Striving for the future

Editor's note

Striving for the future

Once again, it's time for gaokao. For most Chinese students, this annual examination will decide which college they can get into and what job they can find after graduation. It may even decide their future. No wonder they put so much effort into it.

Many students fight with the clock in preparation for the exam. If they don't succeed, some choose to study for anther year and take the exam again, and some even persist for many years.

Their resolution and persistence to realize dreams are admirable. But would it not be better if there were more than one path to success?

Going Crazy for the Exam

Striving for the future

They are not performers, but senior high school students preparing for gaokao, or National College Entrance Exam.

This photo, published on Sina micro blog on Tuesday, was widely distributed and attracted many comments. They are students from Dongguan No 5 High School.

Striving for the future

More than 30 students were captured on film injected with intravenous drips of amino acid hanging from the classroom of Xiaogang No 1 High School in Central China's Hubei province during an evening study session.

The photo were posted on May 4 by a micro blogger who claims to be a third-grade student at the school.

A diary on the gaokao battlefield

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Man attempts college exam for 16th time

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College entrance exam through fingertips

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Testing times for frail student

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Diaries of 'Senior Four' students

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Flash: An exam for both students and parents