《Moments of Adolescent Growth》
In the highly competitive high school entrance exams, Ashan was fortunate to be admitted to a prestigious provincial high school in Taipei. His parents were very pleased, and his eldest sister sent him some T-shirts and a pair of nice leather shoes. With his stylish T-shirts and cool shoes, Ashan felt quite confident, like a little rooster with shiny feathers.
However, Ashan did not have a happy experience at this renowned high school.
Here's what happened. Many of his classmates had attended the middle school affiliated with this high school. Ashan, having no former middle school classmates in his class, had no close friends. He wanted to make new friends but found it hard to break into these small cliques. Especially since some students, favored by the class advisor, were the children of high-ranking government officials. These students often showed off and were later appointed as discipline representatives, tasked with reporting disobedient students to the teachers.
The class advisor, known as a "famous biology teacher," also taught many classes at a cram school outside of regular school hours. He hardly had time to care for the students in his class. When he did have time, he only used it to scold the "bad" students who had been reported.
Unfortunately, Ashan, being an outsider with a strong personality, naturally looked down on these "spies," as he saw them. As a result, he was often reported and frequently scolded by the teacher. This constant reprimanding led him to lose interest in learning, and his grades suffered.
Ashan had always been among the top three students in middle school, but now he had no idea where he ranked. However, this high school placed a strong emphasis on physical education, including basketball, soccer, baseball, gymnastics, and track and field. Ashan was very interested in these activities and diligently practiced them, which resulted in him developing a strong physique.
As they approached the third year of high school, the school started grouping students for the college entrance exams. At the time, everyone rushed to pursue the A-group for engineering and the C-group for medical studies, while those choosing the B-group were considered an anomaly.
Ashan had originally been interested in the humanities, but under the influence of his parents and relatives, who all believed he should go into the A-group, he eventually followed the crowd and chose the A-group.
《青春期的成長點滴》
在競爭激烈的高中聯招中，阿三幸運地考上了台北市相當有名的省立高中。爸媽都很高興，大姐也寄來了一些Ｔ恤及一雙很好的皮鞋。這下阿三可拉風了，穿著時髦的Ｔ恤及帥氣的皮鞋，倒真像個披著光鮮羽毛的小公雞。
不過阿三在這所有名的中學過得並不太開心。
事情是這樣的。阿三的班上有許多同學，原本就在這所學校唸初中。而阿三沒有一個初中同學與他同班，所以沒有要好的同學。他想交一些新朋友，又好像打不進這些小圈子，尤其有幾位深得導師歡心的學生，又是政府高官的子弟。平時就已經有點耀武揚威，後來還被導師指派為風紀代表，專門負責向老師報告不聽話的學生。
這位導師號稱「生物名師」，在校外補習班也兼了不少的課。平日就沒有什麼時間去照顧班上學生。真有時間時，卻只用來責罵被打了小報告的壞學生。
不幸的阿三因為是圈外人，個性又強，當然瞧不起那些「東廠」學生，所以常被打小報告。在老是挨老師罵的情況之下，慢慢失去了學習的樂趣，當然功課也就好不起來。
以前在初中時總是前三名，現在也不知道是第幾名了。不過此高中對體育非常重視，包括籃球、足球、棒球、單雙槓、田徑等。阿三對這些項目都很有興趣及認真學習，所以反而鍛鍊了一身強健的體魄。
到了快升高三時，學校要為大專聯考分組了。當時大家是一窩蜂的要考甲組工科及丙組醫科，考乙組的學生好像是異數一樣。
阿三原本對文科蠻有興趣，但是阿三的爸媽及所有的親友都認為他該去念甲組，阿三也就隨波逐流地選了甲組。
