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Some Chinese parents like to set examples for their children, encouraging them to follow these examples. They like to compare their own children with 1 .
I dislike my parents comparing me with those who are better at something than me. They always look up to them and say that I’m worse than them. 2 it may encourage me to work harder, it will make me lose heart.
Am I really worse than others? Of course 3 . I am interested in Chinese and western history and I’m the king of stories in my class. Besides, as a fan of art, I draw pictures in my free 4 and sell them for money to help poor kids. But my parents can’t see that. All of my classmates hate “the children of others’ families”. So it’s a big problem. We just want our parents to cheer us up 5 of comparing us with others.
I know it’s not just me. Our culture is full of comparisons, and it’s very 6 for us not to look around at what other people are doing, what progress they are making. But all these years I’ve learned one thing: Whatever 7 , you must believe in yourself. Don’t give up. Just keep on doing your important work and 8 to be better and better.