You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience study here. In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Conmecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say, “I am fine.” when people say “How are you ?”But in the US,I found that people say, “I am good.” or “I’m tired.” One day , someone greeted me with “What’s up ?”It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say. Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures. To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan . However , in China ,girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter.” I am also surprised by how hard-working US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything ,so we study hard and that’ it. But here, a “good”student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so talented , I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.