Cái ấy của em

Cái ấy của em

Tức là cái ẹt sây em viết cho cái transfer application sang Bates... Theme là: Describe an issue of personal, national or international concern and its importance to you.

Bài này em viết có hơi bịa đặt tẹo ở đoạn đầu, khi viết về cái poll trên cái wẹp pệt, dưng mà các bác lược cho em cái chỗ ý, em bịa để viết cho dễ.
Bài này rất là quan trọng với em, các bác đọc rồi chỉ giúp em nhé. Đoạn cuối em thấy nó cứ lame thế nào ý, hìhì, muốn elaborate nữa nhưng mà hết chữ, với lại em chỉ có tối đa 500 từ thôi.
Tạ các bác ạ. cái ấy của em đây:

?oAfter graduation, will you go back to Vietnam and contribute to the development of the country.? For the five months I have been in the States, I have never stopped thinking about this question.
Recently, www.ttvnonline.net, one of the biggest Vietnamese web sites has polled Vietnamese overseas students. Out of more than 1000 who responded, only 100 are willing to go back and, of these, only 60 will return if a salary of US$2000+ per month is offered. In Vietnam, a country possessing one of the world?Ts lowest GDP levels, $2000/month is a salary about which one can only dream.
Money is not the only reason for the hesitation to go back. My friend, X, who is studying at Pennsylvania State University, wrote to me: ?oWell, I really want to go back, you know. But I?Tm afraid I would miss CNN and Saturday Night Live too much.? Talking about CNN and Saturday Night Live is just a way she humorously addresses the situation in Vietnam. xxxx (đoạn này xxx nên em hông pột lên được) Many who have remained outside the country for lengthy periods fear they might not ?ofit in? the situation well and might not be able to withstand the suppression one has to face in Vietnam.
The day before I came to America, sitting beside me near my grandfather?Ts grave, my father said quietly: ?oSo, you will come back. . . .? His tone made it sound like a question but also an answer. ?oI don?Tt know, Dad. What do you think?? He did not reply. But I knew his answer. Both my grandfather and my father had turned down the opportunities to go to a country with more freedom, believing that their children would be better off brought up with Vietnamese lullabies. I still remember vividly my father telling me many times: ?oRemember, Longatum, a person needs to know his roots. With millions of dollars, but without a motherland, you are still nothing.? So I grew up a Vietnamese and now I am grateful to them for their wise and bold decisions. I have in my heart a bond to my motherland, a small country with a great history. I know as a Vietnamese no matter where I am in the world I will be able to hold up head proudly. However, after experiencing so much suppression and confusion as a young Vietnamese, I want a life in a place where I will be able to speak my mind and find for myself opportunities to discover my potential. Being 20 years old, I want to follow the passions of my heart; but not only does my heart tell me to go back, it also tells me to leave. On the one hand it is the world freer than Vietnam I want to fully explore, but it is Vietnam that I would truly miss every single day.
As it turned out I found I could not respond to the website poll and its requirement of a yes/no, black/white response. For those who are willing to go back immediately after graduation, I have utmost respect, while at the same time being sympathetic with those who choose to stay on in America. I remain conflicted. I believe no textbook teaches better than life, and traveling is a very good way to learn, experience life and mature. I am interested in the world and I will travel as long as I can to learn as much as possible. And so, for now the solution to my conflict appears to be to remain outside Vietnam for several years longer than necessary for my formal studies, traveling and learning. In this way, I will be more knowledgeable and experienced, ready to make a stronger contribution when I do return to my homeland to stay.


BE YOUR SELF AS THOSE WHO MATTER DONT CARE AND THOSE WHO CARE DONT MATTER

Tớ vốn dốt viết lắm nhưng cũng góp ý tẹo nhớ. Tớ thấy Longatum viết hay phết nhưng mà hơi bị nhàm về cái đoạn free world ... Bọn nào từ China hay Việt Nam đi đều cũng viết như thế sợ là mất độc đi. Nhưng mà tớ cũng ko nghĩ ra cái mâu thuẫn nào "khủng khiếp" hơn là sự giằng xé giữa khát vọng được sống tự do, được sống với chính mình và cái gắn bó máu thịt với quê hương hic hic... theo tớ nên viết một cái gì giản dị hơn và more specific mí lại gắn một ít vào ngành học thì hay hơn nhỉ?