To whom that cares!!!
At this moment when i am sitting down here writting this, I suddenly think of this time last
year when I was fresh out of highschool, hearing about Berea for the first time. I sent my
application to Berea with lots of confidence and hope, and I knew I was not accepted.
College to me, as much as to many others, is so important. At the time I heard the news of
my being denied, I was dissappointed, but soon I realized that my failure was just among
the many challenges that anybody has to face during their lifetime. Further more, I
happened to know, later on, about the two other Vietnamese who were accepted. Having
known that hardly ever more than one student from each country is accepted to Berea, I
was so proud to know that the ability of Vietnamese students has been recognized and that,
despite of the fact that our country still faces many dificulties, the students have been
trying to reach high goals.
In Vietnamese proverbs, we have this saying :” A day one goes, a sea of knowledge he
earns”. By this time, I have realized how true it is. Last year, I was an exchange student in
a highschool in Mississippi. That was the first time I went overseas. Although, before this
trip, I was quite used to living independently because I had to live without my mom for
almost 7 years during the time she went to work in Poland. However, my first trip abroad
