The 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 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 unsure about was correct. Meanwhile, the 2 easy questions, I got right but then corrected the result so it was wrong. As for Literature, I got 9.25 points, I was very happy because I usually do not do very well in 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 informatics 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 second prize in Math at the provincial level. Mai personally shared, "I like to study Math because this is a subject that requires high thinking and challenges students to explore." Before that, when she was in elementary 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 5th grade Math score was only 7 points. It was this failure that made Mai determined to conquer Math and then become an excellent student of 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 in secondary school and had more conditions 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 test and achieved 7.5 and was sure to get a place in the province's specialized school.

The valedictorian of grade 10 has 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 base score, the 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 to conquer this intellectual subject...

Vo Thi Ngoc Linh - Happy to be the only candidate to get a score of 10 in English

Vo Thi Ngoc Linh is the class monitor of class 9G and is also one of the students with outstanding achievements 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 did not look back at the results once: She has done the exam many times and has also taken many exams. So if she rereads the exam and redoes the exam, she is afraid that she will change "right to wrong" and this time, she did not change any of the answers even though there were quite a few answers that she 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 (17 points for English), 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 a high prize. Even in the 6th grade entrance exam 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 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 learn English well, in addition to studying hard in class and doing homework, 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 (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 has 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 efforts of the students 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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