A straight tree，a lush growth of the tree.

GuoJian+Zhao

Ancient Greek famous educator and philosopher Platon said： “a person from the education of the childhood where he led， can decide where he wanted to go.” Well， I just wanted to be a straight tree，a lush growth of the tree.

Every human being has to face the problems of education. In the twenty-first century， China is on the international stage， with rapid development of its political， economic， cultural， military and other fields. Science and technology is the first productivity， many people are paying more attention to the education， and the competition is increasingly fierce. Our generation are already received the fetal education when we were in the womb.

My best friend Qiang， and I were born in the same month and same year， we grew up in the same kindergarten. Both Qiangs and my parents were students since they were in the same University， they are very close to each other. His father and my father are both famous lawyers， their career rooted in China， but also developed the foreign market of businesses.

On his seven years old， Qiang was on the passive to become a little warrior， from the fierce competition， his father says， “foreign education， much more pursuant to the regulations！” then he acrossed the seas to the United States， started to become an international student to study abroad. Qiang's mother went to the United States also， just to be his company and took care of him.

Im still under the wings of my parents， staying at hometown， into the Chinese examination oriented education system on the road to study. So I entered the Northeast China a metropolis and a famous elementary school， all the way to the layers of the examinations just for entering a top middle school， and even of the top high school.

This decade， Even though we are far apart now， we still keep in touch through out webcam， e-mail， telephone and also I can meet him every year when he comes back to China for visit during summer break， and my four times visited the United States with the group of my school， never lost connection between us. We are aware the current situation of each other， feelings， mutual comfort and encouragement， and things in time and space， just like we grow together all the way. Let the potential of the seeds， grow into the most beautiful appearance.

At every 8：30am in the morning， Qiang enjoys the sunshine and wakes up in a beautiful bedroom， and I has been in high spirits after the morning and the first class； I have mastered the four operations for the mathematics. and Qiang and his classmate do not even know what is the meaning of race 1/2； He drinks 100% pure milk with preservative free， and my stomach has to adapt to many kinds of food additives in China， these are all past the Chinese foods safety standards examination， but do not meet the requirement of American foods safety standards； life， respect， sunshine， frustration， happiness is a strong theme in the classrooms main course， encourage and motivate that the students to conduct self education， encourage the loss and fall down and their accumulated experiences， I was fast and well accepted the sale experience of many imposed mathematics formula of olympic mathematic game or the law of life.

During my most recent trip to the United States， the second year of high school on behalf of my school to where Qiang is ， St. Anthony's high school （St. Anthonys high school hosted the ten- day-friendship exchange activities）.After the Mathematics and Science， we looked at each other and smiled and agreed to go to study in Yale university law school. and major in Law.

A famous German philosopher Karl Theodor Jaspers in developing an in “what is education，” wrote （THE ENTEITIMENT）： “the essence of education means： a tree shakes a tree， a cloud to push a cloud， a soul awaken a soul.”

I am lucky to have the integrity of the family education， and a children's education from a father； I am lucky， that I have a good friend since when we were little； I am lucky， Chinese traditional culture fed me up. Education is invisible to each other then complete. Although you can not see it is happening， it is really the impact of our hearts， to help us to developing the potential. My most precious obtained is well versed in the way more than difficult ever， and actively sought and found the contradiction between ability and ability to solve problems.

I just wanted to be a straight tree，a lush growth of the tree. Deeply rooted in the earth， to earn Chinese Sinologys nutrition； with green lush foliage，to learn Chinese and Westerns law；Proudly rooted in the forest， to serve my country.