Everything Has Two Sides

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Everything has two sides We know that a coin has two sides. What about a medal? I was holding my dream, medal from the national IMO in China -2007. I had been striving to this medal since I saw six young men in sky blue suits at fifth grade. They were members of the national team at IMO-2006.Some of them were holding shining medals which caught my attention. They were my heroes because they became medalists among top 500 students from all over China. They were pride of the whole nation, while I was hardly pride of my parents. I wanted to become one of them. It was my dream. For the last three years I imagined myself holding that shining medal. However when i received this medal, it did not shine. I was expected to be the happiest person in the world, I was not objective. It seemed that this medal meant nothing for me. It was just a round piece of metal, which eventually will rust itself. However I experienced numerous failures in pursuit for this medal. Each failure made me regret about not solve problems I could at the competition in the previous year. My life was full of "if" s, like "If I had written my solution more clear, I would have gotten a gold medal." Thinking about this medal, suddenly I realized that It influenced my life much stronger than I thought. This medal was a beacon in my life-path. Each time I failed I rose thinking about this medal. It provided me with a belief in myself. Desire to get this national medal carried me into math class, where i had fun by solving tough problems. Sometimes I was blinded by fame from victories at competitions, Owing to my dream I understood importance of failures because it made me reconsider my life values. At ninth grade I started doing mathematics for the pleasure of it. By doing so, I became even more successful at math competitions, as I loved what I was doing. Ever since I have never regretted about
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