The letter a teacher wrote to her student on graduation day: You are an ordinary person!

The heartfelt letter written by Ms. Nguyen Minh Ngoc - teacher at Dinh Thien Ly Secondary and High School, Ho Chi Minh City to her 12th grade students was read at the gratitude ceremony that recently took place at the school.

"Dear children!

When writing these letters to you, suddenly in my mind appeared images of you many years ago. The shyness, the bewildered eyes in grade 6, the tears of farewell to friends in grade 9, the strange yet familiar feeling when changing the color of the uniform in grade 10, the journey of love and connection in grades 11 and 12.

Ms. Nguyen Minh Ngoc read a heartfelt letter to her students at the Appreciation Ceremony.

The journey we have traveled together is the most beautiful part, the youth of our lives. And because we have lived together with full love, on the day of parting, let's leave a smile instead of tears.

At this moment, the teacher suddenly wanted to say a lot to the children. Because this is the last day, and there are still many things to tell the children.

First, I want to talk about 3 things you need to remember, 3 things you must not forget in your life.

Number 1: I am a NORMAL person.

Except for a few people born with the mission to become great people and change the world, the majority of us are ordinary people.

Remember to remember this so you don't put pressure on yourself. Don't set yourself up for big things and miss out on precious moments that a normal person needs to experience. Like the sparkling sunlight after the rain, like someone's bright smile, like a dinner with your parents, like a day when your mother's eyes smiled and wrinkles appeared.

Remember, don't forget this so you know how to build your life from small things. Small things will gradually accumulate over time and create bigger things. Miracles don't appear naturally, they are the tip of the iceberg, the submerged part is the efforts, difficulties, failures, and mistakes we have to pay for a certain success.

Remember, you are a normal person but you are a good normal person.

Rule 2: you must always live as YOURSELF.

Surely you still remember the play "The Soul of Truong Ba, the Butcher's Skin" by Luu Quang Vu? The tragedy of living differently from yourself, not being able to live as yourself is really painful and tearful, isn't it, my child?

When you live as yourself, you will always be at ease, will always be happy, will always feel happy.

Being yourself is like swimming with the flow, the water will support you.

Living differently from yourself is like struggling against the current, hard and tiring.

I give you the lyrics of the Japanese song "The only flower in the world":

“…Is the only flower that exists in this world

Each of us has our own seed.

So do your best.

Let the seeds bloom into flowers

Flowers big or small

They do not compete to see which flower is the most beautiful.

All in one jar

How beautiful and proud

You don't have to be number one

Start by being yourself.

You are special…”

Remember, always be yourself because you are unique and valuable.

Thing 3: You can be WRONG.

Who among us has not thought wrongly, done wrongly, or made wrong decisions?

Who among us hasn't had moments when we think of the words: if only, if only, wish, knowing...

But it is those mistakes that teach us about right and wrong that help us grow up, mature and become calmer.

So, don't feel bad if you're wrong, if you do something wrong.

Instead of focusing on the past and multiplying the feeling of boredom and disappointment because you were wrong, learn to look straight at it, accept it and overcome it.

Of course, there are mistakes that cannot be corrected. They can only be corrected by letting them go from your mind and making up for them with another correct action.

Remember, youth, you can make mistakes so you can grow from your mistakes.

Women need to learn to love themselves/A man's strength is not in his muscles

In her letter, Ms. Nguyen Minh Ngoc also wrote a private conversation with her daughter and son.

To her daughters!

You probably don't know that we are women who made history.

Because you are the first women, the real women of the 21st century, born in 2000.

And she suddenly became a woman of the 20th century, of the last century. She began to realize the difference between the two generations. Therefore, she wanted to tell her daughters, the things that women of the 21st century should know, should change.

First: you need to learn to love yourself. Love yourself, deeply and with self-respect.

Women like you and your mother are taught a lot about sacrifice and selflessness for family and others, but are rarely taught to love and take good care of themselves.

When you love yourself, you will love the world.

When you respect your body, the body your parents gave you, you will learn to protect yourself, learn not to let anyone do anything to harm you.

When you love someone, you can still sacrifice for them, but you don't sacrifice blindly, you don't chase after other people's emotions to the point of forgetting yourself.

Second: children need to learn to be self-reliant and independent.

Women in the past were taught the “Three Obediences” doctrine, spending their whole lives as a shadow following the men in the family: father, husband, and son. Gradually, they forgot who they were, even their names, sometimes they forgot it. Like her, she did not know her paternal and maternal grandmother’s real names because everyone around her still called her by her grandfather’s name, even though he had passed away a long time ago.

Your generation must change that: change the feeling of dependence, change the mindset of waiting, change the life of being a shadow...

When you are independent in life and emotional, even if someone intentionally hurts you, you will not fall. Because you are standing on your own two feet, knowing who you are, and what goals you live to pursue.

Third: make your child beautiful in appearance, soul and mind.

The measure of a woman’s value in the past was “virtue, beauty, speech, and conduct”. She found this to be true. Nowadays, society has changed a lot, history is always moving, and feminist awareness has increased, but the value and beauty of a woman still lies within those four criteria.

So, increase your self-worth by constantly making yourself more beautiful with the word "dung", yourself more steadfast with the word "cong", yourself use more loving words in the word "ngon", yourself have better qualities and habits with the word "hanh".

So that the 21st century women of teachers will always be peaceful and happy children.

A few words to the boys!

Today, I want to speak to you as a father speaks to his children, and as a man talks to men.

First of all, life is always a journey of DEVOTION, guys.

If Christopher Columbus had not embarked on a challenging journey, he would not have discovered America.

If Neil Armstrong had not embarked on the journey to the moon, humanity would not have the understanding of the moon that the poet once dreamed of, painting it with various imaginations.

Life, for us, is a journey of experience and discovery. As you venture forth, your world will gradually expand. And I always believe that my sons will be brave, resilient, and confident on that journey.

Second, life always requires you to THINK and ACT.

You are a boy of the 21st century, the generation facing the 4.0 revolution.

Of course, you will understand that your opponents now are not just humans, but artificial intelligence, technology, changes and challenges in an era where new things are always emerging and developing.

Therefore, a man's strength does not lie in his muscles or in his ability to move mountains, my son.

A man's true strength lies in his ability to think, to judge, to make decisions, in his actions, in his ability to adapt to change, to pressure.

To have this power, you need Wisdom, you need Courage, you need a far-sighted vision. Don't miss any opportunity to learn, grow, and gain experience to improve your thinking and actions. Every time you think about opening your gaming machine or selling your phone, think about what I said, okay?

Third thing: life requires the spirit to FACE AND ENDURE ADVERSITY.

If I say this, will you be surprised? We men have very low tolerance, while patience and resilience are inherent qualities in women.

This has been programmed into the genetic code since the beginning of mankind.

We are very tall and very handsome. Looking at our broad, strong shoulders and bulging muscles, we think we can beat our chests and say to someone in the future, “Lean on me, I’ll take care of the world.”

However, the more we face adversity and unfavorable circumstances, the more we realize that women's endurance is extraordinary. According to statistics, 67% of the victims who died in the famine of 1945 were men. The ability to overcome adversity in women is twice as great as that of men.

So every time you feel pain in your body, remember the pain your mother felt, the pain equivalent to breaking 20 ribs, in the moment she went into labor to give birth to you. Remembering that, you will see that you should learn patience and perseverance from your mother to overcome difficulties.

When I was a child, I was very afraid of the sea. Every time I went to the sea and saw a big wave coming, I turned my back and fell down, sometimes drowning in the water.

Until one day, his father showed him that the only way to overcome his fear of waves was to face them, watch them as they came, and jump on them as they crashed against the shore. From then on, he loved the feeling of jumping on each wave.

And I hope my sons, in every adversity, remember how your mother gave birth to you, the waves you jumped over to gain strength and endurance to face that adversity.

There are so many things that we want to tell you, but we don't know how much to say. I hope you remember 3 things in common and 3 things specifically for boys and girls.

One more thing, the most important thing, the thing you must not forget in this long speech, is: teachers love all of you!