My hometown is in the southeast of China, it’s a city called Wenzhou. It’s known for the outstanding economy and extremely POOR education. It’s a city where there are lots of millionaires who had very low education level. It’s a city where people don’t seriously care about their society position, but money. It’s a city where money is the only way to measure people’s achievement. Growing up in an environment like this, I’m not so sure about if it’s necessary to study in a college. The reason is that I heard many real stories about people who selling goods in flea markets made much more money than those high level office workers who had spent many years in colleges. I often thought if other people could make money without high level education, why I could not? Thus, I study in college with a part-time schedule, and I also found a full-time job. My plan is using the first semester to find out what kinds of life fit me better by doing the half –half schedule. So, for now , I can’t identify myself well with the confusion in my mind.
My first and the only concern in college is keeping improving my English level. It’s kind of ashamed that even though I spent lots of time in ESL class when I was in high school, I still can’t read “New York Times”, and I easily get lost when I’m talking with a English speaker. I believe that I can’t concern more things before my English gets much more fluent.
The difference between college and high school is obvious. For example, the first day of college, I was shocked by the class which had over 150 students. I felt like I was watching a show rather than having a class. And professors never asked you for homework. They just said that you studied for yourself, not anyone else. Also I get much more homework to do than high school, and most of the homework, I need do lots of research.
I think the first year of college will make me become more independent, and think more about the society and the future career. I will decide if I need to continue my study after the first semester.
