KMLA was my goal when I was in middle school. Ever since I was in the 7th grade, my desire to go to KMLA increased and I was full of hope that I could get into the school. That desire and hope drove me to work and study hard. I prepared myself by attending one very family-like academy and it is not an exaggeration to say that all the best memories of my middle school life came from there.
The photo was taken by me at the academy on the final day of
attendance right before the interview of KMLA. All students, including me, were
very sad since we all felt like family. We spent about 3 years together sharing
the same goal—to enter KMLA. However, during the process of preparing for that
goal, we earned something ever more important: memories.
The academy was named YoungjaeSagwan Academy and it was a bit famous
academy around my region. When I first heard of the academy, I thought that
this academy would be very competitive and inhumane. However, the first day of
attendance changed my mind completely. The first teacher I saw, who is the
person that I would see until the last day, was called teacher Moon. Unlike my
original thought, he didn’t drive us harshly, push us to study, and punish us
for small things. He just told some jokes during the class, smiled a lot, and
trusted us. In fact, he changed my original thought that the academy would be
inhumane, and he became my mentor. When I needed help and tired of studying, I visited him and asked for any recommendation. Every time when I asked for advice, he always gave me wise and brilliant answers.
Not only teachers were great, but also friends were. At the very first
moment, everyone was kind of competitive because we all thought each other as
competitor of entrance of KMLA. However, after a few days passed, everyone
became coworker, not competitor. I think this change was brought about by
teachers, as it was to me. As everyone realized that friends are coworkers, we
quickly became close friends. I became friend with Hyunseok and Yoonjee since 7th
grade at this moment. Later, I met many other friends who have gotten into
KMLA, and who have not. It’s almost 4 years from that moment, but I can still
remember every single name of friends: Inwoong, Gwanwoo, Sangwon, Jiyun, Minjae,
Elina, Seungwoo, Hosung, Inwoo, and so on.
As time passed, we could feel that our last day was not far away,
and we should prepare for a sad farewell, as well as the application. Although
there were many stresses of studying, writing essays and doing homework, we
endured by standing by each other, and keeping our spirits up. All those
memories piled up and took a great portion of our lives. The pile of memory was
not negligible.
Moreover, we didn’t know who would get into KMLA and accomplish their
goals. The atmosphere of uncertainty surrounded us and everyone was a bit
anxious. Even though everyone prepared hard, it was anyone’s guess who would be
accepted. In the atmosphere of that desperate feeling, we were facing the last
day.
Thus, saying farewell was an unwelcome task for all of us. We decided to
make one last memory. We thought of creative farewell event. We started to
write our names on the blackboard. Everyone wanted to see each other at KMLA
again, but it was unrealistic. Only some of us would succeed. So we should have
said bye-bye to each other. After we wrote our names, we took the photo, and
that photo appears above. An unforgettable memory had been made.
I chose that photo since it represents a great portion of my memories.
When I see the photo again and again, I can remember all the things that I’ve
done in the academy with friends, and when I remember every single event, I
smile automatically. The event where we wrote our names on the blackboard
itself was also very meaningful and creative.
Now, it is 2 years from when the photo was
taken. Some names can be seen in KMLA and some cannot. However, what is really
important is not the mere fact that I’m in the KMLA right now, but the fact
that I have these wonderful memories and a photo that will last forever in my
deep mind.
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