Virus sees students facing a new class of challenge

Just a few months ahead of the gaokao, candidates in Wuhan, Hubei province, face another challenge - the novel coronavirus.

Two of those students spoke with TrumanStory, a new media platform. They explained how they are preparing for the national college entrance exam amid the city's lockdown and the delayed start of the spring semester.

Li Xiaowen, Grade three science student at Hongshan High School

Taking online courses at home suits me, as I am not so good at math. At home, I can assign time to different subjects, according to my situation. For instance, solving math problems in the morning, when I am energetic, and later reciting poems to relax.

If I don't get to study medicine at college, I will regret it forever. I watched a video online in which a retired doctor was asked why she volunteered to work on the front line at such an advanced age and if she was afraid of becoming infected. I cried when she said, "It's an honor for a medical warrior to die on the battlefield."

I believe that every medical worker faces the same risks as Yang Wen, Tao Yong and Li Wenliang (doctors who became severely ill at work or died as a result of their profession).

My dream school is Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and I hope I can become a doctor and care for patients.

I was motivated by the medical workers flooding into Wuhan to help, and I gain hope from seeing more people paying attention to the suffering of doctors and giving them a voice.