This post has a Chinese version below. Feel free to test your Chinese by reading the Chinese version first!
Hello—nice to meet you! I’m a new member of the Skritter community, and I am currently interning as a marketing assistant.
My name is 尹东娥 (YǐnDōngÉ), and I am a junior from East China Normal University (华东师范大学 or ECNU), where my major is Public Administration. You can also call me by my English name, Cacairl. Is it an unusual name? It’s my creation—the integration of double “cat” with “girl,” omitting the double “t” and the letter “g.” I selected this name because I believe a successful woman resembles a cat, for a cat can be clever, submissive and vivacious. It may favor some individuals, especially its owner, but a cat never loses its own character. When it needs silence, a cat will conceal itself to think deeply, and no matter what you do to lure it away, it will remain quiet. A charming girl is like a cat, and I want to be that girl!
During my first two years of college, I wanted to be a professor of education because I found this field of study important and interesting. I met a professor in this field who taught me a lot, and I worked as his research assistant first. Then, I attempted to formulate my own research projects, of course with assistance from this professor and other faculty members. Although I devoted much time and effort to these research projects, during the second half of my sophomore year, I realized that I do not enjoy research. At the end of last year, I decided to stop my research efforts because I had read many academic texts and discovered that they are too theoretical for my taste. Furthermore, most studies’ results seem quite similar and their suggestions do not work well. Even more significantly, I do not enjoy the academic atmosphere in China. Becoming a professional academic is no longer my goal. I don’t regret my decision because this was an invaluable experience, and now I know what I truly want to pursue.
Now, I’m a member of the Skritter community, which I find quite useful. To be honest, as a native speaker, I always confuse the tones of certain Chinese characters, and I occasionally write some characters out of order, but Skritter can be helpful in these aspects. In addition, Skritter improves my handwriting, for these characters are 楷书 kǎishū (standard handwriting script in China), if you observe carefully how Skritter writes a Chinese character. The blog is interesting, and we can express our opinions about Skritter freely. In summary, Skritter continually strives to improve its services to consumers in various ways. I hope a Web site about learning English for native Chinese speakers will feature a blog like this as well!
Finally, as a native speaker, I’m pleased to help you to solve your difficulties in learning Chinese！
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Study this post’s Chinese vocabulary in Skritter (add to your queue):
尹东娥 – YǐnDōngÉ, a personal name
华东师范大学 – Huádōng Shīfàn Dàxué – East China Normal University
楷书 – kǎishū (standard handwriting script in China)
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Chinese Version: You can study the words from this post in Skritter.
Cacairl, Skritter 的一个新成员
大家好，很高兴认识你们！我是Skritter的一个新成员，作为一名市场助理在这实习。
我叫尹东娥，来自于华东师范大学，今年大三，我的专业是公共事业管理。你也可以叫我的英语名字Cacairl, 是不是没听过呢？这是我的创造，它有“猫”和“女孩”两个英语单词组合而成，省略了“猫”中的“t”字母和“女孩”中的“g”字母，因为我觉得一个成功的女人应该像一只猫咪，猫有时聪明，有时温顺，有时可爱，它们也会对人示好，尤其是它的主人，但它永远不会失去自己的个性。当猫需要安静的时候，它会躲进自己的世界若有深思，无论你怎么诱惑，它都无动于衷。一个有魅力的女孩应该像一只猫，我想成为那样的女孩。
在我大学的前两年，我想成为一个教育领域的教授，那时我觉得教育研究很重要也很有趣，我也认识了一位教育领域的教授，他让我受益匪浅，开始时，我作为他的研究助手，后来，我也自主展开研究，当然我得到了这位教授和其他一些老师的帮助。尽管我为研究付出了很多，但去年下半年，我开始觉得自己并不喜欢研究，去年年末，当我读完很多学术文章后，觉得这些学术文章都很理论，它们的研究结果也很类似，而且它们提出的建议很难解决实际问题，最重要的是，我不喜欢国内的学术氛围，所以我决定不再做科研了，成为一个学术型的教授再也不是我的目标了，对此，我一点都不后悔，因为那些经历教会了我很多东西，而且让我明白了什么才是我最想要的。
现在，我成为Skritter的一员，我觉得Skritter真的很有用。诚实地说，作为母语就是汉语的人，我也经常搞不清楚一些字的声调，但Skritter在这方面可以很好的帮助你。另外，因为Skritter上的汉字都是楷书，如果仔细观察它是怎么写一个汉字的，那它能提高书写水平的。Skritter的博客也很有趣，大家都可以在博客上对Skritter畅所欲言，总之，Skritter通过多种途径来改善服务，我多么希望给我们中国人学英语的网站也有这样的服务呀。
最后，作为汉语为母语的中国人，我很乐意和你一同解决学习中的困难。
(This has been posted by Doug due to blogger being inaccessible in China.)