She fell on the threshold of two thousand. with her hands tied in failure，It is the judge who burns her visions of glory. Ashes of her dream stick on the tearing cheek...

她在2000分的臨界點(diǎn)上敗下陣來。正是閱卷人用火燒毀她的榮耀。夢(mèng)想的灰燼粘在她淚流的臉龐。

That was just me crying and dramatizing，after my SAT score had come out last October which had not reached the two thousand bar. As unnecessary as it might be，I was so hopeless，a failure.

這是去年十月收到SAT成績，我哭得傷心時(shí)心里的戲劇化反應(yīng)?，F(xiàn)在聽上去有多么的無關(guān)緊要，但當(dāng)時(shí)的我是那樣的絕望，一個(gè)失敗者。

Flying from the cage，the vitality of life revives under the sunshine， almost missing the arrival of spring. When she looking back，the gate is never locked. She confines her own wings.

從籠子里飛了出來，生命的活力在陽光下復(fù)蘇，差一點(diǎn)就錯(cuò)過了春天的到來?；仡^去看，原來大門從來沒有上鎖。她把自己圈禁在了自己的翅膀里。

While the AP Calculus BC exam was in progress on May 8th，I wasn’t there due to my sickness. Instead，I was downtown with my discovery group. For the first time，I had freed myself from the pressure of academic perfection. I enjoyed the warmth of the sun on that beautiful spring day，no tears no shame.

5月8日，當(dāng)微積分考試正在進(jìn)行的時(shí)候，因?yàn)槲业牟?，我沒有去。取而代之的，我和我的探索小組去了趟小鎮(zhèn)。那是第一次，我把自己從追求學(xué)術(shù)上的完美里解放出來。我享受著那個(gè)美麗的春天里溫暖的陽光，沒有眼淚，沒有羞恥。

I have been searching for the roots of my thyroid disease. Six years of medication did not cure it. The surgery did not cure it. So what is the element I need？At the Senior Women’s Dessert two weeks ago，I found the answer when I picked my wisdom stone. On it was the word， serenity.

我一直在尋找我病情的根源。六年的藥物沒有治愈我。手術(shù)沒有治愈我。那我需要的是一種什么樣的元素呢？在兩周前學(xué)校為畢業(yè)女生和女老師準(zhǔn)備的甜點(diǎn)聚會(huì)上，在挑選我的智慧石的時(shí)候，我找到了那個(gè)答案。我的石頭上寫著一個(gè)詞，serenity，內(nèi)心的寧靜。

When people told me，“Purple， you had a great year.”I would tell them，“No，I could have done so much more if I were healthy...”My unsettledness，indignation，and anger would never allow me to reach the inner peace that is the most powerful cure. There is no fire，no judge. There is just me，with my dream and the sun.

當(dāng)別人告訴我，“Purple，你今年非常優(yōu)秀”的時(shí)候，我曾這樣回答他們，“不，如果我沒有生病的話我還可以做的有好多好多?！蔽业牟话?、憤慨和怒氣永遠(yuǎn)無法讓我取得內(nèi)心的寧靜。而這種寧靜才是最有能量的治愈。這兒從來沒有毀滅的火，也沒有審判者。有的只是我，我的夢(mèng)想和陽光。

Excellence and perfectionism are different. I’m so grateful for this place，and the people here who have taught me the wisdom to tell the difference.

優(yōu)秀和完美是不同的。是學(xué)校，教給了我洞悉它們差別的智慧。對(duì)這里的人我有說不完的感恩。

Thank You！

謝謝！

編輯/梁宇清