no one asked for so much?

And the meaning of Tet is to be together, not what Tet means, making many tired women in the family realize: Being born a woman is a disadvantage! After a year of hard work, Tet is not a time to rest. A perfect Tet has a full New Year's Eve feast, a New Year's Eve feast with all the dishes, a proper first-day morning feast, a neat second-day morning feast... thinking about eating all those feasts is tiring and scary, let alone doing... A perfect Tet in the complete joy of welcoming Spring is better than just fulfilling the feast. A Tet with the complete meaning of sharing as in the article can make anyone moved when they have been inconsiderate to their mother for many years...

So just a slice of banh chung, with a glass of wine is already Tet! Relaxing for each other, less formality for the family, more time to rest, chat, meet, help the table to be lifted up and put down… is truly a Tet where housewives can be leisurely and carefree!

I believe you can write this essay, your depth is worth adults pondering on the journey to a happy Tet! It is difficult for my children to have such mature thoughts, maybe because they live with a lazy mother like me, Tet always finds ways to cut down on cumbersome rituals! There is no need for high tables and full dishes, a complete Tet is sharing under the roofs of Spring!”

Different opinions about Tet

In addition to writer Trang Ha's opinion on the above essay, many teachers and readers also expressed that this is a sincere essay written exactly as the students feel.

“It’s so cute. The teacher also has a way of looking at and respecting the student’s feelings even though this is a “disruptive” lesson. I like the student’s final line the most: “Tet doesn’t need to be perfect, Mom!”, a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City expressed.

Another teacher shared his feelings and comments on his student's essay: "When I was little, I eagerly awaited Tet. When I grew up and had a family, I didn't like it anymore. Your essay's feelings are very accurate!"

From the perspective of a reader, Nguyen Thi Yen commented, "The essay is very meaningful and knows how to share. I agree with Ha for 10 points."

However, some readers also think that the student's handwriting and the teacher's handwriting commenting on the essay seem similar, as if they were self-written and self-graded.

From another perspective, through the essay, reader Anh Phan expressed his feelings: "Tet actually does not need to be too perfect, what is important is laughter in the family."

Tran Anh Vu said that Tet is the time when everyone, no matter where they are, spends time with their family, so reunion is very necessary. To contribute to making each family happier and warmer, besides women's worries for each Tet meal, men should join their mothers, wives and sisters to prepare the New Year's Eve meal, decorate the house... Tet is the time to share love, together build reunion./.