Happening in School

It was a gloomy Tuesday and the class went up the parade square. We skipped our five-minute reading time and sang the national anthem and began to dispersed. Mr Low, our principle, hurried onto the staged and settled us down. I did not thought it was a big deal and waited for him to end his speech.

In a serious tone , he opened his mouth and told us of a story a Chinese scholar. He was a normal Chinese boy who had traveled to Singapore to receive better education. He worked hard and received fairly good grades. Sadly, he was unfortunate and was diagnosed with a deadly disease .He had to travel back to his country,China,to get treated and recover from it. While he was hospitalized , his parents returned to Singapore to cancel his scholarship as well as handling administrative issues.

Despite his illness, he is still willing to continue his scholarship even if it means he have to retake secondary three again when he is already 2 years overage. Soon , the worst news arrived ,the doctors failed to resuscitated him from the disease and he past away peacefully. Through a telephone call,his parents gave away the money to the school to help poor people to be educated.

After the principle's talk, I began to reflect on his speech and I know there is a deeper purpose to it. Lastly,I have learned his preserverance for the need of education which inspire me to work harder.