Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center

Vaguely reminds me of a Nazi concentration camp with certain teachers. A paradise with some other teachers. There are too many losers. I go there, currently. I try to avoid class by arraigning a busy schedule on Saturday to avoid Saturday class. Swim meets, birthday parties, and stuff. One teacher teaches a word by making fun of you. What is this, communist china? Stay away from a Mrs. Lee. Aging buildings, WTF?

This center has been the place where I learned to be almost fluent in Chinese. I’ve been here for 8 consecutive years and known many teachers throughout my experience in the center.
They have an academic, but moderately rigorous curriculum to help instill Chinese knowledge, history, and calligraphy into us, even though we seldom utilize calligraphy.
The teachers have no to very little fluency in English, so it is more of a Chinese class for Chinese speakers. It welcomes all ethnicities into the school.
goods: very good, good learning environment, and mainly uses auditory-​style learning mostly. Teachers are nice, but strict. They even instill fire prep/​earthquake prep sessions during class time.
Downs: Requires basic understanding of Chinese (knowing what the teachers are saying), homework weekly, and little to no fluency of English for teachers.
Overall, teachers here are nice, but can be a bit challenging.

Only Chinese school in Chinatown. Also know as «Mun Fu Yuen». Offers after school weekday as well as Saturday classes in Cantonese Chinese language and culture
My best friend is fluent in Chinese and came here, I went to East Bay Chinese School and know nothing. They’re doing something right.
Knowing how to read and write Chinese comes in handy especially when you’re in Chinatown wondering what the specials are pasted on the wall in multicolored paper. Ahhhh I envy her.