my life in baruch

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hello again, I am zhuo,xiaoli. time flies,we have been studying in barch for more than one month. it is just like yesterday that when we got together and playing” I have never ever” game. but now, mid-term is coming, tests are coming. tension replaces  happniess. anyway,we will get used to it.

I came from China, and I am fuzhounese. my father went to new york when I was 3. I even could not remmember anything. following my father, I came here last december with my mother and older sister. family reunion which was my dream came true.

to be honest, the biggest challenge for me must be the language. for me, english is still a new language. i need to spend two times longer than you to understand the same article or writing the same topic essay. what’s worst. sometimes, i can hardly express myself comfortablely both in writing and speaking. i got a bad grade of my first english paper. but i do not feel depressed.it’s just a process.

i wanna share my “empowered”thing with you. I remember clearly that when I was a freshman in Chinese high school. because some terrible things happened to me,which made me can not focus on my study. finally, I got a 38 out of 150 in my first math mid-term exam. this grade is almost equal to 2.5 out of 10. but i still didn’t care about it . since then, when my classmates were talking about math, they would laugh at me, which made me shamed and angry. i start to reflect and made up my mind to study hard. finally, my math got a great progress in one term effort. almost every math exam, i could make it A. I felt invincible and powerful. it’s true that  where there is a will, there is a way. as long as I believe myself and never give up. things can go well.

HI, everyone, I’m xiaoli.Zhuo . like I said ,you guys can call me lily if you want. may be that’s easier to remember. I came from China and graduated from chinese high school. you can imagine how different everything here from my high school is. my high school in china is a key high school in the city where I lived. the campus is big and beautiful,perched atop a little hill,overlooking the River, surrounding by the trees and flowers. there are almost 7000 students and staffs in school. 50 students in one classes, but it never be crowed because the classroom is ample.we usually discussed questions after classes. our teachers would not leave after the class if someone needed help , teacher would help him/her figured out the answer. yes, now, we have to learn to be independent, professors no longer “baby”their students.what’s more, I have to get used to the different language surroundings. sometime I can’t totally understand because of slangs or some new words. although I would feel a little bit depressed , I still believe that everything would be fine if I try to feel free to speak out, people here would be friendly to me,encourage me and help me. I have to adapt to this brand-new environment as soon as possible, or I will fall behind. that’s terrible.the third concern is about study skills,including time management. like this week, we have a long weekend, but we have essays, readings, project,proposal …lots of work to do. so how to manage time effectively is very significant. if we can take the most advantage of time ,then we can “事半功倍” ,a chinese idiom, means twice as much can be accomplished with half the effort.
I realise that I will be confronted with lots of challenges and intriguing experiences in baruch. both difficulties and happiness will make me mature. these experience will widen my horizon, advance me academically,enrich myself with knowledges and develop myself professinally.