So it has been a very long time since I last posted on this blog. I think my last post was in December 2013 as I was packing up to come home from Washington DC after my internship, with the full intention of picking up my blog again after the semester started to talk about my life junior, and senior year of college. Little did I know, that my junior, and senior year of college was so jam packed with classes, and extracurricular activities that I would barely have time to see my friends let alone write a blog.
After I graduated college I went home, and worked at my retail job I had throughout school as an assistant manager attempting to plan my next step. I learned a lot about myself in that year at home, and I would highly recommend to any graduating senior that if you are uncertain about your next step to take a year off. At home away from the hustle and bustle of school it is easier to actually pinpoint what you want to accomplish with your life without all of the pressure from fellow students, and teachers (not that it goes away completely because now it is your parents). At home I formulated my next crazy idea, which was mentioned to me by a professor of mine right before I graduated, get your master’s degree in China. China, China, China. The idea seemed ludicrous even though I had studied mandarin for a year, and gained my eastern studies minor but China is a vast, formidable country, and I am from a tiny town in upstate New York. But I learned some valuable lessons in my year at home, the first one was that I was bored out of my mind, and I desperately needed a change of scenery. I would miss (and still do) my friends, family, and boyfriend, but for myself I needed to get the hell out of dodge. So after a four-month application process, two months of waiting to know if I got in, a two-week visa application process, and one week of saying goodbyes, and packing, and repacking… here I am! This is going to be an interesting experience that I would like to share with everyone here, and back home. This blog will now include my adventures around China, the university, learning Chinese, and teaching English.
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Stef Ross
10/16/2016 08:05:21 am
Hey girl. Looking forward to reading your blog!!!
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AuthorMy name is Shannon McCullough. I have Political Science and Legal Studies degree at Nazareth College of Rochester. I have previously interned at the Office of the Attorney General for DC. Currently, I am studying my Masters degree in International Relations at Shandong University in Jinan, China. Archives
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