Hello,
Thanks for visiting my blog! I plan on keeping it updated somewhat regularly (as long as the Great Firewall allows it). For those of you who don’t know who I am or my story, I’ll give you a quick introduction. My name is Trey Rainey, a senior at Ohio State University. I am double majoring in International Studies and Mandarin Chinese.
You’re probably wondering what this is all about, so let me explain. This summer I will be taking extremely intense Chinese Language classes at Suzhou University in China this summer! Classes start on June 15th and I fly there on this Saturday! It’s coming up quick but I’m excited. It will be a lot of hard work, but it will pay off for both my academic and future professional aspirations. While I’m there, I will have four hours of class and one hour with a language partner every day. My classes will be:
08:00 AM-08:50 AM Listening and Speaking 《体演苏州》
-Your basic Speaking and Listening Class
09:00 AM-09:50 AM Interview and report “学而时习之”，《研讨中美关系》
-Discussing lots of different topics with local Chinese people.
10:10 AM-11:00 AM Reading and composition application《研讨中美关系》
-Understand different hot topics from the Chinese perspective.
11:10 AM-12:00 AM Reading and composition development 《研讨中美关系》
-Also learn how to understand different hot topics from the Chinese perspective
Although this will be an invaluable experience for my future, it definitely has a dollar value today. Luckily for me, I was able to join STEP at Ohio State. STEP stands for Second-year Transformational Experience Program. The goal of STEP is to help second year students make their goals a reality by providing a grant of up to $2000. Without this grant, it would have been next to impossible for me to participate in this study abroad program.
I can’t wait for this experience to start! I’m excited to learn more and have a lot of fun! I’ll also try to post some pictures as well!
Thanks for reading, keep checking in for new updates!