Monday, March 24, 2014
Letters from China
When we received these letters, I was super excited and anxious to get through reading all of them. When I started looking through them, I was completely humbled by their enthusiasm to respond to our writing. The girls that responded to me were all full of things to say, that were so sweet! I enjoyed getting to know a little about them, as they were still commenting and asking questions about my life. I had questions asked such as "Do American students have a less amount of pressure before they enter a university?" and "Are American students allowed to use mobile phones in middle school and high school in class?" There were a lot of things that they said, that made a lot of things come to mind in order to create a response back to them. I believe that these girls saw me as a dream chaser, because almost every one of them spoke about my dreams and theirs. Their questions are based off of what I wrote about in my autobiography. A couple of them brought up a few television shows that are popular in America, but added that my life is probably a little different from what they picture. One girl has even seen Springfield, so it might have made my paper a little easier to relate to. Every single letter put a smile on my face in some way, because I knew that they enjoyed responding and learning about me. I know that learning about some of their experiences completely shocked me, and made me wonder more about them, which I will be asking in my responses. In their autobiographies, I would like to know more about their life, and the way that they have to live day to day. I was surprised at some of the stories or experiences that they had, that almost broke my heart to read. I am so excited to be able to hear more from each one of them, even though it will be a lot of work. I love that we were able to have this opportunity, because I knew it wouldn't be as easy to accomplish without this class.
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They were so thoughtful! It's true, how in responding to their letters, we really had to think about what to say, that would keep the convo going etc.
ReplyDeleteI agree that these letters were extraordinarily humbling which makes for an even better experience and probably something that all of us lazy seniors needed to hear.
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