Now，everything has come to a nice end．My first as well as the last school trimester in Iowa has ended．The memories are still fresh as if the whole thing just happened a moment ago lasting for only a see-ond．I can still remember the first day when I came to this entirely news chool．The feelings of the unfamiliarity and is olation on that day still haunt me in heart．I would not believe that I could be used to this school achieving a good grade if I had not really made it．Every thing ended unbelievably．Seeing the transcript with“A”mark for each course，an extraordinarily triumphant feeling sprang up in my mind．No one could understand such a complicated emotion except for me be-cause the arduousness and the difficulties I had once encountered were tremendous．I made effort and struggled with my best ability．Now，I obtained unexpected gains．
The most impressive as well as the most challenging class for mews American Study．So-called American Study refers to the odyssey of American history．It was the only social study course that I had taken there．At the start of the school year，I was almost frightened by the so-phisticated and confusing social background as well as the quantities of bizarre vocabularies．Very fortunately for me，I had a good friend comes form Taiwan a few months earlier，I-Chau．She helped me out almost everything in class．For the first several months，I worked late and stayed up every night．With the bright moon coming up high in the dark sky，loneness and solitude made me feel like crying for a couple oftimes under the dim light of lamp．The pages had been wrinkled by my fingers turning over and over．Although the final transcript was graded with only a B+，at least I felt an unprecedented fullness in my heart．I vowed to myself to gel an A for the last trimester here however the challenge would be．And I did．To me,it really meant a lot．I think it couht be a breakthrough in my school years or even my life．It signifi-cantly increased my confidence and it could always be an encourage-ment for me in the future when I face the challenge．Though I came across lots of setbacks and difficulties throughout studying American study，I found that the hardship only made me stronger leaving me with an invaluable wealth and fortune that couldn’t be calculated in terms of money．