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I would rather be a small fish in the sea than a big fish in the pond? What does this sentence mean?
On June 27th, 2007, Wang Junwei went to Hong Kong to take the SAT. In announcing the results, Wang Junwei

Barton University was deeply moved by the high score of 1.960. The school invited Wang Junwei to visit and interview the United States many times. On March 30th, 2007, 17-year-old Wang Junwei declined the kindness of his parents to accompany him to the United States and went to Barton University in Massachusetts for a full scholarship interview.

In the United States, Wang Junwei doesn't want to wait passively for an interview. He "pre-empted" and took the initiative to contact the examiner to fully display his talents in all aspects. An examiner looked at the young China examinee and said, "Your middle school in Chengdu, China may be the best, but at Barton University, you may be the worst. In the face of this situation, what do you do? " Wang Junwei replied in fluent English: "Mr. Examiner, what you said may be true. But I would rather be a small fish in the sea than a big fish in the pond. Besides, I am not necessarily a small fish. "

There is no lack of humility in Wang Junwei's answer, which surprised American examiners. After the interview, the examiners gave Wang Junwei such an evaluation: "Excellent talents will certainly write a magnificent chapter."

A week after the interview, Barton University's full scholarship acceptance letter flew to Wang Junwei from the other side of the ocean. In the next few years, Wang Junwei's tuition, living expenses, accommodation and other expenses at Barton University will all be provided by the school, with an annual cost of $50,000. At the same time, due to Wang Junwei's excellent English ability, Barton University also exempted him from the TOEFL test. And according to Barton University's training model, you can go directly to the more famous Columbia University after three years.

Wang Gen had mixed feelings at the moment he received the admission notice from Barton University. He can't even believe that this high-spirited teenager in front of him is the kid who once indulged in video games, once went home with his head down from the model airplane class, failed again and again, and once hid behind the adults in the English corner. Wang Gen believes that Wang Junwei's talent and diligence are closely related to his success today, but his "passion education" has been accompanied by Wang Junwei's whole learning process since he was 9 years old.