May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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February 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
Top ten: You know you live in China when...
Seeing a skinned dog in the market doesn’t have the affect on you it should.
Watching mothers’ hold their kids as they urinate into a trashcan on the bus.
Having cigarette smoke blown into your face at any venue and on any mode of transportation is the norm.
Always carrying toilet paper and planning outfits according to squatting capabilities.
Dousing your food with la jiao...
Oh December...
So after just hitting the 4 month mark, I have a very busy month ahead of me!!
4 more weeks of teaching… 4 more long weeks of teaching because I feel numerous scheduling changes happening similar to this week.
Movies to Hobbies to Christmas and then Review and a Test! I have decided to give tests and grades to all my oral English classes. That’s ten classes to grade and roughly 600...
November 2011
2 posts
So this is winter...
Winter has finally arrived here in China, but without the typical holiday festiveness in the air. Holidays are the hardest time while living abroad and you need to make sure you find ways to make it your own. As I sit here, freezing my little buns off because China has yet to discover central heat or insulation, and because winter in Changsha consists of rain, lots of it and a constant temp...
October 2011
13 posts
September 2011
7 posts
Mean Miss Alyssa
Today, I had my most trying teaching day yet. I only had two classes, back to back, since my junior interest class had not yet been decided. I was looking forward to the classes because last week they had been very good. I realized I should never get my hopes up. Both classes were dreadful.
The first class I had a student tell me to “speak in chinese, speak in chinese” meaning to...
Jintian 今天
Today was a good day. My two classes were fantastic and full of adorable children. They both were well behaved and enthusiastic which was wonderful. Then had a yummy Hunan style dinner with Jack. At the restaurant we were treated to a yummy tea drink in a can by a family with this cute little 3rd grader. When we went up to pay, the poor waitress had to explain in Chinese that one of my...
August 2011
7 posts
Taught my first class ever and ate pig’s ear. Just a typical day in Zhongguo.
China
I have arrived safe and sound here in China. Very excited and ready to start my adventure. Will try to give weekly updates and photos of my new life.
Stay cool America.
April 2011
1 post
