God always lets the flower of victory bloom in sweat, the laurel of honor be woven with thorns, and the joy of success be soaked in pain. I remember Su Shi once said that people who made great achievements in ancient times not only had extraordinary talents, but also had perseverance.
Standing on this podium at this moment, I am extremely excited! Because I know that this world has never been a paradise for those who are eager for comfort and do not seek progress! Only by diligently seeking knowledge and enriching ourselves can we keep up with the pace of the pioneers and be worthy of our precious youth!
There are always some touching stories around us, hidden in the deepest place, like onions, which will make you cry if you peel them off layer by layer. Yu Yang, a computer student in our school, died of illness when she was very young. Since then, she and her father have lived together, and the difficulties and pressures in life can be imagined. Xiaoyang had to bear the burden of family too early. A seven-year-old child has to wash clothes and cook, and sometimes he has to pick up garbage to pay a negligible primary school fee for others.
When she was in junior high school, her father broke down from constant overwork and his lumbar intervertebral disc protruded. Every day she can only lie in bed and put on a plaster. Her sky suddenly collapsed! That is, from then on, Yu Yang, who was only 16 years old, shouldered the heavy burden of life-taking care of his father after school every day and working in a small restaurant near the school, which not only solved the living expenses but also solved his three meals a day. In the end, everything comes to him who waits, and under his careful care, my father recovered completely. At the same time, she was admitted to a local key high school with excellent results. After three years of hard work, in September 2006, she was admitted to our school and began her college life. She was glad to hear the counselor say that the school provided a special grant for poor students. As soon as she finished school, she told her father the good news, but his father said, "Dad knows that you are suffering, and our family is really poor, but you must know that poverty is not wrong, and wealth is not right. Poverty and wealth are a way of life. The poor are not poor, but those who laugh at the poor are really poor. Based on how rich they are, fundamentally speaking, which family has no generations of poor people? Respect yourself no matter how poor you are. If you look down on yourself, your heart will be very poor. If your heart is bad, it is really bad. Have you forgotten what I taught you? To be a self-reliant person, don't ask yourself how much you can contribute to society, but you can't reach out and ask for it from society! Give that quota to those who need it more! " So, she voluntarily gave up this quota and gave it to another classmate in the class. In this way, the most realistic living expenses and tuition fees are still in front of her, but the hardships of these years have made her stronger. She used the weekend to distribute leaflets and do publicity activities in the city, and the money she earned barely covered her living expenses for one month. In her sophomore year, she used her spare time and holidays to find a part-time sales job, with a monthly salary of about 1000 yuan. In this way, her tuition was solved.
There is a limit called penetration, which can go beyond people's will and shock you; There is an idea called stubbornness, which can resist the arrangement of fate and amaze you. Stubborn but not stubborn, confident but not conceited, wise but not proud, all these seem to be created for Yang Yang. Now, she is progressive in thought, simple and honest, and has excellent grades. She is the only winner of the inspirational award in her class, but she is not satisfied with these. She is still moving forward to a better tomorrow step by step! Shortly after the beginning of this semester, she took part in a work-study program arranged by our school. The school arranged for her to clean the corridor on the first floor of five buildings on the second floor. A month later, the school logistics office gave her 50 yuan money. Shortly after she got the money for work-study program, the school organized an activity to offer love to the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area. She donated the remaining 43 yuan money from work-study programs to a young sister named Sun Shanshan in Beichuan earthquake-stricken area. She was very happy after the money was donated. After all, she did something meaningful with her labor income. When a reporter from our school interviewed her, she said, "The only thing I can do is to pass on my love and help those who need help in life with my own actions."
Contemporary youth, compared with before, have a better environment and more care and love from the motherland and society. The concern of the party, the country and the society for young people has turned into the inner strength of young people, sowing countless seeds of love and passion in society. These seeds are sprouting or have sprouted, and they slowly and persistently bloom beautiful flowers, decorating the prosperity of a nation and pushing it towards prosperity.
As a college student in the new era, standing at the crossroads of life, I can't help thinking about such a question: How should one view youth and life? As college students, should we learn from Yang? Although we don't have her bumpy and hard life and have never experienced pain, we only have the warmth from our parents, the care from our school and the care from our friends! Now there are good policies of the country. Does this give us more reason to stand on our own feet, study hard and serve the motherland in the future? It is you who dominate the world, and it is you who give up the world. Students, the road ahead is still very long. We have to rely on ourselves, and a better life can only be created and won by ourselves. Everyone wants a bright future, so what are you waiting for? Let's set sail now, be self-reliant and inspirational, and create our own tomorrow with our own hands!