Stretching your boundaries through the JADE program!

The summer before my senior year I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the JADE program. I look back on my time in Beijing and just think WOW. I experienced so much personal growth, constantly stretching the boundaries of my comfort zone. JADE helped give me courage to become comfortable with the unknown. Every day I would wake up and have have zero expectations about what was going to happen during that day. Without fail, when my head touched the pillow that night I was in awe of what I had done that day. Even now I stop and think about these amazing activities, such as going to a Beijing Guoan football match, bargaining for lower prices at the Panjiayuan antique market, and kicking a jianzi with locals. (Of course, a major highlight was also language class, where my Mandarin improved so much!!) I would highly recommend this program to any high schooler interested in traveling to China!