My name is Bing Liu. I'm currently a freshman at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. I was born in China but I came to the US when I was 5. Whitney Young is actually my 7th school. I had actually been to school in China during 2nd grade. This had shown me a lot about how different China and the United States are.
In China, life for students is basically revolved around their studies. The only extracurricular activities they have time for is additional classes to help improve their studies in order for them to get ranked higher in their classes and music/ lessons. I’m able to a lot of different things because I live in the US. I was on the tennis team and track & field for a few years. I play violin and piano, as well as clarinet. I’ve participated in band, orchestra, and choir. I have also been on my school’s math team and debate team for a while.
In school, I’ve basically always taken advanced level classes until now. Math was one of my strongest subjects and favorite subjects but now it’s been getting harder especially geometry and having to memorize all the new formulas we learn. In all of the classes that we now take, we have to remember a lot of things for tests such as dates and information. Even though we still have a lot of things to do, Chinese kids still have way more and I’m still glad we don’t have as much work as them. Life in China has taught me a lot about who I am and how different lives in these two countries are.
