Along with my improvement in English, immense changes have taken place in my
personality and character. Last year, the annual Christmas party was approaching, I
grasped the chance and became the hostess. Being the hostess was much more challenging
than I expected. How could I, a shy and quiet girl, host it successfully? Fortunately, under
the direction of the three foreign teachers, I managed to do my part and the party also lived
up to everyone’s expectations.
Thanks to my unique experience, not only did I improve my English, but I also grew up
happily. If high school life is exciting and challenging, spending time with foreign teachers
may just be the icing on the cake.
My Last Year
谷芬－Class 94
The biggest worry for all of us in our last year is how to get into a good college. We
have to make sure we have good grades in our tests and school work. We also have to take
special examinations so that we can go to college. These examinations are supposed to help
the college choose the best student. They have math questions and problem-solving
questions. We also have to fill out a lot of forms and write letters to the colleges we might
want to go to. A teacher in our school, Mrs. Walker, is helping us fill out the forms to enter
colleges. She is a very kind person who knows a lot about colleges in our country. She tells
us which is the best college to go to for each subject. For example, she tells you which
college you should choose if you want to study history. Sometimes, she even helps us write
our letters to colleges. Mrs. Walker is also very good at helping nervous students relax.
I got my driver’s license a few months ago. Now I drive to school because my mother
lets me borrow her car. School starts at eighty thirty in the morning, but we can go to
school earlier if we need to
use the school’s internet
service.
I have lessons in
many different classrooms
all over the school. There
are about thirty students in
each class, but I don’t stay
with the same students all
day. For example, my best
friend in history class is
Jane, but she isn’t in my
physics class because she
decided not to study it—she
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