Now，everything has come to a nice end．My first as well as the last school trimester in Iowa has ended．The memories are still fresh as if the whole thing just happened a moment ago lasting for only a see-ond．I can still remember the first day when I came to this entirely news chool．The feelings of the unfamiliarity and is olation on that day still haunt me in heart．I would not believe that I could be used to this school achieving a good grade if I had not really made it．Every thing ended unbelievably．Seeing the transcript with“A”mark for each course，an extraordinarily triumphant feeling sprang up in my mind．No one could understand such a complicated emotion except for me be-cause the arduousness and the difficulties I had once encountered were tremendous．I made effort and struggled with my best ability．Now，I obtained unexpected gains．
The most impressive as well as the most challenging class for mews American Study．So-called American Study refers to the odyssey of American history．It was the only social study course that I had taken there．At the start of the school year，I was almost frightened by the so-phisticated and confusing social background as well as the quantities of bizarre vocabularies．Very fortunately for me，I had a good friend comes form Taiwan a few months earlier，I-Chau．She helped me out almost everything in class．For the first several months，I worked late and stayed up every night．With the bright moon coming up high in the dark sky，loneness and solitude made me feel like crying for a couple oftimes under the dim light of lamp．The pages had been wrinkled by my fingers turning over and over．Although the final transcript was graded with only a B+，at least I felt an unprecedented fullness in my heart．I vowed to myself to gel an A for the last trimester here however the challenge would be．And I did．To me,it really meant a lot．I think it couht be a breakthrough in my school years or even my life．It signifi-cantly increased my confidence and it could always be an encourage-ment for me in the future when I face the challenge．Though I came across lots of setbacks and difficulties throughout studying American study，I found that the hardship only made me stronger leaving me with an invaluable wealth and fortune that couldn’t be calculated in terms of money．
The most important note that I’ve learned in America Was confi-dence．It was significant and meaningful to me partly because I had as light lack of confidence in the past．The teachers in West High have endowed me with lots of courage to challenge everything．Their smiles，kindness and humor shown to students were profoundly etched into my mind．For the first time，I came to sense a different relationship with teachers．Their intense sense of responsibility of teaching impressed mea lot．Their care and concern for students were reflcoted easily and al-ways in details．I especially like the math teacher．Partly．it is due to my favor of the subject．It was also important that Ms．Lynn was a truly nice woman．It is a perpetual regret that I did not keep any photos ofher．I still vividly remember how she was meticulously cleaning each student’s desk all by herself one day after school．What she showed was such a great patience and love for students that I would never forget her Tiffany和Ms．Gibson，figure that day．Of course，my ESL teachers Ms．Tiffany and Ms．Gibson and science teacher Ms．Secrist were all the source of my love to this school．
The desire of summer holidays existed in my mind not until the last week for me at this school approached．The reluctance to be part with the school haunted me．Every moment became precious．For the last two days of the school，we celebrated and held parties for each of the periods．It was the happiest time that I could remember since I came to West High School．
Just at the moment when the bell rang at seventh period of the last school day，in the hail of the crowd，I left with a special emotion that I"ve never had in my mind．I thought it was nostalgia of the past days．That afternoon，my heart was empty with no pressure of scores and no burden of homework．The whole feeling is like zero gravity in space-no direction and no balance．I pondered for the whole night．Finally，I found the essence of what I was really thinking．
School life in America has ended but my study will not．I still have to struggle for the exam of entrance of high school in Beijing．The compe-tition and difficulties are still waiting for me．My journey is still long．The dawn of hope and sunshine will eventually come since I be lievefirmly．
My first year in high school was spent in America．Although it was only a couple of months．it would become an eternal memory in my heart．
