Happy happy (almost) birthday to you, Dad! 54 on Wednesday! Lots of love.
So, I survived my first week of teaching. I'm really excited about this year. The kids are way more advanced than I was expecting and I'm doing real teaching! We have 72 students, split into 4 classes. They are split just alphabetically, not by skill level because the Chinese staff didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. So that's great. I teach Literature to all of them and ESL to one class. The classes are 40 minutes long and we have smartboards! The kids are getting their ipads this week and all of their text books are on there. However, the Literature book is way too hard, so I won't be using it much, at least at the beginning of the semester.
Teachers. There are 5 of us white people. I teacher Lit and ESL. Sue is the boss lady from the American school in Kansas City. She is 60 years old and has been great so far. She teaches two ESL classes. Then there is the Math teacher, Robert. He is 62 and from the west coast. This is his first time in China. The Chemistry teacher, Clayton is 30 and from the west coast. He spent some time in Japan as a teacher and he has 2 Master's Degrees. And then there is the History teacher who also does a class of ESL, Kevin. He's 30 and from New York. He and Sue were in China together last year at a different campus and when he moved to this one, Kevin brought his Chinese girlfriend with him. So she's here too. Her name is Nicole and her English is very good. In addition, our 'handler' is named Sophia. She is my age (27), Chinese with great English, and her job is take care of us. Then there are some Chinese teachers and administrators that I don't know that well yet, but all of the ones I have met have surprisingly good English and seem very nice.
Everyone is nice. I'm excited for this year and can't wait to see what happens.
A few pictures. We had this Monday off for the Mid-Autumn Festival. That's a day when you look at the moon, eat moon cakes, and share poetry. We spent the day having the students show us around Ningbo. It's a pretty neat city, very Chinese, but still pretty cool. Other than that I watched a lot of Jurassic Park, played some Frisbee, and explored the area that is walking distance from here. Back to work tomorrow.
So, I survived my first week of teaching. I'm really excited about this year. The kids are way more advanced than I was expecting and I'm doing real teaching! We have 72 students, split into 4 classes. They are split just alphabetically, not by skill level because the Chinese staff didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. So that's great. I teach Literature to all of them and ESL to one class. The classes are 40 minutes long and we have smartboards! The kids are getting their ipads this week and all of their text books are on there. However, the Literature book is way too hard, so I won't be using it much, at least at the beginning of the semester.
Teachers. There are 5 of us white people. I teacher Lit and ESL. Sue is the boss lady from the American school in Kansas City. She is 60 years old and has been great so far. She teaches two ESL classes. Then there is the Math teacher, Robert. He is 62 and from the west coast. This is his first time in China. The Chemistry teacher, Clayton is 30 and from the west coast. He spent some time in Japan as a teacher and he has 2 Master's Degrees. And then there is the History teacher who also does a class of ESL, Kevin. He's 30 and from New York. He and Sue were in China together last year at a different campus and when he moved to this one, Kevin brought his Chinese girlfriend with him. So she's here too. Her name is Nicole and her English is very good. In addition, our 'handler' is named Sophia. She is my age (27), Chinese with great English, and her job is take care of us. Then there are some Chinese teachers and administrators that I don't know that well yet, but all of the ones I have met have surprisingly good English and seem very nice.
Everyone is nice. I'm excited for this year and can't wait to see what happens.
A few pictures. We had this Monday off for the Mid-Autumn Festival. That's a day when you look at the moon, eat moon cakes, and share poetry. We spent the day having the students show us around Ningbo. It's a pretty neat city, very Chinese, but still pretty cool. Other than that I watched a lot of Jurassic Park, played some Frisbee, and explored the area that is walking distance from here. Back to work tomorrow.
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| The Bund. There are three rivers. This is one. |
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| On the Bund are a lot of bars and restaurants. We saw a few foreigners. |
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| For those of you who I didn't show this to yet, I got a new tattoo. |
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| A model of Ningbo. The lit up section is where our school is. Way in the back there. |
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| Ningbo. |
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| 4 students who were in charge of me. |
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| Lunch with the students. |
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| Teachers and students in Ningbo. |
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| Dinos in Ningbo. |
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| Sophia with the T-rex. |
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| Box of Moon Cakes. |
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| Inside the box. |
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| Mooncake. They are filled with meat, beans, pumpkin, cheese, egg, or anything really. |
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