February 2, 2017 11:15 pm Beijing, China Today was an interesting day. On most Thursdays, some of the teachers are off, so the office isn’t as crowded as it is the rest of the week. Because of the holiday, though, that was not the case this week. To even out days off, everyone was required to be in the office today at 1 pm. We
A Birthday Abroad
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
Happy New Year x2!
January 27, 2017 11:30 pm Beijing, China Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! Over here, this is huge. I mean, take New Year’s at home and multiply it by 10 and you’ll get some idea of what Chinese New Year is like. I told you guys yesterday that people here take a ton of time off of work to go home for Chinese New Year. Those
4 Things in 6 Days
January 26, 2017 11:11 pm Beijing, China Once again, it’s been forever since I’ve written a blog post. Oops. The days just run together sometimes. Plus, I’ve not really had many exciting things to write about in the past week. Even so, I have a few shout outs to make. First of all, I want to say happy birthday to a couple very important people
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