Today Zhao Laoshi told us that during Zhongqiu Jie, The Mid-autumn Festival, we have three days off. The festival falls next Wednesday to Friday. Later she explained that we have to make up for this, and will therefore have classes the following weekend. Our week-long holiday is during the first week of October, connected with the celebration of China's national day. Due to that holiday, we will have to spend another weekend in the classroom. This is definately a cultural difference, Chinese people work hard, and we should learn from them.
As I wrote before, the pace is fast and we learn a lot. All classes are taught in Chinese and the students have to explain as good as they can if they have a question. This especially makes the spoken language improve rapidly, which facilitates the daily life.
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| Frontgate of BLCU. Teaching Building No. 1, where I have all my classes. |
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| Zhao Laoshi |
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| Monday-Friday from left to right. White+blue=school days, pink=holiday |
Hi,
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