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The celebration of China’s 60th birthday was an interesting time here at the school. My junior classes had a little party and they asked me to host. I thought this seemed like a rather un-chinese idea, but as it turned out I was co-hosting with the dean of the junior [...] Eek. H1N1 hit one of my classes yesterday. What did this mean? I went to the class and found out it was canceled, all the student had gone home for the week and I had an extra afternoon off. I am pretty sure I know which of the students was the vector – during [...]
The other weekend Stu and I took a walk exploring the hills behind the school. From the base of the hills there appeared to be some pretty cool looking old temples to explore at the top. At the base of them there was actually a really well kept temple area, [...] Ahh, life here is a little hectic right now. I still can’t really believe I am a teacher. Seriously. Me? It is strange because I am teaching a pretty wide range of students, ages 13-19 and of such varying skill levels even in the same grade that it is really hard. The younger ones [...]
Dressing conservatively for my new role. Well, at least for the first week.
So the kids are a *bit* spoiled. There were more Mercedes, BMW, VW, and other such fancy cars here on the the first day than I think I had ever [...] |
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