This week belongs to Thanksgiving Day. I know that every family of America was busy to prepare everything for this important holiday. I believe that all of you have eaten turkey already with your family. Is it taste good? Ha-ha. Well, I knew a little bit about Thanksgiving Day when I was in China. We have Thanksgiving Day as well, but not like here. We don’t celebrate it as family reunion but we would do something to people who we think is deserve to get acknowledgement. Sometimes I went back to my former school to visit my former teachers. Additional, I would try to help my family to do some housework that day. Thanksgiving Day was not an official holiday in China, so we are not free from work that day
Some of my American friends told that they got some valuable gifts from their Chinese friends after them offering them just a small help. In our traditional culture, if someone gave you a few you should return a ton. In my opinion, we actually need an official holiday like Thanksgiving Day.
The world would be peaceful and good if we could do everything with a thankful heart. If we were eating, we should think about of those hard working farmers; if we feel happy, we should think about the ones who bring this happiness to us; if we were breathing, we also should think about the air produced by tree--That will be the real meaning of Thanksgiving Day. I want to say thanks to everybody here whom helped me and will help me. Have a good Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
12. A different week
This week I went to New York to take care of my cousin due to her problem of health. She is my only relative in United State. So I almost lost classes of one week. I am sorry, Dr. Miller. She just has appendicitis, but serious.
I feel a little bit unaccustomed that anything was not good. The weather was so cold than Mississippi. I have to wear my sweater and down jacket. Even so, I also feel that putting many needles into my face when windy. The report told me that tomorrow would be snowy. I really like snow but not cold. This is I can not eat my cake and have it too. I began to miss the weather of Mississippi State.
The people here were a little indifferent. There were so many people on every street. I am the one of them but I feel that there was only me on the street. It let me recalled a movie that name is I am legend.
I feel a little bit unaccustomed that anything was not good. The weather was so cold than Mississippi. I have to wear my sweater and down jacket. Even so, I also feel that putting many needles into my face when windy. The report told me that tomorrow would be snowy. I really like snow but not cold. This is I can not eat my cake and have it too. I began to miss the weather of Mississippi State.
The people here were a little indifferent. There were so many people on every street. I am the one of them but I feel that there was only me on the street. It let me recalled a movie that name is I am legend.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
11. Cook
This weekend I enjoyed a catfish meal that my roommate fished in the reservoir. This one was a real big size catfish that I’ve ever seen. It was almost one meter long and 40 pounds. What a big buster it is! We discussed how to cook it and who could cook it. The result was that we cut the fish first and then cooked the fish individually. That sounds a good idea, right? By the way, I really like eating fish and then have the fish soup.
We began to divide it and cooked it; he cooked it in a traditional way of the north of China: First, putting some oil into a big frying pan, and then, putting the fish in it and taking it off after a few minutes. Second, putting vinegar, soy source, sugar, salt, chopped garlic together in a bowl and mix them. Then pouring this source on to the fish and boiling this. However, I cooked this fish from a traditional way of south of China, that was also an easy way to cook it. I put fish, water, ginger, and bean sprout, prickly ash which is a seed of a Chinese southern plant, Chinese red pepper and vegetables together into a big stew pan and boiling it.
Different people from different part of China have different way to cook fish. We cooked it from different ways but both of ours have good taste.
We began to divide it and cooked it; he cooked it in a traditional way of the north of China: First, putting some oil into a big frying pan, and then, putting the fish in it and taking it off after a few minutes. Second, putting vinegar, soy source, sugar, salt, chopped garlic together in a bowl and mix them. Then pouring this source on to the fish and boiling this. However, I cooked this fish from a traditional way of south of China, that was also an easy way to cook it. I put fish, water, ginger, and bean sprout, prickly ash which is a seed of a Chinese southern plant, Chinese red pepper and vegetables together into a big stew pan and boiling it.
Different people from different part of China have different way to cook fish. We cooked it from different ways but both of ours have good taste.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
10. Confidence
In the recent past, we experienced so many things that were changing. America is changing, and the world is also changing. We have to face the biggest trouble that is economic crisis. This is the biggest problem that needs to solve for American people and also the biggest problem for World. So I considered that all our people of the world need to cooperate and solve this trouble together at this special time. We should not distinguish the people by nationality or race. We need to work together if we want to solve this problem as soon as possible.
However, difficulty for a country is like difficulty for a person. Every country would encounter some difficulties just like every one of us would meet hard times in our life. The only thing we can do now is facing the problems and work hard to deal with it together.
At the same time, Barack Obama won the election as a son of the immigration. This is evidence that the America has enough inclusiveness, which means that this country has the acquisition that people would like to have the entire smart ones came from the world and try to work together. And this presidential election told us that everything is possible. People could get good reputation and recognition if they tried very hard to demonstrate to the public that they have the confidence to conquer all the difficulties. This is the best motivation that let me know that conference is the best thing to do everything.
However, difficulty for a country is like difficulty for a person. Every country would encounter some difficulties just like every one of us would meet hard times in our life. The only thing we can do now is facing the problems and work hard to deal with it together.
At the same time, Barack Obama won the election as a son of the immigration. This is evidence that the America has enough inclusiveness, which means that this country has the acquisition that people would like to have the entire smart ones came from the world and try to work together. And this presidential election told us that everything is possible. People could get good reputation and recognition if they tried very hard to demonstrate to the public that they have the confidence to conquer all the difficulties. This is the best motivation that let me know that conference is the best thing to do everything.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
9. the difference education between America and China
I think every country has different evaluation systems of education. I just intend to compare the differences between America and China. In America, every student has more changes to get their scores from their courses. The final grades will be derived from quizzes, papers, tests and final exams. This is a so good way to let students know how about their behavior in a whole semester and how the tendency of study process. It also means that if someone gets a good score from one test, it would not decide that he or she may get a good grade at the end. Conversely, it would not decide that he or she may get a bad grade if this student loses the test.
In China, most college and university just have one final exam. Therefore, if you pass the final exam, you will get a good grade, but if not, you will be failed in this course. The final exam is an only way to evaluate our behavior in most college in China. Many students play in the most time of the academic semester but only study before the final exam. Though some of them could pass the exam and even get a good grade, but this is a result of short-term memory of the knowledge.
Slipping through time, the Chinese students get a good faculty of memory and the American students get an ability of solve problem. Certainly, this is just a side of difference in an evaluation system of education. We also have other means to judge. So I believe that the people are influenced deeply by their different education system. If a country wants to be stronger, the most important thing is that how to solve problem of education.
In China, most college and university just have one final exam. Therefore, if you pass the final exam, you will get a good grade, but if not, you will be failed in this course. The final exam is an only way to evaluate our behavior in most college in China. Many students play in the most time of the academic semester but only study before the final exam. Though some of them could pass the exam and even get a good grade, but this is a result of short-term memory of the knowledge.
Slipping through time, the Chinese students get a good faculty of memory and the American students get an ability of solve problem. Certainly, this is just a side of difference in an evaluation system of education. We also have other means to judge. So I believe that the people are influenced deeply by their different education system. If a country wants to be stronger, the most important thing is that how to solve problem of education.
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