Perhaps the most important bonus episode...

  After reading through my blog, I guess you won't deny that I don't cover or make myself look better than who I was. Now, I have one thing that I want to show you, but I only want to show to those who cared to read through my whole blog, because this required some patience and tolerance.
  I had a really bad reputation when I was young:

  I'll translate it for you.

  Last week Vincent (My already abandoned English name) went back to Jim Bear for me. He left me a paper because I wasn't there. I saw it this morning, it is a GEPT High-Intermediate certificate. Since I didn't see him in person, I can't tell whether he was thanking me or for showing off?

  GEPT stands for General English Proficiency Test. It is an authorized English examination in Taiwan, and can be viewed as an equivalent to TOEIC, IELTS, TOEFL... Some unis even viewed it as a graduation threshold, mostly only requiring Intermediate level. Vincent is only in Year 8 now, thus, I'm happy that he can work himself out to this stage, congratulations!

  Vincent is a special kid. He likes to read, question since he was in Kindergarten, a very genius! He is in mathematically gifted class in SIES. He knows advanced probability calculation in Year 1, differentiating interests between banks. I was shocked by him at first, I can't lift his backpack when he was in year three because he borrowed books from library everyday, some of which I can't even understood! Economics for universities, statistics, autobiographys... he read everything. A few weeks ago Teacher Clyde told me he wrote an essay about environmental issue on Facebook using English. What a genius!

  I admit that he is a "good" student. Good GPA, good hard-working, however, in terms of co-operating, his mature and overage make him unable to fit in with others. For me, he lacks a lot in my definition of a "good student": no pityness, no co-operating ability, bad relations with others, sometimes selfish, proud and too self-centered to talk to. That's not what education really means in my mind, nor is it a sign of a good student! I expect the next time when he comes to me, he won't only tell me about his scores, but what community services he had involved in, completed which kinds of difficult tasks through co-operating... I'm looking forward to it!

  This one paragraph published when I was year nine was really a game-changer for me. Alongside the event that I described in my application, this was about the same time when I felt lost in school. I don't want to elaborate more about what I did in accord with this sincere opinion because if you found this link, you already read through my efforts, I want to say thank you to Uncle Stephen (the way we call the boss of my kindergarten-primary after school), for him served as a lighthouse in me being a better person.

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