Top scorer in the high school entrance exam: "Don't make mistakes on the easy questions."

To prepare for the entrance exam, Thảo carefully balanced her time between studying and leisure, prioritizing practice tests, especially mock exams from schools in the province. In the days leading up to the exam, Thảo reviewed both basic and advanced knowledge. For English, she focused on key topics frequently appearing in entrance exams and specialized school entrance exams to avoid minor mistakes and unnecessary oversights during the test.

When entering the exam room, Thao prepared herself mentally, feeling relaxed and confident in the knowledge she had acquired. She read the questions carefully, avoiding mistakes on easy questions and thoroughly studying the difficult ones.

Previously, to improve her knowledge in all subjects, Thảo usually focused on listening attentively to her teachers' lectures in class and completed all assigned homework at home. For English, in addition to school lessons, Thảo also sought out other learning resources such as good books and websites. On weekends, Thảo practiced writing new vocabulary in her notebook, found and solved exam questions on English forums and blogs, and after finishing, she checked her answers to learn from her mistakes.

From a young age, Thao showed herself to be an intelligent and studious girl. Her academic achievements were impressive. In 5th grade, Thao participated in the Sasmo English competition and won a Silver Medal. When she took the entrance exam for 6th grade at Ly Nhat Quang Secondary School, Thao achieved the top score of 44.75, including an additional 2.5 points for high scores in several competitions.

Also during her 6th grade year, Thao won a Gold Medal in the TIMO English Math competition. In 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, she won prizes in district-level English competitions. In 9th grade, she won first prize in the district-level English competition for gifted students and received an honorable mention at the provincial level.

Commenting on Hoang Phuong Thao, Mr. Nguyen Cong Tien - Math teacher and class homeroom teacher, said: “In class 9A, Hoang Phuong Thao is an intelligent student, very diligent in her studies, and excels in all subjects. She is especially gifted in English. Besides that, Thao is a very active student and organizes activities very well. She is the class vice-president in charge of academics in a class with many talented students. Thao is always enthusiastic and takes the lead in her studies, creating a very good learning environment in the class.”

English teacher Le Xuan Diep shared: “Thao's 9A class is an outstanding group; the students excel in all subjects. In particular, the foreign language learning movement in class 9A is very strong. Many students have a passion and a real talent for learning foreign languages, which is why many of them achieved high scores in the recent entrance exam for 10th grade.”

This achievement is partly due to the coordinated efforts of the three teachers: Mr. Nguyen Cong Tien, the homeroom teacher and math teacher; Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan Thao, the literature teacher; and Mr. Le Xuan Diep, the English teacher. All three teachers closely followed the entrance exam matrix for 10th grade, developing lesson plans tailored to each student's needs to help them achieve the best possible scores.

Achieving the top score in the provincial entrance exam for 10th grade is not only an honor for Hoang Phuong Thao personally, but also a joy for the teachers and the entire staff of Ly Nhat Quang Secondary School.

Bidding farewell to Thao on a summer day, Thao softly said: "Through this, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my parents, my appreciation to the teachers of Ly Nhat Quang Secondary School, and my friends - those who have given me motivation and always supported me throughout my four years of secondary school. I hope that in the future I will continue to achieve even more success in my studies and personal development."