Mid-term

This is the second day for my mid-term exam. It means that writing and reading exams were done. I am so happy that I can still survive. In fact, this is the semester that I worry the most. By comparing this term with Leap 3, the requirement has triple and everything is getting harder. For example, typing our writing exam in the computer is not allowed. (It is hard to recognize and correct my horrible hand-writing, Pam :). SORRY) It enhances the level of difficulty because we cannot use the thesaurus in MS Word and choose the better vocabulary. We also cannot use the computer to do spell check and grammar check (honestly, I think the grammar check is a little bit stupid). However, the craziest and most difficult subject for this term is not Writing. It is Reading. The level of difficulty has increased rapidly and the length of the articles has also increased from two pages (Leap 3) to four pages. The vocabulary is much more difficult than before. We cannot pass unless we really stick on to the rules and remember everything that is taught in the class. Leap 4, indeed, is not a piece of cake. In here, I wish all of us can pass this course and finish the Leap program. Then we will have a four-month holiday before the official degree program starts in the Fall.