By taking fourteen hours long distance flight from China and arrived in LAX, I went through the bustling crowd. People spoke strange languages with unfamiliar body languages. I knew I really on a foreign land. As an international student from southern China, I began to challenge myself to live in America alone because there is no relative and friend I know in here. Before I arrived, the only way I got to know the United States was from the films and the media. I used to like other people to imagine one day could be able to come to America, enjoy the American life, and pursue the American Dream. In that moment, all of my previous imagination was confirmed. However, I did not realize there were a lot of difficulty are waiting for me in the future.
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As Greitens says to his comrade the resilient people take advantage of hard experiences to complete themselves to be stronger, “what happens to us becomes part of us. Resilient people do not bounce back from hard experiences; they find healthy ways to integrate them into their lives” (23). Obstacle is a double-edged sword, which are the advantages and disadvantages to me. If I choose to stay away from the obstacle rather than try to overcome them, and I still stand where I am, anything won’t change. However, as long as I can find out my own ways to make the hardship as opportunities rather than difficulties then I can turn these into strength. Last semester, in order to escape the science courses, I took five humanities courses included Sociology course. My friends thought I might be crazy and I started the course without basis because I even did notknow what Sociology is. I attended class every day, and took notes and listened to the professor. However, there were still many academic words I need to figure out the meanings and remember them. Beside this class, I need to manage my time to other courses. My time was not enough. The decision I made, and the result I would bear; I truly understood what that means. Yet, I failed. I got 5 of 15 scores of the first quiz. It was terrible. I asked for help to my friends, and either, they both did not have the experience of studying the Sociology. No one could help me. I had thought about to drop the class. It might reduce my stress. However, if I drop it, I still need to register in another semester, and I may be faced with the same problems. Therefore, I bit the bullet to continue to take the course. I reviewed the PowerPoint of the course on the Moodle. I printed it out, and took it with me everyday. Also, I searched the theories with my primary language. After I got the score of the midterm exam, not a bad score. I was
As Greitens says to his comrade the resilient people take advantage of hard experiences to complete themselves to be stronger, “what happens to us becomes part of us. Resilient people do not bounce back from hard experiences; they find healthy ways to integrate them into their lives” (23). Obstacle is a double-edged sword, which are the advantages and disadvantages to me. If I choose to stay away from the obstacle rather than try to overcome them, and I still stand where I am, anything won’t change. However, as long as I can find out my own ways to make the hardship as opportunities rather than difficulties then I can turn these into strength. Last semester, in order to escape the science courses, I took five humanities courses included Sociology course. My friends thought I might be crazy and I started the course without basis because I even did notknow what Sociology is. I attended class every day, and took notes and listened to the professor. However, there were still many academic words I need to figure out the meanings and remember them. Beside this class, I need to manage my time to other courses. My time was not enough. The decision I made, and the result I would bear; I truly understood what that means. Yet, I failed. I got 5 of 15 scores of the first quiz. It was terrible. I asked for help to my friends, and either, they both did not have the experience of studying the Sociology. No one could help me. I had thought about to drop the class. It might reduce my stress. However, if I drop it, I still need to register in another semester, and I may be faced with the same problems. Therefore, I bit the bullet to continue to take the course. I reviewed the PowerPoint of the course on the Moodle. I printed it out, and took it with me everyday. Also, I searched the theories with my primary language. After I got the score of the midterm exam, not a bad score. I was