Not 'giving up' on his aspirations, an independent candidate in Nghe An achieved second place in the province's block C

Difficult decision

A year ago, at this time, Han Ba ​​Danh had just received his high school graduation exam results. With a score of 27.25 (History 9.25, Geography 9, Literature 9), Danh was on the list of candidates with high scores at Nguyen Duy Trinh High School.

Danh's wish at that time was to enter the Security Academy. However, due to a bit of bad luck, Danh could not be admitted to the school because he was 0.3 points short. Later, Danh had many other opportunities because he received university admission notices from the Diplomatic Academy and Hanoi Pedagogical University 1. Between the two choices, Danh decided to study Geography Education and enrolled in Hanoi...

Han Ba ​​Danh was a student at Nguyen Duy Trinh High School. Photo: NVCC

Up to this point, Danh did not know whether his decision was right or wrong, but deep down, Danh still wanted to become a student of the Security Academy. That was why, after just over a month of enrollment, Danh decided to take a leave of absence because he wanted to spend all his time studying for the upcoming exam. While waiting, Danh went for a police recruitment exam, passed the exam, and was assigned to the Guard Command. However, right after joining the army, Danh contracted Covid-19, his health was not good, and he was forced to leave the army.

That was also the time when Danh realized that his dream of becoming a people's police officer was difficult to come true. Danh felt disappointed and sad at that time, but above all, he was worried. With a desire to go to school, Danh had no other choice but to concentrate on studying for the exam again.

Meanwhile, there is not much time left to review for the exam, because from the time Danh joined the army until the exam started, there were only more than 3 months left. Sharing more about this, Danh added: When I started reviewing for the exam, I thought a lot because I knew that adding another exam would multiply the difficulty for independent candidates. However, I did not want my parents to be upset because their greatest wish is for their children to go to university and study properly.

Self-study days

Danh's family lives in Nghi Long commune, Nghi Loc district. Danh's father is a freelancer and Danh's mother is a worker in Nam Cam industrial park. The family's circumstances are not very good, so when studying at home, seeing his parents working hard, Danh often felt sad because he missed his parents and thought he could not make them happy.

Danh was a student of pedagogy at Hanoi National University of Education 1. Photo: MH

Thinking like that, when he was determined to "restart", Danh devoted all his heart to studying. During the exam preparation period, unlike everyone else, Danh did not go to training centers or register for online classes, but bought his own materials and studied at home. For difficult lessons that he did not understand, Danh would go to his old teacher at school to ask. Talking about this, Danh also honestly said, "If there was a class, the exam preparation would definitely be more effective. But when I started going back to school in March, the exam preparation classes had been open for a long time and were full. Moreover, even if I attended the classes, I would not be able to keep up with the program with my friends."

Choosing to review for the C block exam, Danh said that this was his forte during his high school years. During the review process, because the time was very short, Danh planned scientifically and allocated his time reasonably. Every day, Danh studied all 3 subjects, but spent more time on Literature. In the first 2 months of review, Danh set a goal of mastering the basic knowledge. With more than 1 month left, Danh spent time practicing questions and tried to do at least 1 question/subject every day.

Jogging helps Danh relieve stress before the exam. Photo: NVCC

During the most difficult times, Danh turned to running to relieve stress and improve his health. On his personal page, Danh also recorded a quote from Sir Mo Farah - the British athletics legend "Don't dream about winning, train for it" as a way to cheer himself up.

With quite adequate preparation in terms of health, knowledge and mentality, Danh confidently registered to take the 2022 High School Graduation Exam with the hope of passing the exam to the Academy of Procuracy - an environment close to the work of the Security sector. During the exam, Danh shared that right from the moment he read the exam questions, he felt "happy" because the exam content was all within the program that Danh had reviewed. Of the 3 exam subjects, Geography was the exam that Danh felt most regretful about because "when I took the exam, I was a bit nervous, so there was a question related to faralite soil that was within my understanding but I did not answer correctly. Meanwhile, the Literature exam in the Social Argument section was Danh's favorite question. Regarding himself, Danh also wrote that "everyone needs to strive towards a better future".

With 29 points, Danh hopes to be admitted to his dream school. Photo: MH

After completing the exam and examining the answers himself, Danh had high expectations for the results. However, on the day the exam results were announced, with a score of 9.5 in Literature, 9.5 in Geography and 10 in History, Danh still did not believe in himself. With 29 points, Danh became the runner-up in block C of Nghe An province and was in the top 4 of the country. This was also the ideal score for Danh to confidently register for NV1 at the school he was hoping for.

After receiving the exam results, Danh also shared them with his parents and his former homeroom teacher. For Danh, the past journey, although difficult, has given him many valuable experiences and helped him mature after many hardships and obstacles. This male student also added: The score is only the initial result. The future is still full of difficulties and I still have to try harder to not disappoint my family's trust and to have a bright future.

Danh is an enthusiastic, active and very intelligent class monitor. For some reasons, he failed to get into his dream school in the first exam.

With your qualities, when you decided to retake the exam, I put a lot of faith in Danh and I believe that, as long as you are determined, Danh can fulfill your wish. Your exam score in this year's exam is a clear proof of that and I am happy with the results you have achieved after a lot of hard work and effort.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Ngan Hoa - Danh's homeroom teacher in grade 12 at Nguyen Duy Trinh High School.