I still felt tired on the third day of the military training.
Instead of being at home comfortably, I got up early, got tired and slept late at night here without any recreation facilities. However, I felt happy.
The miserable first day made me dizzy and lose myself, which got me to reexamine the military training. In the process of constantly summarizing and reflecting, I noticed a detail that perhaps no one else would have noticed--a pair of eyes behind us, whose eyes? It tuned out to be teacher Fang’s sharp, sparkling eyes, which deeply stimulated every cell in my blood. The reason why teacher Fang looked that way was perhaps he was not satisfied with our standing posture, or maybe the drillmaster was helpless in that he taught us over and over again, yet we still made no progress.
After lying in bed at noon, I thought about what I came to this school for. Learning? Progress? Based on my current conditions, apparently I could not make it. Military training can perfectly display a person’s spirit, but I was idle and in fear of hardships and fatigue. For example, I could not bear the heat after standing for a while, so I began to laze and even started to complain. At this time, I would see the disappointing, helpless eyes beside me. He was ‘old’ but accompanied us to expose in the blazing sun for quite a long time with no complaints.
He would correct us when our movements were not standard. Also he would tell us how to do better. When we were aimless, he would criticize us. In the meantime, I thought that I could have done better but why I let the upset expression appear on his ‘old’ face. Observing others carefully, I found that there were others who did even worse. Why couldn’t we finish these simple and easy actions?
In the afternoon training session, the eyes still followed us. I made every effort to be perfect and correct mistakes to make his tight face show a hint of laughter. I did this also for myself. If I could not overcome this difficulty or complete the task well, how could I face the following three years of senior high school life? Shall I continue to slack off or stop at where it should? I know that’s not what I want.
We should cultivate ourselves to be self-motivated and determined. The three-year senior high school life will not be comfortable. Just like this military training, we need to survive in the gap and grow up. We should strive for the best and improve ourselves so that we will have no regrets and won’t feel guilty for our youth.
This August will be the month when we strive hard all day long. Will there be such a day when that kind of look no longer appears in teacher Fang’s eyes? Instead, he will feel proud and confident of us.
That day definitely will come! I smile, raise my head, straighten my chest and adjust my military gesture to move forward!