January 28, 2017 11:45 pm Beijing, China Do you remember your last birthday? Did you have a big party, a small little get together with friends, or did you spend it on your own? I sincerely hope you spent it with the people you love doing something you enjoy. Today was my 23rd birthday and, truthfully, it was a little weird. Like most birthdays, I
Parents, Teachers, and Peek-a-Boo
January 20, 2017 11:00 pm Beijing, China So remember me telling you about progress reports? Those things I had to write about each of my students, but is hard to do because I don’t know a lot of them? Okay, quick refresher. Twice a course, teachers write progress reports for each student in class. In these reports we discuss the students’ language abilities and their
6-Year-Old Adults
Dec. 5, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Quick, quick, quick, because I need to go to bed. So today was another full, crazy day, but I don’t want to talk about that. Instead, I want to tell you about the awesome training I had today. Because I’m a new teacher, I have a couple trainings a week. These trainings teach me how to do my
31
Nov. 17, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Number 31! Yep, today’s post is number 31. It has officially been one month since I began this blog. It’s been one month since I saw my family. One month since I boarded a plane from Columbus. One month since I stood on American soil. One month since I spoke the same language as all the people around me.
Work, Work, Work
Nov. 11, 2016 11:30 pm Beijing, China Okay, so today’s post is going to be super short because it’s very late and I want to go to bed. Today had nothing much to report, actually. I went to work and co-taught a class with Adam. I think I did pretty well. He said that I seemed a lot more confident. I hope that’s true, because