Nopains,nogains

IwentthroughthedayagainlikeIhavedonesomanytimesbefore.Itwasthesameroutine:school,home,study,sleep.Iwasnotsatisfiedwithmytestresultstoday.Ionlygot65scores.Afriendofmine,Zhangli,sawhowdepressedIwasandaskedmeiftherewasanythingwrongwithme.IsaidIdidntgetgoodmarksinthetest.Shetriedtocheermeup.Ifeltbetterafterafewjokeswithher.

Ikeptaskingmyself,whyIcouldntbeasgoodasmyotherclassmates.ThenIfoundoutthattheytookmoretimetostudythanIdid.Asasayinggoes,"nopains,nogains".Thoughthewordsmayhavebeenwornoutalreadythroughrepeateduse,itstillholdsalotoftruthsforusstudents.Imustrememberitfromnowon.