Journal 3

In my opinion, people can wear their own cloth in the school. From emotional, people can show their personal personality through the cloth they wore. People have their own style. The school can based on the way that student wore to find out more opportunities to get known each student. In order to let the student feel like study in a family, school can allow them to wear the causal. Wearing the own cloth, student will feel more comfortable when they are in school. The causal clothing will make the student feel relaxing when they are so stressful on the courses or the testing they took. The other student can also gain more imagination and ideas about the fashion when they saw different kinds of style, they can even get better idea about the dress up or for us, the themes of homecoming week or dress up day. School uniforms mainly have two different kinds, the summer one and the winter one. If the weather is autumn or spring, it is hard for people to chose wear which uniform or the collection will be strange. Wearing the uniform will limit the imagination of the students. From logical, some student’s family can afford the payment of the uniform. Some high schools have a high cost on the uniform. For those students, the cost of the uniform will lead them have the economic problem. Not all the student can pay for the uniform so they have to wear the same uniform for the whole year. The production of the uniform will also cost a lot. So I think student need to wear their own clothes.

The song--Coming Home

Coming home

When I decided to go aboard to United State, all the thing like a new start for me. At first, I was busy trying to adapt the whole new things and will call to my family at the weekend. Each time when I heard the voice of my mom, I feel like want to get back to their hug in a second. It's being hard to accommodate the life in here because it seems like to learn the new stuff like a baby. I try to learn how to “walk” then try to figure out how to “run” a little bit although I fell down sometimes or probably got hurt. Then one day, I heard a song in one of my friend’s IPod, I suddenly start missing my mom, my dad and all the people that I loved in China. There’s one sentence that I totally indulge in it. “I am coming home, coming home. Tell the world that I am coming home. Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday. I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes.” For me, I have a fantastic family instead of a kingdom. They will wait at the home for me. When I got tired or exhausted each time, I can go back to there to gain my energy back to get rest. I know I have such so many strong supporters which endow my faith that I can do it and they will trust me. This song is like a pickpocket that pockets my heart and carries my feeling away. The diction of “Coming home” sings to the inner feelings about the people who far away from home.

College essay

Rita Gao

English IV

Coach Morrell

8/7/12

Describe yourself.

Honestly, I haven’t image that I will chose to go aboard and travel thousands miles away from China to United State. I don't have such that powerful inner to drive me to make this important choice. Amid those new boarding experiences, my course works and the motif that my mom told me “you will get what you want if you try it harder and don't easily give up” are very influential on who I have become today.

I accepted the challenge of AP courses during my high school years to try to make progress in my studies. Soon enough, I figured that the “progress” came with expense. The feelings that I had when I first went to AP class were I was so nervous and filled of uncertainly. “I feared I would mess up everything and couldn't handle the work” I sank into this negative attitude whirlpool and was bounded by this chain. With this mood I began my AP trip, and as I had thought, the heavy workload almost occupied all my spare time for the semester; however, my grade in the AP course was not only unsatisfactory but also like a slide. The grade was like a catalyst to exacerbate my unconfident and the uncertainly about how I can pass the AP test. I began to struggle, to want to get out of that whirlpool or to bow to give up. For the concern of affecting my overall GPA, I was, for times, considering of dropping the course. Finally, I decided to talk to my teacher about dropping the class. Surprisedly, after I spoke out my problem and worry, my teacher told me not to give it up because she trusted me so I needed to trust myself that I can do it too. And everything will be fine at last. She also said if I had some questions I can go for tutoring at any time and her door will always be open for me. The encouragement from my teacher highly motivated me and offered me a huge confidence. I added hours to my tutorial time; I conducted more experiments after school to help with my understanding, I did exercises till mid night. When there was a bump in the AP road, I crossed it patiently and confidently with the belief and the “I can do it” attitude that I have. Day after day, finally, I got a good score on my AP test. When my teacher told me my score I was so excited and became more confident and firm that I can’t bow to give up.

I may encounter many different problems in the future. At this time, I trust myself to stay with it and not to give it up. I said to myself that I can do it and gained a precious thing “confidence”. I have this “say no to give up” belief with me and I make it successful. There is a quote that I like and I use it as a motto “Everything will be okay in the end, if it is not okay, it is not the end.” Never giving up and giving myself more confidence has played a role in my life and I will go with them in my future.

Word Journal-- The Last Dinner

           

         "Finally the weekend is coming!" said one of my friend. However, I am totally not look forward this coming weekend because as nearly all the international senior know, on the Saturday there will be the SAT test. Every time when I see this three letters appear, it's like a huge mountain weigh on me. When I feel so depress about this coming test which would happen just a day after, my friends suggest me to go out for playing instead of sitting beside the desk for the whole night. "The students who will go to the Korean House will leave on 6:30. It is 5 minutes left. Please meet in the lobby." House parents started to called all the people. "Are you sure we are going to eat?" I asked indeterminacy. "Of course! Just enjoy this night!" my friend answered it confidently. "Ok..ay.. Let it be our last dinner!!!" I picked my mood to go on the bus. Unexpectedly, when I walked into the Korean House, the whole atmosphere made me feel calm down and enjoyable. You can hear people yelling different kind of name of the meal. "I want this! what about we sharing this and then I can eat parts of yours." The sound of laughing filled with the air with the Korean music that we all known it. The combination of the hot source and the coke made me even more joyful. "What about dancing the gangnam style? It will be a lot of fun!" one of the "crazier" suggested. "Yeah. All the people dance together! To celebrate our senior last dinner. Pomp it out!" After saying that, more and more people come join the dancing party. With the classics part of the music, all the people dance the same action without considering how crazy they were. "Ha ha, this is really funny. I love it!" I laughed. "I told you there will be many ways for you to choose how to get ready for the testing day. For today, just laugh it, sing it and dance it. Do what you want. Let go Rita!" I like the new way. Sometimes changing other way will get unexpected surprises.