英语作文:attending college at your expense

My College Years
Have you ever considered the changes that are taking place and will take place in your life as a college student?Has it ever occurred to you that your professors and other school personnel have certain goals for your growth and maturity during your college years?Has it ever dawned on you that certain developmental changes will occur in your life as you move from adolescence to young adulthood?As I turned to be a college student,I considered these questions a lot.I wanted my college life to be different from others.I tried to make every decision by myself,which means,I made my life rich and colorful,and full of uncertainties.
Truthfully,I had a tough time in college.There were many things disappointed me.During that time,I was helpless and depressed,as the world was painted with only one color----grey.Once,I was in a competition for class monitor.I felt like a lion that has great confidence.I never thought about the result because I knew it must be me.But,the real result was out of my expectation.I lost to another girl who I never treated as a competitor.Later when I went back home,I left myself in my room and fell into a deep thought.Why I lost it?I began to ask myself.Why I lost to the girl who may not better than me?Those questions kept showing.I couldn’t figure out.Suddenly,a sentence slipped to my mind.When you are going through a crisis,it often helps to talk to someone.So I began to send messages to my friend,asked her advice.She told me that the shyness may be the reason.The people who did not know me may confuse my shyness with unconcern.They may think that I am not easygoing and hard to be work with.It dawned on me that she was absolutely right this time.Although I lost the competition and I couldn’t forgot that terrible feelings,I learned from it.I know how to prevent it.
In addition,there is also happy time during my college life.At the beginning of my first year in college,I joined school’s volleyball team.At first,the reason I joined the team was just to build my body.But a couple weeks later,I changed my mind.The volleyball team was impressed me deeply by its strong active mood.Everyone there had the same passion for volleyball and the same strong mind to win the champion.We were not only teammates but also families.Although we hadn’t a gym in our college and we had to training during the burning summer and the freezing winter,we had never complained even a word.We trained harder and harder.Our arms were full of petechiae,our legs could not raise,but we still kept big smiles on our faces.Because we knew that we could improve ourselves after that hard training.I loved and still loving our volleyball team.In there,I realized that I could get happiness not only from a person but also from a team.I realized that if I pay more,the team would be better.Everyone’s effort could make the whole team stronger and stronger.Recently,we won the champions of league match of volleyball.Our feelings were hard to describe.In a word,passions and efforts make success.
The past two college years,I was through an identity crisis and was endeavoring to found out who I am and what my strengths and weaknesses are.It was hard to get clear of it,but after these two years,I know myself more and more.Because of the opportunities I had while attending college,I,like many other students,experienced a new understanding of the world and of myself.
College is designed to be a time of personal growth and expansion.At times it can be threatening.For certain,it is an experience that contributes to my growth and maturity.I think I was grown and I am still growing in my understanding of myself,others,and the world in which I live.

Nowadays, in some big cities, the government has built the college town. I have been to visit many college towns, I was so impressed by the beautiful environment. College town is the trend, because it has many good sides.
如今，在一些大城市，政府已经建立了大学城。我已经参观过很多大学城，那里美丽的环境给我留下了很深的印象。大学城是趋势，因此它有很多好处。
On the one hand, college town provides students all kinds of study sources. In the college town, there are many colleges, different colleges major in different subjects, as these schools are nearby, so the students can go to visit the schools and have communication with other students. They can share the opinion and experience.
一方面，大学城给学生提供了各种各样的学习资源。在大学城里，有很多大学，不同的大学注重不同的科目，由于这些学校离得很近，因此学生可以去参观这些学校，和其他的学生进行交流。他们可以分享意见和经验。
On the other hand, the college town is always far away from the downtown, so it creates a quiet environment for students to study. When I went to visit the college town in Guangzhou, I was impressed by the clean and quiet environment. In some schools, many commercial shops have moved into the campus, which distract the students from study. But the college town pays attention to the study phenomenon.
另一方面，大学城总是远离市区，因此它给学生创造了一个安静的环境来学习。当我去参观广州的大学城时，我对那里干净和安静的环境留下了很深的印象。在一些学校，很多商业店搬进了大学校园，这会让学生从学习上转移注意力。但是大学城很注重学习的环境。
I appreciate the college town’s study phenomenon and its clean environment. In the future, more and more college towns will be built.
我欣赏大学城的学习环境和它干净的环境。在将来，会建造更多的大学城。