Leria Liu Graduates: A Chinese High School Student's Diary of Life and Other Poems.

This is a fictional diary account of a senior high girl student from Tai'an, Shandong Province of China. This story is written so that people in America and China may know how close we are in some of our basic dreams, goals, and human/familial desires. The student is based on a composite number of students that I have met and taught here at Tai'an No. 1 Middle School (High School) from February 19, 2006 until June 23, 2006. Students in China study very hard during their high school years to be able to pass very competitive university exams. They also study long hours to become fluent in English. Chinese High School students usually spend twelve hours in classes per day for more than 3 years to prepare for their university exams.