For this weekend my Chinese teacher assigned us the project of writing our entire weekly schedule in Mandarin characters.  When I look at the schedule I made,  I realize that I can actually read, from memory, almost every character I wrote.  I made a weekly schedule including all my classes, then below it there is a paragraph describing my favorite and least favorite classes.

It’s hard for me to believe I have lived here in China for almost 2 years and looking back I feel I’ve come a long way in my language learning, thanks to Wen Lao Shi (Mrs. Wen), my Chinese teacher!