Why I Suck at Chinese
You might have expected this, given that I celebrate Chinese New Year, but my ethnic group is Chinese. Thus, my mom has tried to teach me Chinese many times, usually during the summer, when class is out and I have more free time. This usually ends up in vain though, for a multitude of reasons. Firstly, I don't really have a reason to use the Chinese I learn in these lessons. Given that I live in America, which is an English-speaking country, I don't tend to meet many Chinese people, (or many people in general, given the pandemic) and most of the time I either don't need to talk to them, or said Chinese people have learnt English anyways because of where we live. And though my parents tend to speak Chinese at home, they can still speak English so even if they say Chinese to me, I can say English right back to them with no problem. This means is usually forget most of the Chinese I've learned by next summer. Also, our method of learning isn't particularly great.