February 11, 2017 1:00 am Beijing, China I’m going to write this super quickly because I have to be awake in 6 hours. Today has been a super long day, although it didn’t look that way from the beginning. I believe I mentioned yesterday that I had an open door today. An open door is when parents come to watch the class. With Small Stars,
Exhausting Work; Enjoyable Dinner
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
Odd Weeks are Exhausting
January 16, 2017 11:00 pm Beijing, China Once again, it has been way too long since I have posted a blog. I’ve been a little bogged down by work over the past few days, so I’m exhausted! This past week was an odd week, so my work schedule was crazy. Let me explain. The way EF works is that we provide two hours of instruction
Money Matters
January 3, 2017 8:30 pm Beijing, China I’m going to talk about a thing that isn’t supposed to be talked about. You know the three things that you’re not supposed to talk about, right? Politics, religion, and money. Okay, so I already broke that rule. The first one, I did a short blog about when the elections occurred, but I tried to be fairly unbiased.
A Life of Learning
Dec. 22, 2016 10:00 pm Beijing, China So here’s the thing about being a teacher, you’re never done with school. I mean, obviously, you’re in school every day teaching the kids. But I mean that a teacher never stops having to take courses and certifications and so on. I know, I’ve only been a teacher for two months and I have no actual background in