14. English Improve Plan

     I think the most useful knowledge I learnt from this class is the ability to construct an essay in three different ways. Among all of these the argument essay is most helpful because it way to finding information, critical thinking and ideas to persuade others are really helpful for my future academic essay writing.
     I think the most important thing I want to learn after this class is to broaden my vocabulary and prepare some language test like TOEFL and GRE tests. It is much harder for Chinese students to do a good job than get a good score in ESL class. As its need shows I have to train myself better on reading, listening and writing skills. Besides these basic skills, the most important thing I want to improve is the critical thinking. This ability can make me understand and absorb high level academic information faster and more efficient. What's more, it is also the main point that GRE test want to figure out from a college student.
     To realize these goals. First, I get some test materials online and decide to keep training myself in the winter break. Second, I think expand my reading articles and increasing my reading amount should be very helpful  for my understanding of essay and critical thinking. Third taking a freshman writing class for next semester is necessary for my improving English skills. I think the basic to study anything good is to build good study habit which is still a hard part to me. I think a lot and make a lot of plans for this. And I am sure I will totally changed in the future.
     All the ideas above are the plans for my future English study. Although it is not well-planned. I have decided to schedule it better later. Hope I can get a great improve in the future.

13. Reading and Response #3

Fast Food's Biggest Customer: Not the Poor, But the Middle Class

(http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/07/fast-foods-biggest-customers-not-the-poor-but-the-middle-class/#ixzz1d1Yu9yUD)

     In the Paragraph, the author use the data of a research to show that not the middle class families are the most customs of fast food restaurant instead the poor class. It shows that the money spent on the fast food can not be afford by normal poor people and only if they get much more salary, they can visit the fast food restaurant frequently. Also it remind another opinion that fast food is impossible to be healthy for human.

     As a international student who have live in America for more than one year, I agree with these two ideas depended on my observation. First I  had to admire we are poorer compare to normal American because Dollar is 6.3 times equaled to our Chinese Yuan. As I live near a Burger King restaurant I have a lot of meals there. Although I have no discrimination to different people. I have to see the choices differs from each other among white people, Chinese students and some African Americans. Most of the white people choose the value meal as their dinner. On the other hand, Chinese students prefer several burgers because it causes more and have much more energy. For some African Americans, they only get an one dollar burger and a cup of water to fulfill their belly. I think this is a good example to confirm that people as poor as us can not afford the value meal which made us impossible to be included in the main customers of fast food restaurant.Also, I don't think fast food can get healthy enough as the low nutrition containment. What's more，a large amount of sugar and calorie has a great connection with the high rate of  obesity in America. 

    As a result even though fast food is pretty cheap, it is not cheap enough for all poor people to take. And I think all of people who treat fast food as a normal meal choice should change this habit slightly because too much fast food also cause a great increase of your waistline.