School Life

Owing to my early interest in English, I studied at Department of Applied Foreign Language in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School. These two years, not only did I can concentrate on my favorite language, with teachers’ instruction, although I once disliked math, I also regained my interest in it. English is originally my favorite subject; with the help of teachers and the passion I have had for learning language, I’m glad that my effort paid off. I passed General English Proficiency Test for the intermediate level in my second year in high school.

As for the club I attend, I join the English ABC club as soon as I enter the senior high school in order to improve my English level. We have to learn vocabularies of a chapter every week. Sometimes we also take exams and use the software of English contest. At first, I really confused whether my English ability will make progress or not. Finally, I even attend the word competition in school for class, which I get achievement form it.

I have had the experience of serving as vice bulletin board designer since my junior high. Since I was interested in comic painting, teachers tended to encourage me to serve for class. As a bulletin board designer, I had to remove my eyesight from comic characters to the huge board, and learn the duty division and collaboration. In the past, the comic I created was my own works, while designing post is cooperation. During the process, I was taught the concept of giving the right to others. No matter how great I could draw, I couldn’t do every thing on my own; collaboration can reduce some odds and ends, made me focus on the whole aspect, and represent my confidence to classmates as well. In addition, by recording the process of meeting of class, I gradually learned the skills of writing official papers. I really appreciate that my teachers in junior placed me in a proper position, made me do my utmost in interest and hobbies and finally made progress mentally and physically. Through the previous experience, I could serve as bulletin board designer at easy. Besides, such as speaking on the platform, calculating the budget of materials, the various duty assignment of different topics, are the sections I still have to improve.

Family Background

My name is Chen yu-ju, born in a sound, sweet family. My family lives in harmony and tends to expresses concern and love to one another. My parents have taught me in a strict way since my childhood. They award me for the good and punish me for the bad respectively. On the one hand, when I do good deeds, they encourage and praise me in public. Some parents never do this for their children so I think it is worth mentioning. On the other hand, if I behave badly, they always clarify the matter first, explain the wrong, and punish me reasonably. My father plans in advance and has things done step by step; therefore, he works efficiently and is capable of solving problems of family. My mother, who is considerate, offers me warm and teaches me with patient.

“A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in silver settings” is what my parents remind me. They told me that speaking plays an important part in connection of people. How to speak proper is the lesson I have to learn throughout my life.

I learned English early for my parents made me watch foreigner cartoons and let me join the English drama when I was a child, which brought about my interest in English during kindergarten. Moreover, I have a grandmother educated under Japanese, who pays much attention to herself. She wants me to be a gentle lady, too; actually, she is a model in my heart. Owning to the care from my family, as the only daughter, I'll try my best to do what is expected of me and not to let them worry.