Causes and Effect

What makes you got an A in college.

Thesis Statement:
There are many causes can make you get an A, such as review before the test (1), join study group (2), and make everything organnized(3).

1st Topic statement:
Review before the test can make you get an A in that course.
Supporting detail:
The hour exam and finnal exam take an big part in grading policy.
It makes you review for old knowledges.

2nd Topic statement:
Joing some study group will get you an A.
Supporting detail:
In addition, homework and other assigment are also important in the grading policy, so study with others is more efficency way to correct your homework.

3rd Topic statement:
Making your everything organized will make you get an A.
Supporting detail:
Some times, ther are so many assigment due on differet date. So, it is very easy to miss some of them. Making your everything organzided help you to finnish the assigment on time and make sure you got the grade.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is one of the most historical festivals in Chinese history. There is also an interesting story about the origin of this festival.

Long long ago, there was a monster called " Xi". It lived in deep sea at most of time and only came to village at one night, which is the night before Chinese New Year now. The monster ate a lot of lives at that night and people escaped to caves to avoid it since the monster is too horrible. Until one year, people were just prepared to leave again, there was an old beggar came to this village. Because people are in hurry to leave, only an old granny who lived on the eastern side of the village gave some food to him and advice him to leave. The old beggar laughed and said, “If you let me leave in your house for one night, I promise I could drive off this monster." The granny agreed with doubt.

At that night, the monster Xi came again. It suddenly found the ambiance is different from last year: There were a lot of red paper on the door and when it passed through granny’s house, found the lights are all lighted. Then it entered the courtyard, frighten by the pong-pong sound from the fireworks and leave with great fear when it saw a man who wears red clothes came out.

On the second day, when people came back from the caves, they found that none of their livestock was killed. Finally, they found that beggar was actually a celestial being. When the villagers asked for reason, the fairy said, “the monster "Xi" is terrified of red color, light and fireworks." After that, the villagers continue this tradition to drive off the monster Xi and celebrate for their happiness.

Although it sounds not that reliable but nobody care, because we all love Chinese New Year. It give us an opportunity, to let the whole family meet together and make wishes for next coming year. The date of Chinese New Years changes every year, in this year, it was Feb 13. It makes me a little bit homesick, because this is the only year I couldn't celebrate with my family. But we did celebrate in United States with my friends. We meet together to make dumplings and we play games until late night