Henna Jurca
2011
Kunming, China
Volunteering Abroad: Serving Young and Old Alike While Studying Chinese
I am a Senior at Belmont University in Nashville, TN and plan on graduating by May 2012. I began my college career as a Classical Piano Performance major but quickly discovered that I had a passion for the Asian culture and history. By my Sophomore year, I switched my major to Asian Studies with a minor in Chinese. I am so fortunate to be going back to China for the third time! So far I have been to Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Chengdu and Tibet. This summer I will be staying in Kunming, China where I will volunteer in the local community and study Chinese through the Keats School for 6 weeks (7/3/11-8/13/11).
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Major(s): Asian Studies
My Stories
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Last Day in Kunming
It is Friday evening and I have said my goodbyes to the Elderly Home, Autistic School and Keats School. I have mixed emotions of
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One Week & Two Days Left in China
Last Monday (7/25) and this Wednesday (8/3) I reached more blocks in my Chinese. It just made the elderly home a little more difficult. But I
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Constantly Learning
I just spend over an hour writing on my blog but the internet completely messed up and then it erased my entire blog
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Long Week
This Thursday was the hardest day of volunteering yet. I have had a very busy and long week going to both places to volunteer, waiting really long for extremely crowed buses, long
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Elderly Home and School for Autistic Children
After conversing with my Chinese teacher about my volunteer work, I have decided to help out both at the Elderly Home and the
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Realizations
After a short time of volunteering at the School for Autistic Children, I realize that this is the wrong place for me to be.
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Street Life and Volunteering
I have begun my volunteer work at the school for autistic children! I will be there Monday thru Friday for 3 hours each day. It is
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Communication with Autistic Children
Below are some questions/phrases that I will use while trying to converse with the autistic children in Kunming, China. These are only a few out of many phrases that I
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Starting Chinese Class
Yesterday I arrived in Kunming! My flight was 3 hours from Shanghai. I decided that I would try and only use Chinese on my flight.
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Finally made it…
After a day of plane rides, airports, loosing my iPod, and making three new friends, I’M FINALLY in China! Shout out to Elliot Holden who I
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I’m going to China!
Only FIVE more days until I am on my way to the airport to leave for China! It almost feels like yesterday when I was in
