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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it hasn’t yet been a week full of classes, it has been a week since I’ve arrived to Beijing. I was firstly amazed by how luxurious my “room” was. ACC students are located in what I believe is a hotel, so each pair of roommates are assigned one room. There’s AC, a full bed, and our own bathroom. It’s pretty nice. I did find it surprising that I haven’t been missing home that much, despite the fact that I couldn’t stop crying when my mom dropped me off at JFK airport. The first night I was so tired that I went straight to bed, and had things assigned for us to do. ACC hosted a lovely banquet for us, and I got a chance to meet the rest of the group. After taking the placement exam, I wasn’t sure what level I’d be placed in. I knew that I left second year Chinese at Williams not feeling so confident in my Chinese abilities, and after having taken the oral part of the placement, I didn’t feel any better. So when I found out that I placed into 3rd year, I was a bit shocked.<\/p>\n
However, after taking the language pledge and experiencing four days of ACC work, I now really believe that one day is worth a week at Williams. This place is pretty intense, and I guess my biggest worry is whether or not I’ll burn out. It hasn’t been a week and I find myself tired at 10:30 pm to the point where I go to sleep and wake up at 4:30 to finish the homework that’s due. Regardless, I’ve had a pretty good experience so far. All of the teachers here are so incredibly nice– some of them even worked at Williams before! I think it’s just that I have to \u00a0get used to ACC and the work. Last night was the first time I had to memorize 113 vocab words, which left me in shock because how can a person actually do that? Maybe \u00a0I’ll get used to it at some point within these two months.<\/p>\n
Also, cafeteria food is AMAZING. It’s like 11 kuai per meal which is less than 2 USD? Incredible. I love it. Well, tomorrow I have my first test. So I’ll see how that goes. \u542c\u5199 has so far not been going too well, but I expected that, haha.<\/p>\n
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Pic: I brought a friend along to China<\/p>\n
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While it hasn’t yet been a week full of classes, it has been a week since I’ve arrived to Beijing. I was firstly amazed by how luxurious my “room” was. ACC students are located in what I believe is a … Continue reading