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Dear Sheyenne,
My name is Geqi Li. Currently, I m an international student study at Kansas state university. My major is agriculture economic. This is the fourth year I study here. This is the first time I have taken class on Barton, and also this is the first time I take class online. Actually it was pretty good, I don’t need go to class, and I can manage my time, I can study whenever I want just finished before the due day.
For myself, I m from China, my hometown name is Chengdu, have you heard about it? It is a big city in Sichuan province, it is at southwest of China. Do you know that big earthquake in China, it was incurred at my province, it is tragedy, but my hometown is ok, nothing is destroyed. I have been volunteers to help people who were hurt by earthquake, it is hard work, we did work 10 hours per day, I never have this kind experience before, but finally, I did insist until the school start. From this work, I did learn a lot of things, like teamwork, also I did see lot of tragedies, it has changed me, changed my view of this world, it tells me that cruel of nature. My hometown is also famous with food, we got most delicious spicy food in China, have you eat hot pot before? It was come from my hometown, it is very delicious.
I have study at USA for 4 years, I m a junior student right now, it is because the first year I did take some English classes. You know that, like our international student, we need take English classes before we take university classes. It takes me a year to learn English. After I take this class, I feel I have a big improve on my English skill, like writing, listening, reading, and speaking. I still need work hard to practice my English. I still remember when I go to my first university class, I m barely don’t understand everything instructor talk about, I feel I waste a year, but after few weeks, I m kind used to instructor speaking English, I can understand a little bit, until now, I can understand all the things.
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