About Chinese Class
My experience in Chinese is relatively shorter compared to most of my classmates in Chinese 2, since this is my first year at Logan. However, I think it has been very beneficial and helpful. Even though this is just Chinese 2 and the material learned isn't as advanced as Chinese 3 or 4, it provided lots of practice for fluency and has given me lots of confidence for conversing with others who may not always be comfortable conversing in English.
Some memorable things would be making review booklets (when it's not done last minute) and watching videos and slides that our classmates create. The biggest thing I learned in Chinese would be how to write things. I always knew how to speak and understand but when it comes to writing and reading I had no clue! After given much practice and tasks, writing and reading have become much easier. The easiest thing to learn would be knowing the words, since sometimes you know what they mean but at the same time they could be the hardest thing to learn because you also have to remember how to write them. I think generally the homework isn't too difficult. Of course sometimes it was tedious (like Hanzi for example) but they weren't great in difficulty.
The most interesting lesson would be the most admired Chinese American project. It gave lots of insight to modern influential and inspiring figures of our time. Dulaoshi is a very nice and caring teacher who really hopes for the future of her students and some advice I would give to DuLaoshi would be to give less presentations or not having to present every single thing we do. Typically before an exam, I would scan through the words and pick out the ones I'm not too familiar with and study them a bit more. The Gimkit practice quizzes also helped a lot.
After I graduate high school, I do plan on continuing the study of Chinese, mainly so it'll be easier to learn Japanese, but also creating the possible opportunity for me to work for Mihoyo in China.
Some memorable things would be making review booklets (when it's not done last minute) and watching videos and slides that our classmates create. The biggest thing I learned in Chinese would be how to write things. I always knew how to speak and understand but when it comes to writing and reading I had no clue! After given much practice and tasks, writing and reading have become much easier. The easiest thing to learn would be knowing the words, since sometimes you know what they mean but at the same time they could be the hardest thing to learn because you also have to remember how to write them. I think generally the homework isn't too difficult. Of course sometimes it was tedious (like Hanzi for example) but they weren't great in difficulty.
The most interesting lesson would be the most admired Chinese American project. It gave lots of insight to modern influential and inspiring figures of our time. Dulaoshi is a very nice and caring teacher who really hopes for the future of her students and some advice I would give to DuLaoshi would be to give less presentations or not having to present every single thing we do. Typically before an exam, I would scan through the words and pick out the ones I'm not too familiar with and study them a bit more. The Gimkit practice quizzes also helped a lot.
After I graduate high school, I do plan on continuing the study of Chinese, mainly so it'll be easier to learn Japanese, but also creating the possible opportunity for me to work for Mihoyo in China.
About High school life
This is my first year at Logan and I think it was a pretty fun experience, especially since the last two years we have been pretty deprived of human interaction and socialization. Being back creates great opportunities for meeting new people, some whom may be the bestest friends you'll ever make, and also creating new experiences and memories that really are specific and special to the time of high school.
Some things that are interesting would be just the transition from middle school to high school. Many things change and more things stay the same! The leap is big but at the same time not too different. I think I've made an effort to reach out to more people and trying to be more inclusive than how I may have been before. It's not a bad change.
I'm in band which takes up most of my time. I would highly recommend band because we have marching seasons. From what you may hear, marching season seems daunting and tiring (which it is, no lies there) but it teaches you discipline and priorities. Throughout the season, you experience many great emotions and memories that you would only experience through marching band competitions. Also because of how much time band people spend together, the bonding that happens runs very intricate and deep and sometimes you make your life friends there.
Some things that are interesting would be just the transition from middle school to high school. Many things change and more things stay the same! The leap is big but at the same time not too different. I think I've made an effort to reach out to more people and trying to be more inclusive than how I may have been before. It's not a bad change.
I'm in band which takes up most of my time. I would highly recommend band because we have marching seasons. From what you may hear, marching season seems daunting and tiring (which it is, no lies there) but it teaches you discipline and priorities. Throughout the season, you experience many great emotions and memories that you would only experience through marching band competitions. Also because of how much time band people spend together, the bonding that happens runs very intricate and deep and sometimes you make your life friends there.