Journal 1: My life has changed

NAME: Sun Mingjun (Lewis) CLASS：420W
DATE：Oct 3rd 2008

I have been here (Vancouver) for about two weeks, I had so many experiences in the two-week period that I have never met before. I was moved by the sight in UBC; I was attracted by the sea wind on the beach; I was intoxicated by the maple. Furthermore I found that so many things are different from my hometown, I will show you the differences I felt as follows:

At first, studying in school in my country is really different form in Vancouver. I think everyone only know how to learn knowledge in school, and such as homework, listening to the teacher and passing the exams are my school’s life when I studied as a child. However, students here can learn how to express their minds to their teacher and how to make a communication with each other. I believe this way is really useful to students so that they can learn sharing their thinking to each other and working in a team, thus, they can make a great progress in the future. For instance, learning English in school in Vancouver can bring more happiness than in Chinese school, because activities are very common in Vancouver, but in China, it is a dream to students because of the large population.

Moreover, government in Canada is also contrasted with in China. Government put more emphasis on public equipments in Canada than in China, such as public football ground and park. I think China should put more investment on welfare such as public equipments in the future in order that people can feel more comfortable than before.

In conclude, I realized that living in Vancouver is suitable to me and I like to live here, I hope maybe one day there will be a great change in my hometown where the same as Vancouver.

(I finish topic 5 and I write this article in a special style that I connect these differences together)