Well, I just wanted to be a lushly tree, a straight tree.

Every human being have to face the problems of education. In twenty-first Century， China was on the international stage， and its political， economic， cultural， military and other fields of rapid development. Science and technology is the first productivity， many people’s are paying more attention to the education， and the competition is increasingly fierce. Like our generation’s are already received the fetal education when we were in the womb.

My best friend Qiang， on his seven years old， on the passive to become a little warrior， from the fierce competition， his father says， foreign education， much more pursuant to the regulations！ then he across the seas to the United States， start to be come an international student to study abroad. Qiang's mother goes to the United States also， just to be his company and take care of him. Both Qiang and my parents were students since they were in the same University， they are very close to each other. His father and my father are both famous lawyer， their career rooted in China， but also developing the foreign market of businesses.

I’m still under the wings of my parents， stay at hometown， into the Chinese examination oriented education system on the road to study. So I entered the Northeast China a metropolis and a famous elementary school， all the way to the layers of the examinations just for entering a top middle school， and even of the top high school.

This decade， Since Qiang and I was born in the same month and same year， we grew up in the same kindergarten， Even though we are far apart now， we still keep in touch through out webcam， e-mail， telephone and also I can meet him every year when he come back to China for visit during summer break， and my four times visited to the United States with the group of my school， never lost connection in between us. We are aware the current situation of each other， feelings， mutual comfort and encouragement， and things in time and space， just like we grow together all the way. Let the potential of the seeds， grow into the most beautiful appearance.

At every 8：30am in the morning， Qiang enjoys the sunshine and woke up in a beautiful bedroom， and I was in high spirits after the morning and first class； I have mastered the four operations for the mathematics. and Qiang with his classmate do not even know what is the meaning of race 1/2； He drinks 100% pure milk with preservative free， and my stomach had to adapt to many kinds of food additives in China， these are all pass the Chinese foods safety standards examination， but does not meet the requirement of American foods safety standards. life， respect， sunshine， frustration， happiness is a strong theme in the classroom’s main course， encourage and motivate that the students to conduct self education， encourage the lose and fall down and their accumulated experiences， I was fast and well accepted the sale experience of many imposed mathematic’s formula of olympic mathematic game or the law of life.

Ancient Greek famous educator and philosopher Platon saids： “a person from the education of the childhood where he led， can decide where he wanted to go.” I was lucky to have the integrity of the family education， and a children's education from a father； I was lucky， that I have a good friend since when we were little； I am lucky， Chinese traditional culture were feed me up. Education is invisible to each other then complete. Although you can not see is happening， it is really the impact of our hearts， to help us to developing the potential. My most precious obtained is well versed in the way more than difficult ever， and actively sought and found the contradiction between ability and ability to solving problems.

During my most recent trip to the United States， second year of high school on behalf of my school to where Qiang is at， St. Anthony's high school （St. Anthony’s high school hosted the ten days friendship exchange activities. After the Mathematics and Science， we looked at each other and smiled and agreed to go study in Yale university law school. and majoring in Law.

A famous German philosopher Karl Theodor Jaspers in developing an in “what is education，” wrote （THE ENTEITIMENT）： “the essence of education means： a tree shakes a tree， a cloud to push a cloud， a soul awaken a soul.”

I just wanted to be that tree. Deeply rooted in the earth， earn Chinese Sinology’s nutrition； green lush on foliage - Learn Chinese and Western’s law. Proudly rooted in the forest and to serve the country.

译文：

我就要做那棵枝叶繁茂、挺拔向上的树

人类都要面临着教育问题。二十一世纪的中国跻身于国际舞台，其政治、经济、文化、军事等领域迅猛发展。科学技术是第一生产力，教育尤其被越来越多的中国人所重视，且竞争的态势愈演愈烈。我们这一代人在娘胎中就已然接受胎教了。

我最好的朋友阿强，七岁那年，就被动地成为这场激烈角逐的小勇士，带着他爸爸的一句话“国外的教育，更按规律办事！”，飘洋过海，去了美国，开始了国外留学生涯。阿强妈妈到美国全职陪读。阿强父母与我的父母是大学同学，他们彼此交往甚密。他爸爸和我爸爸一样，是国内知名律师，事业扎根于中国，也有国外市场业务拓展。

我则被父母做主，留在家乡，融入中国应试教育体制上的求学之路。于是我踏进了中国东北某个大都市一所重点小学，一路层层考试升入重点初中、时值重点高中。

这十年来，同年同月出生、同一个幼稚园长大的我们，虽然天各一方，但仍通过视频、电子邮件、电话以及每年他的回国探亲假、我的四次随校团体美国之旅保持着亲密联系。我们了知彼此近况、心事，互相安慰与鼓励，东西时空下，我们一路共同成长。让潜质的种子，长成最美丽的样子。

清晨八点半，阿强享受着阳光洒满卧房而自然醒的美好，我则精神饱满地上完早自习与第一堂课；我已熟练掌握四则运算之时，阿强及其身边的同学竞不知二分之一是何意；不掺水不掺加任何防腐剂的纯正浓香地道牛奶是阿强每日平常饮食，我的肠胃早已适应了各式食品添加剂、不符合欧美食品标准、但符合中国食品安全标准等级的中国食品；生命，尊重、阳光，挫折、快乐主题是阿强课堂上的主课，美国老师鼓励、激发学生去进行自我教育，鼓励失败、跌倒、自己累积经验，我则快准狠地接受到了许多强加的奥赛公式或生活规律的预售经验。

古希腊著名教育家、哲学家柏拉图说：“一个人从小受的教育把他往哪里引导，能决定他后来往哪里走。” 我很幸运，拥有了完整的家庭教育，没有缺失父亲对孩子的教育；我很幸运，拥有了那样一个发小；我很幸运，中国国学文化滋养哺育了我。教育于无形之中彼此递增完成。虽看不到它的发生，却实实在在的影响了我们的心灵，帮助我们发挥潜能。我最宝贵的获得就是深谙办法永远比困难多，并主动寻求发现矛盾的能力、解决问题的能力。

我最近一次的美国之旅，是高中二年级代表学校到阿强所在的美国圣安东尼高中（St Anthonys High Finding School）十日联谊互访活动。在Mathematics and Science之后，我俩相视会心一笑，约定他日并肩攻读Yale university法学专业。

德国著名哲学家卡尔・西奥多・雅斯贝尔斯（Karl Theodor Jaspers）在《什么是教育》（THE ENTEITIMENT）中写道：“教育的本质意味着：一棵树摇动一棵树，一朵云推动一朵云，一个灵魂唤醒一个灵魂。”

我就要做那棵树。深深扎根于大地――汲取中国国学营养；青青繁茂于枝叶――修得中国法律、西方法律；赫赫傲然于林中――拳拳报效国家。