“枫”言“枫”语——经历让成长绽放

南方的冬天总是来的静悄悄,夜晚的一场小雨,几片寒霜,冬天便已来到。但不得不说，此刻，我的内心却是一片暖阳。从开学到现在，我一直秉承“多参与，多收获，多成长”的原则，在这里努力着，奔跑着。

枫叶一直在帮助学生搭建展示的舞台，而我，正在努力把握每一次机会。Spelling Bee、“21世纪杯”英语演讲比赛、学生会竞选、合唱比赛、开学典礼的太极展示、社团纳新活动等等。在这其中，“21世纪杯”英语演讲比赛让我在践行中成长最多。

当Ally老师推荐我报名参加“21世纪杯”英语演讲比赛时，我既兴奋又忐忑。兴奋是因为，老师相信我，给我展示的舞台，锻炼我的英语演讲水平。忐忑是因为，需要用脱稿的方式演讲，我也质疑自己真的可以做到吗？

我深知“台上一分钟，台下十年功”，这句话讲起来容易，做起来难。在写海选初稿的过程中，我也确实遇到了很多困难，很多句子我不知道应该如何用地道的英语单词表达出来，不确定一些语法该怎么正确使用。

但是这些困难并没有击垮我，反而让我有了边学习边实践的动力，经过我和外教老师的一遍遍交流修改之后，终于定下了海选的初稿。

当然，初稿的完成只是成功了一半，我的语感并不好，而演讲是需要好的语感和自信支撑的。在我最困难的时候，老师和家长的建议和支持给了我很大的帮助，最终我通过了演讲比赛的海选，进入了复赛。

现在的我已经参加完了演讲比赛的复赛，但我依然记得在这个过程中老师对我说的一句话：“比赛结果固然重要，但最重要的是你在比赛中经历的过程。”
自从参加了这个活动，我对学习更加有信心了。

在学习方面我也成长了不少，从小学被老师说是一个不爱动脑筋、懒惰的女生，现在到高中被老师认为是一个努力、积极向上的孩子，我知道这就是成长，而这个成长是我在枫叶半学期以来最大的收获。

现在的我无论是学习的技巧和方法，还是生活中不懂的东西都会和老师交流，慢慢的，我不会因为遇到一些困难就哭泣，止步不前，而是会找一些好的方法去解决问题。就像我的复赛演讲稿里写的那样：

“This is a small thing, but it makes me understand in the process of growing up that no matter what difficulties I will encounter in the future, I must think carefully and find the best way to do it right.”

在枫叶未来的学习和生活中，我坚信自己会成长得更好。只要我努力坚持做了，就能得到更多的收获，而不去行动的人，永远也尝不到过程中的甜。

后附“21世纪杯”英语演讲比赛复赛演讲稿：

Doing things right or doing right things

Hello, everyone. My name is Star from grade10 class 6. “Doing things right or doing right things. When I saw this topic, I was wondering what’s the difference between these two ideas. In our lives, it is important to do something in a good way, to dosomething right. There are some people who are always affected by the outside world. I encountered some difficult things in school, but in the end I used good methods to solve them. Let me explain.

When I first started school, I was determined to set up a club of my own. Everything went so smoothly, and my application was approved by my teacher. But when I heard another clubs had moved to Thursday because they couldn’t use the dance room on Wednesday, I was shocked. How could they switch? They took up my time and the dance room. Then I think since the scheduled time of the classroomoverlaps, I should ask the teacher to solve the problem. But they still insisted on using the dance room again, did not want to change the time, and finally began to quarrel. I shed tears of grievance.But after I calmed down, I realized that problems could never be solved by crying. I’m the leader of the club ,so I should take responsibility to find a right way to solve the problem.. Who started the trouble should end it.Since the time arranged by the teacher overlaps with the classroom, I should find the teacher to solve the problem.I wiped my tears, went to the teacher again and again to communicate, and finally got good communication with practical action. Adjusting the time and classroom for my team.This is a small thing, but it makes me understand in the process of growing up that no matter what difficulties I will encounter in the future, I must think carefully and find the best way to do it right.
"Speaking of doing the right thing", I would like to talk about Mr. Ren Shuliang, the founder of our school. Let's listen to his story. When Dr. Ren Shuliang attended Beijing Foreign Studies University,he couldn’t even recite the 26 English letters. During his four years in the university,while everyone else went out on weekends, he stayed in the school library and worked hard. Finally, he succeeded in achieving the same excellent academic performance as his classmates in the fourth year of college.

The days of living in Hong Kong, Dr. Ren Shuliang earned a lot of money but lost his way in life. After he moved to Canada, he found that Canadian education made his children so happy and full. In Canada,hefound that the educationalconceptswerevery good, He decided to bring such a good idea of education to China. However, to set up an international school, he met a lot of challenges such as strict regulations from.Chinese government and the education bureau, limited resources, etc. As he believes this is a right thing, he over came all difficulties.
He successfully founded Maple Leaf International School withthe initial 14 students.Later, this grew to40,000 students and 100 Maple Leaf schools indifferent regions. He enables our children in China to accept the double education of Chinese and Western cultures without leaving the country. We don't need to leave our parents and go to school When we were young. I am proud of being a maple leaf student.

“Doing things right or doing right things”, The former means that we should find a good way to do the right thing, while the latter teaches us that we should stick to what we think is right and not give up what we want to do.I believe these two ideas will help uswork effectively and efficiently.