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Extreme Teaching!
English summer camp started last week. I like my girls, and I’m glad that I have a job, but I still feel a little bit bad for these kids. They don’t really get a proper vacation, sincea break from regular … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged candy, chinese, Chinese life, Dave, driving, Eric, games, lessons, my students, New York City, Osmos, reading, teaching, Zorro
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Geography Lesson
The other day I was doing a unit on countries and nationalities with my Korean students. We’re using a British book about Pierre from France, Carlos from Spain, Ivan from Russia and so forth. I realized it wasn’t too appropriate … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged British, Chinese life, Eric, LOST, my students, New York City, reading
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You People
The other day I was crossing the street and I said “You people invented gunpowder and silk! Surely mastering a turn signal is nothing to that!” Usually shouting witticisms at my non-English speaking surroundings makes me feel better, but today … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese life, Eric, Meggie, my students, New York City, sci-fi, Stick, Young
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Travel In China
Tonight I had my adult students. Now, I don’t really like teaching adults because they have all the idiosyncrasies of my middle school students (refusal to speak above a whisper, inability to separate “L” and “R” but an insistence that … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged Bethie, British, China, chinese, Chinese life, Eric, games, Harry Potter, jEFF, my students, teaching, travel
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Regarding Franz Ferdinand:
Would someone please tell me if “Austro-Hungarian Empire”, “Bosnian assassins”, and “the beginning of World War One” are also bands before my students get any more impromptu history lessons?
Chinese Zoo
Today I brought in some colored clay and told my students to make animals. It seemed like a fun, easy identification lesson, made even easier by the fact that I was recently reprimanded for teaching “sage”, “turquoise” and “lavender” so … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, my students, New York City, teaching
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My friends are coming! / Step 1 of 10,000
In anticipation of Fresca and Jeff’s visit, my students gave me KFC and McDonald’s coupons. (They didn’t want me to pay a ludicrous $2 for a “western” meal!) I thanked them, but I giggled because I can’t think of 2 … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, Chinese life, jEFF, my students, New York City
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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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Qing mei zhu ma
Mandarin has a separate word for older sister and younger sister. There is a difference between an aunt who’s your mom’s sister, and one who’s married to your uncle, between an uncle on your mom’s side and an uncle on … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, family, mandarin, my students, New York City, Scep, Young
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