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发信人: bartonchen (闲云野鹤), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标  题: next ps(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年10月10日09:16:22 星期三), 站内信件

发信人: lonelyman (祖儿~一条路走到黑), 信区: AdvancedEdu
标  题: next ps
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed Oct 10 00:22:50 2001)

I spoon-fed her every day until she died.
Watching my grandmother get progressively weaker; not wanting to believe the
doctors' diagnosis of terminal cancer and the prediction that she would liv
e only for another year; separated by thousands of miles from my parents, wh
o had moved to the United States while I stayed in China with my grandmother
-- I lived a life so different from that of the average seventeen-year-old.
  In addition to caring for my grandmother, I was going to school and prepar
ing for my final exams, the equivalent of the SATs.   Grandmother died on th
e day that I took the exam.  Of the one million students who took the exam t
hat day, I was ranked thirty-fourth and won the national merit scholarship.
And yet I was in a state of complete shock: my grandmother was gone and I f
elt paralyzed. But eventually my memories of her inspired me to make a genui
ne difference in the lives of others. I decided to pursue a career in medici
ne.
I joined the rest of my family in the U.S. and within six months was enr
olled in the honors program at Mississippi State.  Since there is no pre-med
major, I was able to major in any subject and still complete the pre-med re
quirements; I was advised to major in Philosophy or Drama to boost my GPA.
Instead, I decided to major in Math, a subject I've always enjoyed.  Though
many people told me I must be crazy and that my background would not have su
fficiently prepared me for the difficulty ofthe pre-med classes, I have earn
ed A-plusses in all of the ten math courses I have taken so far, five of whi
ch were advanced classes.
I have concentrated on opportunities that will prepare me for studies in cli
nical medicine, oncology and geriatrics.  I learned of a prestigious researc
h fellowship at ____________ and, although it was open only to upperclassmen
, I applied and was accepted.   I have taken honors classes in biology and h
ave enjoyed the research work I've done.
Keeping in mind that my goal is ultimately to help people, I've also devote
d a portion of my time to volunteer opportunities: I tutored math for high s
chool students in my neighborhood and recently became a part-time volunteer
at Memorial Hospital.  It was terribly difficult for me to leave China and c
reate a completely new life after the death of my grandmother.  I missed her
, and my friends, and my home country.   But I would remember my grandmother
's saying:  "All things are possible to him who believes.  They are less dif
ficult to him who hopes.  They are more easy to him who loves, and still mor
e to him who perseveres in the practice of the three virtues."  I know that
I have the love, hope and faith to succeed in anything to which I turn my en
ergies.
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       一定要振作，就算为了父母，决不能让亲人伤心失望
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           │◆ 可以不去问过去的曾经　可以不去想未来的结局 ◆  │
           │☆ 但总是无法　将你　轻易忘记               ☆  │
           │◆ 在这个思念的季节里　很想说一句　好想你�    ◆  │
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