Sigrid1997 (China)

I attended gaokao last year, so everything still seems fresh to me; even now I am sitting in a library in my university. I don't think I've done well. I nervously searched for the answers on the Internet but hesitantly clicked on them. Though it turned out I didn't achieve my goal, I could still go to some prestigious schools. I have put so many years of effort into it. The exercise books I have bought, if piled up, are even taller than me. There are so many exams I have taken, so many decisions I have made. I just could have made it better, better enough to meet my own expectations. It still stings.

A Chinese father holding an umbrella waits for his child amongst others before the the National College Entrance Exam, also known as gaokao, at a middle school in Changsha city, central Chinas Hunan province, on June 7, 2012. [Photo/IC]