last week, Franny had her final Mandarin class.  She has really enjoyed it; the hour class was divided into 20 minutes each of speaking, singing/dancing, and writing.  Her teacher, Mrs. Zhao, has been teaching Franny for two years, now.  Besides this after school class, she has also been her teacher for the regular school Mandarin class, as well.  She has always been very complimentary of Franny and her abilities, saying she has excellent pronunciation, is very confident, and is also very nice and helpful in the class.  It seems to really have been a great experience for Franny, and I am sorry to see it come to an end.  Hopefully, she will have the opportunity to continued her Mandarin in the future.  Until then, we’ll just have to say zai jian!