I just finished proctoring the 7th grade advanced Chinese course midterm. Their essay question was to write a 500 character essay on the topic of “_________感动了我”. Most of the kids had the expected answers: parents, friends, grandparents... The two that I made sure to read in their entirety were a bit different. One was on spiders, who sacrifice themselves for their young. The other was on the royal household (皇族感动了我), who have to privileges beyond those of mere mortals but have to suffer the politics and self-sacrifice that comes with being of royal status. Very creative!