VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Introduction
Hi I’m Shino, I’m 15 years old and I was born in Tokyo, Japan, but I grew up in Shanghai. I have lived here since I was 6 years old, so I have studied at school in Shanghai until now but I hope to study in New Zealand for high school. I love listening to music and playing drums, and I love animals especially dogs. My favourite subject at school is English because I think it is very fun and interesting. At my Japanese school in China, we study very simple English so I really want to learn daily spoken English because I think it is more useful for me, so I want to go to New Zealand.

Strengths
I think that I have very good socials skills, maybe because I really love talking to people and making new friends. My friends say that I am very generous, and always happy to give to others. When I am very interested in something, I can work hard to achieve my goals.

Weaknesses 
Sometimes I think I am lazy and don’t want to spend all of my time working, and I also sometimes procrastinate, but I know that these are my problems and I am trying to fix them as soon as possible.

Why choose this school?
International students, new facilities, big city is familiar.

The reason I chose this school is that there are many international students which makes me feel much more comfortable because I think that I will have more in common with them. Secondly, this school has new facilities so I think studying there would be more comfortable and efficient. Thirdly, Auckland is a big city so I think it will be more familiar to me because I have always lived in big cities like Tokyo & Shanghai.