His real dream was to become wealthy, so he wouldn't have to squeeze into a tiny room with his younger brother anymore, or let his parents scrimp and save, running around for their children's tuition fees.
As long as he could make a lot of money, any job would do. But if he wrote in his essay that his dream was to make money, he would definitely not get a high score.
So, he decided to think of a profession that sounded very noble, and that's why he wrote... he wanted to become a doctor.
But he had never actually considered becoming a doctor. To be honest, he could have written firefighter, policeman, soldier, scientist... in the essay and it would have been just fine.
After that, the teacher read another composition.
Amazingly, that essay also dreamt of becoming a doctor!
The author was Luo Ren, who, like him, had skipped grades to finish middle school and been accepted into this high school, all the while maintaining his position at the top of their class.
