<p>evaluate a significant experience and its impact on you. </p>
<p>I wanted to talk about my experience in Beijing this summer. </p>
<p>I want to talk about how the people there were trying to emulate the american way of life/style because it's fashionable and the more "white" you seem the more attractive you are.
bleaching their face, dying their hair, t-shirts with american logo/words on it etc </p>
<p>some of its impact on me would be that people try to americanize or at least try to whiten themselves. they are trying to emulate something they are not. we are never satisfied with who we are. </p>
<p>would this be a good topic? or is it too broad of a topic.</p>
<p>i would be talking about when i first went shopping with my mom and really saw the people and the surroundings of beijing and my first concrete experience and how it impacted me.</p>
<p>I would make sure you don’t come across as too critical of the people of beijing and too praising of America to the point where it sounds arrogant. Maybe they just like American culture, but they’re still proud of who they are. I think this would be a good topic if you could put a positive spin on it, something more optimistic than “we are never satisfied with who we are.” But that’s just my opinion. I’m curious to see what others think…</p>
<p>I definitely don’t want to seem too critical of the people. I was really confused as to why they would be so inclined towards being american because it was vastly different from the way i originally perceived the people in china so its a mystery to me. I don’t want to seem negative because I enjoyed my experience there.</p>
<p>Okay, then it should be good. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t going to come across as negative. If you write it the right way, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Just make sure a chunk of it is about you in particular. Some foreigners are trying to emulate the American lifestyle, OK, how has it changed you/what does it say about you?</p>
<p>I am with ccuser. The point of the essay is a lot more than your observation and writing skills- you are supposed to show how YOU were affected by something, how it was a turnaround or inspired you to view things differently- and somehow influenced you in a positive way, maybe even made you a better person. That’s simplifying it. An example would be if this experience changed your own views of how you try to fit into American society or some new insight into the personal value your culture has to you.</p>