Everlasting Change-Help me embark on learning Chinese

ethan ward Start Date: Jul 1, 2025 - End Date: Oct 31, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
  • China
  • Guilin, Guangxi, China

My Travel Story

by: ethan ward Start Date: Jul 1, 2025 - End Date: Oct 31, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
How did I get to the point of applying for scholarships?
Well I was playing board games with friends  and upon reflection I’m typically pretty good at board games.

I thought “why are board games easier than life” I began thinking in depth about why I seem to do well in board games but falter in real life and it dawned on me, something became illuminated. My strategy for board games is even if I don’t know what I’m doing I just do something and I double down on that something until slowly I learn the rules of the game, at that point I’m in a good position to make a move as we call it. I’m telling you all of this because in life I haven’t doubled down on anything.

I realize I have just dabbled. So I decided that I will double down on mandarin.
  • China
  • Guilin, Guangxi, China