Earn my respect

The true is everywhere can be your home town, cause people are mixing together. Now my major is Mass communication. In many of my classes there are many people who are from different countries like China, Vietnam, Japan, America, Turkey and Macao. This kind of situation also happen in my club, so that I have gotten used to this special form of people in a class. However, it is hard for people in the public to avoid being compared by others. Though sometimes comment is not objective, I gonna describe my ideas about the phenomenon I found.

 (The comment is for most of people in certain countries. I am not mean to any race, nation, and people)
  I will analyze "learning" for examples.

Learning for scores (Taiwan)
The libraries in Taiwan have totally different situations before exam and after exam. It's impossible to find any seats in the week before the monthly exam. But in those days without exams you can almost lay on the 4-seat desk for sleeping, and nobody try to bother you.

Learning by fear (China)
While I was typing this article, there is a Chinese girl sitting beside me and studying the text book called TOEFL IBT. When teacher suggested some books which are good to read, the people from China are usually the first students to write down in their notebook. They even didn't hesitate for a second to think what kind of the books are. It seems like if they lost any details others have, they will fall down or die immediately.

learning by motivation (American)
They know what they want to know, and why they should to know. American really focus on what they are doing, because their behavior of learning is motivated by their thirst for knowledge. This is the true of learning. They also concentrate in the moment, so you can find the attitude of their workout is really positive and energetic.

The inspiration of this article is a girl from Vietnam.
When we talk about Vietnam, we probably come up with a poor impression in our mind. However, one day a Vietnam girl totally changed my ideas to her country. Her English speaking is not only fluently but also beautiful. She is also good at Chinese no matter on reading, speaking, and listening. The Vietnam girl really catch my eyes while presenting her presentation about  the art of Vietnam. She really attracted my spirit without a perfect outlook. she is such a beautiful girl to me. Oh ~ At that time I can't help but  stare at her eyes.
The point I want to share is not only the Vietnam girl but also the new vision of the world.It is the generation to prove your own value by your own efforts but not your background and country. Even though some of us still have stereotypes on some culture, we still can win others' respect by improving our abilities. We were born in the world of  American Dream. Everybody  can succeed through hard work, and that all people have the potential to live happy, successful lives.

成長初探

一個周末的黎明，我睜開了雙眼從床上坐了起來，一對惺忪的雙眼搜尋著手機上的按鍵，發現所預設的鬧鈴還在賴床，似乎我比它更期待天亮的到來。我刷完牙、洗完臉，打開衣櫃的時候，我不需要考慮、不需要猶豫，因為今天要穿的衣服，是我每個星期日都要穿的配備，一件白色短T-shirt、紫色三條線的運動褲再加上一雙比我更期待今天的球鞋。

        早晨的球場，綠色的地板配上紅棕色的天空十分矛盾，有些路燈還沒醒來，但風吹拂過樹木的細語，我卻清晰可聽見。卸下了背包，開始了我的自導自演，在無人的早晨努力練習籃球的基本動作，鞋子與地板的摩擦聲從不間斷，就像電影場景般，紀錄片記錄著一位成功的籃球員，私下刻苦練習的模樣，但這些只是每個熱愛運動男孩都有的想像，以及運動明星帶給我們的正面影響。隨著樹木的倒影逐漸縮小，呼吸的溫度逐漸增加，我的玩伴卻遲遲還未出現，我沒有打電話給他們，因為我認定了他們也為了這一天好戲，期待得睡不著覺，但我的信心中卻緊抱著孤單，我開始懷疑是否我們的友誼還如過去，開始懷疑我們心中的籃球火有沒有延續。因為，他們還是還沒出現...

        在對面場地有一群小男孩，大約是國中生的年紀，他們的笑聲穿破了我的思緒，我隱隱約約好像看見了自己，我被那男孩開啟了記憶。

        當時，我只是一個一百五十公分的14歲男孩，幾個連籃球都舉不太起來的小鬼，每兩天就來這個球場報到一次，為何是兩天一次呢?原因是我們只有一套球衣，不能每天穿，這種奇怪的理由，現在回想起卻倍感笑意。青春的血液在骨子裡流動、年輕的能量在身體裡爆發，是我們燃燒生命的衝動，我們在春雨裡裸著上身流汗、在刺熱的艷陽下張狂、濕冷的冬季用激烈的身體迸出火花，更不用說，在上課的日子裡，我們上課偷看體壇的新聞，下課也不放過那十分鐘的激情，即便要從山上衝到山下的球場，也會為一個完美的進球開心一整天，我們聊天的主題永遠離不開籃球，就連蹲在廁所時，也會聽到進來的人在討論今晚的球賽，而我們就是在這樣的過程中長大。

        因為這樣一個歡笑的地方、因為這樣一顆陪我們成長的籃球、因為這樣一段誠摯的友情，讓我們對於未來想像總是充滿正面的期盼。順利的我們考上了自己理想的大學，從最熟悉的地方來到一切期待中所未知的未來，看似完成了一個人生的重要階段，從男孩轉變為男人，部分的人離開了自己的故鄉，決定為自己的夢想出征，帶著我們彼此共有的回憶繼續向前行，只是接下來的路，我們可能不再能繼續並肩而走。

        一切的轉折都由進入了大學開始，大家有了自己的新朋友，有自己的社團夥伴，有了許許多多可以找藉口缺席我們約定的理由，但我卻不能為這個裂痕做點什麼，因為這可是自私的，而這一個遺憾，就是我成長過程中頭一次的「初嘆」。

有人說「天下沒有不散的筵席」，更有人說「這輩子最痛苦的事就是遺憾」，而我頓時卻陷入了這兩句話的渾屯之中。每對情侶都會相信自己的另一半最特別、最不一樣，而我也相信我的朋友也是如此，但事實上是我卻面臨了天下人都會遇到問題，也為歷史的事實多增添一筆例子。

        就在我觀望著對面男孩的投籃時，一兩個熟悉的身影從遠方出現，我驚覺那樣的畫面，那是我其中的幾個玩伴，即便人數不如以往，但我仍為此感到喜悅、為此感到欣慰，當他們走近時，我聽見他們高呼著我的小名，用一如往常般的語調問候彼此，就像是一切都沒有改變過。在整個過程中，我們不感覺有少了什麼，因為當我們跑在球場上時，一切都是美好的，天是晴的，人是真實的，風雨飄搖不見了，剩下我所想要的，無盡的奔馳、跳躍，那人類最本能的需求。我很享受這一天的早晨，我很享受所有曾經在這裡度過的日子，我很享受每一個當下，或許真正的永恆，是存在於你所注意的那個當下，時間不斷的在向前走，肯定是不會後退了，它會帶走許許多多的東西，但它卻帶不走我的天堂。而我的天堂，就是享受跟所有我所珍愛的人一起經歷的時刻，我不在乎時間過了多久，因為生命真正的亮點是在那些令你砰然心跳而屏息的時刻。