Huang Guoping grew up without shoes and had to catch eels to pay for school tuition. Then the deaths of his grandmother and father left him orphaned, and while he used education to recover, the experience of extreme poverty left a lasting impression. In the years before he entered high school, Huang said he would catch eels at night to earn an income while also fishing at weekends and raising piglets. If I could do something to make others’ lives better, my life will be worthwhile,” Huang wrote. “I am in the senior year of high school.

Source: The Star April 24, 2021 10:41 UTC