Weifang School

So now we have arrived in Weifang middle school. The campus is humongous and it is even hotter here than in Beijing. We arrived here last night at around midnight. I was extremely tired, because earlier that day we climbed up the Great Wall of China and went bargain shopping again. In a way I really love bargain shopping. But sometimes the sellers can be very persistent, TOO persistent. The reason why I like bargain shopping is because most of the sellers are very friendly to Americans. That’s probably because they assume we have more money, but besides that I enjoy their kindness. They kept assuming that I was ABC (American born Chinese) I have never been told I look Chinese before my bargain shopping. One person even told me that my English was very good! So they assumed I was actually from China? That’s funny.

Climbing the great wall was a great challenge! (bad joke?) Alex and I went all the way up to the 4th checkpoint. The view was fantastic. When I look back at that event, I feel in a way humbled to stand on something that has been so old, and something that means so much to Chinese history.

The dorms here in Weifang middle school are really nice. They look better than the dorms at my college I am attending next year! We received many convenient items, including soap, shampoo, combs, mosquito spray, and other things. we have air conditioning in each room, which is such a relief! I was scared to sleep last night though in my room because I’m not familiar with the campus at all. It feels like we are in the middle of nowhere.

I met my Chinese partner today. He is really shy. He doesn’t seem to want to talk to me much, his classmates have told me that he is shy because he is very bad at English. I don’t mind that if he is bad at the language, but I would appreciate him trying harder to communicate with me. ”I’m running to class right now, I will type more later”

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