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were not sheer whimsy; my coach, XXX, who teammates withwas teamed with the famous Commented [JC9]: I need your coach’s name here!
Ronaldinho, confirmed themy idea of being a proprofessional football player. My parents, Commented [JC10]: Never use abbreviation in your
essay!
however, had other ideasdid not agree with me.

Just like most Chinese parents, my parents think I should go to a nice college and then find a
good job to have a more stable income. Therefore, Commented [JC11]: Provide some background
information
Shortly after the last footballour winning season in 2014, they announced that I would be

attending school in the United States and then return home to take over the family business.
Because I am their the oldest child in my family, this responsibility should bewas mine. “You’re

ruining my dream,” I told them, “I don’t want you to decide my future!to run the business.” But

my pleas fell on deaf ears. Their decision had been made and that was thatit was not negotiable. I
So in the fall of 2015, I boarded a plane in Hong Kong and after 18 long hours arrived intook the

flight from Hong Kong to Boston for eighteen hours with my tears. I was wondering that why
we, most of the child in China, had to follow what our parents wanted us to follow and why we

had to do what our parents want us to do even if we completely did not like it. My emotion was

extremely complicated in my mind. I had been to the United States before but never by myself. I
felt was lonely and disoriented and on top of that jet-lagged and angry. With only three days to

prepare, I was herded off to a host family and then on to school. Even though I was angry, I still

missed my parents.

School was another ordeal. It was not so muchexactly a problem with English Commented [JC12]: Is it good to use ordeal here?

comprehension but the fact that the American style of teaching style in the USA is very different
from it inthe Chinese way China. In China, teachers write down exactly what you need to knowI

used to learn everything from my teachers in China. They told me everything I need to know.