Pei-Ting Hsieh, junior

Home: Taiwan

Q: Why did you want to become an exchange student?

A: Because my English is bad. In Taiwan English is very important, like when we go to college, we need to have a tes and English is 25%.

Q: What  expectations or stereotypes of the did you hear before coming to the US ? 

A: They said the school starts at 9:00 and ends at 3:00. They always say that and the movie they use locker room lockers, but they don’t use it here.

Q: How was your first week?

A: I couldn’t speak a lot of English,  it’s weird and my (host) parents asked me things, I just said yes or no. I didn’t know how to respond. 

Interview by Avery Stieke