EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 5 1/3

I don't know why recently I start worry about my university application. The U of A always respond students result so slow, so I don't have any confidence about my application.  They ask me for some documents, but after I send documents to them, the result I usually need to wait for around 2 months.  However, after 2 months they usually give me some more items to do then I need to spend two more months again.  That is a big problem for me because of the time limitation.  On my schedule, the time when I pass this course is around end of July.  I need to prepare my luggage or something may also cost few days; therefore, when I arrive Edmonton, the time probably already August.  After I arrive Edmonton, I think I have lots of things to do such as getting familiar with that environment.  Anyway, the rasks are hard for me, and the time is the most important issue. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 3/3

I feel so tired during this week.  Presentation, essay, IA, NAA, blog and blog discussion are too much to finish.  Especially for essay, I usually want to do my best, so I always review it again and again.  I really hope someday I can get 35/50 in my home-take essay because it can tell me I have promotion from last term until now.  Today is a busy day, I have IA to do and two paragraphs of my essay.  I don't understand why this term the died line for our essay is on Monday morning.  Time is very hurry and too short to finish it.  If Amber could give us longer time, students would give her better works.  Anyway, I have never had a day like today's busy.  Monday I finished my NAA. Tuesday I worked on my Bedford works, Wednesday I did my blog and prepared Presentation.  I don't think I have rest time in last 3 days.  I guess I don't have faults because the works are too much; however, large amount of homework force me to progress.  I willing to do that.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 2/3

I got my first essay grade today which is 10 points higher than last term first essay; however, I don't think this is my skill.  As I know, there are many people got 30/50, and one person got 35/50.  Actually, I am very surprise because I have never seen someone get 35/50 in first essay even last term.  I guess this is the distance between me and him.  After school I borrowed his essay to take home because I want to know what are advantages in his essay and what I can use to help me improve.  This week I need to finish my essay 3 (A), so I may use something which I studied from his essay.  As for this week's essay, I started it very early because I want to have more time to do it.  From Monday to Friday just five days, but the suggest which my tutor gave me is at least 6 days to prepare a essay.  Using 2 days to think about this topic, two days to write, two days to review it before hand to teacher.  The time is very hurry this week; morever, I also have a presentation in this week.  This is a buys week for me, but I hope I can pass this week with a good statue.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 4 1/3

A new week start today, but it is already week 4, and that means the time for this term has already passed half.  I have studied very hard in last 4 weeks because I know I can't fail this time.  Actually I know the results are caused by myself.  If I studied very hard in last term, I would pass this course in last term.  I didn't have a good attendance and attitude, so of course I didn't get a good score.  However, this term is totally different because I want to work hard to prove myself and to treasure the last chance to be enrolled into University of Alberta.  When I was in China, I was not really care about my English grade because I was very good at sciences.   My sciences' scores usually can make up the lack I have in English grade; thus, my total grade still very good, but now I realise how English important to me.  Everything is English in university, if I don't know the meaning, I can't solve any problem.  Probably the problems I am very familiar with in my mother language, but if I can't understand it in English, I still can't solve it.  Sometime, it is possible to connect my previous knowledge to solve problems, but if I can't use English to express what is my idea, all the knowledge I grasp are useless.  Keeping work hard and trying my best, I will have a good result. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 3/3

I really don't know why I just got 29/50 in my presentation.  I prepared long time for this presentation, but the result is not what I want.  I looked at Amber's comments, I think the most important part is I didn't tell audiences where is this source comes from.  But I don't think this problem can cause teacher just give me the score like that.  I think I have many emotion about this presentation, so I really care my score this time because I have practice many times at home.  In fact, I am the presenter; therefore, I can't exactly know what are audiences feeling.  Most likely, the recommendations which teacher gave me I think it's specific for somethings I lack.  I don't want to complain about anything because the score had already been given.  The only thing I can do is to summarize where I did not good and ignore something bad in next presentation.  I hope I can do better next time.

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 2/3

Life is always difficult because problems frequently appear on people's life; however, people also become mature after they challenge these problems.  Sometime, I think I am already become insensitive because I can't be touched by outside events.  When I see a tragedy, I can't feel how sad it is.  When I see other people get success, I don't know how it can encourage me.  When I see someone fail in something, I can't get experience from their story.  Everyday passes too fast to follow its step.  I always don't have a good preparation to welcome a new day's coming; for example, I know I really need to pass EAP 145, but I don't know after I pass it what I am going to do later.  Probably, the most convinced excuse for me is to get a good job.  Be more specific, that is high-pay job.  That is what my parents want.  I don't desire  I will become rich, and I don't mind live in poor forever.  Just give me the girl I love, just give me an ability which can support my basic life.  Troubles always appear on people's life, even if rich people, how do people know they have less troubles.  Any level of life is respectable, so I prefer easier one. 

EAP 145 - YANG, Fan - Week 3 1/3

I think I am lucky because I have a very good attitude for me works in this term.  I don't know why I can feel fun when I discuss with other classmates; especially, when I get a result or figure out a new point, this kind of happiness I have never got from other things.  I have been lived with Chinese roommates for half year, and that makes my spoken English become very suck.  Obviously, doing team works is a good chance to practice.  I guess I will get more happy in my later class works due to my perfect status.  Time usually pass very fast when people don't aware.  Now, it's already third week.  I don't think I have many promotions than last term because my average score still under 70% percent.  Lots of heavy works are waiting for me to finish; luckily, I can deal them with a good attitude.  A famous soccer tutor who taught Chinese soccer team before said that "attitude can decide anything".  I hope this good attitude can accompany with me until the end of this semester or even my entire universtiy life.