Summer had just begun and I was enrolled in an accelerated Chinese language class. The class also doubled as a course in social interactions with a focus on romantic relationships and dating. I wasn’t sure how I ended up in this class that was supposedly set to meet every day of the week. When I asked the instructor how many weeks the class went on for, she said “as many as necessary”. I explained that I would have to miss the entirety of next week due to a conference I really want to go to.