Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 I almost spit out my first breakfast bun. The morning of my first day in Kunming, my roommate took me to the best 包子 (bāozi) […]
Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 China looked calm from the bullet train window. Gliding through rice paddies and winding mountain passages at 200 km per hour, our program was headed to […]
Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 Before coming to China, I took to interrogating anyone who might know something about my soon-to-be-home. “You’re from China?” “You went to China once ten years […]
Alexis Zamira Maciel CET Brazil, Photographer American University Class of 2019 Major: International Studies Minor: Portuguese Oi! Tudo bem? My name is Alexis (Ale) Maciel and I’m an International Studies major at American University in Washington D.C.. Curiosity has been […]
Written by Hannah Casper-Johnson, (Georgetown University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2017 On a recent vacation, I spent a week traveling through 香格里拉 (Xiānggélǐlā, or Shangri-La), a county in the far Northwest of Yunnan Province, bordering Tibet. I’d never […]
Written by Hannah Casper-Johnson, (Georgetown University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2017 This week in Kungfu class, I found myself getting out of breath in the first few minutes of warm-up and decided that it was probably time to […]
Written by Hannah Casper-Johnson, (Georgetown University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2017 I’ve been living in Kunming for almost three weeks now, and one of the things about the city that has most (happily) surprised me is how green […]
At the CET Kunming program, students attend intensive Chinese language classes for about 4 hours/day, with a minimum of 2 hours/day and a maximum of 6 hours/day. Class size ranges from 1 to 15 students, and is typically 3 to […]
Written by Katie Mercer-Taylor, (Oberlin College) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Spring 2016 I’ve been trying to keep my life in China a mystery for my friends and family at home, so they’ll be more excited to hear all the “when […]
Written by Dillan Trojan, (Wofford College) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2015 I sit across from an old woman in my friend’s apartment. I’m here to gather her opinions and the information she knows and believes. “How do I feel […]
