5 days to unpack, clean, and re-pack...

Finished with school for the semester! I left this morning after a crash course in filming/editing for our trip. Of the five students going, only Marcus and I are not graduating, so we were nominated to learn how to use the camera and the video editing software so we can continue to work on it next semester. Lovely. I have a bad feeling I won’t be much help, especially at first, but I guess I’ll catch on eventually.

Maybe I should “introduce” you to the other members of our group: Marcus is a sophomore (or I guess junior now, since exams are over) from Tennessee. We’ve been in the same Chinese classes for 2 years. Christina is an about-to-be-graduated senior, also from Huntsville, and also a psychology major. Her parents are Chinese, so of the students going her language skills are definitely the best. Adam and Adrianna are also seniors. Adam is from Tennessee, and Adrianna is from Slovakia (I can’t pronounce the name of her hometown, so I won’t even try to spell it). Dr. Wilson applied for and received the grant that’s funding our adventure, and invited us to come and help. I was in his Comparative Politics class last semester, and will be taking his class called “China in the World” next semester. (Should be great!)

So there you have the cast of characters! We’ll be on our way to Shanghai in 5 days!!

Oh, and I had planned to post more about what I did this semester, maybe some snippets of essays and such, but I’ve decided that will bore you. If I feel the urge, I of course reserve the right.