VietNamNet Bridge – What do the farming-parents most like and
what do they fear most when accompanying their children on the trips to Hanoi
to attend the university entrance exams?
Lacking money – the
biggest worry
There are many things for parents to worry about. Some of
them fear their children may be late to the exams, while others are not sure if
the food is safe enough for their children in the summer hot days. However, the
parents all have a common worry – the lack of money.
Han Danh Phan, 53, from Tam Nong in Phu Tho province,
said that his son has registered to attend the entrance exams to two
universities; therefore, he had to bring 4 million dong with himself to Hanoi.
“I am not sure if 2 million dong for every school is
enough. If we lack money, I would have to borrow from a relative in the city,”
he said.
“In the countryside, we earn our living by growing rice
and breeding pigs and fowl. The profits are modest, while we would incur heavy
losses in animal epidemics,” he said.
“Therefore, in order to have the four million dong, we
began breeding two herds of pigs several months ago. We sold the pigs and rice
one week before we left for Hanoi,” he explained.
When asked what he fears most in Hanoi, he said that he
is afraid of being overcharged or swindled.
“I dare not drink tea at pavement tea shops. I always
keep vigilant over everybody, including the taxi motorbike drivers. I cannot
sleep well for fear that someone would steal my money,” he said.
However, Phan said that he was lucky enough to meet good
people – the students, who volunteer to help him and his son find a good
accommodation at low fee of 40,000 dong a day.
Getting up early
not to be late at the exams
Nguyen Thi Yen, a parent from Hoai Duc district in the
suburbs of Hanoi said she is afraid of the terrible traffic, because of which
her daughter may be late to the exams. She said she and other members of the
family had to get up at 4 am and leave home soon to avoid the rush hours.
“We have to travel only 18 kilometers from my home to the
Hanoi University of Technology. However, we still decided to leave soon at 5.20
am,” she said.
When asked why she did not leave the daughter at the
relative’s home in the inner city of Hanoi, so as to shorten the time of
traveling to the exam room, she said that her daughter would not sleep well in
strange houses. “I want my daughter to feel most comfortable, so that she can
pass the exams,” she said.
All the parents have been trying to prepare the best
things for their children, who attend the most important exams in their lives.
Son from Hai Duong province said that as he feared he may lose his way, he had
to come to the dormitory very soon to book seats.
“It is very hot there, while the living conditions are
not really good. I fear my daughter may fall sick. Therefore, I have all most
popular kinds of medicine in my back packs, from the drug to treat to treat
stomachache to the one to treat influenza.
A lot of joys expected
in Hanoi
Phan said that he felt excited when taking bus to the
destinations he wanted. “The buses were so convenient and the tickets were so
cheap,” he said.
He also related that before leaving for Hanoi, his family
members went to the Quoc Te Temple in Tam Nong district to pray for luck at the
exams. When they arrived in Hanoi, they also visited Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam,
which is considered the first university in Vietnam.
Source: VTC
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