I am working on marketing material for www.chineseschool.com, and tumble upon this quote by Confucius:

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop

Learning Chinese or any other languages is a slow process, as long as you do not stop, you will achieve the results you envisioned for yourself.

www.chinesesphere.com has been in operation for 2 full school years.  We are in the process of getting our AP Chinese classes audited through College Board.  Our students age 5 – 75 years old have traveled an incredible learning journey with us, not even one of them has quit or stop learning.  Some of them can speak Chinese fluently, some can write Chinese characters, some practice calligraphy daily, some can read easy Chinese comic books, some traveled to China and being able to talk to ordinary Chinese on the street and in Hotel, and some are doing business with Chinese in Chinese.  It is the willingness to learn on our students part, makes schools like ours successful.

If you want to get to know more contemporary Chinese culture in the United States, we recommend you to watch Wong Fu Productions ( www.wongfuproductions.com ) short films on youtube.com.  It has stories of what everyday life is like in the United State for Asian youth.