Looking Back

A year has already passed. I still remember the first time I came here, Cheshire Academy. It is still clear and feels like it is still in front of my eyes. Full of new things and strangenesses were welcoming me. This was my first year in Cheshire Academy as well as US, so I had to fill myself up with those new things and strangenesses. I knew that I was going to struggle.

Actually, it was much tougher than I thought. Everything seemed so hard and felt like nothing was helping me, and I felt like I was left alone. English class was one of the hardest things that I had hard times. However, because it was hard, I think I had a lot to learn. In this class, I had chance to read english literatures and poems I couldn't read if I didn't come here. Not only I read them but also I had chance to debate in depth with my classmates. I was not used to doing that thing, so that was the major cause of my struggling in English class. I had nothing to speak. I tried to speak something but I had no idea what was I speaking. However, at least now I know this is American style English class which has many discussions and self-thinkings. In addition, because my teacher, Ms. Guarino, was in charge of Drama, I had an opportunity to be involved in drama for winter and watch two other productions. I could approach to english in various ways, so it was great experience. 

I think I need to work on reading a lot. No matter what kind of the passage or book is, I need to read a lot because my basic english reading skill is not strong and very slow. It usually took more than a hour to read like three chapters in a book to me. If I keep reading and reading, I think it would help a lot in terms of reading skill itself, vocabulary and grammar. For next year, I have to improve my understanding and analyzing skill to prepare for the time when my class is reading a novel or fiction that requires a high level analysis.

My favorite book was Me and You. That was really interesting book. Drug addict sister, a child who has a secret story, and the depressed atmosphere were so unusual to me, and they attracted me. Also the book was easy to read and the story went to the past and went back to the present again, which was very interesting. The book that I read recently called We were Liars was fun too. It was similar to Me and You because both of them are about secret story of the families and mystery genre. 


As I said above, I just want to read as many books I can in this summer. However, if I have to choose one that I want to read, I would like to read some books about politics. I like to read social science books, but I don't know why, I don't like politics. Therefore I didn't read the books about politics so I don't have that much information about politics in my head. Also most importantly, I know it will help me a lot in the future.