When I first heard of the Youth and Government program, I wasn’t very excited about doing it. The first thing I heard about it was, “you learn about government”. I had no prior interest in government so the description made me feel …

Dr. Julia Hu has been selected for America’s Top Dentists 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Consumers’ Research Council of America. She received her DDS degree from West China Medical University 1985 and worked as a dentist and assistant professor in Xiangya (Yale …

DECA is a student organization of over 200,000 members internationally and over 4,500 members here in California. It prepares its members for careers in business fields and integrates classroom instruction to the real world in order to prepare the next generation to …

Ray Zhou graduated valedictorian of his 2012 class at Amador Valley High School and is currently a sophomore at Stanford University. In the season of college applications and acceptances, Ray gives some advice for high school students. 1.  What do you think …

By: 陆怡洋       小学毕业后那个暑假，我搬到新的学区。虽然我知道别的同学从小学就认识，并且早就互相熟悉，我对新学校有一种无法解释的期待。在新的地方应该能交到很多新朋友吧？开学第一天，我兴奋地走向了学校，前往教室。整个早晨我脑子里只想着一件事：朋友。每个老师们都对我很好，可我当时寻找的并不是善良的老师，而是善良的同学。可到了下午，还是连一个同学都没跟我说话。下课铃声响起时，我只好失落地走出教室。这到底是怎么回事？真的没有人想跟我交朋友吗？我对上学第一天的欲望就这样被否定了吗？当我最后一点期望快要消失时，我突然感觉到有人轻轻地拍了我的肩膀。 “你是新同学吗？欢迎来到我们学校，交个朋友吧！” 就这么两句话彻底改变了我的心情。一个绝望的一天忽然充满了希望，我疲劳的表情突然变成了灿烂的笑容。朋友终于找到了！ 初中的第一天，我意识到了友谊巨大的重要性。朋友就像珍贵的珠宝：找到了一定要珍惜。孟子曾经说过：“人之相识,贵在相知,人之相知,贵在知心。”找到一个朋友本来就很难，找到一个知心的朋友可是难上加难！不知是运气还是缘分，那天关心我的你就是我在学校里第一个朋友，也是我最好的朋友。谢谢你在这三年一直这么温暖和贴心，让我体会到只有好朋友能给的幸福！

By: Eli Chin  中国数千年的悠久历史创造了一个丰富伟大的文化。可这宝贵的文化被藏在了一个秘密武器当中：中文。中文在世界所有的语言当中被称为最难的语言之一。学中文虽然有它的难点，但同时也有许多使人高兴的优点。我不到五岁就开始了追求学中文的这个梦想。 我对中文最早的印象开始于四岁的小小年纪。那年的圣诞节，我叔叔送给我了一套卡通版的西游记光盘。看啊看，我大概在一个星期之内就把几十个光盘看完了。充满活力的孙悟空和圣洁的唐僧极大地挑起了我的兴趣。我向我父母宣布我一定会读原本的西游记。他们对这个心愿没有什么意见，很快就给我报名参加了一个中文学校的中文班。从此，我学中文的路就开始了。 因为爷爷、奶奶、姥爷、姥姥都不讲英文，我从小就会讲中文了。我在这一方面从来没有感觉到什么太高的难度，可在学读写时还是吃了不少苦。中文的每一个字都需要“狠狠地”背下来；其它的语言，包括英语和所有欧洲的语言，都用字母去拼。每一个字母有它的发音，不认识的字经常都能慢慢地读出来。但中文却完全不同。要是不认得的字就一定需要去拿字典来查。虽然看字的型体偶尔可以推断一个大概意思，在很少的情况下也可以猜出一个字的发音。这个难点要求每一个学中文的学生去努力读写和复习。这个要求不仅能提高中文水平，还能改进一个人的学习习惯。学中文把我带进了中国的历史和文化的世界，拓宽了我的思维。虽然很多中文书都已经被翻译成英文了，读原版书还是能领会其最纯正的含义。 即使我上了这么多年的中文课，距离读完原本的西游记这个愿望大概还有个几年才能实现，但我会坚持下去，因为我认为学中文带来的快乐远远大于学中文的难处。

Hi! I’m Jay, a 16 year old senior at Homestead High School in California. My experiences learning Chinese are much shorter than most, only 3 years. However, in those 3 short years, I have learned a lot more than just a new …

By: Jay Kamat  In China, there is a system called “zhong dian ban” that allows high performing students to have access to better educational resources. While similar to Advanced Placement courses in America, and International Baccalaureate classes elsewhere, “zhong dian ban” is …

What Makes an Effective Teacher? From the ages of five to eighteen, a student’s life is mainly focused on learning and absorbing more knowledge. But are students really getting the education they expect? Are their brains challenged enough or are they attaining …

By: William Zeng School, for a long period of time, has always been a relatively simple matter. Back when the world was slightly less developed, the topic of education was a more trivial one, and mostly disregarded. Recently, however, education has become …