A person's persistence in reading answers

When I was 17, he was 19. At that time, we were classmates and the two famous pens in the school. We were young and talented, unrestrained and eye-catching.
When I was 21 and he was 23, we graduated and became teachers at the same school in the small town.
In the small town, I met the girl I liked. She was fresh and graceful, shy and delicate. She was a natural lily that bloomed in a shop near the water and ran a small shop. Therefore, when I was not teaching, I would go into the small shop and manage my own love and business.
As for him, his original intention remained unchanged. He loved literature, taught during the day, and wrote at night. His manuscripts were published one by one, and his articles were published one by one. He became a famous scholar in the county.
Life was not always a straight line. Sometimes, it would bend and turn into waves and twists.
Not long after, he was transferred to a remote school in the mountains with a blanket and a box of books. I've been to that place once. It's a very isolated place, but there are mountains and rivers. White houses and white walls are "only good for painting, but not good for walking." There, he continued to teach, write articles, travel, and live a typical life of an ancient scholar. He never knew or paid attention to managing his interpersonal relationships.
I was still running my own business in the small town, including my own small shop.
When he was transferred back, it was already a few years later. When he returned to the town, he was still carrying a box of books. Behind him was a young woman with picturesque features. It was his wife. He hadn't changed much. The only thing that had changed was that he now had a pair of glasses on his nose bridge, and his scholarly aura had become stronger. And I already own a big shop. At the same time, he also received a teacher's salary.
The reason why we parted ways later was because of the recruitment for the key city high school.
The city's key high school is more than 200 miles away from our school. Since it was a key high school, there was no doubt that it was far superior to ordinary high schools in terms of students, resources, and teacher benefits.
Teachers weren't saints, especially in this society.
Of course, I'm not a saint. Similarly, he's not a saint either. We all joined the team to apply for the job.
At that time, he was full of confidence. He was a well-known cultural person in the city and a member of the Municipal People's Political Conference. He was the only one who was recruited. Everyone thought so.
The result of the recruitment was that the few of us were hired successfully, but he was not hired.
He was very depressed and ashamed. It wasn't until the second year of recruitment that I exposed the mystery to encourage him to apply again. It was all about money. I emphasized the word 'wealth' to remind him.
He was stunned for a moment, then firmly rejected my good intentions. If all teachers are like this, how can they face their students?"
I smiled bitterly. More than ten years had passed, but he was still the young man on campus, while I was so mature that I didn't even dare to recognize myself.
Life was always like this. It made people change helplessly, but it also made people reflect on themselves, making it difficult for them to feel at ease.
The competition between the schools was very intense during the third year of high school. One day, the school leader came to find me and specially told me that last year, he taught the third year students in ordinary middle school very well. In his class, other than a portion of them getting into university, there were also some repeaters with good grades.
This year, he was the form teacher of the repeaters.
The leader's intentions were obvious. He wanted to poach those repeaters.
Although I felt that it wasn't right to do so, I had no choice but to go.
With my shrewdness, it would be easy for me to poach him. After working in secret for a few days, a large portion of his students agreed to follow me. Everyone probably felt too embarrassed to tell him. The result of the discussion was that they would leave first and then call him to tell him the truth.
It was raining when I left, so I specially hired a bus.
Just as we were about to leave, he came with an umbrella to send us off.
He knew everything.
I stood there, blushing and ashamed.
The students also blushed and lowered their heads.
He smiled, very open-minded, and said,"Go ahead. If you think this is beneficial to your development, then go ahead. However, no matter where you go, you must take care of your health and study hard. Don't disappoint me."
His eyes were red, and so were the children's.
Then, he approached me and patted my shoulder."I'll leave the child to you. Be careful on the way!"
Our car had gone a long way. When we turned around, we saw him still standing in the drizzle quietly. There was a kind of loneliness, a kind of desolation, and a kind of stubbornness.
One of the students said,"Our teacher is so pitiful!" With that, the car was filled with sobs. At that moment, my eyes reddened. For him, for me, and for the child.

Answer 1

A person's persistence could allow him/her to continue to work hard and move forward in pursuit of his/her goals. Perseverance could also help a person overcome setbacks and difficulties to achieve their goals. Perseverance was a very important quality. It could make people walk more firmly and confidently on the road of life.