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i am in the second week of a two week chinese language and culture class. it is a good opportunity for me. i get bored in classes fairly easily. i like this because its a sort of flash flood of knowledge. if you are not really interested in a certain part, no worries, it will pass shortly.

the language aspect is fun because there are no grades and no expectations to master the material due to the course time. the culture aspect is intersting to me as well i have already learned about how the chinese see life differently. i am most struck by how connected all things in life are in their perspective. they have a much different relationship correlation than we do. we, generally speaking, set up relationships in a manner that if the relationship is severed each person is still the same whole person they started as. the same relationship, generally speaking, in china would naturally be more interwined, not person a connected to person b b a line. when that relationship is broken each person is completely different than they started the relationship. it would be like the surgical removal of an arm or leg.

okay well class is in 10 minutes. so i will leave you with this ancient chinese saying:

Wo zhu zai yindianna zhou.