“How’s my class?” Melissa asked when I walked in. “Last week they told me that they made you mad.” I didn’t remember being upset, but the office probably remembered Nana’s whirlwind return yesterday, steaming mad and muttering invectives in Chinese under her breath. The episode ended with her curt dismissal of a [...]
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Even though today was the first day of real teaching, I didn’t start till 3:25, so without any serious obligation to wake up early I slept in. This did not work so well when the loudspeakers started blaring. An announcer’s strong voice boomed throughout the school, followed shortly by martial music. I reluctantly got [...] There have been two meetings for teachers at Yucai Third Middle this weekend. The first, yesterday’s, was for new teachers and I was included along with six others (most of them graduates from Shenzhen University). It was nice to be included, but I didn’t really understand anything that was being said, so I [...] After my Walmart escapade of the day, and even after the school workers who showed up unannounced at my door to install security bars on my windows (in the process worrying me immensely as I watched their crazy-dangerous methods of doing so on the 4th floor), a more-or-less impromptu CTLC group reunion was arranged for [...] The biggest changes are usually too eventful to leave much time for writing about them. The last two days have been spent wandering around the Shekou area in Nanshan District to get a feel for things, mapping out my surroundings, and unpacking and settling in. Pictures of the room to come later – it’s a nicely [...] I’m living in a dorm again and finally have my own place – pictures to follow shortly. The Yucai Third Middle school is gated shut, and I live within its fences in a dormitory building specifically designated for single teachers and staffers. The day was pretty exhausting so I don’t think I can summarize it [...] In Beijing I began to listen to my iPod while walking through the Peking University campus, since the walking distances were so damn long. I always found the contrast between my Western music and the almost provincial Beida setting (it may be the best university in China, but my 27th American-ranked USC still had [...] My placement is at the 3rd Middle School of the Yucai School Group in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District! It’s one of the blue dots in the south portion of the map. View Shenzhen in a larger map The area it’s in, southern Nanshan district, is also known as Shekou. It’s mostly known as an expat community – so [...] On Sunday night I went to meet up with Dennis, a family friend of Uncle Oen’s. The subway ride over to where he lived was a pretty fun experience – every time I go abroad it always seems like public transportation beats the pants off of that in America! There was of course [...] Just woke up. Must shove last things into suitcases and then drag those away. Will tour the Forbidden City with the large group today, then jump into a provided shower and then tango with the Beijing Train Station. They say it’s a pretty crazy place. Will be on the train from [...] |
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