A student essay

I have been reading student essays of 250 words about the generation gap. I thought this one contained some really good imagery:
"Silence again. I didn't know how long this silence would last this time. I only knew that I hated him. He also ahd given up efforts to know what I thought. I was sure that there existed a generation gap between us.
Memories caught this chance to draw me back. Since I was a little child, he had made me memorize old Chinese poetry. Strange characters, strange sentences, I didn't want to accept them. But he just insisted that memorizing them was good for me.
I wanted to be a rebel. On one snowy night I had to memorize one poem, but I had forgotten it. How could I learn it by heart in such a short time? I shouted: 'I won't memorize anything I dislike'He was quiet. He made me stand outside in the yard bare footed. Mom was kind to me. After a frozen spell, she pulled me back into the house.
The next day mom and I had a deep talk. She said I was the only apple of their eyes. I should not learn to hate him but learn to share love. He was just not good at expressing his feelings to me and what he wanted was that I would have a happy life.
I didn't believe her then. Now, since I've experienced so many things, I understand everything. We do love each other. Only because our love was like a rose with sharp thorns. Days passed by I've ignored the deepest fragrance of the rose but only paid attention to the thorns."

This is by no means perfect but it has a raw intensity to it that I really like and the images this young girl finds are just amazing to me. Better images than I usually write. The essays had many similarities but I thought this one extraordinary because of the really wonderful images and the tension in the writing. These children are so sweet but many of them have suffered so much at the hands of their parents. And it is out of love that the parents put their children through hell.
I'd love to hear what you think of this post.