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Throughout the countless years with countless complaints about countless reasons, I would’ve begged to not go to Guanghua Chinese School (GHCS) in PA. Not going to lie, I still don’t enjoy those Sunday afternoons, waiting for a lecture to finish or for a test to be scored.

However, I do see the results of these grueling learning sessions.

To me, this Chinese class is only difficult because it occurs once a week. Therefore, the teacher must give out bulks of homework in order to maintain a constant pace within the curriculum. Understandably, most students complain, but I think there really isn’t a way around it.

I was once a complaining student, and still am today. But because of the summer trip to Beijing two years ago, I realized how much GHCS helped. I was able to keep up with the language and overall understanding. Whether it was because of my constant practice at home or the Guanghua curriculum, there has been a great change in my Chinese in the past eight years.

And so it all comes down to today: graduation. It’s the most important day of our Chinese learning career, the celebration of all our hard work, and the final moments within this building… unless you are coming back for the AP Chinese.

However, I still think this day reflects a milestone of reaching where I am now. All of the ninth graders came to class dressed in blue graduation clothing, signifying the weight of this day. Many awards would be handed out after the graduation ceremony, but the stars of this event would be us, the class of 2020-2022. I’ve become good friends with some of these classmates, even though we only meet once a week. This makes, I think, build a strong bond. By means of cultural connections, the Chinese adolescent community can connect through common differences between us and other backgrounds, similar to all other ways of life. GHCS taught us more about ourselves and exactly what it meant to be “Chinese”. From teaching the culture to experiencing it in person, I have to give many thanks for the enlightenment of knowledge regarding a world I still barely understand.

Next year, I would be a teacher of a writing class as well as an AP student in GHCS, which is going to be an interesting balance. Most students wait till after AP to teach a class, but the National Honor Society requires a job by tenth grade, so this was a great opportunity. This graduation, due to these objectives, stands for more than a marking of completion. It shows how I’ve started yet another quest, another hill to climb toward success. And until I’ve reached my peak, there will always be taller, larger hills to climb in my foreseeable future.

【红霞译文】

经历无数个年头无数次抱怨无数种理由，我求奶奶告爷爷试图放弃到宾州光华中文学校上课。不瞒你说，每到星期天下午我心里犯怵，课堂上要么盼着放学要么应付了事。

然而，“宝剑锋从磨砺出,梅花香自苦寒来”，我深知只有辛勤耕耘才能收获果实。

在我看来，学好中文之所以难度大是因为每周只上一次课，况且为了保证课业进度，老师必须布置大量课外作业，致使绝大多数学生叫苦连天，但我觉得光抱怨真不是办法。

我曾经也爱发牢骚，时至今日依旧如此，不过两年前因为回了趟北京，方才意识到光华中文学校灌输的知识是我享受生活的力量，我能听懂中文了解社会。水有源树有根，无论是因为常年坚持在家多说多练，还是因为光华教学有方，总之在过去八年里，我的中文水平确有长足的进步。

所有一切都归结于今天这个特殊日子：毕业，它既是我们中文学习生涯中最重要的一天，也是庆祝我们坚持到底的光荣时刻，待不了多久我们马上就会离开眼前这座教学大楼……除非你打算继续留下来学习美国大学预修课程中文学科。

不过我仍然认为今天迎来了一个校方认可本人中文水平的里程碑，所有九年级学生来到教室统一穿上蓝色毕业服，足以体现其庄重程度。毕业仪式之后还要进行项目繁多的颁奖典礼，但这次庆祝活动闪亮登场的明星当该是我们这些2020-2022届常规学校高中毕业生。尽管大家每周见面只有一次，然而我却与其中不少同学早已结为好朋友，无疑光华中文学校是我们联络友情强有力的纽带，从这里培养出来的华裔青少年社团积极传播中华文明，促进社会各界不同历史背景不同生活方式的文化交流。光华中文学校引导我们更好地做自己，并以“中国人”为自豪，从传授文化到社区服务，我由衷地感激光华为像我这样不谙世事的在校生打开了一扇语言大门。

明年我可能将以写作班老师和高等中文班学生双重身份出现在光华中文学校，两者之间的平衡十分有趣，多数同学打算学完高等中文课之后才付诸行动，但是全美高中荣誉生会要求高中二年级以下的会员从事社会实践，因此出任老师一职让我有机会学以致用，从这些方面而言，此次毕业典礼远比完成学业更有意义，它表示我已开始迎接新的挑战，准备攀登新的高峰。山外有山天外有天，将来总有更高更大的山峦召唤我去探索。

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