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I selected Chinese 101 on a panicked whim. When the first day of classes arrived (in those final few days September 11, 2001), I had no idea what to expect…

親愛的麥老師，能夠在您退休的前一年和您一起共事，我感到非常幸運! 您是一位學識淵博的老師，總是不吝於將您的教書的壓箱寶分享給我，也時時關心我的生活，謝謝您這一年的照顧！祝您在夏威夷的退休生活愜意、順遂，有機會希望能夠去拜訪您 🙂

I’ve been privileged to have attended many excellent schools and educational programs in my life, and have had many, many excellent teachers. Mark Hansell ranks in the top 5 of…

Prof. Hansell, I don’t expect you to remember me, but I took your course Asian Language Writing Systems in 1995 or so. I was a Soc/Anthro major but something about…

I didn’t start taking Chinese until my junior year, but I had heard of the venerable Mai-laoshi well before I took any classes from him–friends of mine who took Chinese…

Hi Mai Laoshi, As another alum noted in these stories & memories, the first day of your Chinese class will be emblazoned in my memory forever. I too thought I’d…

Like some other former students here, Chinese 101 was my very first class on my very first day at Carleton and I have strong memories of 麦老师’s first day of…

Mai Laoshi, you will be missed! During my time at Carleton, I relied on your guidance for eventually pursuing my Chinese minor. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to…

Congratulations Mark! Most of my language study was with Zhao Laoshi, but we did have one semester together. I have always remembered your kind and generous nature, and one particularly…

It is this simple: Mark Hansell decided the trajectory of my life. Without his early instruction and guidance, I would never have found Chinese. When I think of what my…