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“Hard work and determination will lead to success.”

Life was not easy back then. My grandfather has Soon after, it was almost time to graduate from
six members in his family. His family was poor Junior College. His grades were excellent, and he
and had no money to send him to school. Another could go to the best university in Beijing, but the
option, though, was to hire a private tutor. This transportation fee was high, and his parents could
way, of course, is more convenient, but it also costs not afford to let him go to China’s capital, Beijing.
more money. He asked his teacher if there was a university that

My grandfather’s mum and dad could only let his did not require school fees and provided free food.
older sister and brother have lessons with a private His teacher recommended a university to him. It
tutor. So, while they were studying, he would lean was a school to train teenagers to become future
on the door and listen to what the private tutor was teachers.
teaching. Even if the lesson took hours, he did not He graduated and soon became a Math teacher. He
mind. To him, learning was fun. taught in a school in the countryside. Before he
About two years later, my grandfather entered a retired from his career, he became a principal of a
primary school in Jiangxi, China. He was supposed school!
to start from Primary One, but because he secretly He thanked his parents and teachers for supporting
listened to his siblings’ lessons, he skipped two
grades! So, he started his primary education at him and encouraging him. What he is today owes
to their support and belief in him.
Primary Three. He was the smallest in the school
back then but did not mind as he was eager to Wu Hongyu
learn. Primary 5..1

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