The atmosphere of study filled Hanh's small house when her eldest son Duc Manh was about to cross the dance floor to university and the youngest Quoc Tuan was going to take the 10th grade exam. On his birthday, his brother made a wish. to wish my brother the best of luck.
– What do you wish for on your 18th birthday, Manh?
– I wish I could get into the desired school, what about Tuan?
– Ha ha, luckily, I wish for you to go to university. Lucky for you, if you wish for me, I would lose everything.
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The youngest brother can be clever, talking non-stop and so the two brothers Duc Manh, Quoc Tuan burst into giggles in the small room. Quoc Tuan is in 9th grade, and Duc Manh in 12th grade is preparing to face an important exam in student life. It seemed that the atmosphere in the family at this time would be tense because of the two boys' studies and plans. But instead, the birthday party was still held together as usual every year and the house with 4 members was still filled with laughter.
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- If there are two soldiers in the house, there's a lot to worry about, isn't it, Ms. Hanh?
– I am only worried that her children are not happy, but they are happy, whatever the outcome, I am satisfied.
Hanh laughs. Raising two sons, the young mother is always proud because they are all gentle and docile. Duc Manh is quiet, quiet, always considerate to his mother. Quoc Tuan is more naughty and cunning than his brother. Each person has a different look, but they love and have been close to each other since childhood. Birthdays are separated by a week, every year the two guys agree and choose a date to celebrate the new age together. In June of this year, both brothers spent precious time together - studying for exams.
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If you say you don't care, it's not. Hanh is like other mothers when she sees her child standing in front of important milestones. Sometimes, her family gathers with her paternal and maternal grandparents, cooks and eats together so that the children in the family have a chance to talk.
A few years apart, some are first-year students, some are in 8th grade, 9th grade... The story of exams and learning experiences is endless. Ms. Hanh said, learning is not a day or two. The children have worked hard for a very long time, so at this sensitive time, I just want them to relax their minds.
“Sometimes I read newspapers, listen on social media, see that at this age of puberty, the children's psychology is also fragile. The saddest is the story of young people who were born sick because of too much pressure, "she said. So instead of forcing her children to study, Hanh chose to let them self-study for exams, sometimes the two brothers dragged each other out, watching movies, and her mother also agreed.
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Despite saying that his mother "released the door", Tuan still spends most of the day sharpening his own history. Currently, Quoc Tuan is studying in grade 9 at Vietnam International School (Ha Dong District). In the period 10th grade entrance exam This year, Tuan plans to enroll in Dao Duy Tu High School and Nguyen Hue Gifted High School.
With the strength of English, I also have less stress. This time, Tuan focused on studying for Math and Literature exams, two compulsory subjects that were not his forte. Ly Ngoc Phuc (Tuan's Math tutor) shared: "Compared to his classmates, Tuan is gentle and quiet. Every time he goes to the practice class, he will sit quietly and focus on solving problems. Sometimes, I find myself looking up to follow the stories of my friends."
Ngoc Phuc is also Duc Manh's Math tutor, interestingly, when asked about Manh, Phuc's answer did not change much.
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Winning an English scholarship, Quoc Tuan has an easy option for the 10th grade exam. But as a challenge for himself, Tuan asked his mother to register for two more high schools in Hanoi.
Attending inter-level school, while his classmates did not think much and were still thinking about what to do for the coming summer vacation, the boy chose to enter the stressful days of studying for exams. Occasionally, close friends in the class texted encouragement or came over to ask Tuan to go out. entertainment for pleasure. Planning to take the exam to the top schools in the city, Tuan considers it a challenge for himself.
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On the day Tuan came to school to close, his mother and brother accompanied him. At 5 am, parents and children get up early, prepare decent clothes and wait for the school bus to pick them up. This is also the school that Duc Manh attended during his secondary school years.
For Manh, this is both a visit to his old school and an opportunity to accompany his younger brother in his final days of high school. “The personalities of the two brothers are quite similar, but because Tuan is the youngest, he is a bit more childish than me. The day before, I took the exam to high school, I also studied hard for the exam, then I passed Dao Duy Tu High School. This time, Tuan also chose to take the exam there," Duc Manh said.
Manh studied all subjects, especially English. Tuan shared that his brother is always an example that he wants to follow in his studies. Choosing to enter the high school that he attended was also in his plan.
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After every hour of studying for exams or taking extra classes, Tuan and Manh would invite each other to help their mother with housework such as folding clothes, washing dishes, sweeping the house... Whenever it was too stressful, the two boys would take each other out to play, Sometimes I shoot billiards near my house, sometimes I buy tickets to the cinema.
"The two of them are very emotional, sometimes they just ride bicycles to go out together, their mother can't see them when they come home from work, and when they ask their father, their father tells them to take them for a walk," Hanh smiled and recounted. Hanh is also no stranger to the fact that families with two sons often fall into the opposite situation. However, Hanh's two guys got along, so she was also happy.
Standing on the threshold of the 10th grade entrance exam, the youngest Quoc Tuan received the affectionate attention of the whole family. Although busy studying for university exams, this time, Manh still spends a lot of time encouraging and sharing with his brother. Or like Hanh, will always be the back for both boys to firmly rely on.
In mid-May, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training announced the number of students applying for admission to the 5th grade of high schools of non-specialized and specialized public high schools for the 10-2023 school year. Accordingly, the average competition rate for class 2024 in public high schools in Hanoi this year is about 10/1, the highest in the past three years. This information is well known to Hanh's family. Sometimes the atmosphere in the house is also tense because of the exam situation.
But from Tuan's side, every time he was asked about his psychology, the young man smiled and said: "I'm not too pressured. I just wanted to see how hard I tried. At home, parents do not force anything. Mom said, go to any school, as long as you feel happy. I hope not only me, but all of you who are about to take the exam in 10 will maintain an optimistic spirit to successfully cross the dance."
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