Freshman Seminar – Spring 2015, DTD

The college, the first semester, the freshmen. That’s where I am.

Busy, busy, busy. That’s how I am.

Are assignments too much and hard?

If they were all Chinese, I would say, No.

As a new ESL student, I have to spend twice or three times as local students so that  I can catch up them.

They learn new things,but I need to learn new vocabularies and study the culture which I rarely know.

I love math and science, but all classes I need to take of them are just three.

I hate liberal arts, but they take up the main classes in my common required core.

Does it look like that everything is in a mess?

Not exactly.

Because I know every day there are some new harvest, small improvement and confidence.

And I believe,

Nothing is impossible for a willing heart!

Maybe you will feel that my work lacks logic, since my papers are messing up my mind.

And I am still working on it.

Good Luck, guys!

*The first picture is my last summer in China.( I miss them!)

People in the second one are my new friends in my first school in U.S..

The third one is the first snow in my life!

I came here one year ago. It was winter.After one week passed, I saw the first snow in my life!I was so excited and made a big smile-snow-face. Then I stared this car and kept a long silent, I realized that it’s a different environment, a different world and would be a different life. ” Are you ready to embrace your new life?”

However, the truth is, life is tough at the beginning. Maybe it is because the winter here is too cold and too long, and it even makes me afraid of snowing. I began to miss my city where I have friends who I grew up with, I have my families who I can trust mostly and I have lots of foods that I am familiar with. I have home there, but I just have a house here.

Then, lucky for me, I found a school and met new friends there. It’s easier to go forward without loneliness. I gradually got used to my new life——hang out with new friends, try to do different kinds of jobs to expand my horizon and plan several trips to embrace nature and diverse cultures. Those 8 months went  past in the blink of an eye, I realized that I have to plan my future——college is clearly the first step to go. So I spent two months from memorizing new vocabularies to finishing SAT, and luckily I cam to Baruch!( I thought that was the busiest time within 20 years, but now I admit the first semester is the winner! ⊙﹏⊙)

It is not easy for some international students to handle their complicated situations. They need to balance integrating new environment and keeping touch with old life. Sometimes they will have a sense of distance from their old friends and feel tired to adapt themselves to the new life. Nonetheless, they keep their passions to challenge and achieve their dreams, no matter how this feeling of not belonging will make them depressed.

Because most of them are dreamers!

Hi guys! This is my video for FRO SP2015~~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9IM4cZCqCQ

Music: Judson Mancebo – You Are Not Alone

Most of my video’s pictures are from weibo.com//guosite

(http://www.weibo.com/guosite?from=feed&loc=avatar)

who is one of my favorite cartoonist. I choose some of her pictures to translate and create my own story!

All I want to share with you guys about my story are posted on the video!

Enjoy~