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Daniel Miller 6/2/08
Most of us woke up around 6ish this morning to get ready for our first day of Chinese school. Classes started promptly at 7:20, although we were all a few minutes late. Everybody was impressed by the idea of students staying in the same room while teachers moved from class to class (much more efficient if you ask me). Although CA did well in the football game versus our exchange student’s classes, we had a slightly harder time with basketball. Many of us ate Chinese pizza while the rest went out for lunch during the hour long lunch break. After lunch, we had some time to hang out and go shopping until it was time for our exchange students to return to class. This time, rather than joining our exchange students in their classes, we went to a painting class. We left the class with mixed feelings, some of us found our artistic skills to be somewhat lacking.
After the painting class, we left our exchange student’s school to go to a university. The university sent several identical cars to pick us up, and we reached the university in about ten minutes. While at the university, we made dumplings, and challenged some students to another basketball game. This time, CA was clearly outmatched; while our players had the heart, they lacked the endurance or the teamwork that the Chinese students clearly had. Several hours later, we got a chance to eat our dumplings. While many were obviously not aesthetically up to par, they still tasted very good.
After our self-prepared meal, we were each invited to a party at Amos’s (Dorian’s exchange student) apartment complex. Everybody enjoyed the silly string, soda, music, and a good chance to hang out and chat. Unfortunately, I had to leave early at ten when my exchange student's father showed up.
Looking forward to a good nights rest,
Daniel Miller
Most of us woke up around 6ish this morning to get ready for our first day of Chinese school. Classes started promptly at 7:20, although we were all a few minutes late. Everybody was impressed by the idea of students staying in the same room while teachers moved from class to class (much more efficient if you ask me). Although CA did well in the football game versus our exchange student’s classes, we had a slightly harder time with basketball. Many of us ate Chinese pizza while the rest went out for lunch during the hour long lunch break. After lunch, we had some time to hang out and go shopping until it was time for our exchange students to return to class. This time, rather than joining our exchange students in their classes, we went to a painting class. We left the class with mixed feelings, some of us found our artistic skills to be somewhat lacking.
After the painting class, we left our exchange student’s school to go to a university. The university sent several identical cars to pick us up, and we reached the university in about ten minutes. While at the university, we made dumplings, and challenged some students to another basketball game. This time, CA was clearly outmatched; while our players had the heart, they lacked the endurance or the teamwork that the Chinese students clearly had. Several hours later, we got a chance to eat our dumplings. While many were obviously not aesthetically up to par, they still tasted very good.
After our self-prepared meal, we were each invited to a party at Amos’s (Dorian’s exchange student) apartment complex. Everybody enjoyed the silly string, soda, music, and a good chance to hang out and chat. Unfortunately, I had to leave early at ten when my exchange student's father showed up.
Looking forward to a good nights rest,
Daniel Miller
