Stories with Sara Lam
Episode 16 of the Golden Guest Podcast podcast, hosted by Grace Sadahiro, titled "Stories with Sara Lam" was published on September 3, 2021 and runs 71 minutes.
September 3, 2021 ·71m · Golden Guest Podcast
Summary
In this episode, I catch up with Sara on her thoughts of Mauritius, UWCCSC, and Denmark life. We met in August 2019 because we were in the same residential floor (aka house Bandele) at UWCCSC and shared 3 classes as well as one zhixing (aka extracurricular). After being in an IB school in Mauritius, Sara transferred to United World College Changshu China on-campus for four months then had the opportunity to live in a Ranum Denmark bubble. Tune in to hear her stories! 0:00-2:10 introduction 2:11-4:03 finding out about UWC, why Sara wanted to go 4:04-7:31 life in Mauritius, IB in Mauritius vs CSC 7:32-11:47 first thoughts on-campus at UWCCSC 11:48-14:28 Sara's favorite class/extracurricular 14:29-19:25 Sara's UWCCSC highlights 19:26-22:15 little but significant CSC moments 22:16-34:10 Sara's deportation from China (the infamous COVID email) 34:11-34:56 time between UWCCSC and Mauritius 34:57-36:05 school year/weather degrees US vs Mauritius 36:06-41:24 differences between CSC vs Denmark 41:25-48:47 Sara's life in Ranum Bubble 48:48-58:07 Sara's Denmark highlights 58:08-1:00:43 little but significant Denmark moments 1:00:44-1:04:14 Sara's takeaways from international schools, independence and approaching people 1:04:15-1:05:34 not having pictures :0 and traveling to Mauritius/LA 1:05:35-1:07:18 what Sara is looking forward to in college (UBC) Vancouver 1:07:19-1:11:02 conclusion
Episode Description
In this episode, I catch up with Sara on her thoughts of Mauritius, UWCCSC, and Denmark life. We met in August 2019 because we were in the same residential floor (aka house Bandele) at UWCCSC and shared 3 classes as well as one zhixing (aka extracurricular). After being in an IB school in Mauritius, Sara transferred to United World College Changshu China on-campus for four months then had the opportunity to live in a Ranum Denmark bubble. Tune in to hear her stories!
0:00-2:10 introduction
2:11-4:03 finding out about UWC, why Sara wanted to go
4:04-7:31 life in Mauritius, IB in Mauritius vs CSC
7:32-11:47 first thoughts on-campus at UWCCSC
11:48-14:28 Sara's favorite class/extracurricular
14:29-19:25 Sara's UWCCSC highlights
19:26-22:15 little but significant CSC moments
22:16-34:10 Sara's deportation from China (the infamous COVID email)
34:11-34:56 time between UWCCSC and Mauritius
34:57-36:05 school year/weather degrees US vs Mauritius
36:06-41:24 differences between CSC vs Denmark
41:25-48:47 Sara's life in Ranum Bubble
48:48-58:07 Sara's Denmark highlights
58:08-1:00:43 little but significant Denmark moments
1:00:44-1:04:14 Sara's takeaways from international schools, independence and approaching people
1:04:15-1:05:34 not having pictures :0 and traveling to Mauritius/LA
1:05:35-1:07:18 what Sara is looking forward to in college (UBC) Vancouver
1:07:19-1:11:02 conclusion
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