Class has 3 female valedictorians of grade 10 and 'huge' achievements in IELTS

Nguyen Thi Chi Mai - Multi-talented 10th grade valedictorian

Nguyen Thi Chi Mai's mother is a math teacher, so in order to have10 pointsThe Math subject for the 10th grade entrance exam this year was not difficult and “I got my score right after finishing the exam”. But with the remaining 2 exam scores, I felt a bit “regretful” but also had some exam scores that really “surprised” me.

Portrait of the valedictorian of grade 10 of Nghe An in 2021. Photo: NVCC.

Speaking more about this, the new valedictorian of grade 10 from Nghe An with a "huge" score of 48.10 points said: This year's English test was not too difficult and I did it quite quickly. However, when I looked back at the answer and saw that the result was 9.6 points, I felt a bit regretful because the question I was hesitant about was correct. Meanwhile, the 2 easy questions, I got them right but then corrected the result so they were wrong. As for Literature, I was very happy to get 9.25 points because I usually don't do very well on practice tests. I think that this year's test was about family so it is close to everyone and I did better than usual"...

In class 9G, Nguyen Thi Chi Mai is a talented girl because in addition to studying well, she can also play the guitar, play chess and swim quite well. Chi Mai also won first prize at the 2020 Provincial Youth Informatics Competition.

Tran Ngoc Chi Mai won first prize in the provincial youth IT competition. Photo: NVCC.

However, her friends "respect" Chi Mai more in Math because in grade 9, Mai won the city's Encouragement Prize and won the second prize in Math at the provincial level. Mai also shared that "I like studying Math because this is a subject that requires high thinking and challenges learners to explore". Before that, when she was in primary school, Mai's advantage was English and she won a gold medal at the national IOE competition. But at the entrance exam to Dang Thai Mai Secondary School later, Mai lost her chance because her grade 5 Math score was only 7 points. It was this failure that made Mai determined to conquer Math and then become an excellent student in this subject. To get a score of 10 in Math, this girl also shared: "I think Math is not difficult because when I started with Math, I had many limitations. But if I work hard and do a lot of exercises, I will study well".

With a good foundation in English since primary school, Chi Mai did not spend much time on this subject when she was in secondary school and had more opportunities to focus on Math and other subjects. Mai also made many friends admire her because at the beginning of grade 9, Mai took the IELTS exam and achieved 7.5 and was sure to get into a specialized school in the province.

The valedictorian of grade 10 has now been admitted to the specialized Math class at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. Photo: NVCC

This girl, currently also has many choices because along with a very high background score, her entrance exam score for the Math major is also in the top 5 with 14 points (specialized subject), so Mai has also been admitted to the Math major class. This is also Mai's final choice, because she still wants to stick with Math and wants to continue conquering this intellectual subject...

Vo Thi Ngoc Linh - Happy to be the only candidate to get 10 points in English

Vo Thi Ngoc Linh is the class monitor of class 9G and is also one of the outstanding students in the class. However, when she learned that she was the only candidate out of more than 36,000 candidates in the province taking the 10th grade entrance exam to get a score of 10 in English, she was still very surprised, "I feel this is a lucky thing and I am really happy"...

Portrait of the only 10 in English from Nghe An province at the 10th grade entrance exam. Photo: NVCC

This year’s English exam is considered difficult. Personally, Linh, with her solid knowledge, only took about 40 minutes to complete her exam. In the remaining 20 minutes, instead of reviewing her answers, Linh only dared to write down the answers on a piece of paper and never looked back at the results: I have done the exam many times and have also taken many exams. So if I read the exam again and redo the exam, I am afraid that I will change “right to wrong” and this time, I did not change any of the answers even though there were quite a few answers that I was unsure about”…

Receiving the results of the 10th grade entrance exam with a very high score (45.6 points) and entering the top 4 of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted (English specialized score of 17 points), she also expressed her gratitude to her English teacher at school on her personal page. That person not only inspired her but also helped Linh "regain confidence after failures in English and love this subject". She also said: "Since elementary school, I have liked English and participated in many competitions but almost never won high prizes. Even the entrance exam to grade 6 at Dang Thai Mai Secondary School, I failed and instead of being able to study in a specialized class, I was only able to study in the ward's general education class".

Vo Ngoc Linh is also a class monitor, a strong, confident girl. Photo: NVCC

With an unfavorable starting point, Ngoc Linh gradually conquered English with her own efforts and attempts. To study English well, in addition to studying hard in class and doing homework at home, Linh also spent time practicing speaking and listening. With her determination, in grade 9, from the third prize of the city, Linh broke through to become the "valedictorian" of round 2 and then the second prize of the Provincial Excellent Student in English. This school year, Linh also conquered the IELTS exam and achieved an admirable score of 7.5.

The team of excellent students in Math and English of class 9G, including 3 female valedictorians in 2021. Photo: NVCC

Class of Valedictorians

In addition to Vo Thi Ngoc Linh and Nguyen Thi Chi Mai, class 9G - Dang Thai Mai Secondary School also has another valedictorian, Tran Ngoc Van Trang - valedictorian of English major (Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted) with 18 points.

Tran Ngoc Van Trang and her English teacher of class 9G. Photo: NVCC

This female student also made her mark with special achievements when she was the valedictorian of English at the Provincial Excellent Student Competition, and achieved an IELTS certificate of 8.0 while in grade 9 on her first attempt. Currently, Van Trang is also the valedictorian of the English specialized class.

Class 9G with outstanding achievements in the 10th grade entrance exam. Photo: NVCC

Teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa - Homeroom teacher of class 9G also said: This school year is a special year for class 9G because compared to other classes, class 9G's starting point is lower and there are many different types of students.

However, with the efforts of teachers and students, we had a successful exam season with relatively high scores and nearly 10 students passed the entrance exams to specialized schools. The students' efforts are a great gift for teachers and the school community and this will also be the motivation for the next classes of students to strive and achieve more outstanding achievements.

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