One-year anniversary of the revision of the law｜High school students say goodbye to imperfect campus life

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Written by: Zhang Jiamin

2020-06-09 08:00

A series of social incidents triggered by a storm of anti-revisionism. Hong Kong has gone through ups and downs in the past 365 days, and the contradictions have intensified.

The 17-year-old DES candidate Ah Heng (pseudonym) spent a different sixth year, said goodbye to the "last day" without laughter and tears on campus, and did not have a school trip full of youth memories. The event, the most important test for life under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, "My conversation is not a perfect year."

He admitted that the lack of voices of middle school students in the society chose to join the middle school students' organization and care about the society with another role. "I hope that I can change it."

The way forward is still unclear, and as a younger generation, Heng Heng's feeling of powerlessness has emerged from time to time, but he believes that as long as there is hope for unity, "there will be exits as we go."

17-year-old Ah Heng (pseudonym) is a candidate for the current diploma exam, describing this year as an imperfect year. (Photo by Lu Yiming)

"I haven’t had a perfect year of conversation...It’s a pity, but I really do a lot of work this year." 17-year-old Ah Heng (pseudonym) is a candidate for the current Diploma Examination and completed the last day just before the visit The Geography exam looks back on a year full of twists and turns: "This year's time management will be good."

There is no "last time" that is different from imagination

The final year of the middle school career was full of thorns, first faced with the impact of social movements, and then suspended classes due to pneumonia epidemic, postponed the diploma exam, A Heng said bluntly that everything is different from the imaginary S6 life, "Originally expected You can be happy, after the last year of burial, there will be a lot of the last time, the last school trip, last day, and the ground transportation meeting, but there will be no last day this year, and the ground transportation meeting will have another day."

He described it as a "special life experience", although it was a loss but it was not lacking. "There are so many episodes in the middle, and the school will have a focus group...I will raise my civic awareness early and pay more attention to society."

Ah Heng feels the lack of middle school students' voices in society, and he needs to rely on the new generation to speak for himself. (Photo by Lu Yiming)

6.16 For the first time in life: I think the government will listen to opinions

Last year's amendments swept the society and saw the younger generation on the streets from time to time. Ah Heng recalled that the first time he took to the streets was the "616 Parade." "I feel so shocked that all people have the same goal." At the beginning of the movement, he was still unsure of the parade, and he did not even participate in the initial 69 parade. Later, I talked to my classmates. I remember that the government continued to read the second time. It seemed to be useless. It’s better to do it than to say nothing.”

Until the 612 rally, I saw from the news that Yang Zijun, a teacher of Diocesan Women’s Academy, was shot in the right eye, and even the shooting incident in Xiwanhe in November, not only encouraged him to take to the streets, but also inspired reflection on the incident, "I think the government There will be consultations and gathering opinions from the public to make decisions, but it turns out that the government can ignore public opinion for what it wants to implement."

I thought the government would consult and collect opinions from citizens to make a decision. It turns out that the government can ignore public opinion for what it wants to implement

Ah Heng still believes that there is hope in Hong Kong. (Photo by Lu Yiming)

Students are also responsible for citizens to understand society

Some people in the society questioned that middle school students should not participate in political movements. Ah Heng would interpret it this way: "Students should care about their studies, but at the same time they should not forget their citizenship." He said that middle school students, as members of society, have a responsibility to care about current affairs and understand the status quo of society. Just when society is in dispute, it is a good opportunity to promote young people to understand politics. He said bluntly that he had recognized his deficiencies in the past year, so that through discussion and reading with the students in the focus group, he could understand politics and society, and he also encouraged him to elect political-related subjects in universities.

The consecutive incidents, as stated in the book "Fortress Besieged", "The people in the city want to go out" is the voice of many Hong Kong people at this moment, and it seems the best choice to escape. But Ah Heng bluntly said that although he would be confused, he never thought of giving up leaving this city. He still has imagination and expectation for the future.

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