Have you ever been knocked down by your own confidence? It's supposed to help you succeed, but instead it once blinded me to the fact that I'm not perfect. There is always the possibility of failure if I don't do my best. In fact, I didn't get into my dream high school. It was 2010, when I was still in Vietnam, and there was a very tough transition exam coming up from secondary school to high school, which included a three-part exam: mathematics, English and literature, of which all ninth graders elementary school, myself included, were very frustrated. It was the key to unlocking the door to a student's dream. Because the better high school you attended, the better education you will get and the better prepared you will be to increase your chances of getting into a great college. For this reason, every student had to study for the exam with maximum effort. Instead of studying alone for the literature exam, I had my best friend, Trang, who was one of the best writers in my class, to study with. He helped me review the materials and showed me all his best writing tips...