Focusing on Chinese

In 2020, one of my main focuses was Chinese. To improve my Chinese comprehension and have more variety in speaking, I began practicing reading aloud articles from Chinese textbooks. I am currently reading from the grade 4 Chinese textbooks. I usually finish a grade every month. I also listened to podcasts about Chinese history and […]

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Traveling Across China in a Car

Around Fall this year, Nicolas, Cassie and I went on a road trip from Beijing to Suzhou. It would take about 13 hours to drive there, so we stopped in cities along the way. Sleeping challenges First, we arrived at Jinan, it took about 4 and a half hours… I sat in the front seat, […]

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My Time at Make School

Coding My Own App? I first knew about Make School when I was learning to code on Khan Academy, there was a link to their website, and when I looked, I found out that it was a camp where you can make an APP of you’re own in three weeks. This is just what I […]

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At the Countryside

One time my friends and I went to the country side, we lived in a yard with two little puppies, there was also a dog outside of the yard that lives on its own and does not need to be kept inside. There are some things that I think is very interesting, for example instead […]

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The Quest of the USA

My name is Felix. I am a Chinese 9-year-old. Brendan is my American friend and mentor. He is 25 years old and graduated from Yale. I have always planned to go to the USA, and at the time, Brendan was planning to go to the USA to visit his friends and his mom, so we […]

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Big History Project

I was always interested in History, especially World History. It is always fascinating to me how we innovated and advanced, especially when I compare two different country’s history, I can really get a feel of the world at different times in different places. But I didn’t have time to learn a lot of history at […]

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Knowledge Wall

The knowledge wall is a wall that can give people a clear view of what subjects there are and what categories they belong to. The wall has many shelves that we used paper to make, and on the shelves, there are many “ingredient”, which show the names of each subject and little drawings on top. […]

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Living in Europe

  Before I went to Europe, I had German classes with Lisa, a mentor from Hamburg. I wanted to get better at German, experience other cultures, and go see some parts of the world, so Cassie and I planned a trip to Germany and some other countries in Europe. First I went to Germany, where […]

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