Mahjong. You don’t get more Chinese than that. And yet, despite being here for almost 2 years I have only played once. Shocking! Enter Color, a student who told me he and his girlfriend found a mahjong shop near our school, and would we like to play? My first thought
Snow Day!!
We live in southern China which is about equal, weather-wise, to southern America. I would say we have a similar climate to North Carolina; insanely hot in the summer, and quite cold in the winter. But snow is unusual, especially as this winter temp’s have been in the upper 50’s,
Photo of the Day: Trust Walk
In my class we did a trust walk activity. The class was split into partners and one team member was blinded. The room was arranged differently and chairs and “bombs” (the yellow paper) were set up all around the room. It was the task of the seeing partner to lead
Photo of the Day: Ryan's Class
For his final class Ryan had a party and taught them all how to make french toast. This is a group picture of not only the class, but all the elements used to make and clean up the french toast!
Showing off my Students
The bulk of my time has been spent teaching students and yet I haven’t really talked much about it. The semester is just about over and all in all, I feel like it has been an huge success and I am looking forward to teaching another year. In fact, the