ThiS I believe
Introduction: This assignment is the final project for semester 2. The purpose of the assignment is to state one of personal beliefs and tell a story about it.
Reflection: I think the hardest part of the assignment is connecting central belief and personal experience. I think I did well in tell my personal experience. If I have to do it again, I will probably find a better quote that might better matches my essay. I learnt to construct a writing using personal experience.
Miracles favor those who don’t give up
Harry Xue 10B
Have you ever seen Kobe Bryant take the last shot and help Lakers to win the game at the last second? Have you ever read book about how the allied force defeated the axis force even though allies’ weapons were much worse? Life is a stage of miracle. Sometimes you need to believe impossible is possible.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” I believe miracles favor those who don’t give up.
My dad had been talking to me about the importance of persevering since I was in primary school. One day after a math test, I sat in a soft and fluffy sofa, drinking icy coke with my dad. When I handed a graded math test paper with an F on it to him, instead of yelling at me, he just nodded his head. “You did better than the last time. Don’t give up, dude. Keep trying, One day you will hand me an A!” I didn’t give up, I kept trying. After every math class, I tried to do some revisions and ask teachers and friends about things that I’m not clear about. The “miracles” have happened. I almost get an A in every math test. Rather than thinking about my A's as the result of hard work, I prefer to call these as miracles.
10 years later, I entered ShangHai United International School Wan Yuan. I met my soccer coach, Mr. Roy, an optimist who always believes miracles do happen on the pitch. On a rainy day, we went to play an away game with Western International School of Shanghai. It was so cold that day. We played a really terrible game for 90 minutes. The rain drops made me feel sick and the only thing in my mind was my warm bed. With 4 minutes left, the score was still 1-0. All of us thought we are going to lose the game. We did nothing as the WISS players passed the ball around over and over, trying to put the ball into our net again. Mr. Roy was angry. He made the last substitution, Aden on for Moto. He shouted when Moto walked off the pitch slowly. “Boys! Heads up! Just try! Don’t give up!” Mr. Roy’s words inspired us. We forgot how tired and hopeless we were. We started to work as a team again. Peter gave a long pass to Aden, and Aden had a back-court attack. Only seconds later, I scored the second goal. We finally won the game—two goals in only 4 minutes.
Today, I still remember the same lecture my dad and Mr. Roy taught me. “Kid. If you give up, there is no way you can win. If you give up, you will regret it. Miracles favor those who don’t give up. Being persistent will help your life. “
“Harry, we are going to lose the game.” Said my little 7-grade teammate Brian, during another hard match where we were one goal behind.
“Don’t give up. Miracles do happen. ”
This I believe.
Harry Xue 10B
Have you ever seen Kobe Bryant take the last shot and help Lakers to win the game at the last second? Have you ever read book about how the allied force defeated the axis force even though allies’ weapons were much worse? Life is a stage of miracle. Sometimes you need to believe impossible is possible.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” I believe miracles favor those who don’t give up.
My dad had been talking to me about the importance of persevering since I was in primary school. One day after a math test, I sat in a soft and fluffy sofa, drinking icy coke with my dad. When I handed a graded math test paper with an F on it to him, instead of yelling at me, he just nodded his head. “You did better than the last time. Don’t give up, dude. Keep trying, One day you will hand me an A!” I didn’t give up, I kept trying. After every math class, I tried to do some revisions and ask teachers and friends about things that I’m not clear about. The “miracles” have happened. I almost get an A in every math test. Rather than thinking about my A's as the result of hard work, I prefer to call these as miracles.
10 years later, I entered ShangHai United International School Wan Yuan. I met my soccer coach, Mr. Roy, an optimist who always believes miracles do happen on the pitch. On a rainy day, we went to play an away game with Western International School of Shanghai. It was so cold that day. We played a really terrible game for 90 minutes. The rain drops made me feel sick and the only thing in my mind was my warm bed. With 4 minutes left, the score was still 1-0. All of us thought we are going to lose the game. We did nothing as the WISS players passed the ball around over and over, trying to put the ball into our net again. Mr. Roy was angry. He made the last substitution, Aden on for Moto. He shouted when Moto walked off the pitch slowly. “Boys! Heads up! Just try! Don’t give up!” Mr. Roy’s words inspired us. We forgot how tired and hopeless we were. We started to work as a team again. Peter gave a long pass to Aden, and Aden had a back-court attack. Only seconds later, I scored the second goal. We finally won the game—two goals in only 4 minutes.
Today, I still remember the same lecture my dad and Mr. Roy taught me. “Kid. If you give up, there is no way you can win. If you give up, you will regret it. Miracles favor those who don’t give up. Being persistent will help your life. “
“Harry, we are going to lose the game.” Said my little 7-grade teammate Brian, during another hard match where we were one goal behind.
“Don’t give up. Miracles do happen. ”
This I believe.