Blog Post 3

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow would probably be one of the biggest days in my brother's life. He is going to take the exam for enrolling into a Taiwanese college. This is his second year of taking this test, as last year, even though he got into one of the top colleges in the top departments, Electrical Engineering in NCTU, and Electronics Engineering, also in NCTU. These probably are dream departments and dream colleges for people, however, after studying the material for around a week, my brother decided that he does not like this subject, and didn't see a future for himself if he stuck with these departments. He then decided to go on a not returnable path that was, horrid, I would say. He had to go to a cram school that specialized for the people who decided to retake the college enrollment test like my brother did. However, it was in Taipei, so he had to live alone in a place he did not know at all, and had to be a lot more independent. The scariest part to me, was that he wasn't able to see the sun at all on the days that he had class, which was from Monday to Saturday. He had to leave his apartment at 6 AM, before the sun came up, and left the cram school at 10 or 11 PM, when the sun has already long set. And in the cram school, students were forbidden to talk or chat with anyone, even during breaks between classes. One of the hardest things that I thought was to be able to control himself, when most of his friends have went on into college, made new friends, and were enjoying freshmen year a lot, posting pictures on Facebook. It would be a life that I don't think I would be able to endure, but my brother made it, and tomorrow, and the day after that, are the two most important days in his life. I wish him the best!