My third essay Direction : Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer, once said, " we decide what is important and what is trivial in life; we decide what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We chose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about." Do you agree or disagree with him? Write an essay of about 250 words. My essay: Ambition Joseph Epstein said," Forming our own destiny is what ambition is about." Is amibition so important to people as it was so cracked to be? In my opinion, granted, ambition does exert a profound influence on people, our destiny is formed by a more complicated mix of factors. The first factor is our family. From the food we are fed, to the education we are prepared to get, We have all those in the first life phase thanks to our family. Second, apart from the influence of family background, people's efforts and health also make a difference. Even though we make up our mind to be somebody, for example, a most decorated Olympic athelet, we still need to be persistent, humble, sober, and make every effort for the games and keep ourselves in ride health. If we fail to do that, we will fall short if our goals no matter how ambitious we are. Furthermore, just as family background, efforts, health are pivotal, so too the luck we are endowed with is undeniably necessary for us to play our cards right. To sum up, It is not only ambition that inform our life destiny. Complicated as life is, it is influenced by many facets of what are in people's life. However, all in all, we should humbly double our efforts so as to live a happier life. The essay in the picture is an example for it in the book. But I think it is not good as it doesn't suit what Epstein really means. Am I the one who got it wrong?

My fourth short essay Essay request: Some people think that financial disparity affects friendship. What do you think? Write an essay about it. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. ( I think my essay reflects wrong values, but I still want to make it better written. P.S It's always more of a struggle for me to think about the essay points than to use better expressions, and I don't know how to improve that .:(( My essay: Financial Disparity Affects Friendship Some people may think that friendship is nothing to do with financial conditions. But in my opinion, just as the locations of our houses and consumption levels diverge according to our incomes, so too who we friend is aligned with how much we earn. What water is to fish, communication is to friendship, but due to financial disparity, the dwindling common topics between the two individuals get in the way of communication. What the one takes seriously concerns of may be what the other rarely cares about. Besides, people live in different districts because of different house prices. People of financial disparity usually live far from each other, which makes it more inconvenient to see each other. Furthermore, activities they are interested in and able to afford can be fewer and fewer.This hinders them more chances to be closer. As Oscar Wilde once said, " romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed." Financial disparity means different concerns, interests, and entertainments people have in their life, so it does affects friendship.

My second short essay What I Have Learned from My years at University What sculpture is to a block of marble, university life is to a human soul. What my years at university left for me abound, but three stand out. Looking back on those years with nostalgia, I'm proud of the knowledge and skills I gained at university. The certificates I had won brought me about the chances to have interviews in big companies. Skills, like organizing and hosting big evening parties, coupled with raising funds, make me prominent among a flood of job seekers. Furthermore, leaving parents for university is not so much a liability as an asset for me to be more independent. I grappled with the chore and homesickness as well, juggled schoolwork and taking care of myself. It is Those days that makes me more of an adult than the age. Last but not the least, my years at university were packed with love and care from my friends there. Just as knowledge, skills, and independence make a remarkable difference to my future, so the support from friends is necessary for me to play cards right. Gone are those days when I was at university, but they left me too much which is worth a lifetime to appreciate.

What language are you most interested in?

Regardless of how popular or useful it is, what language are you most interested in learning? 

Mine is Arabic. I always find it very beautiful and mysterious. I never know anyone in my life who can speak that. It's amazingly cool.

My diary on 8/23/2016 I found I have some problems stating about simple things, so I'd like to record what I did today. Today I went to the local hospital because I have felt the pain in my chest since June. I forgot to take my physical examination report I had got from my last medical examination. But the doctor was very kind and he said I just need more rest. However, I'm actually on the summer break and I sleep like all day. How can I have bad rest? It's very confusing. Then I used didi, China's equivalent of uber, to go to the local bureau of human resource and social insurance to apply for the 'citizen card', but only to be told I could get the card after I get the medical insurance here. So I used the didi to call a cab again to come back home. I only spent 5 yuan on all the distance, which was incredibly cheap.

Sentences that are confusing me 1.He says that while "mediocrity, as a goal, sucks... as a result, is OK". What does this sentence mean? 2.It goes some way to explaining Italy's fabled la dolce vita - its famously laidback lifestyle. How do I use' It goes some way to' ? Could you give examples? 3.More recently he noticed that a lot of the advice people were looking for was for issues that weren't really problems at all Rather, they were worrying about their achievements, about not excelling or standing out in their chosen field. What does 'rather' mean here? Is it the same with 'moreover or furthermore'? can the latter replace rather in this sentence? Thank you very much!

Can you recommend magazines which are worth reading ?

Actually I'm reading the Economist every day and I found it very inspiring.

i hope to read more articles talking about society problems or phenomena. It can be about ecnomomy, culture, politics or anything else.

im reading bbc news too, but it is just covering news without taking a stand or giving opinions. I hope to read others' point of view.

Thanks in advance.

Are there any wrong written in my comment? This is my comment on an answer on Quora. ''Behavior under pressure reveals who we really are" ran the answer. My comment: Sweeping point. Behavior under pressure does reveal people, yet also strain people who are under too much pressure, for which I wouldn't call it as revealing. Please help me revise what is above, I'd really appreciate your generosity and kindness.