Eighteen and ambition, the great responsibility. On the afternoon of March 22, the 2024 senior high school students of Songjiang No. 2 Middle School ushered in their coming-of-age ceremony. On the green field decorated with flowers and colorful balloons, in addition to the 460 protagonists, there are also teachers who accompany them all the way to grow up.
Start the bright years that belong to the 18-year-old and beyond. The 12 classes lined up through the "Lovely Gate" and "Brave Gate" in turn, and crossed the "Adult Gate". Parents crowded on both sides of the doorway were more excited than their children, some cheering, some applauding, and even some teary-eyed. "In a blink of an eye, the child grows up" "When you become an adult, you will have less and less time around you in the future"...... From time to time, the voices of parents can be heard in the crowd.
Took a mysterious box from his father's hand, opened it and saw that it was a portable razor, Li Lubin, who was in the third (9) class of high school, was both surprised and delighted, he said: "I discussed the problem of shaving with my mother a while ago, but I didn't expect it to help me prepare!" Mr. Xu, the father of Xu Zijin in the third (8th) class of high school, took out a pen from his bag, "My daughter likes to read and write, I hope she can use this pen to write more good works and write her own wonderful life." ”
During the coming-of-age ceremony, a mailbox was brought to the stage to collect future expectations. It turned out that as early as a few days ago, the students had written a "Letter to the Future". "Wait until ten years later, and then ask the students to go back to school and start it. Ai Weifeng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Songjiang No. 2 Middle School, said with a smile that the sense of ceremony is not a short hour or two, but requires students to operate for a long time with heart and affection.
"To be a very 'wow' person and live the life you want" "When I was a young man in fresh clothes, I lived up to my time and knew it"...... The small blackboard by the playground is full of colorful sticky notes, long or short sentences, there are wanton blooming youth, and there are young people who are brave enough to take on the responsibility of their family and country. Ban Xiaotian, a senior in high school (6), said: "Eighteen years old means that I should take on more responsibilities for myself, my parents, society and the country. Gu Wenxin, the third (12th) class of high school, knows that the road after the age of eighteen is still very long, there will be flowers and thorns, but she will not retreat or be afraid.
Three-foot podium, spring breeze and rain. The school and teachers have witnessed the growth of the students and sent sincere wishes. The "post-70s", "post-80s" and "post-90s" teachers told their eighteen-year-old stories with original poems. Yu Jinfei, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the "Post-60s" School, expressed his heart with "three hopes" - I hope that the students will be a person who knows how to be grateful, I hope that the students will be a person who is responsible and can take responsibility, and I hope that the students will be a person with excellent comprehensive quality, team spirit and independent development.
Text and pictures: Wang Mei
Editor: Shen Lina