WVC的国际学生
My life at WVC was hard but very fun. Taking college level classes in English was
对我来说不容易. I couldn’t understand what my instructors said sometimes. 同时,我
每天都要做很多作业吗. Those things were stressful, and honestly, I got
a flu at the beginning of winter quarter because of the stress. 然而，当我出席时
classes and do many assignments, I got used to it, and I improved my English skills.
Now, I think they were very good experiences.
On the other hand, I had lots of funs with my friends and tutors. 我们打篮球
almost every day, went to skate, ski, hike, and see a concert, etc. 我也很喜欢
saying hello and having a small chat with them on the campus. 我友好的导师帮助了我
my homework and told me some jokes which were very funny. 一切都是我甜蜜的回忆
now. 我要感谢他们所有人.
(studying from Japan her last 2 quarters because of 新型冠状病毒肺炎)
我的隔离生活
Since I was back to Japan, I’m not as bored as I thought.
这是我的时间表:
早上10点起床
10:30做作业
旧的午餐
1:30准备上班
3:00-5:30工作
6点 晚餐
7:00作业时间
9:00 Relaxing (TV, YouTube..)
11:00回到作业
12:30AM洗澡时间
2:00 Take a Zoom class (10AM in America)
3:00上床睡觉
It looks kind of hard, but I don’t spend this routine every day. 我在学习日语 我父母开的糖果店.There used to be many tourists from Asian countries (Chinese and Koreans mostly) before the pandemic. 现在，它的主要区域非常空. Although it’s good to be able to see your friends or family online, I found how peaceful our usual lives as we could see them in person were. 现在我们听到这样的消息 让你抑郁. I think now is the time we should spend our time calmly. 在自由 time, if you’re interested in Japanese sweets, check out the instagram and search # wagashi. That might be the easiest way and kill time by exploring other food culture 在其他国家.
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WVC的经历
When I moved to 皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College, WVC, in last September 2018, I was so anxious about my new life as an international student. 然而，感谢上帝，焦虑消失了 to great people I met, and I really miss them.
我在健身房认识了很多新朋友. I started going to gym just for playing basketball alone. One day, I went to gym and played basketball alone. 还有其他学生 playing basketball on the other side of the court. 他们邀请我一起玩. We played for two hours, which is nearly the actual game time of basketball, but I did not feel that I played for such a long time, because it was so much fun. This is how I started to get involved in playing basketball with other students. 我很感激 that my passion of basketball helped me make new friends. 我甚至去远足了，谢谢 to the new friends I made through basketball.
Some tutors helped me studying English that is difficulty international student have 面对. In the beginning of spending time with tutors, honestly, I am not comfortable 一起学习. However, the more I spend time with them, the more I get comfortable. They are so kind and earnest against students, so I am sure that I grow as a English 演讲者.
To tell you the truth, I am still shy, and I need to come up with a lot of courage 开始与他人交谈. But I know it will be fun to know new people.
I studied at 皇冠8868会员登录 valley college for two years from 2017 to 2019. 我也在工作 using a program called optional practical training since September 2019. 我很欣赏 我在WVC的国际协调员. Since I had to apply for this college from Japan, 我必须经历很多. At that time, I had a lower ability to read English and neither my high school teachers nor my parents could help me. 然而，我没有 any trouble thanks to the coordinator back then. 当我在美国的时候，我想念 my home country and my family quite often. Even so Johanna Hamilton who is current coordinator took place coming-of-age ceremony and never forgot to celebrate birthday 与蛋糕. Even after I graduated from college, she also took care of me with paperwork, 找工作，还有我的个人问题. Without her, I could not enjoy studying and living 在异国他乡. For international students who do not have family here but need help with paperwork and such, she did everything she could do for us!
I moved to 皇冠8868会员登录 from Japan with my husband in 2010. 我曾经在日本当过护士，
所以我决定从事医学工作. I started taking ESL classes at WVC at first to
help with my English which gave me more confidence and helped me to meet people. After
my daughter was born, I took the CNA class. I got my license and then started working
在医学上. I later decided I wanted something different and I started taking classes
成为一名医疗助理. It was 对我来说不容易, but I studied very hard
and worked a lot with all of my classmates to succeed. 我毕业了，通过了医学考试
去年助理执照考试. It was a big challenge, but accomplishing it made
我感觉更自信了.
I work in pediatrics as a medical assistant now. 和很多人一起工作很有趣
孩子和他们的父母. There are still lots of things to learn, but I keep
trying hard to learn more every day to better serve my patients.
Studying at WVC gave me confidence and helped open up new doors for me. 我很感激
我在那里的时间.