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English

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A Voluntary Service

高一乙 覃昭睿

Summer is a season when the sun beats down My First Stage Experience
and people kick back to relax with icy beverages in
their hands. This year, I spent a day helping those 高二庚 張晉瑋
in need instead. It was a special day because my
sister and I had volunteered to help out at a school Having an opportunity to go onto the stage has
for mentally disabled children. The truth was that always been an exciting adventure to me. I have
I thought this would be a tedious service but it gone up to stage several times. Among these
turned out to be something fascinating. precious experiences, the most unforgettable one
was my first Chinese drum performance.
Upon arrival, we were first led to the basement
to help make boxes. The teacher told us they I started to play Chinese drum when I was a
provided a custom cookies service, by which fourth grader in primary school. After learning
people could order diverse types of biscuits for drum for about a month, I was asked to give a
a variety of occasions. Folding a box could be Chinese drum performance at the annual music
either child’s play or a complex process and this concert. I was shocked. “What? A beginner onto
was particularly complicated. I spent about thirty the stage? It can’t be.” That was what I thought
minutes learning but still couldn’t grasp the trick of at first. I had no confidence to do that. However,
folding it. I was about to give up when I fastened my teacher encouraged me every time when I was
my eyes on a pile of damaged boxes. Suddenly, I upset. Day after day, I tried hard to practice for
came to realize that I should not withdraw. Looking my performance. The day finally came, and I was
at stacks of crushed boxes, I started to ponder really confident with myself. I did my best on the
how the mentally challenged kids had managed stage, with all my attention, and all my hard work
to fold them. They would exert themselves just was being delivered to the audience. The audience
to accomplish something with their perseverance gave me a big applause when my performance
while I just thought of yielding when faced with came to an end. At that time, my eyes were full of
adversity. This made me ashamed, so I made more tears. After this experience, I learned that I should
effort and eventually accomplished a fine one. After never say never to any challenge unless I have
lunch, we went to the administration office for the tried it first.
second assignment. We were going to match the
receipt lottery numbers because it would serve as
an extra income for the school. I truly admired the
teachers because of all the assorted work they had
done here.

This voluntary service was worthwhile. Tired as
we were, we were still delighted that we did
something meaningful. Throughout the day, I
learned a valuable lesson that perseverance is
an essential virtue in our life. “He who endures
conquers.” I need to confront hardships head on
instead of cowering before them. Surrendering will
not always be an answer because only through
failure can I learn and grow.

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