李聿禾
敬爱的老师们与亲爱的同学们，
下午好。
我是来自IB2-5班的李聿禾。非常荣幸能够获得这个奖项，并代表获奖者发言。这对于我来说，无疑是莫大的鼓励和支持。首先，请允许我向所有帮助过我的同学和老师们致以诚挚的感谢。在过往的两年半时间里，感谢你们在学习与生活中对我的不断引导和鼓励，让我逐渐坚定了未来的方向。
同时，我也想要感谢学校。在这短短的几年里，我跌跌撞撞地向前奔跑，时不时地跌倒又慢慢摸索着站起来继续前行。感谢学校给了我一个可以自我展现、自我磨砺的平台，通过具有挑战的课内学习和丰富的课外活动打磨、沉淀着我的能力。正是这样的机会，让我得以在校内的学科领域施展拳脚，同时协调时间完成大量的音乐剧媒体兼职与戏剧节策划任务，踏遍泥泞的湿地去看花鸟虫鱼，在海拔数百米的高山上找寻化石的踪迹。这些珍贵的经验让我未来的征途在一个个坚实的脚步下逐渐明朗，也令我坚定了决心要挑战远方的星辰大海。校长奖这一份荣誉，不只是对于我过去高中生涯的认可，更督促着我负担起一份责任，不断反思，成就更好的自己。
在交中IB的两年半中，自由热血，志存高远，是我学到的最重要的事。
高中的时光无疑是繁忙且充满了挑战的。无论是校内充实的课内学习和社团活动，或是校外的学科竞赛、科创、甚至艺术与商业项目，又甚至是托福、SAT等一系列繁琐的标化考试，新任务源源不断，占据了大量的空闲的休息时间。的确，学习与考试并不总是令人愉悦的。可若心怀理想，知道该追寻何方的景色，它们却会变为实现未来的石阶，通过持续的积累与成长，不经意间一层层地在我们的面前铺下通往梦校的康庄大道。正如尼采所言，“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”只要心中火焰不熄，有所热爱，便有千万种可能冲破过往的枷锁直至梦想实现。
而学会给予自我自由，也同样重要。自由不是罔顾规矩，无限度的自我放纵或索取，而是在学会自律与约束后的“随心所欲，不逾矩”。跟随自己的热情与本心，跳出一曲青春的华尔兹，这是最简单也最困难的事。自由，意味着勇敢地投入探索，随时打破常规。
这也意味着，在追寻未来的途中，我们不必被禁锢在常规的成功之中。无论是和许多人一样，在演讲辩论与机器人的赛场上拼搏，还是凭满腔热血的指引坚持数年时间完成一个长期影像记录的小项目，这一切所谓的“成功”都不能以量化的标准衡量。或许不同的比赛有所谓的“含金量”，但追寻理想途中的每一个脚步，都同等重要。
在君鸿楼前有一块石头，上面镌刻着交中的办学理念。“思源致远，创生卓越”。它激励着我们追求创新，努力淬炼，从中汲取知识和经验，打下坚实的基础。为了现在，也为将来。然而，梦想无比美好，像一只彩色的风筝，有一根细线握在手中，却又遥遥地随风飘在半空中不可捉摸。因此，追逐梦想需要奋力地朝前奔跑，也需要在疲惫后停下脚步，站定反思自己的在过去的行为，感恩逐梦途中所有影响了我们的师友。这也可以让我们在迷失方向后重新找回初心、修正自我。
伍德罗·威尔逊曾说过，我们因梦想而伟大。梦想赋予我们每份努力的意义，定义了我们的每一次成功，支撑着我们坚定的内心。未来的世界广阔无边，充斥着机遇与冒险。行路固然困难，崎岖不平，但心有明灯，自可长风破浪，以济沧海。
谢谢大家。
Dear teachers and fellow students,
Good afternoon. I am Aslan Li from IB2-5. It is my honor today to receive such an honor. For me, this is going to be a great inspiration that prompts me to further my pursuits all along the path.
Here I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the teachers and peers for offering me so much help during the past two years. Thank you all for guiding me through the dilemmas until I finally found who I am and where my passion truly stands.
Meanwhile, I also want to show my respect to our school JZIB for teaching me about bravery, responsibility, endeavor and dedication through the meaningful activities and challenging schoolwork. Here, JZIB encourages me to seek my initial goal and explore the possibilities of life. I visited tidelands and urban parks constantly, listening to the sound of the natural world. I joined the program of Field Museum, learning from curators and researchers, digging fossils on the butte 7,200 feet above sea level. I organized drama festivals among school clubs, worked part time at a media company, interviewing actors, actresses, directors and producers. Life has become far more splendid than I have ever imagined.
These precious experiences prepared me for my future path in academics and career. This award is a recognition for my past efforts, motivating me to bear the responsibility and keep introspecting my own behaviors.
Dream big and retain freedom. This is what I have learnt through my years in JZIB.
High school years are absolutely tiring and full of challenges. The complicated assignments and club activities in school, the various extracurriculumn activities, competitions and research projects out of class, as well as the standardized tests such as TOEFL and SAT, all these burdens outpours like steady streams, taking up most of our spare time.
Indeed, these tasks may sometimes be far from amusing. But through understanding our ultimate goal, our future path will unveil itself as the hardwork pays off. As Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “He who has a why to live canbear almost any how.” As long as one has something to stick on, he or she will always be able to break the chains that used to be his restraints.
Retaining freedom is equivalently important. It does not mean to extortas much as inclined. It is to remain self-disciplined while following your passion enthusiastically, ignoring all the limitations the world imposed on you. No matter to attend robotic competitions as most do, or to follow your dream and accomplish a record on the seasonal change of the campus, none of the results can be measured in a quantitative way. Ignoring the rankings of competitions and universities, I believe only by following our initial goals can our heart be filled with joy and our sweats and tears meaningful.
As is incribed on the rock in front of our schoolbuilding, our school mission is “思源致远，创生卓越”, which means toremain grateful and dream beyond, to create and acquire excellence. In JZIB we gain knowledge and experience in daily lives, not just for ourselves at this moment, but for the emerging future. Pursuing our dreams does not only mean endless efforts, but regular reflections and self-evaluations. Just like the reflection essays we have to complete after accomplishing written assignments and CAS projects, it is essential for us to solve our former mistakes and remain thankful to every gain and lost we have experienced. They help us to better modify ourselves and calmly deal with similar situations the next time.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson once said, “we grow great by dreams”. Dreams define the meaning of each step towards success, and fuel us till we glow in the light. Opportunity of changing our lives is just around the corner. Let us chase the sun and strive for our meaningful goal. Let us dream it possible.
Above are the thoughts I would like to share. Thank you all for listening.
Wish you a good day.
Thank you.
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