Written By Regine Miller (Howard University), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2020 I have left the United States many times. Probably more times than many people my age. I am familiar with the mixed feeling of excitement and nervousness as I wave goodbye to my parents, and seeing the prideful tears in their eyes […]
What It’s Like to Wake up 2,500 Miles Away From Home
Written by Francesca D’Arista, (Williams College), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2020 The night I flew to Colombia was both bittersweet and exhilarating. I realized I was an adult when I was the only one, between me and my mom, who could carry my luggage down my apartment stairs. We argued over it from […]
Photo Essay: Brandeis Midyear in Florence
Photos by Caroline McLaughlin, (Brandeis University), Brandeis Midyear In Florence Fall 2019. Cover photo caption: The weather doesn’t stop these Brandeisians […]
IMMER-ASIAN
Written by Melodie Vuong (University of Texas- Austin), Student Correspondent CET Shanghai Summer 2019 I am a banana: yellow on the outside, white on the inside. This is a term often used to describe an ABC (American-born Chinese) or 华裔. We look Chinese, but we do not act Chinese. We have grown up assimilated into […]
The Process of Assimilating
Written by Megan, High School/Pre-College Student Correspondent for CET Beijing: International Career Pathways, Summer 2019 While I have been to Beijing before, living in Beijing has given me a completely different perspective. During the previous years I’ve visited, I’ve always viewed Beijing as a dull city; I saw no vibrancy in the landscape or the […]
Looking Chinese in China (When You’re Not, or Not Entirely)
Written by Kira Porter, (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Student Correspondent CET Beijing, Spring 2019 As a Chinese adoptee (I was born in China and adopted as a baby, after which I grew up in the U.S.), my Chinese appearance means that people I encounter throughout my semester abroad naturally expect me to understand Chinese and be […]