Sandra Cisneros Presentation

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Something interesting I’ve learned

Of all the things I learned this year, I find history class a very interesting and fun class to be in. This year since I took American literature and U.S. history, sometimes when we read a story or autobiography of someone in American literature class, we would also be learning some background information on that story in U.S. history class. It might be a coincident, but I find it easier to understand the story when you can also learn the background information about the story in your history class. Another topic I learned this year I find very fun was biology. Throughout the year, biology was one of the hard subjects but I learned a lot of scientific things about life I find very cool, such as genetic variation stuff or cell formation. Of all seriousness, I would actually have to say I really like my literature class. Even though we didn't learn any fancy math equations or complicated science principles, I've always find reading and just touching language my favorite thing to do. Learning literature materials were always easygoing and fun, but also approaching the language even deeper at the same time. I’m impressed by writers and how they could spend a lot of time just to write a small but powerful and meaningful poem. I often get inspire by that. i couldn’t really think of anything that stands out to me out of everything I learned, because everything is interesting to me, except for math.

How to be a better student/ language learner

First thing first, going into high school is one of the most exciting and tiring four years in our lives. I have a few points and tips to share today.

1. DON’T SLACK OFF!!!!! 

This is an obvious point, but as a sophomore, I saw many freshmen slack off and did not care for their grade. Some of them did not understand the language and just give up. They thought it was cool to not pay attention in class and trying to be a bad student to show off. This year I joined a few classes that only consist of seniors and juniors. I learned from them that you do not want to slack off during any of your high school years, because when you look back at it, you will not think it is cool or awesome anymore, neither will the universities your trying to apply into.

     2. SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ENGLSIH

Many people slack off in school because they do not understand the material or do not know the language. Speaking with the same group of people that always speak Chinese to you might to pleasurable and easy, but it will not help you. Speak with people that speak English or whatever language you are learning. Through their conversations, you will slowly gain access to the key to good language skills.

3. DON’T BE AFRIAD TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD

Get out of your comfort zone! You probably think having good grades and testing scores would be enough for you to get into your dream university. Get over yourself; there are tons of people like you in the world. What makes you unique and different in those thousands of people that have good grades? Don't be a copy of everyone else around you. 

That is all the points I want to share today, I still have a long way in high school to go myself, and I wish I helped whoever is reading this.

Plans for the Summer

Summer!!! The time to sleep till noon, go to the beach, stroll around town on a mini adventure with friends! Well apparently my summer plans are not going to be that relaxing seeing as after the summer I will be officially a junior, which means the start to two worst years in high school as I would think. I’m just a sophomore now, but I know that to get into a good university, you not only need good school grades/ high GPA, you also need to at least get a decent grade on the SAT or TOFEL or whichever test your university requires you to take. So my summer plan is basically sit down and pile myself in some good studying. Aside from all the studying, I also want to do something meaningful and something great, or just something to help the society. I don’t mean the everyday helping in libraries and doing community services. I want to achieve something great before I leave high school. That’s all I could think of for now, although I would definitely want to add more plans into my summer bucket list.