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Ha Jung Lee
As if I was part of the American culture
As if I was passionate student
As if I was independent person but cared
Respect and responsibility and learning overwhelmed the place.
I Remember Vietnam
Collective Composition
I remember our class always had a very fun time
I remember one time we did our presentation
and each one turned into a small play
Even though I don’t have much collection of what happened in your classroom,
I do remember that you always gave us short stories in American Literature class to read at home to prepare for the next class
Yet it is long time to remember the details
Remembering at that time when we were at 3rd-year student,
I guess Jack was about 26 years old.
Though my job after graduating has not been related to literature,
it still memorize myself a poetic feeling when recollecting that time.
I remember Mr. Peterson in two different things:
a young teacher who was strict with students
and a nice young man who was extremely interested
in the lifestyles of ethnic peoples in Vietnam.
I can make a list of everything I remember in English,
but I will do in Vietnamese instead.
I still remember yesterday like the image of a young teacher
carrying a guitar up to class to teach.
We had such a great 4 year course together
with many unforgettable memories.
At that time, there were about nearly 40 students in my class
(sorry i couldnt remember the exact number).
If I remembered right, Hung, a hotboy of the class
sang “Donna, Donna”,
another boy sang “Top of the world”.
The most memorable memory in our student life was the play of classic plays.
I remember the most impressive was Thanh Van,
the most beautiful Dalat girl in my class
who played the princess in “the Sleeping Princess in the forest”,
So up to now, those memories are always in our hearts and will never be forgotten. Graduated for 13 years and was the mother of two boys, the memories of student life always come back. Those memories are probably a part of my life. They follow me all my life.
I remember once a week getting online once through the yahoo chat.
There is a memory that my class cannot forget.
Some of my classmates are also living in the US, we reconnect and review our memories.
I Remember Indiana
Collective Composition
Don't have any memories of text books…
Remember myself with a big smile;
I remember more than half of the students were wearing the same hoodies one day.
I remember the course name was called “American Classroom”
we read, watch films, share thoughts, and we did presentation
which Jack was my assigned teammate.
I can’t remember the book we read together,
was it The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn?
I remember one day I was taking Amy’s class(Pop culture),
and we were talking about American music, and Jack was like a pro to this topic.
I remember the direction the projection screen faced and how big it was.
The words that jumped into my brain that we used in this class were
"liberal arts", "contribute", "culture", "language", "due(?)", "group", etc.
I remembered the feelings of being accepted/approved as
I was expressing tons of personal thoughts, even the negative ones,
and the emotion when Prof. Peterson was going to leave this campus.
I had many thoughts of separations since I was just separated with all my friends and family in China and it reminded me some nice teachers I had in my middle school, and it made me sad to face this reality but also I accepted that in a short time.
(I remember one time the TV wasn't working for American Classroom class
if I remember correctly)
I remember sitting with students from every Africa, and Asia.
I remember she enjoyed taking a nap on the couch that was right next to the classroom.
I remember one time Hansol asked what would the proper word
to indicate prospect
or rising stars in sports.
This is all I remembered.
I Remember Seattle
Collective Composition
I remember the one of our classes being very interactive,
the class was with a lot of Asian students
and they would make surprise noises every time someone said anything
and I thought that was super fun.
I remember in the classroom we had a great view from the trees outside
and the big windows in the class allowed the sun come in.
I remember laughing and making friends
but at the same time feeling nervous of not understanding the language super well.