Student Wisdom in time for Valentine's Day
I was cleaning out my files and found a document of one of my Chinese student's essays. I know that I resent it to some lucky people relatively recently, but thought I would post it just for kicks. I love how courtly it is. Ladies and Gentleman, please pay careful attention to #4:

To win over the opposite sex, it means to be the only one in his or her
heart. So, it is important to attain attraction and a good impression of the
opposite sex.

Now, assuming you as a young boy, I will give you several approaches to gain
the graces of some girl. But I would claim that they are just a suggestion,
which means they cannot assure that you will win over a girl even if you
perform them quite well.

1. EXPRESS CARE. All girls need another's care and consideration. Especially
on some trifles, it is easier to make her feel good. For example, it is
plumb good to lend her a scarf in winter.

2. STRIVE FOR BEING WITH HER ALONE. Whatever the time, you had better strive
for the opportunity to live with her alone. In that situation, you can give
her a special impression directly and effectively.

3. BE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. In general, a girl will pay attention to the boy
beside her. Therefore, you must sit as close to her as possible as you can
at every party, which would give you a better opportunity to show yourself
off.

4. ALLURE WITH FOOD. Girls are always interested in some food with excellent
and exceptional appearance. So it is a good way to prepare a little of this
kind of food usually.

5. MAKE A FORTUNE-TELLING. All girls are curious to anything like
divination. So, it is easier for you to approach her if you are good at one
or two things about that.

6. BORROW SOMETHING MUTUALLY. The proverb is to say: "Look at the thing and
think of the person." She must think of you if she has something from you.
Therefore, it can strengthen the impression by borrowing something mutually,
such as book, pen, rubber. [he means eraser here, for any of you not
familiar with british english..ed.]

7. STAND BY HER SIDE. It is easy to see that people are divided into two
groups: men and women, just as pupils. She must like you more if you perform
that you stand back from women.

8. GIVE A SMILE. Give her a cordial smile when you see her. If she feels
good when with you, she will get a memory worthy of an aftertaste.

9. DRAW A PROFILE OF HER. It is the simplest way to curry favor with her.
The more lovable the figure, the better the effect. So, take some measures
to learn some skills about this from now on.

10. PERFORM INTIMATELY. You can express your care about her by some little
actions, like to whisk the dust off her clothes or to deliver a handkerchief
timely. But be careful, never be blatant, untimely, or she may refuse you
and feel disgusted.