Almost every person has experienced an event that gives them experiences they will never forget, lots of people learnt from their bad experience and struggle. In this essay, I will tell you a story about my unforgettable experience chasing my childhood dream of studying abroad. Before I could accomplish that, I had many kinds of challenges from the easy ones, to the point where I was despondent and sorrowful. But I managed to brace myself. What I learned the most from my struggles is the meaning of never give up no matter how bad the condition is. And also I will explain to you how I can get the chance of studying in New Zealand, my distress before and during the IELTS test & the lesson I learnt from my struggles.
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In that moment of joy, Greg revealed that I have to take the IELTS test, I get confused for a moment, because I was taught that after I passed the scholarship test, I could take a really long holiday as I waiting for my visa. But sometimes reality is contrary to expectations. The next day after Greg explained to me what the IELTS test is, I do some research about it in addition to that I also signed up for IELTS preparation class, I met a lot of new friends, they are really nice and friendly. When I began the last semester at my school, I told some of my friends that I want to study abroad, almost all of the boys in my class mocking me and make jokes about it, even some guys from another class also laughs at me. They said I will never make it, I just waiting my parent money, and the worst thing is when my best friends turn their back against me. It is really painful for both physically and mentally, since that moment I just isolated myself from them, even though I knew it would not be easy as I think to stand alone. Fortunately I still have some supportive friends from the preparation class, which help me prepare for the IELTS …show more content…
On the test day I woke up really early because I do not want to be late at this very important day. When I arrived at the test center, I was the first to arrive, I took the initiative to reading some of my notebook, but that just making me more nervous. After a few moments later my classmate joins me waiting for re-registration. After the re-registration, we finally allowed to enter the exam room, it is tremendously huge. Then the invigilators told us to sit on the desk that already provided according to the list, as soon as all of the test participants sit in their place, the invigilators start to distributed the answer and the questions sheets. Without delay the invigilator start reading the rules and the procedures of filling both sheets. I listened attentively because I really do not want to fail just because of trivial mistakes for ignoring the rules. Both invigilators have a same very serious face, in that case makes me more nervous. At 09.00 the test has started, I can handle the listening and reading section quite easily, but when I started to continue to the writing section, I just forgot everything that I have learnt, I felt like stalling. At that moment I nearly cried, its felt like I am just a big disappointment for my family, I will never be as good as my parent. I pray to God to help me to give me
There are different types of parent and child relationships. There are relationships based on structure, rules, and family hierarchy. While others are based on understanding, communication, trust, and support. Both may be full of love and good intentions but, it is unmistakable to see the impact each distinct relationship plays in the transformation of a person. In Chang’s story, “The Unforgetting”, and Lagerkvist’s story, “Father and I”, two different father and son relationships are portrayed. “The Unforgetting” interprets Ming and Charles Hwangs’ exchange as very apathetic, detached, and a disinterested. In contrast, the relationship illustrated in the “Father and I” is one of trust, guidance, and security. In comparing and contrasting the two stories, there are distinct differences as well as similarities of their portrayal of a father and son relationship in addition to a tie that influences a child’s rebellion or path in life.
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Many are the characteristics of a student and undoubtedly being a student is a hard journey full of ups and downs and delights and worries. It is the beginning of the future; the future that one day will reveal the fruit of years of work and efforts of being a student. In which at the end of the student journey the future awaits.
It was the fourth year of my school carrier. In other words, the year of truth if I would make the cut to the higher education track. I was nervous because I knew that I would be capable of going this route, but I the feeling of concern was stronger because I haven’t had performed very well in my fourth year so far. At the end of the school year, I received the shocking news that I didn’t make the cut to go to the school which would have had allowed me to go to University later on in my life. I was sad, disappoint in myself, and lost self-esteem in my educational abilities. At this time, I was more embarrassed then able to realize the real benefit of a system which early on tracks children’s
However, the difficulties I was experiencing during my first year of high school made me realize that it was imperative to meticulously scrutinize the way I studied in order to ameliorate and become the student I used to be. Additionally, I became aware that my ability to speak English was affecting me, but later I came to the conclusion that if this was a determining factor in my performance in class, I had to challenge myself by engaging in more rigorous courses. As time went on, however, due to the fact that I was surrounded by students I considered to be far ahead, I felt very intimidated by my advanced classes. Furthermore, I became aware that some of my teachers from the advanced placement classes seemed to doubt my ability to perform at the level expected, just by hearing my accent. To be condemned to failure simply because I did not speak English the same way my fellow classmates did, was a terrible sinking feeling. Nonetheless, this circumstance made me very diligent in all my classes, for it made me very attentive to the topics discussed, and it made me evaluate the extent to which I studied. As a result, with my grades and work ethics throughout the year, I proved those teachers wrong and received an apology from the one I came to admire
In the last few years, studying abroad has become an increasingly popular choice for higher education among international students (Accessibility Navigation, 2014). An average of 10% of students in universities all across the UK are international students from countries all over the world. (Accessibility Navigation, 2014). Although the experience is different for each individual student, there are many common problems that international students face. Those problems include: culture shock to varying degrees coupled with emotional issues(Bailey, 2005), Language barriers along with other communication problems (Sherry et al, 2009), and academic problems due to a change in school curriculum (Ramachandran, 2011). This essay will expand on the common problems faced by international students in the UK, offer solutions for handling the problems, and making the process of acclimating to a new environment easier for students.
For the purpose of this paper I will be describing a personal life experience and I will be applying concepts from the texts to best describe the event. I was born here in the United States (US) but, I was raised in the Dominican Republic (DR). I lived in the DR basically my entire life, I would only come to the US for vacation during summer. It was not until I turned 12 that I decided to move back to the US to continue my studies and learn the language. So I did, I moved with my uncle and his wife on the summer of 2009. At the time, they resided in the Mayfair area of Philadelphia, PA. My uncle and his wife arranged everything for school and as of August of that year I was officially enrolled in Abraham Lincoln High School. Everything was
Being to Becoming: Reinventing the Self in Toni Morrison’s Beloved V.S.Karunashree, M.Phil Scholar, Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore Dr. Sumathy K Swamy, Associate Professor, Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore Power corrupts Man; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human society is often subjected to Change, be it for better or for worse. Today, this change has taken its turn in such a way that it has resulted in the lack of humanitarian principles. Words like love, care, family, relationships have lost their true sense. It is now high time to reinvent oneself, and to comprehend the ultimate meaning of humanity.
International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying in also has a very different way of life than theirs. Also the laws in foreign country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying in ASU have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.
1. I encountered the most significant challenge when I moved to Canada in January, 2012. Before I came to Canada, my English grade was very good in China, thus, I thought living and studying in Canada would not be too difficult. However, I did not do well in the ESL evaluation at all, and I was placed in ESL 1 at my high school. Most of my classmates there spoke very little English, and they did not spend much time and effort on studying English. It was very difficult for me to study if I wanted to be their friends and at that time, they were the only friends I had in Canada. However, I expected much more effort from myself. I studied very hard and became the 2nd fastest ESL students ever to complete ESL 1 to 4 in my high school. Today, when I recall what I have accomplished, I think I learnt to trust myself and at the same, success in anything only comes from hard work.
In life, many things are taken for granted on a customary basis. For example, we wake up in the morning and routinely expect to see and hear from certain people. Most people live daily life with the unsighted notion that every important individual in their lives at the moment, will exist there tomorrow. However, in actuality, such is not the case. I too fell victim to the routine familiarity of expectation, until the day reality taught me otherwise.
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