When I first came to America, I was
unconscious and I was not a good student in my parents’ eyes, because my
parents think a good student is a student who is good at studying and has A for
all subjects. They think that a good student always cares about studying. Good
student will spend less time outside and play with friends, they will spend
almost all of their time on studying, taking classes and reviewing what they
learned by themselves. I used to have some arguments with them about many trivia
and I did not really respect them. For example, I argued with them about if I
can go out to play with my friends and how much times I can spend on it. But
after I came here, I realized that I am having less and less time to spend with
my parents. I don’t really have time to chat with them and they can’t take
charge for me in my free time. So I began to think that I need to change my
attitude to them. I talked more with them and I learned to control my temper.
When
I was in my middle school in China, I used to have 48 students in my class. But
now, I only have 14, that’s lots of different. I think it is kind of good to
have only 14 students in one class because teacher can have more time to talk
with each person. The biggest different between 48 and 14 is that I was a
person that really like busy. So when I was in China, I was the person that
always have many people play around me and we always go out on weekend for fun.
However, after I came here, at first I just went out with other girls in our
grade. Then, I found that I like to play with my friends in China better
because in China, I can play with a brunch of people that are all my
classmates. But I think I fitted in it pretty well after half on the quint one.
Though the way to study in here is pretty well and helpful, I still like the
way in China more, because I used to do it that way and I like to get in the
class that has more people. Then I can chat with more people when I have free
time. I think that it is more fun to have more people in one class.
During
this year, I like beginning drawing the best, because I like drawing very much
since I was in China. In the beginning drawing classes, I learned a lot of new
things for drawing such us shadow, coloring, negative and I improve my drawing
by practice to draw many things. I think my drawing skill actually improved a
lot. I also like the teacher. She is really funny and kind. She helped me a lot
and always encourage me when I was drawing the assignments.
