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Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight - Kenneth Wong - Department of Asian Studies

I used to go to university in Vancouver for 2.5 years while my young brother had flight against malignant lymphoma, and finally he died. I've never thought that I had such a horrible and the most difficult time in my life! He and his wife helped me in such a bad situation, and encouraged me to continue to study in Vancouver. I thank them a lot. 
One day, I asked him for proof-reading my essay assignment. He briefly read my essay, which I spent hours and hours and made best effort, however, told me one word: re-write if I were you.

I could not believe how he could say that after spending so much time?! Time is limited. I don't have time to re-write again! I was mad. But he was right. I could not get a good score on this essay. Why did he say that? What points I need to improve? What's the difference between his writing and mine?

I liked his hand-writing in script. He moved to Canada from Hong Kong when he was little, but he speaks English very fluently and I hardly tell him he is an immigrant. Looking at his writing, I cannot see his any difference from Canadian students in university. He is special. 

Now please look at his article and writing. You will know how smoothly you can read through. No effort. This is the good writing, which I could not write before. Or still I cannot write in that way, but I want to be a good writer rather than speaker. Please read his article and could find how much effort he made at schools.