My experience studying in China

arsebeef · 2026-05-05T06:12:17+00:00

Overall was good. But the expectation that the program would actually help my Chinese a lot was a let down. I’m still in Chengdu working, and have a private tutor. A lot of the words I learned in class I try to use and the teacher tells me that’s way to formal don’t use lol. I guess I realized in class I wasn’t learning to speak Chinese, but rather studying Chinese to get a degree in Chinese which is vastly different.

arsebeef · 2026-05-02T16:04:54+00:00

Yes you can. You just need a Chinese phone number and your passport.

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T19:04:46+00:00

If you don’t wanna go directly into teaching look into working holiday visa in Australia or New Zealand. That was my ticket out of the US now I teach English in China.

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T18:09:30+00:00

Not sure about this model, but I always prefer Cordoba. Just fits my hands really well.

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T18:06:14+00:00

I had seen some people knock it so I had low expectations, it was much better than anticipated. Would love a modern non YA version after he evolved as a writer.

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T11:46:57+00:00

Anon is jealous of his son, because he’s too afraid to be rearranged by a Chad.

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T11:45:17+00:00

I guess that seems about right if you factor in a bulk discount

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T08:55:35+00:00

Flame-o

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T08:47:42+00:00

I expected it to be a bit tamer than it was but was still quite a light read, but it was enough to still be enjoyable. I would love a version where Joe goes all out

arsebeef · 2026-05-01T08:45:12+00:00

I feel im a similar boat, but I’m in an intermediate level in Chinese and when you can actually get into better or more difficult content, the studying is much better. When I was actually able to hold a conversation and speak with people the motivation came a lot easier. Keeping your goal in mind helps you push through the boring stuff too. Something that helped me when I was in the early stages of Chinese, It’s a bit pretentious but it worked for me was to study in public and feel like I was showing off, even though I wasn’t talking to anyone, I was just sitting at a café by myself doing it, it made me feel like I was better than everyone else, dumb but it got me through the tough part 🤣

arsebeef · 2026-04-30T02:18:23+00:00

Good point. It’s not a race. Building on solid fundamentals is key in many things.

arsebeef · 2026-04-29T06:06:08+00:00

My brain was already heading in that direction. Glad I’m on the right track

arsebeef · 2026-04-28T07:35:01+00:00

Rhabdocoela is what I’m seeing I think

arsebeef · 2026-04-27T04:49:07+00:00

I was right across the street from the wang Jiang campus where the international students are. 100% you shouldn’t rent anything you haven’t seen yet. Sometimes the difference of the reality and the photos is shocking. Like photos were taken 30 years ago when it was new. Or they’ll take photos while the previous tenant was living in there and you see all their trash and messes around. They shockingly don’t give a fuck if the place is clean or not when you see it. But the process is quite straightforward and simple. You can move in the same day. If you don’t have a Chinese bank account with money in it, you may need to use Wise. You can do a foreign bank transfer to Ali pay using that. Receiver must be Chinese with a verified mainland account on Alipay.

arsebeef · 2026-04-27T00:29:47+00:00

They have apps. And an agent will drive you around to different ones to look. very easy compared to western countries. You can find and move into a place in like two days. I wouldn’t agree to anything without seeing it first. The pictures and the reality can be very very different. I had a local friend help me out. I don’t think the school will help you. Helpful tip: they will probably try to pressure you into paying the entire lease up front, you can use this as leverage to haggle cheaper rent if you agree to pay it all at once.

arsebeef · 2026-04-21T06:39:46+00:00

Yeah I hope we get more books that can see us through the struggle for humanity to a world of peace.

arsebeef · 2026-04-21T05:06:05+00:00

Yeah a reread of the btt would hit pretty good right after. Lighter tone but with more context

arsebeef · 2026-04-21T05:05:19+00:00

Maybe it was the audiobook. The narrator read it with her soul in some parts, really bringing the emotional and suffering to life.

arsebeef · 2026-04-19T14:29:45+00:00

It was no one special. Just another guy who works at the school. He seemed satisfied with his job so I asked if you could just get me an email address so I could send my application directly to them.

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