Julie Wang

As a student, it is absolutely normal for us to feel some kind of pressure. In my opinion, peer pressure is a major kind of pressure, and it is usually caused by competitions between students.

For human beings, the need of competing is essential in our daily life. By competing with others, you can see the spots which still needs improvement, thereby can be a motivation to reach a goal. For students, the things we are competing are usually grades or personalities, and the feeling that “somebody else is better than you” is not that comfortable. Therefore, students will work hard and try to be better than someone else on some exams or other events.

For me, I deeply felt peer pressure when a test is coming. I might worry whether I will be able to have a better grade than my classmates. Not only was I thinking that way near exams, but most students all felt that kind of pressure. That’s also one of the reasons why students are so nervous and hectic before an exam.

Peer pressure might be a good thing since it allowed us to work harder and set goals for ourselves. However, too much peer pressure can also be negative on a student. If the student fails to compete over other students, he might feel depressed or unhappy because of this. So what we should do as a student, is to try to balance the two sides of peer pressure, have goals and work hard but don’t the pressure affect your mood.

Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks are the two teams in the finals of the eastern conference. At first, Bucks leaded by series 2:0 to the Raptors. However, Raptors won back the points by playing extraordinarily well in the following matches. It ended the conference finals by 4:2 to the Bucks. Therefore, it successfully proceeded to the finals and it will play against the Warriors

During the match on May 26, it was actually a miracle that Raptors won at last. At first, the Bucks leads by more than ten points. The Raptors tried to chase back the points, but all failed at last. Until the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bucks still leads by ten points. However, the Raptors successfully chases back by leading 15:2 in the fourth quarter. Although the Bucks chases back to 18:29 at last, they still couldn’t change the result of the match. The Bucks, which is the highest standing in the eastern conference in the regular matches, failed to proceed to the finals.

For the Raptors, it has been a long time since they reached to the final of NBA. Is it possible that they grabbed the championship out of the Warriors? Let’s wish them good luck in the final.

In the numerous NBA teams, my favorite team is the Milwaukee Bucks. In this season, Bucks seems to be in a perfect condition. It went in the Playoff season as the top of the eastern conference. It then proceeded to the conference semi-finals by leading series 4:0 to the Detroit Pistons. After that, it continued for the conference finals by leading series 4:1 to the Boston Celtics. And now, it is still playing in the conference finals and leads 2:1 to Toronto Raptors.

The Bucks is playing extraordinarily well in this season. Thanks to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the most important player in the team, Bucks is rising above the other teams and shining with it’s unique light. As a young and inexperience team, it is indeed very hard to achieve what Bucks had achieved right now.

However, in the recent matches on 05/20, which is the Bucks versus Raptors, Bucks didn’t seem that powerful as before. The Raptors won by 118:112, and Antetokounmpo only gets 12 points, while Leonard from the Raptors gets 36 points. Bucks have another match against the Raptors tomorrow morning. Can they proceed to the finals and compete with the Warriors? Wish them good luck in their following matches.

Speaking of high school, I am very excited about the experiences I’m about to receive. The best high school experience I want to have is the freedom to choose classes by ourselves.

In the elementary school and middle school, everyone has the same time schedule and same classes to be in. When we were young and don’t really have our own opinion of things, it might be a pretty good idea. However, in high school, it is actually a waste of time.If we have the freedom to choose classes on our own, we can choose to have classes and go deeper in the field we are interested in. On the other hand, we don’t have to waste time on the area which we think is unnecessary.

For me, if I get to choose classes in high school, I will include more sessions on biology and medicine. Since I wanted to be a doctor when I grow up, it would be better for me to learn more knowledges in high school. And maybe I will reduce the number of sessions on history or politics. Since everyone is unique and special, I think that it is unfair for everyone to take the same classes. And I hope I can get to choose classes, which is the best high school experience I want to have.

The NBA matches have now proceeded to the conference finals. The teams from the eastern conference are Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors. The teams from the western conference are Golden States Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers. Warriors have already proceeded to the finals by the series 4:0  to Trail Blazers.