<p>this is only a rough draft so far</p>
<p>Prompt #1</p>
<p>Describe the world you come from for example, your family, community or school and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. *</p>
<p>Prompt #2</p>
<p>Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are? *</p>
<p>Born in the middle of China massive growing era, I witnessed the unimaginable transition from bicycles to motor vehicles, from to skyscrapers. I dislike the atmosphere arise from the massive economic gain. People gradually take interest and profit more serious than the basic emotion and morality. The headlines of local news always talk about awake human consciousness. (this part not finished yet)
Fresh off the boat, I actually stand on the land of United States (technically, I havent yet unless I pass the customs). The language seems not so hard since I learned English since my first grade. Until the moment of my first class in the new country, I realize how wrong I am. Though I am trained for years under professional foreign language teachers with expensive, I still was incapable of basic communication under an English circumstance. After all, foreign language is always foreign. Not because of its difficulty, but more depend on the purpose of language education. Like me, the English textbooks only teach basic communication in life, but no further beyond. From all the obstacles I come through, I learned the elite of educational spirits. Classroom is where systematic education is, it will not offer everything you need.
During my high school years, I had to sacrifice majority of my time to study English only to get people understand me and be able to read textbook. I had to give up fun to study on my own while the rest of my classmates are enjoying their high school life. I was able to encounter all kinds of things after eighteen months of ESL class and self-taught. My grade and understanding get improved, but nothing dramatically happened.<br>
Just during the Christmas of 2007, my family moved from Ohio to Arizona. I felt desperate about this, because I had to give up everything I knew so far. I already left the China, I cant afford to left my second home again. Also, I had to say goodbye to every single friend, which I just know them so far. The loss of everything is again appearing in my life.
Across half United States, I find myself from the land of snow to desert area. As I get to know Phoenix more, I love it better. I love the weather, I love the hiking, and more, I love Phoenicians and my new school and friends. In the Desert Vista, I found a sense of home, I found true friends instead of acquaintances used to have. The people I met, they had actually some decent understanding of my culture instead of the temporary Asian fever.
I believe I can dissolute anything in front of me, as long as there are some strongholds behind me and silently supporting. From the nearly failing in world history to the 4.0 weighted GPA I receive now, English fluency is one factor, but the encouragement of honors and friends hearten me more.<br>
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