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1、Americanyouthlookatcollegelife-美國少年對大學(xué)生活的看法GuestBlogbymy#1Grandson大外孫子的客串博文我的大外孫子,Daniel,二十歲了是DrexelUniversity的二年級本科生.他在美國出生長大同我相隔二代,思想與我全部不同,也不會(huì)同中國青年一樣.所以我請他客串寫一篇博文,講一講他對大學(xué)生活的看法.(英文備注:My#1grandson,Daniel,?isage20andasophomoreatDrexelUniversityinPhiladephia(Drexelisprimaryascienc
2、eandtechnologyuniversitymoresimilartoTsinghuaanddifferentfromBaida.???ForChinesereaders,?herclaimtofameisthatthesonofChairmanJiangZeming江澤民receivedhisph.d.degreeinElectricalEngineeringthere.Ioncebychancesatnextto?this?ph.dadviseronanairplanetrip?andhetoldmethathewasreceivedbyChai
3、rmanJiangas太子師whenhevisitedChinaduringthe90s-ahonorandreceptionhewillneverforget).Danielisnativebornandtwogenerationawayfrommeinupbringingandthinking.IthoughtChinesecollegeyouthmightenjoyreading"howandwhataUScollegestudentthinks?"SoIinvitedhimtowritesomethingaboutcollegelife?enti
4、relyfromhisviewpoint.Belowishisun-editedcontribution.??IshallalsobehappytotransmitanycommentandquestionChineseyouthmayhaveforhim.)(byDanielKim)WhenyouareanAmericanhighschoolstudentchoosingyourcollegeforthefirsttime,onlyonethingmatters.“WhatisthefurthestpossibledistanceIcanputbetw
5、eenmyselfandmyparents?”That’sajokebutitdoesringtruetotheprocessofchoosingacollegeforAmericanstudents.Youwouldthinkthatonewouldchooseacollegebasedsolelyonacademicmeritanditsprograms.Thatwouldbethemostlogicalwaytogoaboutit.However,forAmericanstudents,thereareanumberofotherfactors,t
6、hatsomemayarguearelessimportant,butweighheavilyinthisdecision.Location,location,locationWhenmymomwasyoung,growingupasthedaughteroftwoimmigrants,shehadonlyonecollegeinmind.Harvard.Itwas,inhermind,andherparent’sminds,thebestcollegeinAmerica.Thereforetherewasnoreasontogoanywhereelse
7、.PlusitwasclosetoLexington,wheretheylived.Thankfully,shewentthereandenjoyedgoingthere.ItwasnotasifshewasforcedtoandbeingaHarvardgraduateisnosmalltask.However,shedefinitelydidnotgothroughthecollegeselectionprocessthewaykidsdotoday.Formanypeople,oneofthemostimportantfactorsinchoosi
8、ngacollegeiswherethecampusislocated.This
