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Never A Dull Moment
I have more pictures to post, both from this weekend and school pictures, but just haven’t had time. I had to wing some lessons in my deskless classroom, and then on break we had a surprise meeting about our roles … Continue reading
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Tagged China, chinese, education, ESL, games, General, lesson plans, lessons, teaching, teaching wee ones
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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
Posted in Books
Tagged Books, chinese, education, Eric, games, LCC, lessons, mandarin, Osmos, teaching, teaching language, teaching wee ones, tech
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3? ? Left
3? ? Left, a teacher blog that I really like, has been on fire this week with Department Of Ed buzzword bingo (note to self: print and discreetly pass out at the next LCC staff development meeting) and this:
No Dentist Left Behind
From the brilliant education blog Are We Doing Anything Today? comes No Dentist Left Behind. My dentist is great! He sends me reminders so I don’t forget checkups. He uses the latest techniques based on research. He never hurts me, … Continue reading
Six Years Later…
I’ve been corresponding with my old roommate, Ruth. She’s working in Washington, DC now, and she dropped words like “senator” and “security clearance” into her letters. She said something along the lines of “six years ago, if someone told us … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Chinese life, coffee, education, letters, New York City, reading
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A Classical Education At Work
After a lesson on present progressive and some Slytherin vs. Griffindor verb charades, I dismissed my teenagers and came back to the teachers’ office. “Meg, did they have wheelbarrows in ancient Rome?” Jason asked. “I suppose so, they had to … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, education, glasses, New York City, reading, Rome
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What I Did On My May Vacation
Fresca came to class with me today. I was at the middle school (that paragon of all educational virtues that is Number Three) and I was asking everyone what they could do over May Holiday in order to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, education, family, games, jEFF, New York City, Stick
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Airport Goodbyes
After our awesome Beijing adventures, we sent Jeff home. Did you catch that? I said we, because Fresca has extended her trip for another two weeks as she tries to decide whether and when to teach here! Jeff and I … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, China, chinese, Chinese life, coffee, education, Eric, Grace, jEFF, no sense of direction girl, Stick, travel
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The Value of a Hogwarts Education
I bought Harry Potter in Chinese. My adult students were shocked and appalled that I spent so much on a DVD, comparative shopping is a competitive sport here and every time I mention anything to do with shopping, someone tells … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, education, Harry Potter, Kristine, learning Chinese, mandarin, movies, my students, New York City, Young
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Massachusetts Liberals
In case you missed www.kerryhatersforkerry.com and www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutImvotingforhimanyway.com, let me explain my position on the election. I want gay marraige, I want legal, accessible abortions and I don’t think we should send American teenage boys to fight and kill Middle Eastern … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese life, classics, coffee, dead romans, education, election, Eric, Kristine, latin, LOST, Massachusetts, soapbox, Young
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