The miracle of students in Nghia Dan mountain town

Examples of strong will

In the list of 38 students with excellent achievements in class 12C1, Ngo Van Giang - a new student at Hanoi University of Science and Technology is a special case. Talking about Giang, not only his friends but also his homeroom teacher admire him: "We learn a lot from Giang because this is a student who, despite having a serious illness and difficult circumstances, is always optimistic, confident and always tries and makes every effort."

Ngo Van Giang - 1 of the 4 most outstanding faces of block A of Nghe An at the 2018 National High School Exam. Photo: MH

Giang's situation is extremely difficult, being born into a poor family and the whole family has serious illnesses. As for Giang, with chronic bronchial asthma, she has had to get used to medicine, hospitals, chest pain and difficulty breathing since she was a child. Even though her family is poor, every few months she has to go to Hanoi for a check-up and health check-up...

Despite his poor health, Giang is a student with extraordinary determination. In grade 11, at the Provincial Excellent Student Competition, Giang won the Second Prize - a feat for the high school located in the mountainous district of Nghia Dan. More specifically, in the National High School Exam for the 2017-2018 school year, Giang achieved an excellent score of 26.8 points ((Math 8.8; Physics 9.5 and Chemistry: 8.5 points) and became one of the 5 best students in the province (group A) to be honored at the Ceremony to honor excellent students and students with high scores in 2018.

Simple study corner of two brothers Nguyen Thanh Long - Nguyen Thanh Luan. Photo: MH

The results of this year's National High School Exam also left an impression on the twin brothers Nguyen Thanh Long and Nguyen Thanh Luan. Both lost their father when they were two years old. Their mother did not have a stable job, and mainly worked as a housekeeper for other families in the area, so every day the two brothers had to do housework and help each other study. The precious thing is that despite the difficult circumstances, Nguyen Thanh Long and Nguyen Thanh Luan never stopped trying and continuously for 12 years of studying, they were excellent students and provincial excellent students in Biology. The efforts of the two brothers were also rewarded when in the recent Exam, both achieved quite high results and passed the entrance exam to the Academy of Posts and Telecommunications and the University of Natural Sciences - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Miracle in the mountain town

In the past few days, after universities announced their admission scores, good news has continuously come to the 12th grade class C1 - 1/5 Nghia Dan High School when 38/38 all had high achievements and were admitted to the top universities in the country such as Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Da Nang University of Science and Technology, Foreign Trade University, Banking Academy, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Vinh University of Medicine. As the homeroom teacher, Ms. Phan Thi Thanh Huyen also shared: Class 12C1 compared to other classes in the school has outstanding academic performance. However, when I knew the exam results of the students, I was still really surprised... This is also considered the best result of 1/5 High School in many years.

Party admission ceremony of class 12 C1 members. Photo: document

Having been with the class for three years at high school, Ms. Huyen also remembers very clearly the circumstances of each student. In this class, besides Giang, Long, and Luan, there are many other students from poor or near-poor households, and students from ethnic minorities. The class also has many interesting things when there are up to three students who were admitted to the Party while still in high school, there are nearly 10 students who won prizes in provincial competitions for excellent students in grade 11, and one student who only studied English by himself but still successfully took the IELTS test and excellently passed the Foreign Trade University.

12C1 is also known as a group that knows how to share. During the three years of study, the class's parents' association has mobilized many contributions to help students in difficult circumstances pay for extra classes and buy materials. On the school's side, understanding the circumstances of poor students who love to study, they have called for many scholarships for them such as Samsung scholarships and Sacomban scholarships. On holidays, through the program "Fueling dreams", students are cared for and given gifts.

Class 12C1. Photo: NVCC

Also because of many difficult circumstances, after the results of university entrance exams were announced, along with the joy, there was also concern about the opportunity for poor students to go to school. Sharing more about her wishes, teacher Phan Thi Thanh Huyen said: "What I hope for now is to receive more help so that the students have more conditions to study. I also hope that, no matter what the circumstances, the students must make an effort, continue to try to overcome difficulties to achieve the best results..."