Alright! It's good to be back. I haven't posted for over a month because I was focusing on my study. Now that Spring semester is over, I have more time to spend on this blog (Update, and definitely add more contents). I have a lot of ideas in mind waiting to be written down and posted on this blog. So please be patient and I'll keep posting articles regularly. And thanks to my friends and anyone reading this for showing supports.
Did I mention that I'm a college student? Yes, me student in America. Now that we are talking about this topic, I would like to briefly describe what my life is like in an American college.
At school, I go by the name "Tee". Why? because no one in America can pronounce this complicated Khmer name and Tee is a pronounceable word for them. Tee coffee? Tee-shirt? I don't know, up to the Americans.
Right
now, I am a freshman at San Diego Mesa College. I'm planning to
transfer to University of California, San Diego(UCSD) in the Fall of
2016 and spend another two years over there to earn my Bachelor
degree in Computer Science. At the time of transfer, I will also be
getting an Associate degree as well. I came here as
an immigrant, but since I am in college, I am also sharing the same
experience as the other international students.
So
let's talk about what it is like to be sitting in a classroom in
America. Like they say “America is a melting pot of cultures”.
You'll definitely see this amazing diversity when you come here. If
you walk around campus, you'll see people from different ethnicity
and background and they also speak different languages. Personally, I
have made friends with students from Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan,
Poland, the Philippines, and of course Cambodia. Some of them are
international students, some are immigrants just like me and some
were just born here. I'm not saying that it's hard to make friends
with American students, I'm just implying that we, students from
another country, tend to bond quickly because we understand each
other's struggle and feeling quite well. Having friends from other
countries can be interesting, we've got to share our cultures and
teach each other our language (good ones and bad ones). We also
helped each other with all the school works or any other problems
outside of school.
As
for the studying part, I have to say that it is not much of a
difference compared to in Cambodia, except that you might need to put
extra efforts on your works if your English is not as fluent as a
native speaker's (me neither). From my experience, I already spent
some times in a university in Cambodia before I came to the United
States, so I am familiar with what it's like to study at an
undergraduate level. Therefore, studying in a college abroad isn't
really a struggle at all because I sort of already knew what to
expect. But for those who just finished high school and go straight
to a university, in Cambodia or abroad, they sure will expect some
changes and distress. They will definitely need time to adjust as
they are not used to the college lifestyles and it is completely
different from high school.
These
are just some of the many things that I've got to experience coming
to study in the United States. I guess this is just part 1, I'll definitely post more in the future.
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