Story about everyday life in China, or preparing for our China adventure.
I had always done well. In school I had gotten good grades, and with very few exceptions I was appreciated in work settings. I had a hard work ethic and once I had made a commitment I saw it through. I had always been greeted with a glowing review. As a new graduate I felt … More Understanding Culture
Spencer, a friendly, but Spacey guy we had met wandering around our local “Uni-mart”, had informed us of bars where foreigners were given free drinks. Spencer had promised to show us one of these bars. After meeting up with a couple of other Jinan acquaintances: Ray, Nick, Jess we let Spencer lead us to the … More Phebes: Dancing in a box.
“How many times do you think Ryan will cry today?” Jason asked. “I don’t know. Maybe he won’t cry today,” Replied Michelle. “I bet he’ll cry five times. How many do you think?” “Um I think maybe only two.” “Ok, loser owes the winner a massage.” “In a massage parlour?” “No. Loser will give the … More The Moon Cake Festival 2013: misconceptions of man
I was so exhausted this morning, but I still had a few more Halloween classes to do. I had fun showing off my Halloween story- ppt version. I had even found out a way to input sound effects! I took my class trick or treating at my colleagues classrooms. The school has let our classes … More Saturday November 01 2014
Back in high school my German teacher decided to teach her class with the help of a German copy of Harry Potter. My friend Alison was in that class with me. I don’t really remember doing much actual work, but that book did inspire my friend and I to begin a collection of Harry Potter … More Wednesday October 29 2014
Funky, fun loving, baijiu drinking Kaya is back in town! Super excited to get to see her before Nate and I leave China. My classes went much better today, and my excitement kept me going after our 10 hour work day was finished. Nate and I went straight to the Jinan hutong, where we discovered … More Sunday October 26 2014
We practiced The Time Warp dance about a million times today. Our entire centre of teachers, American and Chinese, piled into a contingency of cabs to take us West across the city to our sister centre. The big Halloween event will be held on an upper floor of their school. The entire floor is being … More Thursday October 23 2014
After packing for our trip to Beijing Saturday night, we had been late getting to bed. Saturday had been a long day, and Sunday would prove to be even longer. Because of my success in Minions Class decorating our classroom doors, I figured I would repeat the activity with my Pineapple Class today. Recently the … More Oct 19 2014 sunday
Yesterday my class made Halloween ghosts. Today’s group of students walked in to spooky paper spirits hanging from the ceiling. As I walked to the front of the room to start class my students chatted with each other and pointed at the ghosts. “No Chinese!” I reminded them as my partner, Kat stuck each students … More Oct 18 2014 Saturday
Instead of teaching my regular class I was sent to a primary school today. The children in the 50 student class I was entertaining were very excited to see me. I even got “I love you” notes from some of the girls! As we walked through the hallway an excited buzz of young voices followed … More Friday Oct 17 2014
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