I gave up the so-called English Competition anyway simply because I do not think it fair to everyone and actually I am SICK of it. It is not really a big deal to me. What matters is that I do not want to surrender to the apparent injustice: I took two kinds of contests: Oral English & English Speech. To my surprise, I did not pass the first round of the Oral English while my partner passed it. I do not mean to offense her but we two, she and I, know what level we are. How could it be possible? At first, I strongly resistted facing the music and all my fellows support ed me: the more abnormal it is, the more I want to challenge it. However I gave up at last for mainly two reasons. For one thing, I am not able to take the competition since I will have to go to Shanghai in June and Beijing in July. Time is limited. More importantly, it does not make sense and the competition itself is a tremendous JOKE! After swallowed Zimi Zeng’s autobiography, I made a final decision that I will choose my major & university AFTER the Toefl test. Just the opposite when it compared to a few days before. For what? For it is a bet for my future. Although she has some discrimination about certain kinds of universities, for example, she thought that State University is not as good as other universities. But the fact can tell us nothing but truth. There are many excellent and top State Universities in USA and the whole world which allow students to learn more and to experience more. No one can deny that. Moreover, it is a fact that most public universities need less tuition and fees, but absolutely it is not a representation that the qualities of these universities are worse than private universities. Take Ohio State University as an example, it is one of the Big Tens and it has the top curriculum in the field of Accountancy, which is thriving at a very fast pace in the demand of America Market. Other cases can be easily found in Michigan State University as well. Anyway, I do believe in that. |