I made it through my first day of teaching! I had three classes yesterday, all Oral English. They went fairly well, although it's interesting how a lesson plan will be aces for one class and all sixes and sevens for another. The challenging thing will be incorporating and accessing all the skill levels in one class because there is such a difference between the strongest and weakest students. In any case, my students seem to like me so hopefully I can bank on that for awhile until i can figure out how to get them excited about English. I took pictures of everybody so I can start learning names...last count I will have 210 students this term! YIKES!!



All were surprised to hear that I was so young. For the most part, these kids are all 20, 21 years old. In every class, there was at least one person who asked if I had a boyfriend. YoYo was the first to ask...he prefaced it by asking what I think of Chinese men. I asked if he knew of any nice Chinese men he could introduce me to. He just giggled and turned red.









Speaking of the boyfriend thing...I think I'm going to try my hand at this dating thing. No students of course, but I mean really why not? Could be a lot of fun right? I've been assured finding a Chinese boyfriend will be easy so we'll see what comes of this. Wish me luck! :-)



Gah, this cold is killing me. Jill gave me some tea and amoxycillin and I've been eating nasal decongestants and drinking hot water and soup like it's going out of style. I was so wiped out yesterday after teaching I came home and slept for like 14 hours and I still don't feel much better.



This is me needing another bowl of soup...or a gun to my nasal cavity. Either one would probably make me feel loads better. Anywho, time to face the world. Take care, all!