To a grade 9 me

Hi me,

         I am writing from the future. Now I am in Toronto Canada. I can imagine you would be surprised because of the hate for English since elementary school. But I am delighted that you were able to pick up your interest for English in Gr. 8 and did a pretty decent job. 

         I know you do not like school, nobody does, (maybe few do). But school is more than a place to learn knowledge, it is also a place for friends and train your abilities, which you did great. The only thing is you could spend just a little bit more time to study, and you can get better marks LOL.

         Schools in China are always stressful, it is okay to get frustrated or have mental breakdown from time to time. It is good. You will not have any of those when you are at my age, you can handle all kinds of stress freely. You can sit back and relax while everybody having a mental breakdown at least once a week. Remember that, all the efforts that you made will always get back to you.

         It is good that you dated girls even that against teachers and parents' will. They will not care about that if you are successful in the future. I confessed to my parents and they think it is good. So do not worry about that. Keep doing that. Just be more responsible towards every decision you made about your relationship, it is NOT GOOD to break girls' hearts. BE MORE CAUTIOUS.

         You are doing a pretty good job dealing with your relationship with parents. Maybe spend more time with them whenever you could, and surprise them from time to time. Because now you can only see them like 3 times a year, and that will become less and less frequent. When you see them now, you will find that they are really getting old. What makes me frustrated is you could not be around them when they need you, I am really upset about that. They are the ones who love you the most in this whole world.

         Also try to spend as much time as possible with your friends in China. The special class mode in China produces a special bond between you and your classmates, which can NEVER be found in other places. However, as you study abroad, those friends of yours went into chinese high school, and they have new friends which have the bond between each other, you will be forgotten eventually, or you bond will disappear. So value your friends, and just keep in touch with each other whenever possible. YOU WONT BE REGRET ABOUT THAT.

        And finally, I want to thank you. You changed from a kid who hated school and english, to a passion young man LOL. All the hard work that you did make my(your) life much more easier. Keep up your good work! Be adventurous, travel more.