(Blame me if u want but this is not a proper reflection, more of my own story)

In today’s class me and my classmates discussed about our experiences during middle school in OCAC. I decide to publish this post simply because there’s not enough time in class to let me speak freely.

Unlike most students in my class, I am one of the first students to join the OCAC community. From elementary to secondary, first grade to eighth grade, I witnessed a lot of rise and fall, CHAOS and harmony token place in classrooms, canteens, and big playgrounds. Despite the fact that the school is becoming more and more corrupt, there were still many beautiful (and terrible) memories on the path.

I was not one of the first batch to enter ELL when the school opened it for non-foreign students. Instead, I got in a year after when most of the students already had developed a good understanding of literature. My literature skills were very weak, and when I failed to join in conversations with my friends, I got depressed and pissed off, and it was not until eighth grade that I finally overcame with those feelings. I spent nearly all the time in class thinking about when my friends can ever notice my sorrow, which left me with zero knowledge of Dr.Terrett’s lecture and I failed all of my tests in the first year. It was in the summer holidays when I attended a debate camp that I finally decided to catch up. I honor this time period of pain very much because I hold strong believe in the theory of difficulty. Only when people suffered and learned from the hardships they experienced, did they truly realize the value of regain.

The next important event during my MYP journey was my change of future aspirations from cosmology to law and politics. In the end of fifth grade, our class celebrated our graduation with a special party which students could bring snacks and electronic devices. The teacher played the movie “Interstellar” on the projector. I was astonished by the technology and theology used in the movie and found my eyes glued to the curtain screen when it’s time for the photograph. From that point on, I had been constantly watching space documentaries every weekend and discussing scientific questions with my classmates. After more than half a year of enthusiasm, my love for cosmology had been diluted by my poor math results. Also according to my dad, the future career field will be extremely competitive and only the ones with family backgrounds can win the battle. I then began to focus on politics. At first I found myself so frustrated to continue reading even 1 chapter of a book. Even looking at the words piled into mountains on the pages made me feel boring. I soon discussed the problem with my mandarin teacher. She told me that I should do what I did when I got interested in space—watch more movies of the subject. That night, I opened the movie “Watergate”. The film was about two hours long but I made it through with curiosity increasing minute by minute the impeachment proceeds. When I finished the movie, I knew that I had found my voice of my true heart.

That night made all my accomplishments in liberal arts possible.

In conclusion, the two main events happening in my MYP life changed a lot of my personality and future plans. I regard to this period as one of my most memorable days of my life (for the time being). I appreciate all the people that came into my life, no matter for what reason. You guys helped me a lot <3.

 

 

 

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