The hard part was understanding. The easy part was doing. Chinese like any other language takes time to learn. And while this is true it is a small comfort to those who struggle day to day in the classroom. Thats when I found out that it is easy to just do. Do the homework, do the in class work and always, always study. If you do all of these things eventually you will be able to understand. There is nothing more exciting then finally understand what your teacher is saying to you for the first time (in Chinese). It just takes time. I enjoyed going to class everyday. I found the work challenging but the students are friendly and Tseng Laoshi is wonderful. I would encourage any interested student to take Chinese.