The secret to conquering Literature of the valedictorian of the 9th grade provincial excellent student

Minh Chau's achievements in the exam are the "sweet fruit" of the boundless love of her parents, family and the inspiration of her subject teacher to help her love Literature.

Chau shared: I am the third child in a family of four sisters in Quynh Hong commune. While there are still gender stereotypes in society, my parents always consider accompanying and supporting their children on their journey to conquer knowledge as an important task, placed first. Therefore, my parents often encourage their children to develop their abilities and pursue their passions in the subjects they choose. At school, teachers are the ones who guide, advise, and inspire through lectures, to spread the passion for literature to students. From these factors, Minh Chau has confidence in her ability to learn Literature. Thanks to that, in the Olympic and excellent student competitions of the district and province in Literature in the school years 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, she won first and second prizes.

To study Literature well, Chau determined that the core issue is to understand and grasp the most basic background knowledge from the teacher. At the same time, she chose to read books that focus on theoretical knowledge, to help cultivate her vocabulary, thinking style, and analyze social issues expressed in each essay more flexibly, clearly, and uniquely. She also looked for children's books with profound philosophies by author Nguyen Nhat Anh; or watched news articles and movies that recreated the war period to enrich and nourish her soul. From there, when writing Literature, she will have more emotions, and her writing style will become clearer and more coherent.

Chau also sets high standards for herself that "in each essay there must be creativity, softness and uniqueness" so she does not follow a certain pattern. Unlike her friends, she chooses to write in a way that is in-depth, multi-dimensional, but must adhere to the standards of "correct, sufficient, good and unique". This principle means thinking in the right direction and from the right perspective; complete in all aspects, angles, clear ideas, and having a comprehensive view of the problem. The good and unique elements are the spice that makes the writing more impressive. At first, she encountered many difficulties when fulfilling her own requirements, because her ego was too big, making the perception of the problem tend to be imposed. From her determination, efforts to practice, her desire to explore, learn and the dedicated guidance and knowledge of her Literature teacher, she gradually regulated her emotions to make her writing sharper and more comprehensive.

Minh Chau confided: The most interesting and attractive thing about studying Literature for me is the social discussion section. Here I can express my opinions, views, and multi-dimensional perspectives on an ideology, morality, a political-social issue, or a phenomenon of life happening around us. That is also why it helps me change myself a lot. From a stubborn girl, through Literature, I have learned how to behave and reconcile many problems in life.

Talking more about the secret to studying, Chau emphasized that it is necessary to renew and enrich oneself, to establish a stable performance. Therefore, every evening, she usually spends 3 hours reviewing the Literature knowledge system learned in class to memorize it deeply and remember it longer. At the same time, she practices many sets of questions from different channels to practice her expression skills and keep the writing flow smoothly.

As for the Literature subject in the recent Provincial Excellent Student Exam for Grade 9, I felt that the questions were very good. Among them, I was strongly impressed with the opinion statement "Overcoming the limit is very scary, but not being able to overcome the limit is even scarier". With my knowledge and understanding, I have many aspects to deeply explore an issue, express my opinion, and affirm my writing style and expression. Thanks to that, my exam scored 18/20 points, winning the position of Top scorer in the province in Group A of Literature.

Commenting on her little student, Ms. Le Thu Trang - Literature teacher and homeroom teacher of class 9B, Ho Xuan Huong Secondary School said: Minh Chau is very passionate about Literature, always has a serious learning attitude, is diligent, hard-working, diligent, and has a high sense of self-study. In particular, Chau has a rich language vocabulary, both refined and ornate but not empty; expressing sentences very fluently and emotionally. Moreover, her reading ability is very good, so she has acquired a lot of profound knowledge in many aspects. Especially in works that have not been studied in the program, Chau has deep feelings and explanations. With practice and hard work in studying, Minh Chau is not only good at Literature, but also a good student in all subjects. She is modest, polite, and enthusiastically participates in class and school activities, so she always receives a lot of love from friends and teachers./.