Category Archives: Books
Wangfujing Dairy Queen
This is a not-so-typical dinner for us. We actually didn’t get ice cream here… we were still too full from Sizzler. Oh yeah! (This is downstairs in the Xin Dong An mall next to the Wangfujing Bookstore, follow the signs … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading
Last weekend when we went to the Beijing Bookstore, I got Age Of Innocence and Dr Zhivago from the Moonstone English classics series. I really liked Age Of Innocence. Marcus, I think you should look for this one, although you’ll … Continue reading
Wee Ones
At our “meeting” the other day it was decided that the foreign teachers should observe our Chinese counterparts’ classes. This is the kind of edict that makes me wonder if certain people in our school have ever seen children. So … Continue reading
Tienanmen Tourists
Yesterday, we decided to catch the bus into central Beijing and do a little exploring. It was touch-and-go whether we’d get out at the right bus stop, it seems that in Beijing, all the streets in the neighborhood are variations … Continue reading
Teaching Little Ones
My first two days of classes were great, but also overwhelming. I have 6 classes of 25ish kindergartners per day. Fortunately I only work 3 days a week, oddly enough it’s Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, which were the days I … Continue reading
We Also Have Three Latin-English Dictionaries…
“Stick, are we going to be together for a long time?” “Why are you asking me this? Are you going to get all clingy now?” “No, but we have two copies of Images in the Age of Augustus, two of … Continue reading
Beating The System
Apparently, if you are an English teacher, people will come to your school and give you free books. (these people are called “representatives from various publishing companies” and not “people who really like Meg”) They also bring in cookies and … Continue reading
Variable Authors
I picked up Variable Star by Robert A Heinlein and Spider Robinson at the Jones Library yesterday. I usually hate collaborative novels, and collaborative sci-fi is usually the worst of the worst. Someone has a good idea, and someone else … Continue reading
Semester Review
Much better class today. I told my students not to bother taking out their books, which put everyone in a good mood. I’d copied some worksheets from other books, so we could review the semester without boring everyone. It was … Continue reading
Portuguese Igloos
I gave my students a writing warm-up exercise today. A lot of my students come straight from work, or from picking up their kids, etc. and I thought it would make a good transition into English class. And it rewards … Continue reading
