My school schedule:
Monday: Chinese Class, Study in the Library, Fine Arts then PE.
Tuesday: Practical Chinese, Traveling Taiwan, Calligraphy, Music, Intro to Culture Shock, and Chinese conversation.
Wednesday: Cross Culture Interaction, PE, Chinese Food, Chinese Origami, Night Market Culture, and Houscraft. (wtf is that?)
Thursday: Chinese Class, then Drawing for the rest of the day.
Friday: Mahjong, Chinese Tounge Twisters and Balloon making, PE, Chinese Pop Songs, English Class (to help others to learn), and Nail decorating.
How freaking awesome is this? Other than learning Chinese absolutely none of it is academic. This year is going to be so fun. :D Balloon making? Mahjong? Chinese food? You can't say you're not jealous. :D I was scared this school year would be stressful with math and science but this way I'm really just learning Chinese, Taiwan culture, and random fun stuff! Sweet!
I'm about to leave to go to a barbecue for one of the exchange student's birthday. Gonna spend the night there and explore Taipei tomorrow. :] My goodness, it's gonna be hard to leave this place.
Oh! And I gave my speech for the Rotary! They all were very pleased with my Chinese even though it wasn't very good. xD They're all very nice. Now time to prepare for the speech at school. Heh. ^^;
Who are you taking these classes with? Will it just be you and the two other exchange students at your school, cuz that wouldn't teach you too much Chinese! Are you telling me that some Taiwanese high school students are going to take a class on "Chinese Pop Music" with you??!!! (And nail decorating!!)
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Mom
Honestly, in the long run, who remembers the academics from High School anyway? At best they inspire you in a direction that you can then study in college.
ReplyDeleteThen again, if high school is your highest level of learning, perhaps the academics you get there stick more. Or, they don't, because there was a reason education ended at 17.
I'm babbling.
So, are they integrating you in the Taiwanese regular classes? Or is this what the Taiwanese kids are studying? I'll bet they grow up with mad balloon skills.