Dear Mother:

Hello!

Please allow me to quote a famous saying: "People can reach the peak of honor, but they cannot live for a long time. There. "I understand your ardent expectations for me. You hope that I will always be the best child. I can understand your hope that your child will succeed. Which mother in the world does not want her child to be good? But today I want to tell you, please Forgive me for not always being good, please forgive me for not always being the best.

I remember when I was a child, you always compared me with others. I remember my cousin, sometimes he would come to my house for dinner, and you would say: "Let's see who eats the fastest." Every time I watch I finish it quickly and you will order it with satisfaction. I remember when I went to piano lessons, you would sit and listen to me play and practice. Until every note was played smoothly, you would let me go with a smile. I went to take the exam. Although I didn’t really hate the piano, But half of my dislike of exams comes from your high expectations. Sometimes I also envy other children. When a classmate with average grades in the class gets his report card, he can go home happily because he has made some progress. But I am mentally uneasy. I am afraid because you require me to get a score of 95 or above in every exam, even if my grades are very good in the class.

Mother, I hope you can understand and consider me. Pressure is sometimes motivation, but more often than not, pressure is like an egg. What is broken from the inside is life, and what is broken from the outside is only destruction. I hope you can respect the truest wishes of my heart instead of imposing pressure on me. My growth is not determined by your personal will, just as the thinker Rousseau once said: "Nature hopes that children will grow up as adults. In the past, we should look like children."

Sometimes I also think of the "tiger mothers" and "wolf fathers" reported in the news. They hope that their children will win at the starting line from an early age. In this age of competition, people want to be "different", but I don't think their children are really happy. The writer Jiang Fangzhou, who also became famous as a teenager, has already published books at a young age. However, she was not forced by her parents, but she really loves writing. Today she is one of the young writers loved by readers. Mother, I know that you have always loved me. You are strict on the outside and just want me to become a better version of myself. Maybe you can choose to guide me and encourage me in another way. I would rather see a gentle mother.

Today, I am sitting in the college entrance examination room. The long road ahead in my life may be written and changed under the tip of my pen. I just want to take this opportunity to say to you: This time, let me do it. Once I am my true self, no matter what the outcome is, I have no regrets.

Thank you, my mother.

Your son

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June 7, 2016