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Each storytelling session ignites curiosity, confidence, and enriches understanding of exemplary individuals and deeds. In this Week 13 narrative, we delve into tales of unwavering determination and resilience in life's journey. Choose narratives depicting the indomitable spirit of those facing adversity: be it individuals with disabilities, orphaned children overcoming odds, or your own tale of academic triumph. Regardless of the story, maintain logical sequencing and employ captivating language to engage the audience.
Crafting Stories: Week 13 Experience
Guidelines for Solving:
Question 1 (page 128 Vietnamese textbook grade 4): Share a personal anecdote showcasing perseverance amidst challenges.
Response:
Vietnam's Ototake
Ototake - a Japanese youth with disabilities, overcoming adversity to graduate from university and become a sports commentator, serves as a shining example for Son Lam to aspire to.
This year marks his 20th birthday, yet this young man from the mining land stands just under 1 meter tall, weighing over 20 kilograms. His legs are crooked, never able to straighten. These are the consequences of the Agent Orange poisoning left by his war veteran father.
The family is very poor. His father, sick and addicted to alcohol, passed away early. His mother single-handedly struggles, raising 4 young children, two of whom are disabled. Son Lam nurtured a strong desire for education from a young age. Every year of schooling was accompanied by friends escorting Lam to school. His two closest friends, Trung, for 9 years of middle school, and Thai for three years of high school, took turns carrying Son Lam to school. This trio of companionship shared the losses and hardships, providing immense comfort and encouragement to Lam.
Graduating from high school, failing his first university entrance exam was a silent sorrow for Lam for many nights. But then, the unfortunate young man gritted his teeth, determined to study harder. Lam's perseverance and efforts paid off. In the second year, Son Lam received acceptance letters from both universities. It is truly admirable and commendable when Lam decides to simultaneously attend both schools. Thus, he attends classes at Eastern University in the morning and at Foreign Language University in the afternoon. Friends take turns escorting Lam to class. The hardships, twice or thrice as much as ordinary students, but Son Lam early on determined that he had to study for his siblings, for his parents. Despite occasional feelings of disability and loneliness, they quickly dissipate in his intelligent mind and rare determination.
- I dream of becoming a football commentator. Son, with a gentle smile, confides about the dream nurtured in his heart.
At the Asia-Pacific Disability Conference held in December 2001 in Hanoi, Son Lam was selected as one of the outstanding representatives of Quang Ninh province to attend.
A young boy with crooked legs, hunched shoulders, still plays soccer with his friends. Son Lam writes poetry and plays the Cirgan. Lam only hopes to have the opportunity to go to Japan one day to meet and chat with his idol: the amazing Mr. Ototake!
(According to the Fairy Tale of the Disabled Boy by Dang Thuy)
