Crying--Two Compositions by Two Students

Remember the two students I mentioned yesterday who PK in writing?  I'd like to post their compositions in this entry.  The following is the writing task on the 2005 2nd mock exam.

有人哭，代表著無助、失敗、惋惜、憤怒、或懷念和哀悼；有人哭，卻是一種幸福、喜悅、或成功。請寫一篇120字以上的作文，第一段敘述你自己或曾經見過什麼人、為了什麼事而哭過。第二段描述你是如何度過這次的哭泣或是你如何安慰、陪伴或協助你所見到的哭泣者，以及這次的經驗令你有何體會、收穫或學習。

Here are the two essays.

1.

    I still remember what made me cry as a baby a year ago.  That time, my heart was broken to pieces because of a boy who I had liked since I entered senior high school.  I didn't tell him how I loved him, but we had a wonderful time chatting, studying together and talking on the cell phone at midnight.  But one day, I didn't answer his phone.  From then on, no matter what I said, he didn't respond to me.  And I heard that he had had a girlfriend since junior high school!  It was such a shock that I couldn't believe it until I saw him and his girlfriend walking together in school. 

    I was in the abyss of despair.  I poured out all my affection, but he regarded it as a joke!  I cried for him every day for nearly a month until one day my friend told me, "Do not spend your time crying for that bad guy.  He doesn't know how nice you are.  Do not waste your time."  On my way home, I thought about her words seriously.  I asked myself, "If I still spend time crying for him, what could I get after crying?"  The asnwer was "Nothing."  So when I was home, I threw away all the things about him that could make me unhappy.  After all, he was not the only fish in the sea.  The lesson I learned from this heart-breaking experience is that once I realize how to let it go, everything will be alright.     (313 顏渝庭)

2.

   Two months ago, after having received my report card of the SAT, I cried my eyes out.  To be frank, the result wasn't that terrible.  The grades in all subjects, excluding in math, were unexpectedly great.  However, in school, I'm good at math, always getting a 100.  When seeing the report card, my friends asked, "What was wrong with you?  Isn't it easy for you to get a good grade in math?"  Upon hearing it, I couldn't help crying again, and I couldn't respond.  I was very sad about the poor grade.

   Since then, I've tried my best to recover from the trauma.   To sharpen my skills in sloving math problems, now I practice math every day and never think about the past, becuase I realize what I need to concentrate on is the upcoming UEE rather than the past SAT and that it is useless to care too much about the failure.  Most important of all, getting nervous easily, I have to be better prepared so that I can have less difficulty overcoming the pressure in the examination room.  I know if I keep crying all day long, the same tragedy will certainly take place again.  Only by doing something can I make a difference. (313 周書緯)