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Is studying in China relaxing?
Hi!
Clara here. I studied in China as an exchange student for a semester in University of Nottingham Ningbo and definetely loved the experience. I think this is such a weird question but I am always open to challenges. And as this is a very subjective topic, I’ll speak about my exchange in China and hopefully answer this question. Hopefully, haha.
Well, there are two main things to analyse here: Is The University of Nottingham relaxing? and Is China relaxing?
If I had to answer the first question it would be that it is indeed relaxing. Nottingham is a universty that helps students and facilitates a good enviornment for learning. Everything is peaceful. There are even ducks living inside the campus with a huge lake that has the word “Relax” written on the bottom. And, how relaxing your modules are, depends a lot on your teacher and field of study. In my case, International Communications, I had plenty of time to reflect on different subjetcs and debate with my fellow colleagues. But this is based on the principles of the career I decided to pursue. As reflection is a big part of my job, and reading and watching media as well. UNNC’s facilities were also very leaned into keeping a healthy students, both mentally and physically. We had a nurse’s office and plenty of tracks and pitches to do sports. Even a gymn. And mentally, the campus was huge, so you could go on a lonely walk by yourself with some music and enjoy the fresh air, while still being inside the campus. As well as enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in a terrace near the lake
As for China, I wouldn’t call it exactly “relaxing”. At least for a foregneir. There are many reasons but the main ones I can think about are culture shock and language barrier. This two things will make you struggle, stress and especially go outside of your comfort zone quite a few times. Culture is so different that in many situations you will feel slightly uncomfortable. And if you don’t speak mandarin, is sometimes hard to make yourself understandable to locals. Even though they are quite nice. Places are also usually crowded and loud. Chinese people can relate with us, spanish, in being noisy. Converstions are always very loud and even on public spaces like trains, the atmosphere is a bit chaotic. However, I think that if you decide to take a walk late at night, you won’t find as much people and it can be theraupetic to listen to some music and see skyscrapers, lights and cars moving around. There is something intrinsecally human out of it. At least one of my favourites things is feeling like the city is watching me in the shadows.
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