I have been here at Cheshire Academy for two months, and they are also the first two months for me in CA. In those weeks, I met many new friends and learned a lot that I did not have chance to get in China. Now, I am happy and grateful for my life. It is because I know here at CA, I would have many opportunities to improve, and to study.
At the beginning of this semester, I set some goals for myself. I hoped I could learned something about the culture. Here we have students from more than thirty different countries, and all of us came here to combine to a new community. That was exciting to me. I like approaching new things, because that would make me feel I am growing and learning each day. I did, from my classmate I did learned a lot. My friend Sera is from Turkey. She told me that in her country, the high school students have much higher pressure than here in America. They have many tests and homework each week, but only a few interesting activities. I was shocked. It was not because of their high pressure; I was shocked by the similarity in Education of Turkey and China. That was exactly what my life was like. Just like Sera, I also made some friends from other different countries. From their stories, I am establishing an outline of this world that we live in, and I think that is very meaningful for me especially at this age. Knowing about culture can help me build a more comprehensive mind to understand the world, and deal with people in the real society.
Furthermore, I also have some improvements on academic subjects. I wanted to be a better writer, and improve myself on language. In those two months, I have written many stories and essays in my English and Writing and Comp classes. Back to two months ago, I had to spend more than forty minutes to finish an writing. However, after those practices, I can clearly feel that my speed of writing is much faster than before. When I wrote my essays, I did not translate everything I want to type down from Chinese to English any more. On the contrary, I can just use English to think, and it is also much easier for me to build the whole passage. During the process of practicing, I wrote, read, amend, and reread my writings over and over again. Each time, I could find some inappropriate points, and each time I was better by eliminating those errors. When I read back to my writings, I felt that they are not only words and sentences, but also the treasures for me.
I did improve myself a lot. However, They are also some wishes that were not completed in the past two months. Besides a better writer, I also wanted to be a better reader. Nonetheless, I did not have enough time to spend on reading. Everyday was fabulous and full, so that after I finished my homework and did some preview, they were not enough time for me to read the books I like. I think I will adjust my time schedule, and make it more scientific. Moreover, I also need to be more active. Usually when the teachers talked about some topics I would have my own ideas. However, I was not used to say my ideas out. It is because I did not think that is necessary at first. When you have something in mind, showing them out would not has much difference to you. Therefore I would rather to keep thinking and making my ideas better. Then, I finally found out that if you speak your ideas out to others, they may give you many useful advices. The brain storms like that are actually what could really improve ourselves.
All in all, I enjoy in my life here. I like my improvements, and even the spaces that wait for me to make progresses. Those months are only a small step; I believe I would keep getting better in the every single day at CA.
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