I still remembered the first day arrive in Fresno, United States on August 12th, 2012 after 20 hours flight all the war from China, feeling sore and ache all over. When I came out from the terminal, the bright sunlight made me squint, the fresh air made me feel relaxed, I told myself “It is a new start!” Some Chinese students picked me up in the airport and drove me to atrium to check in. I felt my lips adhered and I couldn 't get them apart. I was so nervous that I cannot talk to resident assistants. I just nodded my head, signed documents and got the key. I went to international students orientation during the week before the school started, learning how to register online, ho two pay tuition, almost everything. Although, I just said few words such as “yes”, “Thank you.” I can listen and understand what they are talking about, which made me felt better. My roommate was a outgoing white America girl. The first time she told to me, my heart beating so fast and I did not dare to look at her eyes. I told her I came from China. She was so surprised and asked my life in China. She said that “You English is really good! Be confident!” I was so happy that she can understand what I am talking about. I became more confident as I talked more. Everything went so
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It was another story. What happened to me which made me depressed and lost. I chose 3 GE courses and 1 lower level major course in the first semester. That major course focus on calculations which I think is easy for me. Although the calculations in lab are so easy that I could finish all in a short time, I cannot understand what the professor was talking about during lectures. He is an old man and did not like to use power point to show his lecture and never post the study guide on blackboard. Everything was based on what he was delivering during lecture. The worst part was I never heard about the terminologies he described in the lectures, let alone asking me to write them
It was another story. What happened to me which made me depressed and lost. I chose 3 GE courses and 1 lower level major course in the first semester. That major course focus on calculations which I think is easy for me. Although the calculations in lab are so easy that I could finish all in a short time, I cannot understand what the professor was talking about during lectures. He is an old man and did not like to use power point to show his lecture and never post the study guide on blackboard. Everything was based on what he was delivering during lecture. The worst part was I never heard about the terminologies he described in the lectures, let alone asking me to write them