What listening and composition class have taught me

I am a student of Fiona Liu's listening class. One of her assignments is that, we must remember hundreds of words every week.
When I was young, I hated to remember the vocabulary. Ever since the teacher wanted us to remember words, I did it unwillingly. Since I attended this course, I've learned how to remember a large amount of words. The tip is to get used to do it. I am now preparing for the toefl exam. I can easily remember plenty of words in one day. That is helpful to me. I even can't imagine that one day I will be happy to remember vocabulary. Thus I appreciate Fiona who really is a great teacher.
Last week, we had to finish the essay and then submitted to the criterion. The score I got is 4. I wasn't quite satisfied when I first saw the score. Then I saw the suggestions and the corrections on the website. I was totally upset. I was not that good in writing as matter as a fact. I corrected the article and then submitted in the second time, and then I got 5. Finally I know the weakness of my essay. And that also helped a lot for me to prepare the toefl exam. Thanks for Shelly for teaching us how to write an essay.
During these days of the learning, I encourage myself to give much more efforts. I am not a genius, but I know that practice makes perfect. Never give up and keep going, Lillian!!!