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"This is just the beginning. I have more competitions I want to participate in."

When talking about the gains from competitions, Student GONG gave an optimistic response. At the beginning of the conversation, GONG referred to himself as a "Zen" youth. Just because "the chemistry teacher recommended this competition for me," and a companion "didn't want to participate alone," GONG approached the track with a "give it a try" attitude.

 "Zen" doesn't mean doing nothing. 

Guided by his mentor, GONG organized knowledge points, filled gaps purposefully, and established a relatively complete knowledge system for preparation. 

At first, learning advanced knowledge beyond the 12th grade seemed difficult, but looking back, it turned out to be much simpler. After all, the rewards of learning always accompany difficulties.

Sampson, his academic mentor once commented, "Set GONG a small goal, and he will do everything to achieve it."

Indeed, GONG is willing to try everything of interest: joining the school's sailing team, winning in badminton competitions. GONG, who favors electronic music, has recently taken up the challenge of creating electronic music. "Don't worry, push forward vigorously, and the stimulating sense of achievement will come in an instant."

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“在我眼中，经济学的大多概念都是相互联系的。因此，建立经济概念的最好方法是利用思维导图来整合概念之间的联系，”崔同学希望更多对经济感兴趣的同学也能够通过参加竞赛来提升自己。

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"When I first encountered economics, I thought it was dull, but this competition overturned my perception of economics."

Recommended by economics teacher Ms. Yan, CUI, along with a few classmates, formed a team to participate in the NEC competition. To achieve good results, CUI consolidated knowledge in the competition's guidance class, discussed economic cases with group members, and asked the teacher about wrong and difficult questions to seek better solution approaches.

Even on weekends and holidays, she used online resources to study economic concepts not covered in textbooks. After gradually building an economic thinking framework, CUI also paid attention to the underlying economic principles and laws in current events in her daily life. "News that I couldn't understand before, I can now roughly speculate on the hidden economic reasons."

Paper knowledge is shallow; CUI believes that the competition has helped her not only in applying the economic knowledge learned in class but also in expanding her economic perspective through understanding real situations and analyzing cases. Moreover, interpersonal communication skills and coordination abilities were enhanced through discussions with group members.

"Most economic concepts are interconnected. Therefore, the best way to establish economic concepts is to use mind maps to integrate the connections between concepts." CUI hopes that more students interested in economics can improve themselves by participating in competitions.

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Interest is the spark that ignites passion and the reason to take steps. In LIANG's growth, each action stems from the exploration and verification of interests.

With a liking for the collision of logic and inspiration, LIANG, along with like-minded classmates, spontaneously founded a mathematics club. Experienced teacher Mr. Raghavendra was invited to provide guidance. They collect interesting math problems in their spare time and discuss them twice a week in the club activities, facing challenges and making progress through exchanges.

Not immersed in the results of a single competition, LIANG explored more possibilities. When discussing his future academic development direction with the college guidance teacher, he expressed his interest in chemistry. Looking back to his junior high school, LIANG often conducted simple and interesting science experiments on his own, such as the electrolysis of water and making fermented yoghurt experiment reports

Therefore, upon the teacher's suggestion, LIANG is currently fully preparing for the upcoming HOSA chemistry competition and self-studying courses like fundamental materials science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on the Coursera platform.

LIANG says, "You have to go wherever you want, and do whatever you want. Then you will know what you really want."