Stories with Sanaa Wong

Episode 7 of the Golden Guest Podcast podcast, hosted by Grace Sadahiro, titled "Stories with Sanaa Wong" was published on April 28, 2021 and runs 79 minutes.

April 28, 2021 ·79m · Golden Guest Podcast

Summary

In this episode, I talk with my dear friend Sanaa from Jamaica about her journey to UWC Changshu China, memories from being at an international boarding school, learning languages, thoughts on IB/online learning, and Jamaica as a travel destination. This one was really fun to record, which explains why it's longer than normal, so I've included time stamps for different topics we cover. 0:00 - 5:45 our journeys to UWC (United World College) 5:46 - 7:00 knowing her dear co-year aleigha :) 7:01 - 9:56 differences between Jamaica/UWC, stereotypes about jamaica 9:57 - 14:41 differences between the U.S./UWC 14:42 - 17:43 expectations going into UWC/what Sanaa's first month was like 17:44 - 21:26 what my first month was like 21:27 - 28:59 culture shocks, putting faces to countries/languages 29:00 - 37:30 what we took away from the curriculum 37:31 - 43:30 favorite class/extracurricular, our thoughts on online learning  43:30 - 44:52 my being spoken to in Chinese :0 44:53 - 56:00 where were you at being sent home?/highlights at UWCCSC 56:01 - 1:03:19 highlights of what we worked on and/or did during DLP (Distance Learning Program/online learning) 1:03:20 - 1:10:03 advice about travelling to Jamaica and "overhypeness" of LA 1:10:04 - 1:14:04 what Sanna wants to do/where we'd travel to after covid ends 1:14:05 - 1:19:04 interesting conclusion lol :)

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