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title: US Journal VI
author: Mingjie Jiang
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date: 2015-11-07T01:25:09.000Z
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               Just a<br /> note: Although this blog is called “The Culture Crash Blog”, it is not always<br /> about the culture. It is basically my journal book, or my diary, to share with<br /> my friends.
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               There are<br /> always lots of projects to do at school. Some of these might be very easy ones,<br /> but some of them may last long and require a great amount of time. I don’t want<br /> to talk too much about this, as I really don’t want my future self to recall<br /> these bad memories… These projects are fun, but definitely not easy.
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               Extracurricular<br /> activities. We have a very popular sport, which I don’t really know what that<br /> is, called “softball”. Wikipedia says it’s mainly about a kind of baseball<br /> played with a larger ball on a smaller field (though I still have no idea about<br /> what it is). We have a school softball team whom always have matches with other<br /> school teams. Sport is just one kind of after school activity. For some kids<br /> like me who apparently do no good on sports, we have all kinds of clubs like<br /> math club, coding club, and the one which I am in currently, the newspaper<br /> club. These clubs are great for those who are not willing to take part in any<br /> sports clubs, or not able to play sports. But there&rsquo;s one thing I don&rsquo;t like<br /> about the club: the club are organized by the school, and we cannot start a<br /> club ourselves. That causes a major problem as some students do not see their<br /> hobbies in there, so they might not join any of the clubs. My suggestion is to<br /> let the student take over the arrangement. We have an SGA don’t we? I believe<br /> they manage these stuff really well.
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               Public<br /> services. One nice thing about living in the United States is all those public<br /> services provided by the government. For example, the public libraries. Apart<br /> from the printing services, all other services are totally free if you use them<br /> correctly. There are tons of books, audiobooks, and DVDs inside! In summer, it<br /> would always be a good idea to go inside the library, and enjoy a fast internet<br /> access with an even more fantastic air conditioning!
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               After<br /> talking about the services that the government has already provided, I want to<br /> write about what we can do for those public services. We have a project called<br /> the Student Service Learning (SSL), which is an essential part of our school<br /> life. To take part in the SSL, you need to submit your information along with<br /> the company you want to serve with. A student must get a minimum of… I think 64<br /> or something hours, to graduate from high school. These hours can be earned<br /> from libraries, school media center, or even school clubs if they provide so. Anyway,<br /> I haven’t started yet, so I might have to hurry up. I don’t know how it works,<br /> but I was thinking about if a student transfers to the school in 10<sup>th</sup><br /> grade, then he would have only 2 years to finish that much hours? I believe<br /> they had a solution for this…
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               P.S.: No<br /> grammar mistakes? Impossible!
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