Yes, I made it to the lucky 4% but I did not get into the university where my brother got in a year before.
One reason behind wanting to study in the same university was that we could save on stamps when we wrote to our parents. That was my thought.
Yes, writing letters was the main communication channel in the 80s.
No computer or telephone, TV just came into the picture.
The cassette player was considered a luxury. I was lucky to have one from my brother-in-law. It added a lot of pleasure to my simple college life.
My daily life was around these four places: dormitory, dining room, classroom, and library.
My life's major goal was to get into a graduate school because I didn't want to be a teacher. I studied in a Teacher's College ( 师范学院) and 99% of the graduates went into the teaching field after graduation.
One highlight in my four-years' college life is that I did fall in love for the first time in the last year of my study, with someone I didn't even notice existing before. We were in the same team for our practicum. It was a mesmerizing experience. We exchanged so many letters after we graduated, yet, we didn't have sex. To me, it was pure love that did not involve sex, at least from my perspective.
I did achieve my goal and finally got into the university that I wanted to be in four years before.
With a new environment, new people, new everything, my first love gradually faded into the background...
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