W jude zh sh hn yuysi de gsh ynwi yu yxi yy. Yy sh rn rn yu shhou yo jl q zu zj b hu zu de dngxi. M fi sh hn yumng de shhu ji.

Ksh zh gsh shu t yo birn bng t zho t de go ci. Xio de shhou, m fi xule shf sn nin, ynggng de xi ti du z. Y tng shu yurn xule sn nin xi nme du z, wmen ji jude n rn sh hn cngmng ynwi ynggng zu dngxi chngchng zu zu ho. Surn, m fi ynggng d bdle, t xingli xi de mmhh. Ynggng b hu bng t xi de ho. Ytin, xinshng xi z xi de tbi ho yo li m fi de cnzi zh j tin. Suy m fi hn kui q gi zh xinshng kn t xi de z ynwi m fi xwng zh xinshng bng t. Dnsh, xingsheng b kn t de z. T shu m fi yomi xingsheng yng de zh. M fi shu mi wnt, ksh xingsheng yng de zh sh hn gu, w ling ynzi y zhng. Xinzi, m fi yo judngle. Surn t zhdo miyu nme du qin, m fi shu ho, w xing bnf zhoqin. M fi hu ji wn t mm ky mi zh zhng zh. D y c wn, t shu bu ky. Zuhu t shu ky. Ksh, mm yo mi t de shush. Shush sh hn zhqin. Suy, wmen ky yng zhge xingf: M fi hun t mm de shush q xu gnzhe xinshng. Zh sh t de jl; yoshi t xu b ho, t bnng dudeq t mm. Suy jl zhdo t yo b t yqin xi z de yngf hunchng hn btng de yngf. T zhdo yqin ynggng de xi z bsh hn ho de yngf, hi yu t zhdo t miyu nme du zhng zh. Huli t yng t de nozi xi z. T mn man er de xi, dngrn xi ho. T xing t mm de shush, dngrn xi ho. T xing zi shngmin xi de zh, dngrn xi ho. Xing zhge dngxi yhu, t nng xi z xi de fichng ho. Zhge gsh sh hn yuysi, ynwi wmen y tng shu jl yo birn bng t xi zu ho de z, zj bnng zu, wmen zhdo xinshng yng de xingf sh rn rn chngchng yng de. Jl de jl sh ti gu de zh. W zhdo yoshi w zi yyng de qngkung, w y yo zhoj, p xi z. Ksh, yhu zhdo xi de fichng ho. Every week I start learning a new lesson. First, I go online to Sakai and download the work document that has all 50 words, their meanings, and their origins. Then I go to the very back of our fat Chinese textbook and find the two pages that show how to write the words. Using the word document, I write the pinyin and the meaning above each character. Then I copy each character onto the character sheet that we have to turn in for homework. Writing really big is very difficult and it takes a lot of tries to make the character look good. In essence, because we are turning this paper in, it is like mifus situation. He doesnt want to write badly because the paper is expensive. To me, our homework has similar value because we have to turn it in, it is WORTH something. After I write all the words really huge, I have to actually remember how to write the words and commit them to memory. So I usually find a whiteboard to write on, because I know I have to write words so many times, and I dont like to waste paper. I first start with the first word, and usually write it ten times, also saying the word as I write it. If I have to keep on looking back at how to write the word, then I write it until I dont have to go back to look how to write the word. Every five words i learn, I rewrite all the words I have learned thus far. This takes a long time, and sometimes I realize that I have forgotten the words I have just learned. This is frustrating, but it is ok. I usually go up to 25, and then do the next 25 the next day. I actually dont have time to pace myself because we have to get the homework done by Thursday, and in order to do the homework, you have to know how to write the new words. This is how I write Chinese.