Kong Xiangyun, Class 5, Senior 1, Shenzhen Xin’an Middle School Instructed by Tang Ying

Nowadays, with the development of society in fast speed, we are suffering from more and more stress. So, I have a question: Is it good for people to grow up in adverse circumstances? In my opinion, the answer is “Yes.” The following are my reasons.

First, adverse circumstances can temper our will. As we know, most people, including some knowledgeable ones, are from ordinary families, even poor families. Fan Zhongyan is a typical example. His family was so poor that they didn’t have enough food to eat. Therefore, from an early age, Fan had to do heavy farm jobs to support his poor family. But he had a great ambition to help people live better. To achieve his goal, he kept on studying by himself. Finally, he became a famous person and most people know his name and admire him.

Second, growing up in adverse circumstances is a good chance to practice our abilities to bear pressures from our study and life. Now we are facing a serious social problem: People, especially teenagers, don’t have a strong will to bear pressure from their study and life. As a result, the rate of the people who commit suicide remains high. So, what should we do to avoid such tragedies happening again? The way out is to make us teenagers experience adverse situations and hardships. After we accumulate our experience in adversity, we will be braver in overcoming difficulties.

Furthermore, people can adapt to our society better if they have experienced adverse circumstances.

However, every coin has two sides. I am not saying that living in advanced circumstances doesn’t have any disadvantages. Sometimes, experiencing hardships can beat people’s confidence, but I think the advantages are more than its disadvantages.

To sum up, living in adverse circumstances is good for people because it can temper our will, help us have abilities to bear pressure and adapt to the society.