Organization development

Past experience of change

I was born in China, and left this country until I was 17. Then I went to Toronto for high school. That was the first time I left the country. I live with a homestay family. It was difficult at first. Moving to a new country alone, and live with a foreign family. Lucky for me, I met a lot of friends, they teach me a lot when I first go to high school. And I get used to the life in Canada. At that time, I do not worry about anything. For a teenager, leave their parents is the most exciting things in the world, nobody will restrain me. I can do what ever I want. Like many Chinese abroad student, we shopping a lot, buys luxury products, and show off. But one day, one thing changed my life. It was the last year of my high school. As usual, we went to a restaurant for dinner. After we finish the dinner and go to the parking lot, two tall black men came to us, they are wearing masks and have knives on their hands. Then they said, give me your phone and money. It was the most scared time in my life. My life is like a slide show, flashed in my mind. Luckily, none of us got hurt. They just took our money and phone. But this experience changed me, I stop buy luxury products and show off. And become very timid. It took me a long time to get through and forget this experience. All I want is leaving Canada. I tried to go back to china for university. But with a Foreign high school diploma, Chinese university will not accept me. After I finish my high school, I move to Los Angeles, for university.

I learned to treasure money, if we don’t act like an upstart, I don’t think they would rob us. I learned that life is so important, I can’t waste it.

Present experience of change

Right now I am a senior student. Things I learned in university is that you need to do every thing by your self. You have to chose class or every semester. But some class is so hard to enroll. When I missed the class I want, I will yearn the life in China. I would like to graduate soon. I miss my family very much, it is hard to live alone, especially when I am getting older, I realize the importance of family. But now the problem I am facing is that I miss my family, but I adapted to life in the United States. Chinese and American social structure is very different， in China you have to rely on the relationship, if you have a strong background, you can do a lot of impossible things, such as enrollment, if I did not choose to class I want, as long as my father spent some of the relationship, he can easily help me to choose the class. It makes me feel very convenient, but in America, you can not rely on a relationship to achieve your goal, everything must rely on yourself, if I did not chosen class I want, what should I do? You need to fill out the form, submit an application, and then wait for the results. This is the difference between the two countries culture. Good relationship means everything in China, if you have a good background relationship, you can do everything you want to do. In the United States, everything depends on your efforts. This caused me great distress, especially when I entered the senior, on the one hand I miss the convenience at the time of Chinese life, I can easily choose the courses I want to, I don’t need to worry about finding a job after graduation. But on the other hand, it makes American life full of hope, I do not need to obey the command of my parents, I can try to choose my favorite work. Being a senior is really a stressful period of time, I have to do a lot of choices, respectively, and responsibility. If I choose to return China after graduation, I may have to listen to my parents, and go to work in their company, it is up to I will lose freedom. If I choose to stay, that everything is on my own, finding a job is a very difficult thing. That is what I experience, full of contradictions and choices.

Future experience of change

In the future I will be faced with many choices, as I mentioned before, I have to choose whether return to China after graduation, or continue to try to find a job opportunity in the United States. I like to cook, and my dream is to own a restaurant, which will provide all my favorite foods. But my parents would think that become a chef, a restaurant owner is not ideal. They offer me to study abroad for so many years, they hope me to be able to graduate back to their company to help. I was faced with many choices, they may also conflict with my parents, if I obedient, I can go back have a privileged life. If I stick to my dreams, life will be very hard. I hope I can make the right decision before graduating.