A Typical Day at SYA
Here's the average day's schedule for me, to give you some sort of vague insight into what I spend my time doing. Please ignore the egregious grammatical errors.
6:00am: Wake up and attempt to get ready for school while rubbing sleep out of my eyes.
7:00am: Depart for school on my bike if the weather is good or on the bus if there is smog above 200 or a vague promise of rain.
7:20am: Arrive at school and/or get coffee, lock my bike into a rack, then climb the 6 flights of stairs to our school and either study or talk to people, depending on the homework the night before.
8am: Chinese class "starts" and we hand in our homework, then cram for our tingxie (daily dictation quiz on the previous night's new words).
8:10am: We have our tingxie and Chinese class really starts.
9:00am: Our first Chinese class (Shi Laoshi's class) ends, and we begin cramming for our next tingxie.
9:10am: We do our second tingxie, and Chinese class with Tie Laoshi starts.
10:00am: Chinese class ends, and "conference time" (a code word for break) begins.
10:30am: Conference time ends and another class starts. I'll just give you my schedule, but everyone has different blocks. This is Monday's block rotation. At 10:30am, I have study hall/Chinese tutorial. So on Tuesdays and Fridays, it's a free period, but on Monday and Thursday, it's a 2-person class tutoring session with one of my Chinese teachers.
11:25am: Chinese History starts. We have about 12 people in our class, so it's small but not ridiculous. So far, we've covered how to make bronze and some early dynasties. We're currently discussing the Tao Te Ching.
12:15pm: Lunchtime! We can go to the cafeteria or go out for lunch.
1:00pm: Conference time technically begins now, but in reality it's just an extension of lunch.
1:30pm: Classes resume. I have Honors Precalculus (4 person class, wow).
2:20pm: English class. We're currently reading a book called Rivertown, which is pretty decent.
3:15pm: Class ends! I usually go out with friends to a cafe or something until around 5pm.
5pm: I bike or bus home and crack down on my homework.
6:30pm: My family calls me to eat dinner. Dinner consists of vegetables, rice, and sometimes fish or shrimp. One night we had pork, which was pretty crazy. My family eats mainly vegetables, though. I'm not complaining; my dad is a really good cook! I even liked the cucumber he cooked and I don't like cucumber.
8:30pm: I shower and get ready for bed, then finish up my homework.
10:00pm: I sleep.
6:00am: It starts again.
I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the everyday life of one SYA student.
It's the Midautumn Festival tomorrow, so we have Thursday and Friday off school. 中秋节快乐!
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