At the beginning of this semester, I told to many people, "I don't like writing, though I use my language Chinese." My advistor told me, "Good writing is very important, no matter you are a sociologist or a scientist." Indeed, I know the importance of writing.
Now, at the end of this semester, I want to told many people, "I don't like writing either, but I know how to express my idea clearly in an academic article." That is the reason why I say thanks for ESL 114.
In China, I was always forcing on too many fundamental things of English, such as spell and grammar, which made me feel like studying English is boring. However, in ESL class, I learned how to use this language, especially in writing. In my mind, language is a tool for connect with others. After, taught thesis statement, APA style and presentation in this class, I know how to express my opinion clearly and logically rather than just say a plenty of idea.
Besides, ESL 114 made me esay to adapt to the new life in America. To be honest, ESL is the most relaxed class in the five classes I take this semester. In this class, I didn't need to be nervous to study. Also, in this class, I can study with my friends and make friends with my other classmates.
I like this class.Thanks for ESL 114. Thanks for Joy, especially for your encouragement. Wish you enjoy your PHD in LA!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Equilibrium Point of Life
This blog seems to be the last two blog for ESL114 in this semester which is also my first semester in America. Time is fleeting should be the more suitable sentence to describe my feeling rather than time flies. Even though the horrible final is not far away, I feel the peace more than before. Probably, it means that I find the new equilibrium point of my life, and it makes me feel peace all the time.
Everyone should be going to find the equilibrium point in life. At this point, person could live in a sample life which does not have either too much heart-shaking or unbearable sadness. However, it has happiness enough and unpleasantness enough. People living in this kind of life may feel happy because of the high score they got from their exam, the very interesting person they meet, the effects of their diet or the movie with happy ending. And also it is very common for them to encounter with some uncomfortable things such as quarreling with friends, getting wet from suddenly heavy rain, missing a very important lecture or too much homework to do. While, the most important is that they have hope in their lives. Some of them feel satisfied about their lives. Some of them feel unsatisfied about their lives. But they plan to change it or have already found the way the change it, for example they know that if they work harder or study harder they will achieve their goals. Even though, they know some dream such as to be a millionaire or to be a president will never come true. Even though, they realize that the god is not that equal enough because some people are born with amazingly beautiful face or very smart brain, so they don't need to work hard to become a famous person which is impossible for most of common people. They can find their way of living at the equilibrium point and improve themselves by working hard resulting in that they will be better than before.
However, life is not always peace like that. Sometimes it gives us unpredictable changes in our lives. Sometimes we choose to live in a new way. When our life changes, the equilibrium point of life disappears. If the change is a really big surprise, we will feel extremely happy in a period of time. If the change is a disaster, we will feel like what we believed is not true or what we persist is not worth for. There will be a period of time for us in black mood, because we don't accept the change and don't understand why it happened in our lives. For instance, if someone encounter a traffic accident and have incurable disability, it should be very difficult for him to accept the truth that he will not come back to his happy life before. Because we are not able to change it, we have to accept it. After we accept it, the life of us will become peace like the life before. We may find the new equilibrium in our life, and also feel happy and sad every day. The happy life before maybe in our memory, sometimes we miss it very much. But we don't say our life is still in trouble after the big change.
Life is always changing, and seems not to change back. However, we could live in peace as long as we find the equilibrium point of this period of time, because we accept the truth and we change as our life.
Everyone should be going to find the equilibrium point in life. At this point, person could live in a sample life which does not have either too much heart-shaking or unbearable sadness. However, it has happiness enough and unpleasantness enough. People living in this kind of life may feel happy because of the high score they got from their exam, the very interesting person they meet, the effects of their diet or the movie with happy ending. And also it is very common for them to encounter with some uncomfortable things such as quarreling with friends, getting wet from suddenly heavy rain, missing a very important lecture or too much homework to do. While, the most important is that they have hope in their lives. Some of them feel satisfied about their lives. Some of them feel unsatisfied about their lives. But they plan to change it or have already found the way the change it, for example they know that if they work harder or study harder they will achieve their goals. Even though, they know some dream such as to be a millionaire or to be a president will never come true. Even though, they realize that the god is not that equal enough because some people are born with amazingly beautiful face or very smart brain, so they don't need to work hard to become a famous person which is impossible for most of common people. They can find their way of living at the equilibrium point and improve themselves by working hard resulting in that they will be better than before.
However, life is not always peace like that. Sometimes it gives us unpredictable changes in our lives. Sometimes we choose to live in a new way. When our life changes, the equilibrium point of life disappears. If the change is a really big surprise, we will feel extremely happy in a period of time. If the change is a disaster, we will feel like what we believed is not true or what we persist is not worth for. There will be a period of time for us in black mood, because we don't accept the change and don't understand why it happened in our lives. For instance, if someone encounter a traffic accident and have incurable disability, it should be very difficult for him to accept the truth that he will not come back to his happy life before. Because we are not able to change it, we have to accept it. After we accept it, the life of us will become peace like the life before. We may find the new equilibrium in our life, and also feel happy and sad every day. The happy life before maybe in our memory, sometimes we miss it very much. But we don't say our life is still in trouble after the big change.
Life is always changing, and seems not to change back. However, we could live in peace as long as we find the equilibrium point of this period of time, because we accept the truth and we change as our life.
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