Tips to keep you alive after Cross Country

Reading Response : (150 words)                    After the jarring sound of a colossal object slamming down to the earth's surface from the effect of gravity, The tree is cut down and the coon is killed. Although Billy feels proud of his work, on the other side of that glorious moment is an emptiness in his mind. Throughout the book we all know that Billy is a boy who lives among nature, he has grown up with "her" and "she" has become his second home. He knows trees are his friends and they have a strong bond: "It had played a wonderful part in my life." Billy said when the tree falls. But at that time, because of the love for his dogs, the desire of killing that coon, and his nonchalant excuse that "a man should keep his word." All of those criteria have led Billy to the blindness conclusion of cutting down his childhood friend. At the time everything is done, there is no turning back, I have learned about the nature of a human being...

                 Another year has passed, giving me the feeling of both regret and proud. 2019 have given me many life lessons and new valuable experience.                 Looking back, I feel proud of myself because of my decision at the beginning of the year. I decided to study abroad and put me out of my comfort zone. To me, this decision was the right one because it has been giving me the opportunity to meet new people and learn many new things in a new land that I've never been to. But on the other hand, there are a few things I need to improve for "year of the mouse." Last year, I wasn't able to improve my GPA as expectation and I was still timid in talking to new people, I know that I could have done better but the aftermath showed that I didn't do my best.                  For New Year's Eve and Christmas holiday, I was lucky enough to have the chan...