The First Week of School

    Hello, my name is Jake. I have just begun my third year of school in America. To me, school in America is much different than school in China. You might be interested what school is like in America, so let me tell you how my first week of school was like.

    Two years ago, I could hardly read, write, listen or speak English. Now it is much better but I still have a lot to do. Speaking is my weakest part because I didn't talk too much last year. The first week of school was just as usual as before,  some new students came, also many returning students backed to school. All things were just as same as before. One big change for me is that I decided to become a boarder this year. There were many factors for this decision and I have considered it for a long time. First is I think to ride back and forth from Murfreesboro to Bell Buckle is too busy and tired. Last year I became so tired of school because of this. Second is I have to prepare for college. If I can live on campus it will be much easier to finish homework and attend more social activities. I know it is very expensive to live on campus so next year my family will probably go back to China and it will also reduce their stress as well. 

    On the first day of school we just took a short view of the syllabus and rules of each class. Then the rest of the week we started learning the easy parts of each class. I have some old friends in school and I also made some new friends. But I don't really have a best friend that I can talk to everyday. I guess I will just see how everything goes on and continue working.