I will never forget the first day I came to NCHU, and the first sight I saw when I arrived in the dorm room. When I opened the door of the dorm, I saw a gorgeous girl who seems like a mix blood with fair skin and delicate facial features. But as soon as she uttered the first word, I realized that one of my roommates was definitely a foreigner, a Thai girl. I was shocked and stunned as figuring out this situation for the reason that it was the first time of me to live in the dorm even to live with a foreigner. That was not enough to depict my astonishment.
The following scene that I saw when I entered the room would be another shock was far more stunning than that of the former one. While I took my package into my own place, I could feel that there was another female lying on the bed tumbling. Therefore, I am scared to bother her fond dream. I moved my stuff lightly, afraid of making too much noise to break the harmony of the whole room. Obviously, I failed. Another female waked up. Soon I figured out that female seems totally and completely different with my expected image of another roommate. She had blond hair and azure eyes (maybe green, orange, or brown eyes. We called them mix-colored eyes after our discussion about this topic.)
A questioning and uncertain feeling conjured up in my mind after I first encountered this strange situation. I asked myself, “Am I in Taiwan? Am I in Taichung? Am I in NCHU? Why are my roommates foreigners? Is it possible that I am a DFLL student?” No answer really. However, the later days of getting along with them were the most unforgettable moment of my dormitory life without any question.
The Thai girl with fair skin and delicate facial features taught me how to cook Thai cuisine. The other Turkish girl with mix-colored eyes let me know what the Turkish humor is. She always insisted her own opinion and suggestion; however, she pretended that she didn’t insist and would respect your own decision. On the contrary, she might keep on using another reason to persuade you to follow her so that she could attain her goal. Strangely, I don’t detest this way of indirect communication at all. She is so humorous and glamorous that I can’t reject her arbitrary suggestion and roundabout words.
I’m very glad to have that day to lead me into this global room. They teach me how to tolerate the cultural difference and appreciate it despite of the point that they just stayed here not a very long time But I think a good relationship is nothing to do with the length of time but the process of going through. Even now they have gone back to their countries, and I still miss them sometimes and recall the days we’re through.
2008年3月28日 星期五
2008年3月17日 星期一
summary response-essay one draft
the importance of class design
In “Is Anybody Listening?” David Daniel mentions that American teachers and students of colleges and universities today are charged not doing well on their works. According to David’s aspect to college education, he argues that lectures are not suitable for freshmen and sophomores for the reason that they are not well-trained in grasping idea and taking notes of a long lecturing. Mr. Daniel suggests that lectures should be taken action to juniors, seniors, or graduate students, then all of whom group a discussion after the classes, which would be more effective for learning. On the other hand, as for freshmen and sophomores, administrators and faculty might design a series smaller class for them to end their passivity and to give their feedbacks to instructors. However, nowadays most of universities don’t have the effective design of classes for students; even in my school there is still some space to be improving for student’s independent learning.
I have taken a course called “General Knowledge Lectures” which contains around two thousands student taking this class. The regulations of this class are that taking a page note that you just need to write down from the speaker’s power point file and to attend the class ten times. Then, you will definitely get the credit. During the class, I often saw some of students falling sleep and doing their own things when they finished their notes. After the speech, the instructor asked everyone had any question; nevertheless, we had packed our stuff looking bored and wanting the class over soon. The worst of this class is that they take the notes away. So even you want to review what you have written down from the class, you have no reference. I truly have no understanding why we have to spend a semester sitting there and learn seldom.
General knowledge originally means that you can get some general knowledge from other field which you are not familiar with and can broaden your knowledge. However, I think that such a huge space will be easy to distract your attention and is hard to concentrate on professor’s presentation. Therefore, why the administrators deem these courses as required subjects? There is no need for us to spend a long period to do an ineffective work. The original meaning of the general knowledge courses is beneficial for our learning, but they are practiced in this lecturing way that might reduce the effectiveness of learning of students especially for freshmen. This way of teaching might make freshmen student decrease their interests in developing another specialty. Besides, owing to the fact that there are even more students in one class, between the professor and the students is lack of interaction. Professor cannot understand how much his or her listeners absorb. In contrast, listeners don’t know where their problems are.
Moreover, if students don’t know how to take up their questions, it will be sure to affect their learning. A good learner is supposed to be a question asker. However, how to find where our questions are needs to be trained by asking question often. From the asking process, they will learn the core of the question, making more progress in a field. In the way of searching solution, they will also acquire the ability of giving comments and analyzing the questions. Nevertheless, I think that this progress needs to learn from the interaction between discussions or with teachers. After being a good question asker, next they will be more likely to have ability to think independently and find out the answer.
If the design of class is based on inspiring student’s interest and training independent thinking first, it will accelerate the learning effectiveness. Such being the case, students are able to know more about themselves on learning way, have imagination, give precise comments, have ability to take notes, and be a concentrate listener in the class. Therefore, a good design of class is absolutely beneficial to learning.
In “Is Anybody Listening?” David Daniel mentions that American teachers and students of colleges and universities today are charged not doing well on their works. According to David’s aspect to college education, he argues that lectures are not suitable for freshmen and sophomores for the reason that they are not well-trained in grasping idea and taking notes of a long lecturing. Mr. Daniel suggests that lectures should be taken action to juniors, seniors, or graduate students, then all of whom group a discussion after the classes, which would be more effective for learning. On the other hand, as for freshmen and sophomores, administrators and faculty might design a series smaller class for them to end their passivity and to give their feedbacks to instructors. However, nowadays most of universities don’t have the effective design of classes for students; even in my school there is still some space to be improving for student’s independent learning.
I have taken a course called “General Knowledge Lectures” which contains around two thousands student taking this class. The regulations of this class are that taking a page note that you just need to write down from the speaker’s power point file and to attend the class ten times. Then, you will definitely get the credit. During the class, I often saw some of students falling sleep and doing their own things when they finished their notes. After the speech, the instructor asked everyone had any question; nevertheless, we had packed our stuff looking bored and wanting the class over soon. The worst of this class is that they take the notes away. So even you want to review what you have written down from the class, you have no reference. I truly have no understanding why we have to spend a semester sitting there and learn seldom.
General knowledge originally means that you can get some general knowledge from other field which you are not familiar with and can broaden your knowledge. However, I think that such a huge space will be easy to distract your attention and is hard to concentrate on professor’s presentation. Therefore, why the administrators deem these courses as required subjects? There is no need for us to spend a long period to do an ineffective work. The original meaning of the general knowledge courses is beneficial for our learning, but they are practiced in this lecturing way that might reduce the effectiveness of learning of students especially for freshmen. This way of teaching might make freshmen student decrease their interests in developing another specialty. Besides, owing to the fact that there are even more students in one class, between the professor and the students is lack of interaction. Professor cannot understand how much his or her listeners absorb. In contrast, listeners don’t know where their problems are.
Moreover, if students don’t know how to take up their questions, it will be sure to affect their learning. A good learner is supposed to be a question asker. However, how to find where our questions are needs to be trained by asking question often. From the asking process, they will learn the core of the question, making more progress in a field. In the way of searching solution, they will also acquire the ability of giving comments and analyzing the questions. Nevertheless, I think that this progress needs to learn from the interaction between discussions or with teachers. After being a good question asker, next they will be more likely to have ability to think independently and find out the answer.
If the design of class is based on inspiring student’s interest and training independent thinking first, it will accelerate the learning effectiveness. Such being the case, students are able to know more about themselves on learning way, have imagination, give precise comments, have ability to take notes, and be a concentrate listener in the class. Therefore, a good design of class is absolutely beneficial to learning.
living in the dorm
Stepping into the 818 room of the dormitory of NCHU, you can see scattered shoes at the porch which are taken off maybe by someone who comes home late or they are just a unsuitable remnant before the dwellers are rush to go out. After entering the room, you look at the mirror that reflects the scattered shoes and recycled trash piled up in a middle-size cardboard box. Looking at the box, you may are able to see a minimal restaurant that are filled with a variety of cuisine containers. It can prove that women are a sensual animal. That’s absolutely right!
Besides that, my dormitory accommodates four integrated desks and beds at two against sides of the wall. One of it shows Thai style, being put a lot of cans and bottles with winding and twisting words and stuck numerous memorandums that are taken note by that twisting language. If you want to figure it out, the quicker way is to pray to your holy God that your next reincarnation is a native Thai. On these four desks, there is no surprise to see PC or laptop at each desk owing to the fact that modern and technological devices are without borders. In order to log on the internet, each computer needs a cyber wire. Cyber plug is far; however, along the trace you can see the tape mark no matter new or the dwellers of former left so as to fix the cyber wire. That tells us how charming and fascinating this gentleman, Mr. Internet. There is no denying that no one will reject him to bump into lives.
If we turn on the light, dim beam are accompanied with warm air. In the afternoon, the light of sunset pierces into the window. Warm air and sunlight will drag you to climb up to your bed, and make you have a hospitable siesta. With a computer and a soothing bed, no wonder there are more and more otaku( someone likes to stay at their place) in the society. I am not surprised with this kind of phenomenon at all for sometimes I was one of otaku.
Besides that, my dormitory accommodates four integrated desks and beds at two against sides of the wall. One of it shows Thai style, being put a lot of cans and bottles with winding and twisting words and stuck numerous memorandums that are taken note by that twisting language. If you want to figure it out, the quicker way is to pray to your holy God that your next reincarnation is a native Thai. On these four desks, there is no surprise to see PC or laptop at each desk owing to the fact that modern and technological devices are without borders. In order to log on the internet, each computer needs a cyber wire. Cyber plug is far; however, along the trace you can see the tape mark no matter new or the dwellers of former left so as to fix the cyber wire. That tells us how charming and fascinating this gentleman, Mr. Internet. There is no denying that no one will reject him to bump into lives.
If we turn on the light, dim beam are accompanied with warm air. In the afternoon, the light of sunset pierces into the window. Warm air and sunlight will drag you to climb up to your bed, and make you have a hospitable siesta. With a computer and a soothing bed, no wonder there are more and more otaku( someone likes to stay at their place) in the society. I am not surprised with this kind of phenomenon at all for sometimes I was one of otaku.
2008年3月14日 星期五
Exchange Schoolmates
Exchanging schoolmates’ msn seems popular in every university even in graduate school. This week, it was my first time to exchange my msn address to others because my school sister is PR of her class at this semester. One day, she asked me that did you want to join this interesting exchanging game and she had numerous name lists from the far most northern to the far most eastern university or graduate students majoring in different fields. These name lists include very famous national university even medical school and the rule of this game is that one who picks your msn address belongs to a male.
This game is from a long school tradition and lets us makes friends from other department of our school or other school. I observe that in addition to make friends from other school, I can make friends having different talents and skills. For example, in this week, there were about 10 males joining my msn address, one of whom was a physical school student, good at taekwondo. Therefore, we got a deal which he taught me self defense and I taught him English. Another one is also from physical school, majoring in Tennis, so my school sister and I got a deal that he plays as our tennis coach, and we will be his English tutors.
Not only making the friends who exchanging our majors but also knowing some people from the same home town, some of them are from Jongli. We have the same topic because of we are all from the same place but study in other place. Besides that, I also met a guy who loves listening to the music as well. We share good music to each other and interchange knowledge about music. I am able to receive lovely music from him; on the other hand, I can give my favorite songs to him. It’s wonderful to meet different kinds of people from different places. I love this game.
This game is from a long school tradition and lets us makes friends from other department of our school or other school. I observe that in addition to make friends from other school, I can make friends having different talents and skills. For example, in this week, there were about 10 males joining my msn address, one of whom was a physical school student, good at taekwondo. Therefore, we got a deal which he taught me self defense and I taught him English. Another one is also from physical school, majoring in Tennis, so my school sister and I got a deal that he plays as our tennis coach, and we will be his English tutors.
Not only making the friends who exchanging our majors but also knowing some people from the same home town, some of them are from Jongli. We have the same topic because of we are all from the same place but study in other place. Besides that, I also met a guy who loves listening to the music as well. We share good music to each other and interchange knowledge about music. I am able to receive lovely music from him; on the other hand, I can give my favorite songs to him. It’s wonderful to meet different kinds of people from different places. I love this game.
2008年3月6日 星期四
love to the world
Enya-long long journey "Amamentine"
There are a variety of accidents happening in the world no matter what is happy or tragic just as updating news. Life is like a long long journey being through by a combination of different sections. Bitterness and sweetness seem to be unavoidable components in our lives. Every time I read latest news, I feel that I am so small even tiny. Compared to blooding news, I will appreciate that I am so lucky that I am able to breathe sweet air, walk elegantly in my campus, go to classes, and pay attention to grasp new knowledge. On other corner of the world, there are many homeless or oppressed children without any chance to learn because of the unstable government status. They can’t choose for their own living owing to the time when they were born, they are doomed to live in a society full of armies and bullets. They are deprived of the right of living in a normal way or growing up with the care of the government, not to speak of the right of learning. On the other head, there is a lot of meaningful news reporting over the world such as new inventions to be convenient to our lives and good policies to improve our lives. Although there are some people breaking the social harmony, there are some other people rebuilding it. I hope that I can give a helping hand to the world on the rest of my life as long as I have opportunities or somebody needs me.
訂閱：
文章 (Atom)