Mountain girl shares secret to winning first prize in provincial Geography

This is a proud achievement of both teachers and students of Anh Son Secondary School in particular, as well as the entire education sector of Anh Son mountainous district in general.

Tue Nhan is admired by friends and teachers for his diligence and hard work. During his revision, he always tries to research and learn to achieve high results. Photo: Thai Hien

We visited Anh Son Secondary School to meet Tran Tue Nhan during break time. When asked about the results of the recent exam, Tue Nhan felt extremely happy and excited because he had achieved his highest goal.

Sharing about the process of falling in love with Geography, Tue Nhan said: With the dream of growing up to travel everywhere to learn about life, nature and people, to explore new lands and the mysteries around me, so as soon as I entered middle school, I loved Geography and was passionate about this subject.

Nhan shared, unlike what many people think, Geography is a purely theoretical and memorization subject, but Geography includes both theory and practice, requiring a learning method appropriate to one's ability and level, as well as being diligent, persistent and having a good memory.

The enthusiastic and dedicated guidance of the Geography teacher helped Tue Nhan achieve the above results. Photo: Thai Hien

Tue Nhan added that when studying Geography, one must clearly understand the basic knowledge, grasp the method of data processing and know how to apply formulas in Mathematics and Physics to solve exercises. Along with that, one must actively cultivate social knowledge, grasp more information about daily life, to incorporate real-life experiences into exercises. Moreover, to study this subject well, one must not only learn and explore the surrounding world, but when delving into the study, one will grasp the natural phenomena, social issues of each region, area... from which one can better understand the country and people of Vietnam as well as many places in the world.

Sharing more about his learning method, Tue Nhan said that for social subjects, first of all, one must study hard, pay attention to listening to teachers' lectures to absorb key knowledge. Along with that, chain the phenomena in the same system to easily remember and apply. At the same time, pay attention to practicing the skill of synthesizing basic knowledge from textbooks and advanced knowledge provided by teachers. Particularly for Geography, in addition to studying basic knowledge thoroughly, mastering data processing methods to solve exercises, one must actively watch news on mass media such as: TV, books, newspapers, advanced documents... to update current and social information. During the time preparing for the provincial excellent student exam, Tue Nhan always diligently read more documents outside of textbooks to make his work richer, more vivid and achieve absolute scores.

Tue Nhan (far left) and his teammates in the provincial Geography competition this year. Photo: Thai Hien

Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy Linh, residential group 2, Anh Son town, Tue Nhan's mother, said: "Tue Nhan is the first child in the family. Both parents are freelancers and do not have stable jobs, so the family's life is not very well off. Because of her parents' hard work, Tue Nhan has been self-conscious about studying since she was little. She knows how to arrange her study schedule accordingly, so her parents do not have to worry or urge her."

To achieve the above achievements, the young student Tue Nhan also received enthusiastic and dedicated guidance from teachers in the school, especially the teacher who teaches the team. Teacher Nguyen Hong Nga, who teaches Geography, said: Tue Nhan is a diligent, hard-working, studious student with a receptive spirit. These are the strengths that help Nhan study Geography well - a subject that requires diligence, hard work and a high spirit of self-study. According to Ms. Nga, during the review period, the students in the team always tried their best, especially Tue Nhan. Out of 5 students in the Geography team, 4 passed, of which Tue Nhan won first prize, 1 third prize and 2 consolation prizes.

"Tuệ Nhân's achievement of being the top student in the A-class in Geography did not surprise his teachers and friends, because at all levels of education, Tuệ Nhân has always been a student with impressive achievements and is admired by many friends and teachers for his diligence and hard work. During the 8 years of schooling, he has always been an excellent student. From grade 7 to grade 9, he always won high prizes in the district's excellent student competition in Geography and Literature. Tran Tuệ Nhân's efforts and struggles have given me more motivation to love my job and the subject I am teaching," Ms. Hong Nga shared.