Reaction to Film "Bend It Like Beckham"

While I was watching this Bend It Like Beckham movie, I was really excited and impressive. First of all, I really like sports whether I watch sports or I play sports. Secondly, the two characters who are Keira Knighley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are the one of my favorite actors. They acted brilliantly even I felt what they feel at the movie. At the end of movie, when Jess’s family consent her opportunity and Jess leave from their family, I almost cried. I glad that Jess could have the opportunity like I had great an opportunity to come to America.
In the case study, I totally understand that life and study in different country is difficult and need lots of effort but issue is how to deal with these problem. Just as Jess continually effort to solve in her situation, Dita should do actively fix difficulties. If I have these difficulties in America, I am definitely going to try to fix my problem. Actually, since I came to America during 1 year, I usually did keep away from my English problem and seldom really hard try to solve my difficulties. I just satisfied my position in America. However, now I really want to see my problem and fix it. I’m expecting my change and improve in English language and academic works. I’m sure that efforts I’m doing in America are going to brilliant result in my life.

Some Colleges Provide Success Coaches for Students

People, especially educators, often discuss whether colleges provide success coaches for students. By reading article in American culture class, I became to think about coaches in university. I strongly believe that university should provide coaches because they can help students more effectively that can find the right services quelling college fears and be motivated.
In the article, coaches in university can help students who have college fears. As everyone knows, students from high school feel college fears when they are going to college at first. It is natural problem for students because university is new place that first year students never have been and experiences. However, coaching services are effective way of solution for this problem. For example, James Madison University where I’m attending has also similar services with the coaching service for first year students. JMU has summer orientations before attending classes for students and family. They have frogs system which brings underprepared students up to speed academically and less feel fears. Frogs are consists of JMU student who volunteer for first year students. They guide students to know JMU buildings and student support services, such as academic advisers and many centers that can be helpful not only during orientation but until students adapt new circumstances. In this way, it illustrates the importance of couching services.
As students have conversation with couches, they more likely to be motivated. Of course, having conversation with couches is not the only way of getting motivation from university, but it is the effective way of doing so. When first year students come to university and adapt life of university, they need academic sources to success in classes. I think that it is good way that university begins first semester by working with their coaches to figure out their academic and personal goals. Even during the semester, students can ask help to couches if they want to change major or goal and have academic or personal problem. During students’ midterm crisis, couches also encourage them to not give up classes and degree. In this way, couching services can be related to motivate students.
Taking all of these things into account, college should provide coaches that enable first year students to gain the right services in university and be motivated their academic goals.

NEW Experience

Experience what I had during the week is playing rocket ball. Every day, I’m trying to go UREC for my health. I usually have stomachache problem because of digestion. I will go UREC unless something special happen to me. I never have seen the huge sport center like UREC. I really glad JMU has such a huge awesome sport building since I love sports. My boyfriend suggested playing rocket ball a few days ago. I have seen people play that when I play table tennis where is right next. My boyfriend and I were play for 1 hour. That was the first rocket ball game to me. Even though I was first at that game, I played good :) After playing, I was dying because I couldn’t breathe well. I realized that rocket ball game is such a hard exercise than what I thought. However I had a great time with this new experience. If you go to UREC, you frequently can see me playing rocket ball game.

09/02 In Writing class

Today What I learned in Writing class are contrast and compare. Contrast is between differences and compare is between similarities. For example, in the video of Amish paradise and Gangsta Paradise, I can compare in terms of music and camera angle namely, both of video use same music,rhythm, and same camera angle which show the one side of man's face. In contrast, each of video manifests different culture namely, in the Amish paradise video, They are telling people about the life of Amish people with a little fun. In gangsta paradise video, they are telling people about the poor violent and hopeless, especially among black people. I think that as I compare or contrast in these video, many things render me to compare or contrast IN MY LIFE.

About Parody

Today I learned about parody in America culture class. I have known what parody is. In my country which is South Korea, they usually parody about political issue which can be criticized such as president, senior, and international policy. I never thought parody in America. As i saw the parody of the video 'I'm on a boat' in the class, I realized that parody is ridiculous and can be criticized in terms of politics not only South Korea but also America or anywhere. I think that parody is good way to criticize at the second hand and funny. Even though people don't like to know about politics, it is good way to make attention. Through the parody people can easy access to know what problem and issue is in nowadays.