Monday, February 20, 2012

answers for 11 core questions

1.               Unfortunately I do not live on campus, which leads to lack of information for me to know how much of afford should SCSU put in order to make students feel better in dorms. So far SCSU has been making a nice job to make me feel comfortable studying at SCSU. Because of its facilities, teachers and opportunities to enjoy practicing many kinds of sports, I have been enjoying my study year. Another good thing that makes me feel better to study at SCSU is its tuition fee rates.  The tuition fees at SCSU are not costly compared to other universities.  The only obstacle that makes me not as much involved as I wanted on campus is that I live off campus.

2.               I consider myself as a person who does not have many secrets which shows who I am. But in terms of identity, I can describe myself briefly. In my whole life, I have been doing a lot to achieve my goals. One of the examples of my success achieving my goals is that studying abroad. As an international student I had to take IELTS test to get an admission. Ever since I had prepared for the test so hardly that I got one the highest scores on the exam. I hope that my dedication about my goals will be improving as I achieve them.

3.               I am originally from Uzbekistan, which is in middle Asia, and I think I like my country’s traditional foods. Because I have been growing up in that country and having those foods of my home country. However, I also really like American fast foods as well. Especially, pizza is my favorite food to eat. Even though pizza tastes really nice, I know eating fast food might be unhealthy, so I try to stick with my home country’s food. in terms of differences between my country food and American foods are my country foods are a bit more spicy compared to American foods, but still delicious.

4.               One of the typical greetings in my culture is handshake. This type of greeting is used commonly. Handshaking is used with friends, elder people and people whom we just met in order to know their name when handshaking. In my culture, it is preferred to do so when we meet strangers. Because this shows that you are not ignoring or disregarding that person. Personally, when I am greeting my uncle or aunt, I give a hug. In my culture, for those who are close relatives we give a hug when greeting.

5.               In my country, democratic government has been governing for years. I guess, It has been doing good to provide with good facilities and opportunities to people. One of the good things about the government in my country is the educational system it provides. Because the government gives the latest technologies and studying tools for students for free and certainly the educational system is good over there compared to other middle Asian countries. I am also happy with the government in my country because I had a good experience in studying at high school. I hope since my home country is a developing country, after a while there would be even better democracy.

6.               In my country one of the most used transportations is cars. Because they are very convenient and reliable type of transportation. The other most used transportation mode is trains. Many people use trains because it will be more affordable and they can reach to the destination faster when there is traffic on highways. Another type of transportation that is used mostly by students is busses. Although, busses are not quite comfortable to ride, in fact it is one of the most affordable types of transportation.

7.                  Personally, I started to go to school when I was 6 years old. Because, I did not go to pre-school due to the fact that the nearest school was quite far away from my house at that time. But, I am happy because I started my 1-grade at 6 years old, which is usually a year earlier. In my senior and junior years in high school I had some difficulties to maintain my GPA high.  Because, at those times I had to do so many homework which sometimes led to a big stresses. Even after attending university, I am having so many homework and assignment to finish, so I figured that the higher educational system we study the homework and projects we have to do which sometimes can be stressful.

8.               In my culture we celebrate two main religious holidays in a year, and other traditional holidays as well. One of the religious holidays is “Eid al-Fitr.” On this day we mainly celebrate finishing the month of fasting. And the second religious holiday is called “Eid al-adhaa.” On this day we sacrifice a goat or ship. Other traditional holidays in my country are mainly the New Year and Independence days.    
8b.         I can say my daily ritual is praying. According to my religion Islam, I have to pray 5 times a day. That I try to do on time every day, however with studies and class timings I cannot manage to pray 5 times a day on time. Another ritual for me is attending to mosque once in a week. This takes place on Friday, it is called Friday prayer. Usually, it takes half an hour to get done with Friday prayer.
9.               One of the most famous sports in my home country is soccer. I guess this type of sport is the most played sport in the world as well. Although my country’s team has not been in top teams, many people, including me, are interested in this type of sport. Every year there would be competitions, and the soccer fields will be full of supporters. In fact, in my home country’s soccer team, we have many good players. Sometimes, other teams try to make a contract with those players for millions of dollars. So, soccer is the main sport in my home country.

10.           I assume that a typical day for a child is pretty much the same for all children in my country. So, I will give an example of my own experience growing up as a child in Uzbekistan. I used to try to get up at 7 o’clock in the morning every day. Meanwhile my mom would prepare my breakfast. I used to eat my breakfast. Due to the long distance between my school and house, my dad used to drop me off at my school. When I was done, I used to take bus to get back to home. At home I used to do my homework and watch TV and play computer for a while before sleeping. So that is pretty much all about a typical day for a child in my country.

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