doctor’s tears

Tears of happiness mixed with anxiety rolled down the cheeks of the poor student.

“Not valedictorian, I dropped out”

The poor working-class village halfway up the sand hill in Loc An commune (Phu Loc District, Thua Thien Hue) was not surprised when they heard that Chi passed the valedictorian exam in Block C in the entire province. They were not surprised by Mrs. Main’s children’s will to overcome difficulties and study well. They worry about being poor and taking care of Mrs. Men’s large family, just afraid that Chi will drop out midway.

The central sky was as sunny as a fire in early August. Each wave of the dry Laos wind blows across the face. The brick kiln settlement in Nam Trach village, (Loc An commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue province) is located halfway up a sand dune devoid of sunlight.

It is called Brick Kiln Village because this place is near Tuynel Lok N Brick Factory, most of the people here have been working in this brick factory.

We stopped at a roadside restaurant to rest and asked about Mrs. Hoang Thi Men’s house.

Men have a daughter who is valedi dear. The family is poor but has 4 daughters who study very well,” the roadside shopkeeper enthused the way.

Following the directions, we arrived at Do Thi Ngoc Chee’s house. The valedictorian of Block C in Thua Thien Hue province is running around these days preparing to enter Ho Chi Minh City to enroll as soon as possible.

Although she has not yet received the university acceptance letter from the school, with her scores, Chi is confident that she will pass into the journalism department of Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

“I want to move to Saigon as soon as possible to get used to the streets and then apply for a part-time job. I want to earn money to go to school,” Chi Li told the first “men on the move” reason other partner.

Chi is the third daughter of a poor family with four sisters. His mother Mrs. Hoang Thi Men (49 years old) is suffering from congenital heart disease and is losing her ability to work. All household expenses depend on the meager wages of porters and “men and women” working at the brick kiln, who has three children, Mr. Do Van Nho (48 years old).

Loving their grieving parents, the four Chi sisters tell each other to study hard and later try to get out of poverty with the help of words.

The day she heard that she had passed Block C valedictorian of the entire province of Thua Thien Hue with a total score of 28.5 (including 10 points in history), Chi burst into tears. Tears of joy after my very long process of overcoming learning difficulties.

The dream of becoming a student of journalism, standing in front of the camera lens and becoming a reporter leading TV news, as you often see, is unfolding before your eyes. However, that door closes before her eyes when Chi once accidentally overhears her father’s conversation with her mother.

“This time the company cut the working hours, the bricks could not be sold, so I could only work 2 days a week. This month, my salary is more than 2 million VND. Baby Chi goes to school, I can’t support Can do it,” Mr. Nho said, whispering to his wife, his voice low.

“When I heard this, I couldn’t help but cry again. If I hadn’t been valedictorian, I would have decided to drop out of school to work as a sewing worker without a second thought. I know That my parents are in debt. Hundreds of millions of dong to take care of the first two sisters going to university. Now, even I, my parents, can’t bear it,” Chi choked. Said.

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I don’t want to have to stop studies midway due to my circumstances, I have to study to help my parents out of poverty, Now I don’t want to “sell my face to earth, my back to heaven” not for sale”

gotta learn to get out of poverty

Referring to her daughter, Mrs. Maine choked and blamed herself for having a terrible congenital heart condition. All she wanted was to be healthy enough to go to the brick kiln to work as a loader with Mr. Nho. At that time the school of his 4 children will be bigger than now.

“Dear, my child does well in school but the circumstances are very difficult, my husband told me to suggest him to leave school and go to work. Waiting for stable job for the first two sisters, again It is not too late to take the exam. But she insisted that she would not take the exam,” Mrs Main said.

More than anyone, Chi understands that for a poor district school student, the chance to pass the entrance exam to Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities is very difficult. Chi didn’t want to give up on her dream of becoming a journalist.

2.5 million dong, awarded by the People’s Committee of Phu Loc District for the achievement of being the valedictorian of Block C in the entire province. That money is kept as a treasure, I don’t dare to spend a single penny to go to Ho Chi Minh City to go to school later.

Chi will soon arrange to move to Ho Chi Minh City to find a part-time job and support her student life with the determination “I will not have to stop studying midway because of the situation, I will be able to help my parents.” have to study for” out of poverty.