Taught a group of juniors (here that means 11-13 year olds) today for the first time. They were incredibly shy and reluctant to join in the activities that we’ve been instructed to prescribe to them. I imagine they aren’t used to the animated chaos of some Western teaching methods – either that, or the icebreaker [...]
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The internet goes on and off here – the wireless connection that my roommate and I had been jacking into has been missing since noontime. Posting could be infrequent; I’ll try to continue writing on an offline blog and update in the sporadic chances I can. I was reading something today about culture shock and culture [...] For the first time today I spoke in Chinese to a local and received the response that I had sought (as opposed to getting a beer instead of the green tea I asked for…that’ll dog me for a while). I didn’t understand what the hell the lady was saying, but it seemed vaguely about [...] |
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