I. Chinese Class Reflection
Your experience learning Chinese at Logan? Do you think you are learning enough? Is it useful? Why?
My experience is good. I go into Chinese already knowing how to say a few things pertaining to each unit, and the curriculum greatly expanded my knowledge. However, it doesn't feel like enough because it is only a fragment of what I need to feel comfortable conversing in the language. While learning a new language is always useful in some way, I personally don't find myself using what I learned in my day to day life very often. One memorable part of class this year was when Du Laoshi made us copy a pledge to stop talking so much during class.
What parts do you think are the easiest to learn?
As I've said in my Chinese 1 reflection, memorizing how to write Chinese characters is the most difficult part because I don't have thorough knowledge of the radicals, and I don't write the characters enough to commit them to memory (with the exception of the more common words). The easiest homework assignments were the Hanzi worksheets because they didn't require any brainpower. The unit test projects in which I made the slides and presentation video were the most difficult because it was a long, tedious process to make them. I think the lesson about buying things (unit 5) was the most interesting because of the student teacher. She made us do some fun in-class activities.
If you were to give some advice to your classmates, what would you tell them?
Do your work and don't procrastinate like I am right now, writing this reflection at 1:36 AM on the day it's due.
If you were to give the teacher some advice, what would you tell the teacher?
I think Du Laoshi is doing a great job. However, I think she should make the daily expressions a pair assignment because it would make presenting less awkward, thus more people would be inclined to do it. I also think the pairings for the cultural reports should not depend on people's seat partners in order to eliminate problems of someone's partner having already done it in the previous semester. That way, everyone will have the chance to do it both semesters.
Will you continue to study Chinese after you graduate? Why or why not?
Maybe, As I mentioned in my Chinese 1 reflection, it depends on how easy it would be for me to continue. The best case scenario is that I will be able to.
My experience is good. I go into Chinese already knowing how to say a few things pertaining to each unit, and the curriculum greatly expanded my knowledge. However, it doesn't feel like enough because it is only a fragment of what I need to feel comfortable conversing in the language. While learning a new language is always useful in some way, I personally don't find myself using what I learned in my day to day life very often. One memorable part of class this year was when Du Laoshi made us copy a pledge to stop talking so much during class.
What parts do you think are the easiest to learn?
As I've said in my Chinese 1 reflection, memorizing how to write Chinese characters is the most difficult part because I don't have thorough knowledge of the radicals, and I don't write the characters enough to commit them to memory (with the exception of the more common words). The easiest homework assignments were the Hanzi worksheets because they didn't require any brainpower. The unit test projects in which I made the slides and presentation video were the most difficult because it was a long, tedious process to make them. I think the lesson about buying things (unit 5) was the most interesting because of the student teacher. She made us do some fun in-class activities.
If you were to give some advice to your classmates, what would you tell them?
Do your work and don't procrastinate like I am right now, writing this reflection at 1:36 AM on the day it's due.
If you were to give the teacher some advice, what would you tell the teacher?
I think Du Laoshi is doing a great job. However, I think she should make the daily expressions a pair assignment because it would make presenting less awkward, thus more people would be inclined to do it. I also think the pairings for the cultural reports should not depend on people's seat partners in order to eliminate problems of someone's partner having already done it in the previous semester. That way, everyone will have the chance to do it both semesters.
Will you continue to study Chinese after you graduate? Why or why not?
Maybe, As I mentioned in my Chinese 1 reflection, it depends on how easy it would be for me to continue. The best case scenario is that I will be able to.
II. High School Reflection
Talk about your high school life.
My second year in high school has definitely been harder than the first. It's the first time I've actually had to study for math tests, and AP World History was a pain; the people that took it/are taking it know why. I remember one time, I didn't study for a test and got an A, but another time, I actually studied and almost failed. One thing that is really boring is my English class, which shows because I sleep in that class almost every day. It's practically a part of my circadian rhythm. However, this year was also fun at times because I got to meet a lot of new people from extracurriculars.
What do you think of yourself? How have you changed? Do you like these changes?
Honestly, I do not want to answer that first question because it's kind of personal. One thing that has changed is I think I've become lazier, and I'm just really tired all the time. My standards for myself and my grades have gone down, and I feel like my mental health has become an erratic roller coaster.
But one positive change is that I've gained more self-confidence, and I'm glad for that.
Are you involved in any clubs, school activities, or sports teams? Is there a harvest? What kind of harvest? Would you advise your classmate to participate in any of these? Why or why not?
I'm in band, and it was really fun this year because I pretty much got no assignments/homework aside from having to "practice". I also made a lot of new friends. I think you should join band if you can because the sense of community is nice, and in my opinion, it's a lot better than P.E. I was also in badminton, and that was okay. I met new people who were really nice, but I felt pretty apathetic about the sport itself. However, I'm glad I joined anyway because it forced me to exercise.
If you could change anything about yourself from the past year of high school, what would you change? Why?
I wish I were more hardworking and extroverted because I would probably do better in school that way. I also wish I tried harder to fix my bad habits like sleeping late and procrastinating, which go hand in hand.
My second year in high school has definitely been harder than the first. It's the first time I've actually had to study for math tests, and AP World History was a pain; the people that took it/are taking it know why. I remember one time, I didn't study for a test and got an A, but another time, I actually studied and almost failed. One thing that is really boring is my English class, which shows because I sleep in that class almost every day. It's practically a part of my circadian rhythm. However, this year was also fun at times because I got to meet a lot of new people from extracurriculars.
What do you think of yourself? How have you changed? Do you like these changes?
Honestly, I do not want to answer that first question because it's kind of personal. One thing that has changed is I think I've become lazier, and I'm just really tired all the time. My standards for myself and my grades have gone down, and I feel like my mental health has become an erratic roller coaster.
But one positive change is that I've gained more self-confidence, and I'm glad for that.
Are you involved in any clubs, school activities, or sports teams? Is there a harvest? What kind of harvest? Would you advise your classmate to participate in any of these? Why or why not?
I'm in band, and it was really fun this year because I pretty much got no assignments/homework aside from having to "practice". I also made a lot of new friends. I think you should join band if you can because the sense of community is nice, and in my opinion, it's a lot better than P.E. I was also in badminton, and that was okay. I met new people who were really nice, but I felt pretty apathetic about the sport itself. However, I'm glad I joined anyway because it forced me to exercise.
If you could change anything about yourself from the past year of high school, what would you change? Why?
I wish I were more hardworking and extroverted because I would probably do better in school that way. I also wish I tried harder to fix my bad habits like sleeping late and procrastinating, which go hand in hand.