It's hard to say goodbye

My dearest teacher and friends,
This is our last journal. In spite of sadness, it's time to say goodbye now. We have been together for four months, we gradually knew each other quite well. We studied together, played together and enjoyed our meals together. It's really a piece of unforgetful experience for me. Time past fast, four months have been gone in the twinkling of an eye. I will go back to my homeland in four days, but I am sure I will be back next semester. So I am so glad that I can meet some of you again.

During these four months, I not only met a lot of friends, but also learned much English knowledge. I remembered that when I came here, I hadn't learned English for almost two years. English seemed so unfamiliar to me. However, I learned a lot of strategies in writing academic essays. For example, we should use different writing systems and styles in writing different kinds of essays. Before I studied here, I thought what I should write is what I wanted to say, without any strategy. Thank you, Sean, for helping me a lot.

However, I still have a long way to go. I just have been here for four months, and I should practice more about what I have learned in order to be proficient. There is an old saying said: Practice makes perfect. I absolutely argee with it. Whatever how much you have learned, you must practice a lot, or they are all totally useless. Besides writing skill, I should also try hard to improve my other three aspects, especially speaking. But I am not afraid of difficulties. I will try my best to make them better.

This semaster will end quite soon, but I maybe will still in this class next semaster. Hope to see you, Sean. I hope all you guys can enjoy your Christmas vacation. Whether you will stay in Cal State Fullerton or transfer to other universities, I wish you could have a good studying time there. Keep in touch. Best wishes to you and your families~


Yours Sincerely,
Sally

Reaction to the movie

When I watched the movie, the most impressible scene is the one related to chickens. I had to cover my eyes because I really was scared of it. I am an absolutely animal protector, I tried to protect every kinds of animals.

In the movie, the chickens are quite small, maybe they are only one or two weeks. They haven't enjoyed their lifes, but what they will face is nothing but death. From my perspective, it's absolutely unfair for them. Besides human being, they are living beings, too. They also have the right to live, to enjoy their lifes. I don't mean we can't kill any living things. Maybe we can wait for some years, after their natural death. We also can eat chickens and other animals, merely give them enough time to comfort themselves.

Sometimes humans are too cruel. I often think about that why they can kill living things without guilty. They are like humans, they also have mum, dad; they also know pain; thay also can feel the hopeless of being alive. When I was in China, I joined the association which aims at protecting little animals. We tried our best to save their lifes, to provide a place for them to live, to give them some basic food in order to not let them to be hungry. This reminds me of a piece of news I read on the Internet: some people killed a tiger on the street, and others watched the whole process with smile on their faces. I really feel humiliative of them. On second thought, if we can't protect them, at least we should not hurt them.

The scene of chicken in the movie really touched me. The importance of life to everybody, including all the living beings, can never be exaggerated. I hope we can realize this and join the protectation of animals.

I have read Ann's and Dennis's journals.