I am almost done with Chinese Class. Started in January 14 weeks. Feels like more.

The class in the beginner and intermediate Mandarin class at the Confucius Institute. I got the class and the book for under 150 dollars. Well worth the money.  I can not speak Mandarin. I was taught some basics. In the class I also learned a bunch of ways to study when I class is over.

An interesting part of the story is numbers of people. Day one of the class. There were like 10 people I would say. End of beginner class maybe three. Day one of intermediate class like 7 or 8, getting to the end 4(including me). Of other three students.  One of them their girl friend majored in Chinese, and is planning on moving there. One of the their wife lived in Taiwan, and could speak fluently. One his parents are Chinese, but did not teach him Mandarin. They taught him a different dialect, like Shanghainese or something. I feel like I did(am doing) well.

My plan when the class ends is to use Rosetta Stone for 2 hours a day on Tuesday and Thursday. Listen to language classes on my walk. I will also be using Memrise and ChineseSkill on my phone. Maybe in two years I will be able to speak. I was also told some of the trick when you are learning is you have to try and sing the language. Sounds like a brand new way to be annoying.