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Here,Otherwise, students in the USA have more rooms to image and to learn. must listen and
            read carefullyTeachers are like helmsmen that help us to find the right direction of knowledge

            and we decide how much do we want to learn by ourselves. , then decide what may be important

            to note. At first, I felt thatfound this method of learning was really difficult because I was like a
            bird which was losing its direction in the sky and waiting to consume all its energy and fall. I

            suddenly had an idea in my mind, I really wanted to be myself, the real Nathan Wang instead of
            a “Chines Student.”but after a few months, that


                 begin to change. I adjusted to American pedagogy and began to enjoy it. At the same

            time, I made new friends and became less lonely.


                 I applied forjoined our school a soccer team even my parents strongly disagree for it. at
            school I got accepted after several rounds of audition, which allowed me to meet people and do

            the thing I loved most. I was crying when I received the notice to be accepted by our school
            soccer team. It had been so many days I hid myself in the guilt and teared. However, “I am

            back!” I told myself. It seemed as though I’d found a way to be happy. So what if I’d been

            uprooted to the U.S.? I could still pursue my dream of going pro here. Soon, I was playing more
            soccer than studying. My solid B average began to dip. Of course, my parents found out and they

            were not pleased for my grade. We had a heated exchange in which they told me that I must

            think about my future. At first, I insisted that I was going to keep playing soccer no matter what.
            “They said nNo!” was the only answer they responded to me. As the conversation wore on, I just

            stopped listening to them and started agreeing so we could end this painful exchangeimmerse
            myself in more and more soccer games. But in my heart, I knew I would continue to dream my

            dream of becoming a professional soccer playerOne day, I remember it was in the end of my

            junior year. I played soccer by myself in the evening. I started to cry over and over. I could not
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