<p>haha van. i seriously need to be more like you. cramming works only to a certain degree. middle school… vocab tests i could memorize 10 - 20 words in less than 2 minutes, even if it was french. i was good at cramming in highschool where there were “chapter” tests, so like i would wake up early and read an entire chapter of bio 30 minutes before school and review on the bus. this requires your mind to be at least 95% focused on only the material, like u forget everything around you and engulf yourself in tcells and bcells and macrophages and life cycle of viruses. and even if parts didnt sense you focus and digest until it makes sense… u dont leave room to say “oh, i dont understand that”… u FORCE yourself to understand it. i wanted to learn that speed reading thing from china so badly becuase in a way thats what i was aiming for. reading as fast as i can and memorizing as much as i can. it also requires the brain to process very fast, and it could probably go on like that for 2 - 3 hours and then the brain will get tired. </p>
<p>then i get to college, and we get 3 tests per SEMESTER. 2 midterms, 1 final. a midterm in bio is about 15 chapters long. so basically i have to read 15 chapters in 2 nights and memorize everything. it works for the first 3 chapters and then i start getting confused and tired… and the retention rate of what i read drastically declines too and my brain will refuse to focus… and thats not counting the 4 chapters of math and 4 chapters of econ to memorize at the same time, and the labwriteups that are due and the chemistry chapter quiz… and then i get very very overwhelmed and feel like i want to kill myself… saying, this is the last time, after this midterm, im going to study everyday so that by test time i’m REVIEWING not reading it for the first time. a lot of times if i havent seen the material EVER i will underestimate it. i mean… thankfully i took ap bio in highschool, and i have an idea of whats going on, but that also means i feel more stressed cuz i know how much stuff is packed into plant nutrient/physiology/fungi/ all that crap… </p>
<p>its like… mathematically the flow rate of knowledge into my brain has a speedlimit, and if i dont obey the speed limit, its like pouring too much water into a 漏兜; it will overflow. </p>
<p>if i have to study for 20 hours straight at a rate of extreme brain demand, at first ill remember stuff, when things are put in the temporary files to be processed so it can be moved to permanent files, and then the temporary memory gets full, and nothing can go in anymore because the rate of stuff getting processed is way slower than rate of incoming stuff</p>
<p>lol…yea i get your point now.but my way of studying has its disadvantages too.i tend to forget stuff that i revised in the beginning.so i’m always debating over the time that i start revising.
speaking of revising and tests,i have 4 midterms this week.sweetness.i should be getting back to my work.</p>
<p>Hiya, my fellow chinese comrades. I just joined this forum a couple days ago, and I really like it. Let me give you a short introduction of myself. </p>
<p>I am from Fu Jian, China. I came to America seven years ago. For the first five years, I lived in Chinatown in New York city. Just recently, I moved to North Carolina. I have been living there ever since. It is a lot better than New York City. Just to let you know, I got beat up twice walking down the street during the night. That’s why I was so eager to get out of that hell hole. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t call myself smart compare to your guys. I do fairly well in school, getting mostly A’s and some B’s. Last year, I slacked off as I was addicted to an online strategy game. That was the first time I ever got a C in my high school career. Right now, I am a senior at a relatively new high school, which opened to the publics three ago. My school doesn’t offer much AP classes. I plan to take five AP tests in May. If possible, I might want to do some self-studying like a lot of you guys do, to take two more AP tests. The chance is unlikely, because taking five in three days is already stressful enough. </p>
<p>I plan to go to NC State University. It is a decent yet not so expensive college. Beside, it is near my house, and I don’t like to live in a dorm. Hopefully, I will join the Wolfpacks in the fall.</p>
<p>That’s a short biography about me, nothing special.
I will be staying in the forum for a while, and maybe I will read all the posts of this thread from the beginning if I have time. :)</p>
<p>those years ain’t easy for us all. I’m glad you found some place you liked.
well, i don’t enjoy that much dorm life. I’ve had it for 6 years straight. It gets so noisy; and i really want some time and space for myself. It sounds sweet that you can go to college across the street from home. i miss my family.
i’ve been floundering in school as well, ever since paying more attention to money than women… long story…
don’t stress much about ap. it’s good you get a 5 and skip some classes in college. but if not, no big deal. some people here stress their school work in an intimidating way. i find it pretty repeatitive.
now i ll hand over the mic to van, xo, yy, yryuan,</p>
<p>enjoy reading our thread. I hope our chinese is still in shape</p>
<p>I just finishing reading the first 345 posts of this thread. I found them to be quite amusing. Best stuff I ever read concerning Chinese students. </p>
<p>I was on my downslope of my high school career due to playing darn too much games recently. Reading these posts really helps me rethink about my current situation. I suck hardcore, compare to you guys. </p>
<p>I just wish I didn’t waste so much of my youth on playing video games and especially TV. Whenever I see a good show, I always put down whatever I am doing and start watching TV. I have Jadeworld. Man, it only has five channels. Too bad I have to wait for about months before I can terminate the service.</p>
<p>I never really wanted to live in dorm partially because I don’t like to live with strangers, other than my relatives. Also, I can save some money by living in my own house. </p>
<p>Reading through the thread, I can see that all of you are very competitive in nature. I wish I am like that. Very elite group of asians.</p>
<p>what video clip???
hey solemn hermit!very elite group of asians,LOL…flattered flattered.nah,nothing elite.we’re just a bunch of regular of asian kids,eh,chinese kids,NO,adults,spending all our free time writing on this forum.not a big fan of dorms either,that’s why i’m gonna be an RA next year so i can have a single and write people up if they **** me off.i know,滥用职权,that’s how us chinese do it,MWHAHAHAHAHA…</p>
<p>On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say…
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here
月黑大漠路迢迢，风高凛冽客思归，
人倦眼乏昏欲睡，闻香忽见灯火碎，
但见有女娉婷立，耳畔钟声如乐起，
天堂地狱两相忘，浑然不似在人间，
秉烛引路过画廊，人声嘈杂迎客至：
加州客栈诚待客，虚位以侯游子回，</p>
<p>Her mind is Tiffany- twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
Please bring me my wine
He said,We havent had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say…
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
衣香鬓影佳人意，玉郎终始为君来，
放歌纵舞前廊院，香汗淋漓未尽欢：
纵使笙歌能醉月，情未忘我怎忘情？
便向校官索美酒，经年未备意阑珊，
午夜梦回旧馆舍，声声呼唤充耳闻，
倦鸟羁留深林久，此间乐哉不思飞，</p>
<p>Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said We are all just prisoners here, of our own device
And in the masters chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just cant kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
Relax,said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave
宝镜倒映烛影晃，寒冰装点酒色红，
宾客齐至成盛筵，佳人美酒俱添光，
轻启朱唇惊四座，投杯停箸不能食：
钢刀银叉手中持，心魔犹在不能消，
自我羁押成囚徒，吾辈颓然尚不知。
闻言惊觉寻旧路，四顾茫茫无着处，
明朝更向何处去？更者悠然言少歇：
纵然我辈长别离，此生有命不能弃，
前路漫漫归旧旅，生此回环无尽时</p>
<p>Youknowme, that’s some nice poems you got there. I should thank you for having Engligh version of that poem. I could only understand some of it in Chinese. The last time I ever analyzed a Chinese poem was seven years ago, when I was still in China. Good lord. 我真是笨蛋.</p>
<p>Man, I have forgotten about三八妇女节. So much for retaining Chinese culture.
For all women that contributed to the well-being of the society and others, tomorrow is for you. Enjoy that special day.</p>
<p>haha. thanks…are we really celebrating 妇女节 already? i still feel like celebrating 6-1 儿童节…
gosh, i hate how inefficient this world is sometimes…esp when i force myself off my lazy butt then find everything’s not ready…
and xo, one thing about procrastination is that you get SO good at it that you can’t change it. like i have this huge bio test on friday and tried studying early yesterday like a ‘good international students.’ but it just doesn’t work. i can’t work without pressure anymore. so yes. stop procrastinating before it’s too late</p>
<p>apparantly its pronounced flow-em (phloem). my ap bio teacher… for the enTIRE year… that it was phylem. so i always remember xylem phylem, and everyone in the class was like the prof siad to know the phloem flow and i didnt go to any class or review for a month. i searched the book desperately to find out what flow-em was and didnt find it… until i found out it was just phylem!</p>
<p>phylem rhymes with xylem it works out so much better than flow-em</p>
<p>Actually, the Biology course is not so difficult. What makes it so darn hard is the ridiculously long latin origin names. Also, they are hard to pronounce too, which increase the likelihood of not able to memorize those words. </p>
<p>I can handle the Biology concepts, but not the naming part. Sometimes, I wonder how my teacher can remember and correctly pronounce those.</p>