Physical Acivity

I think I used to be a lazy girl. I didn't want to do any sports. In the first week of school, my friend saw a badminton club and she wanted to join. However. She told me about this new thing. I didn't like sports so I just went to sleep again. My friend was angry at me and told me if I did not play sports any more, I would be a big "pig". Suddenly, I stood up and said I will join in badminton club with you, and then my friend had a smile on her face.
At the first meeting, we met our club president called Leo. He also has activities in Nanjing normal university. Our club staff supervisor is Mr. Harris. At that time, I said to myself :" I must practice a lot and then I will be able to play badminton well because I was a member of the Grand Canadian Academy Badminton Club.
At the first lesson, we met at Nanjing normal university. My partner was my friend. She knew how to play badminton. At first, my friend taught me how to play badminton for 30 minutes because the president was very busy. After that, he taught me the right pose and good way to serve and return service, . At last, he taught me the good way to play serve and he said :" you must practice this 30 times. I practiced it but I did not do it well. Another student looked my pose. They all said it was funny. At that time, I also thought playing badminton is a funny sport. I like it better and better. So I always play badminton after school. I learned to play badminton.
After 3 lessons, I played badminton is better and better. I can practice with my partner. I felt happy but sometimes we did not get return of service each other. The club president saw that and said to us :" we must practice "upspoken consensus"(this words meaning is we did not have same goal to do) each other. Not only can I play badminton but I also must have some information about playing badminton with others because to play badminton you must have 2 people. We knew this problem and we practiced a lot. Inch by inch, we can play badminton better and better, and we will become a good badminton group. From that, I learned teamwork is the key in forming a formidable partnership.
In December, we had a badminton competition. We practiced a lot because we wanted to have a good goal. In the last badminton practice, Mr. Harris said we will be the best group in Grade 10. we felt happy. However, in the badminton competition, I also learned some good skills about badminton and I also knew the right rules about badminton competition. I felt happy because I worked hard and I love badminton and play sports better and better.
After badminton practice, I started to think I am not a lazy girl any more because I like sports. I like badminton. I found a lot of funny things and advantages from badminton. I think play badminton has the fantastic health benefits of a great cardiovascular workout. Nevertheless, playing badminton can make us more happy; it can help us be flexible; it can let us increase stamina. From joining in badminton club, I also learned the important thing is: teamwork is the key in forming a formidable partnership.
In short, I love sports, and I love badminton. I think it is a very good way to keep fit.

Volunteer/Work Experience (A)

When I studied in elementary school and my teacher told us," We should help others and we should not get repay from them.” My teacher also said those people who are willing to help other without getting any return are called volunteers. At that time, I wanted to be a volunteer but I have no chance until I began to study in GCA. We have Volunteer Club and I have a chance to help people.
Club president divided us into 5 groups. My partner is Kassie. It is my first time to be a volunteer. On the way, club president told us,” we will go to a community to help those children with their problems in study. When we arrived there, there were 5 students. President told me," Your group will teach that girl". Then, we let the girl sit between us. The girl was very shy. She just wrote and asked problems. My math is better than Kassie’s but her Chinese is better than me, so I taught the girl Math and Kassie taught her Chinese. From that, I knew that different people have different advantages. This is very helpful when we are dealing with problems. For example, Kassie and I are good at different courses, so we can teacher girl in turn. From September 1st, 2008 to January 1st, 2009, I went to that community to help students for 5 times, I already have been friends with that girl.
From this volunteer activity, I have learned a lot. From that teaching girl, I think I can be a teacher because I can take care of children and use my idea to improve her achievement. For example, that girl has already improved 30 marks in Math. I felt happy, but I also realized that I was easy to change my mood. I did not have enough patience. From the group, I learned if many people united together then we will become stronger. For example, Kassie and I can use different advantages to teach that girl. I learned that volunteers believe that the happiest people in the word are those who help to bring happiness to others.
In the holiday, my mother also gave me new chance to be a volunteer. Kassie and I stood guard on the street to help police to manage traffic. We stood on the street for 2hours. Although it was only 2 hours, I felt it was a hard work. From that, I learn that the police are very hard and tired. They must stand on the street every day. No matter how the weather is or whether they are happy. They worked hard just want to give people a good life.
In the GCA Drama Show "The Taming of The Shrew", I was also a volunteer for GCA Drama for two hours. I helped "VIP" spectators to find correct seat with my partner. From this activity, I practiced my Spoken English. I can speak to a new English teacher and I did not feel very nervous now.
In conclusion, I think it is very meaningful to be a volunteer because I can help to others. I can also learn some new things and improved myself from activity. I think it is useful and I will continue working on it in the 2009. I want to use my head to help others. I think that volunteers believe that the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. "

School Club/Organization

When I was eight years old, I watched TV and saw an old man playing the guitar. I listened to the beautiful sound. At that time, I said to myself,” I want to learn how to play the guitar.” However, my mother told me to play the piano, so I didn’t have chance to learn guitar till I knew there was a Guitar Club in my school.
I still remember the student who wore white and black clothes and played the guitar in the Talent Show. I want to listen to that beautiful sound again. After the Talent show, I knew that person/student was the president of the Guitar Club. So I decided to join that Guitar Club.
In the conference, I decided to play the guitar on Friday. After school, I thought I must buy my own guitar. However, I didn't know how to choose a good guitar, so I asked the president. He was helpful. He told me how to choose a good guitar. He taught me some information about guitar and he also chose the guitar with me. On the way to the musical instrument store, he told me there are three different kinds of guitar: electric guitar, guitar and bass. He also told me that I should know how to play the guitar first then I could play electric guitar. With his help, I finally got my ideal guitar. The color of my guitar is blue and brown. At that time, I felt happy and said to myself," Fiona, you have own guitar." I carried my guitar home.
Our guitar teacher is the president of the Guitar Club. At first, he taught us the right post. He also told us the structure of guitar. For example, he taught us what nut, Saddle Bridge, peghead, First string and sound hole are. I felt very interesting. Than, he told us how to read guitar book, what the meaning of many different numerals on the book is. Next, he taught us a beautiful song of the famous movie. We spent four lessons learning that song. I played this song to my patents for the first time. They both said it was beautiful. I felt happy about that. I think GCA is very different from other Chinese schools. GCA helps to me to make my guitar dream come true.
I thought it was very useful for me to play the guitar. For example, I still remember in last semester, Ms. Bartell had a project about Christmas song. At that time, the song of our group was "slight night". In the guitar class, I had the same song with president. He said he could teach me how to use guitar to play this song. He also said that playing the guitar can help me to practice Christmas song. I spent two lessons learning this song. During practicing, I played the guitar and we sang together. I thought it is very useful and interesting. I love it.
After this semester, I joined in the guitar club and knew a lot of information about guitar. I can only use guitar to play two songs. I thank GCA for having this club. I learned some useful information about guitar from the president. I also learned how to learn things with other students together. We can learn from each other and solved problems together. I think it is a good thing for me. I love Guitar Club and I will join the guitar club next semester, too.

This term, I join a newest club--------movie club. I join it because I like watching movie very much. My idea is to learn more from this club activity. The chairperson of this club is David who is in Grade 11. At the first meeting, he told us, he was eager to make a movie for our school----GCA, because he wanted to make many people know us from his movie. I felt excited when 2 heard this he. Late, I became our club’s screenwriter, so I thought our scenario late every night. I wanted to make a great movie too. We also held some activities. Such as, we wove a short acting about “quarrel”. We were divided into different groups and we planned that short movie by ourselves. though our group just got the second, we still felt happy because we had tried our best to do it. From this club, I learned a lot. I like this club very much.