the new summer teachers are here. ten new teachers have arrived to work for two months, teaching the kids who were either good enough this term to take the next level up at the same time as finishing this level, or the kids so far behind that they need to repeat their current level. they seem pretty cool, although i only actually talked to one of ( Read more... )

here's another photo post, although, sadly, still not so much with photos of the beauty of china. still though. photos of china and people i work with.

( clara and i in beijing )

every week, i have two adult intensive classes (hour-long conversation classes) and two sessions of my a5, a mid-level english class for adults. in my a5, i have between three and six people, usually. they told me they wanted to learn vocabulary and to practice listening to english, so it's become a lecture/conversation class about whichever topic ( Read more... )

still no internet in my room. our room is literally one of the last ones not hooked up. this is partially because a few days ago, they gave us a username and password that supposedly would make things work. but they didn't. the guys upstairs are talking about getting wireless, so we're kinda hoping that it'll go through the floor and we'll be able ( Read more... )