Topic 4: Where Choices Lead

I first came to Pacific American School when I was in ninth grade, before that I was in Taipei European School only for one semester. I chose Taipei European School because I thought TES could give me more opportunities of being a more diverse student such as more team sports, community service, internships, other extracurricular activities, and better school facilities. Coming to PAS, I lost of those opportunities, which were my opportunity costs. I still believed that TES could actually make me a more well rounded person. Sigh… I always lost my friends from TES by leaving there. Still, the main reason I transferred because I have to go down a grade in TES just because I’m younger. However, there were also some benefits by coming to PAS. The main one is that PAS is a small school so that each student can get attention from the teachers. Another benefit is that people here are more likely to go into better universities. After all, after analyzing the costs and benefits, I will still choose PAS, because I wouldn’t want to waste one more year in middle school. Also I had to attend the ESL class in TES, even though the materials are super easy, like those one taught in third grade.