The first reaction for the United States

I came to the United States first time to study abroad, and I stay at SIUC now. Before I came here, I had various prejudice toward the United States. For example, I thought that anywhere in the United States is very dangerous, because I often heard news about robber, terrorism, murder and so on in Japan. Also my friend who traveled the United States for 2 weeks said "There are crasy people there." Therefore I imaged the United States isn't a peace country. However, I found it's not truth and the prejudice was disappeared. Since I came to the United States, I have met a lot of great people. They're always so kind to me. Also I like here because this country is safer than I thought, and now I live in Neely Hall so comfortably. Then I went to various places in Illinois every weekends. The places are so nice and there is nature so much wherever I go. I have never been to anywhere in the United States except Illinois so I'd like to go to all states and love the United States more.

introduce :)

Hi.
My name is Yui.
I'm from Osaka, Japan.
My majoring is linguistics in Japan.
I'll stay SIUC until next May.
I like SIUC and I enjoy school life here.
Nice to meet you!