Autobiography-final

Family Background

My name is CHENG JU-YUN, born in Kaohsiung. There are four people in my family, including my parents, my elder sister and me. My father, a worker, is responsible and honest. He always tells me that I should admit the mistakes I made. My mother, a career woman, is gentle and good at cooking. My mother always teaches me to look on the bright side when I get in trouble. Therefore, I never give up easily whenever I have trouble. My parents both worked when my sister and I were young, so we had to wake up, buy breakfast and cook dinner by ourselves. Thus, I am independent and I always do things by my own. My elder sister is a college student. She always helps people in need and donates clothes and shoes to whoever needs. She teaches me that to construct is more blissfully than to receive. My family is harmonious and I love my family very much. I am glad to have such a wonderful family.

School life

I study at Department of Applied Foreign Languages in National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School.  I think the past three years was a profuse and interesting period.  It’s because there were many activities such as volleyball game, basketball game, English songs contest and so on.  I enjoyed them very much.  When I took part in these activities, I always tried my best to do them.  Among these contests, I like volleyball game in particular because before the game started, I could practice playing volleyball with my classmates every day after school.  Although we were tired after practicing, we all enjoyed doing it.  Due to our efforts, we finally won the third place.  Through this experience, I learned teamwork and sportsmanship.    

  During the senior high school life, I served as a class leader for one year.  As a class leader, I had to handle all the affairs happened in my class.  Even it was just a small thing, I had to inform my homeroom teacher.  Though someone may think that being a class leader is tiring, but I don’t think so.  I like to serve everyone because I love to see everybody’s smile when I did something for them.  After receiving their gratitude, I would feel satisfied.  It was a tiring job, but it was also a special experience for me.  I realized that it was not easy to be a good leader, who should always have orderly plans and capability of making others willing to obey her instructions.

Being an English major, I study English every day.  I study not only the textbooks but also English magazines.  Even when I was in the free time, I would listen to English radio, watch English movies and watch English news to improve my listening ability.  I believe that the more I read and listen, the more listening ability and the more vocabulary I will have.  By working hard, my listening ability has improved a lot.  I wanted to test my ability, so I took the General English Proficiency Test and passed the elementary level.  After that, I took the intermediate level of GEPT.  Though I passed the listening, reading and writing tests, I didn’t pass the oral test.  I knew my English ability still left something to be desired.  As a result, I practiced with my classmate every day and eventually I passed the test.

Self-Evaluation

As for my hobbits, I like to do sports such as basketball and volleyball in my free time. I always do sports with my classmates on weekends, as a result, our friendship becomes more and more firm. In addition, I also learn a lot from it such as teamwork and sportsmanship. Whenever there is a competition, I always try my best to win the first prize. Before the competition, I always practice again and again to become more skilled in order to win the competition. Although not every time we win the first prize, I never complain about it. I always make self-examination and continue practicing. Therefore, I got perseverance from the experience. From then on, whenever I get poor grades, I never give up. Instead, I study harder than before.
  As a class leader for one year in my senior high school days, I think I have the competence of leadership. I have capability of making others willing to obey my instructions. Moreover, I can make a good decision for my class when there is a problem happens in my class. Although sometimes there are debates, I always listen to my classmates’ voice and express my thoughts clearly. I always have orderly plans. This competence enables me to do things in a regular way. For example, before studying, I always plan a schedule about when and what I should study. And this makes me able to study efficiently without being worried about what I miss to read.
  I’m a responsible person. I like to do things in efficient ways. Whenever I’m assigned a task, I always accomplish it as soon as possible. Because I understand how priceless time is, I never put off what I can do today until tomorrow.

Future Perspective

With the beautiful campus, professional teachers and wonderful facilities, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology is an ideal university I have been longing for. I’ll still choose English as my major in college, for I have developed an interest in English from taking different English-related courses in senior high school. After graduating from college, I may pursue a career like an English teacher or an interpreter. Both of these two jobs require a variety of knowledge and a better command of English. Moreover, I want to speak English fluently and talk to people face to face bravely, so I want to take the courses about training students’ oral speaking skill. I believe the excellent faculty and the perfect facilities in your school will help me polish my English ability a lot, so I aspire to be admitted to your school. In the future, I’ll try my best to achieve my goal step by step.

Conclusion

As mentioned above, I think I have prepared well in my high school.  I know learning English is not easy and English can not be learned well within a short time. However, I believe that if I do my best, my effort will pay off at last.