I left Chicago about four months ago and have been asked to write a detailed analysis of my life here compared to that in Chicago. In Spanish. I will start with the English version. I miss my family, my friends, my condo, and the Peking Duck from BBQ King in Chinatown. In Delft, I have met more family, made new friends (photos), and have a nice room. But I haven't found anything close to the Peking Duck.
I don't miss working at all. Though it has been hard at times to motivate myself to study, I really am enjoying what I am learning here. I have had so much fun playing in the chemistry and microbiology labs. Though there are some essays and problem sets that I could really do without, I think the balance of class, studying, and socializing is ideal. Maybe I will think differently after next week's exams, but I have been doing well so far.Though most of the people I interact with are not Dutch, I have found a great community here. I have been running, dancing, and playing futbol regularly (hopefully I'll start tennis again too). I have been able to travel (not that much yet, but in the next month I'll be going to Venice and Madrid). Coffee breaks have now been transformed from the mundane to the absurd (we have coffee breaks for 15 minutes of every hour, I think it's a Dutch cultural thing). I love being able to ride my bike in the middle of winter, even through the wind and rain. I have a vase of tulips sitting on my desk.
Delft is now home.
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Please see the following for my comments. Although you asked me to "grade" the essay I would prefer to offer criticism as I'm not sure that grades are constructive measures of learning. I attempted to change the font color of my comments but it didn't work so you will have to figure out which comments are mine. I also tried to use the strike-thru but that didn't paste into this editor either. Also note that the article "an" in the first sentence should be "a".
Mmmmmm. Peking Duck.
"I left Chicago about four months ago and have been asked to write an detailed analysis of my life here compared to that in Chicago. (a comma would be more appropriate here) In Spanish. I will start with the English version. (I would start a new paragraph here) I miss my family, my friends, my condo, and the Peking Duck from BBQ King in Chinatown. In Delft, I have met more family, made new friends (photos), and have a nice room. But I haven't found anything close to the Peking Duck.
I don't miss working at all. Though it has been hard at times to motivate myself to study,(semi-colon here) I really am enjoying what I am learning here. I have had so much fun playing in the chemistry and microbiology labs. Though there are some essays and problem sets that I could really do without, (wouldn’t a semi-colon be more appropriate?) I think the balance of class, studying, and socializing is ideal. Maybe I will think differently after next week's exams, but I have been doing well so far.
Though most of the people I interact with are not Dutch, I have found a great community here. I have been running, dancing,(I've seen what you call dancing. Perhaps a different verb would be more appropriate?) and playing futbol regularly (hopefully I'll start tennis again too). I have been able to travel (not that much yet, but in the next month I'll be going to Venice and Madrid). Coffee breaks have now been transformed from the mundane to the absurd (we have coffee breaks for 15 minutes of every hour, I think it's a Dutch cultural thing). I love being able to ride my bike in the middle of winter, even through the wind and rain. I have a vase of tulips sitting on my desk. (((While there is nothing in this paragraph that is technically wrong I think that you used too many sets of parentheses)))
Delft is now home."
I finally got a chance to read thru your blog. I now realize that I'm going to have to smuggle Letty into NL to help me. Girl, WHAT have you done to your hair? It took me 6 years to girlify you... and it only took 4 months away to... Ugh! At least, it can be fixed. Grab pics of your first amsterdam cut... circa 2001? Go to a SALON! Finally, get it cut SHORT (like the pic)! I will see you in a few weeks. E-mail a shopping list for stuff from the States that you want. Kisses.
~C
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