Last year. It was the first time that I ever traveled out of the country alone. I was prepared and excited because I was given the opportunity to study something I love in a place where I would be immersed in Chinese every day. When I arrived in China, I had no idea what to expect. After I had settled into the dorms, my roommate showed me around the...

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Anyone with even the smallest desire to learn Chinese should. Chinese is a unique language that has been spoken for a very long time. Where I live, which is in the United States, there are many Chinese people, but surprisingly not a lot of people who have the desire to learn Chinese or even think about going to China. They either have prejudices about how china will be or...

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I felt left behind. Almost everyone I knew began doing programs over the summer, except for me. The only thing I had planned was going swimming four hours a day, studying for SAT and somehow returning to China. I thought it might be a good idea to sign up for an internship to get an experience in a career field that I possibly will pursue in the future. I...

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