Peeps on the street: China Exchange

What made you apply to CHEX? "I was born there, and I want to experience living in China. Also, I kind of got sick of America and I didn’t want to stay here while Trump was President. I was like, 'Great, Trump is inaugurated today. I’m gone in 10 days.'" -Lia Bergman-Turnbull, junior   What was your favorite part about coming to the high school? "My (exchange) sister is really the...

What made you apply to the China exchange program? "I guess I was really interested in seeing how another country works and getting to go there and live there and get to go to school there is an amazing experience. It gives you a point of view that you could never have learning about the culture from a third-party type of view. But actually going there and living it is really cool to me. I think I...

How was your experience coming to America? "I think it’s the first time of most of us to leave our home and family and we need to learn how to take care of ourselves and arrange our time and living in such a different country, we need to speak and write and read in such a different language. There has to be some challenges but I think we are getting over these challenges and fighting these prob...