My first time to US

My first time been to U.S. was in 2007 when I was a high school student. My high school has a friendly exchange program with La Salle High school in Pasadena California, so I was able to visit U.S. with my classmates and teachers as a visitor. We visited a lot of in U.S. and had a lot of fun.

The first place we arrived at was San Francisco; the weather there was really impressive. When I walked out of the airport, the weather outside so comfortable that I couldn't believe it was in February. The temperature was about 25 degree C; the air was wet and full of smell of earth; the palm trees with dew on their leaves beside the road are really pleasant... Actually I was half-dead when I was looking at the Statue of Liberty by boat on the sea because of the cold... Anyway, I love San Francisco mostly because of the weather. Another place we visited in San Francisco was the Golden Gate Bridge. The feeling of standing by sea and let the salty wind to blow your hair is great. Actually, at Golden Gate Bridge, I took a very nice photo which I think is good( although my friends think I looks silly).

And then, we visited a lot of famous museums, Libraries and Research Centers. My favorite one among them is NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I had dreamed to be there since I was really young. I had read about NASA and its achievements from the book for thousand times. On 2007, finally, I had a chance to be there for myself. There, I saw a lot of fascinating pictures taken by man-made satellite and space shuttle, a lot of models for planet detector and rockets. They are wonderful.

The last thing that I like is not a single place; it is the American Education System. For my personal view, it is the best Education System around the world. The education I had in the past was like: you are asked to copy everything in the book to your head without personal opinion and all your grade, effort for years and even your destiny is decided only by one exam. School is just like the factory to "standardize" people. But here, is much better, students are asked to study on their own; they are allowed to challenge the authority; their grade is based on everyday efforts. All in all, I think the most important point is: the schools are not asking students learning things, they ask students study things instead. I found this after visiting Le Shalle high school, Blair high school, Stanford University and other schools in US. Finally, I made my decision: to study in U.S. That's why I'm here.
(BTW: the picture in the left is from a Lab in a high school that ask people to take care. It's very funny, isn't it?)