The secret to becoming valedictorian through self-study via Facebook

(Baonghean.vn) - 12 consecutive years of being an excellent student, winning 3 prizes in provincial excellent student competitions and oneBronze Medal in Online Math Competition, v27,With 85 points, Duong Duc Manh became the student with the highest A block score of Quynh Luu 1 High School and Quynh Luu district, entering the top students of Nghe An province with the highest national high school exam scores in 2016.

Duong Duc Manh was born into a family of civil servants in Hamlet 7, Quynh Ba Commune, Quynh Luu District. Since primary school, Duc Manh was a diligent and good student, with many strange ways of solving math problems, surprising his teachers and friends many times with his math ability. Therefore, in grade 5, he won the National Bronze Medal in Math.

Duong Duc Manh considers Facebook and Google as useful "channels" to search for study materials.

After finishing primary school at Cau Giat Town Primary School, Duc Manh passed the entrance exam to Ho Xuan Huong Secondary School. During his four years at the district school, he was one of the school's best students. He was good at many subjects, especially Math and Chemistry. In grade 9, Duc Manh won third prize in the provincial Chemistry competition.

Duong Duc Manh took the entrance exam to Quynh Luu I High School and passed the school's selective class (class 10A1). In grade 11, he was the only student of Quynh Luu 1 High School to win a "double" prize in the provincial excellent student competition: second prize in Chemistry and third prize in Mathematics. During his three years of high school, Duc Manh continuously achieved excellent overall performance, actively participating in class and school movements. With excellent achievements in studying and movements, Duong Duc Manh was honored to be sent by the school's Party cell to attend the Party sympathy class.

Sharing his study secrets, Duc Manh said: “Apart from school time, I don’t go to extra classes but mainly self-study thanks to Facebook and Google. I often go to Facebook to find study resources from vted.vn, “study, study more, study forever”…

Duong Duc Manh shares about the national bronze medal in the online math competition.

According to Manh, online learning brings continuous knowledge, types of exercises, creative solutions that are not found in textbooks, there are many good and difficult exams shared by good teachers on websites and Facebook. Those exams are very close to the curriculum and exams. With Google, I can find mock exams of schools, download them, print them out to study and do. Online learning has the advantage of helping me relax, save time and be proactive. When in class, I often ask teachers for ways to solve difficult exercises.

Talking about the secret to exam preparation, Duong Duc Manh said: “During the school year, you need to focus on doing the difficult parts and exercises. At the end of the year, focus on studying as much of the theory in the textbook as possible to remember the knowledge for a long time and easily get points on the easy parts of the exam.”

Mr. Nguyen Quy Duc, homeroom teacher of class 12A1 and Physics teacher, said: “Duong Duc Manh is a good, hard-working, and very intelligent student. He has good endurance in studying and a good test-taking mentality. During his studies, he has achieved many academic achievements with high prizes in the provincial excellent student competition. With outstanding achievements in studying and movement activities, Duong Duc Manh is one of two outstanding students of the school being monitored for Party membership.”

Talking about his future dream, Duc Manh said: My dream is to become a criminal investigation police officer to contribute to protecting and maintaining the security of the Fatherland.

Van Dinh