A high school China immersion trip: students learn and practice their Mandarin Chinese, and examine China’s history and culture to help develop a better understanding of the country and its people.
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In China there are a great many things to see and do, if that be walking the Great wall, seeing the Forbidden City, or walking by the Olympic stadium. As we left Beijing and were on the plane to Chongqing, I did not know what to expect. It was a little Nerve racking, yet exciting at the same time. When we arrived at the school to meet our host family, I was a little bit scared and nervous. When my family arrived we said hello to each other, than it was silent all the way home. During the ride home to my host family’s house I thought of all of the things back home in Colorado and how different they might be. It turns out they were not that different from my family and me. They are kind; they always want me to be happy. They also make sure that I have no shortage of food. My host family is really generous, nice, and willing to give me an experience like no other. And I am ready to enjoy the experience.
My host mom is an English teacher and my host sister, who is in 11th grade is also very good at English. I have been having lots of noodles and tofu here in Chongqing, which is spicier than most food in America but is very good. Classes here are very large, with about 60 students, which is a big difference from Dawson. The food at the cafeteria here is really good and my host mom feeds me a lot of good food. The school campus is very nice and the students here are really welcoming. The campus and lifestyle – students and teachers having meals together at the restaurants on the street – remind me of a college campus. I’m really enjoying the trip so far.
Chongqing is in some ways different and in some ways similar to back home. For one, their education system is really different than the one in the US. It really has a lot of emphasis on the standardized tests, so students really work hard during the long school day and then after the day is over they keep working on homework, even all the way to midnight. In Chongqing my host family is really nice, which is not a difference from back home. They really try hard to make me feel like I’m in Colorado, often giving me lots of warm drinks, drying my hair, even buying lots of new toiletries in preparation for my arrival.
In China there are a great many things to see and do, if that be walking the Great wall, seeing the Forbidden City, or walking by the Olympic stadium. As we left Beijing and were on the plane to Chongqing, I did not know what to expect. It was a little Nerve racking, yet exciting at the same time. When we arrived at the school to meet our host family, I was a little bit scared and nervous. When my family arrived we said hello to each other, than it was silent all the way home. During the ride home to my host family’s house I thought of all of the things back home in Colorado and how different they might be. It turns out they were not that different from my family and me. They are kind; they always want me to be happy. They also make sure that I have no shortage of food. My host family is really generous, nice, and willing to give me an experience like no other. And I am ready to enjoy the experience.
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My host mom is an English teacher and my host sister, who is in 11th grade is also very good at English. I have been having lots of noodles and tofu here in Chongqing, which is spicier than most food in America but is very good. Classes here are very large, with about 60 students, which is a big difference from Dawson. The food at the cafeteria here is really good and my host mom feeds me a lot of good food. The school campus is very nice and the students here are really welcoming. The campus and lifestyle – students and teachers having meals together at the restaurants on the street – remind me of a college campus. I’m really enjoying the trip so far.
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Chongqing is in some ways different and in some ways similar to back home. For one, their education system is really different than the one in the US. It really has a lot of emphasis on the standardized tests, so students really work hard during the long school day and then after the day is over they keep working on homework, even all the way to midnight. In Chongqing my host family is really nice, which is not a difference from back home. They really try hard to make me feel like I’m in Colorado, often giving me lots of warm drinks, drying my hair, even buying lots of new toiletries in preparation for my arrival.
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