A 10-point essay about a 10th grade female student's best friend made many people cry.

With the essay topic "Tell me about your best friend", Vu Ngoc Quynh Giang, a 10th grader majoring in Geography at Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted (Hanoi) scored 10 points. Eight handwritten pages helped her express her sadness at losing her best friend to leukemia.

"Do you have a best friend?The question is quite familiar. The answer is yes, no, many… It depends on each person. As for my answer, it is “used to”. I used to have a close friend, as close as a sister in the family. But a terrible disease took my friend away from the arms of family, friends and me, suddenly and painfully., the first paragraph of the essay opens up a stream of memories about a beautiful but sad friendship.

Quynh Giang recounted the first day she met her friend in 4th grade because of a teddy bear, or the feeling of disappointment in her final year of primary school because she thought she would no longer be able to study together. However, continuing to be in the same class made her secondary school years more colorful. Being an introvert, Giang gradually opened up to the world thanks to her energetic, lively, and smiling best friend. The two helped each other study, wrote comics together, and were inseparable.

In 9th grade, Giang's friend fell ill, missed a month of school, lost weight and became increasingly emaciated. For the first time, Giang witnessed the solidarity of the group, when the whole class took turns copying notes, lecturing, trying to help her friend pass the final exam. However, one time when she visited her friend at home, Giang was bewildered by the statement: "Maybe you guys should prepare yourself. I don't think I'll make it through Tet this year."

>>10-point essay about Quynh Giang's best friend

Despite all her prayers, Giang’s friend was not able to have a miracle. She passed away on the third day of Tet last year. Giang was in a state of depression for a while, her studies declined, and her exam results were not as expected. But thinking about her friend who had to leave this world too soon, Giang felt like she was given more strength and made an effort for the transfer exam.

"It's been more than a year since he left. I've turned half sixteen, the strongest, healthiest age. I achieved my dream, got into the school I always wanted. But he's still stuck there, at the threshold of fifteen full of aspirations and ambitions. Gone forever, leaving everything behind, leaving an unfinished dream, leaving sadness in the hearts of those who stay behind. But I know that, at least in the other world, he won't have to suffer anymore. No more endless tests, no more painful days of radiation therapy. Hopefully, in that place, his world will be better.", Giang wrote.

Next to the 10, the teacher left a comment: "I sincerely sympathize with you! Please continue on the path you have chosen and do the same for your friend!"

Quynh Giang shared that when she was young, she received many bad grades in literature. But in 6th grade, after her teacher praised her for using good words and making good comparisons, she began to enjoy writing, especially descriptive and explanatory writing.

With the essay on the topic of best friend, Giang spent three nights, each night from two and a half to three hours to complete the essay, due to her busy schedule with classes during the day. Since the day her friend passed away, Giang had never told anyone what she was thinking, so all her regrets and sorrows were poured out on the paper.

"When I finished writing, I didn't dare read it again, afraid that I would cry in the middle of the school yard. When the day came to return the paper, I was really surprised, because although there were many mistakes in word repetition or misunderstanding, the essay still got a 10. In all 10 years of schooling, this was the first 10 in Literature, so I was very happy," Giang said.

The first time Giang read what she wrote after returning her paper, she burst into tears. Her friends ran to comfort her, passing the paper around and crying too, telling her to bring a pack of tissues with her.

Ms. Bui Thi Quynh, Giang's mother, could not hold back her tears when reading her 10-point essay. She wanted to apologize for the times she was careless and did not put herself in her child's shoes.

"Losing a close friend is a huge loss, like losing a family member. However, I was not with my child much at that time, maybe he felt lonely. I felt inconsiderate for not sharing much with him about his friend's illness. If I had known, I might have arranged to take him to the hospital, so he wouldn't have regrets about not being able to spend much time with his friend," she said.

Her child's story helped her remember her school days with innocent and pure feelings. However, the busy life of adults makes the caring and sharing between friends fade away. After Quynh posted her child's essay on social media, hundreds of people shared it, reminding them to cherish friendship and treat each other better.

Thuy Linh