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Revisiting the hospital: One Year Later
Exactly one year ago today, I wrote about the time I visited a Chinese hospital. It was a nice foil for the struggles of arriving at site, and served as an amusing anecdote to haul out when I was around … Continue reading
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Are you familiar with the Journey to the West?
More often than not, this seems to be the answer to the questions I have.
Eco Camp, Finale
I think it’s also hard to show the breadth and depth of the connections our students were able to make at this camp. Students attending our camp came from Gansu, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces. The farmers and hosts are practicing … Continue reading
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Eco Camp, Part 2
Another goal of our English Eco Leadership Camp was to promote volunteerism amongst students. With that in mind, we took a day trip to a second farm. There each student was assigned a camper and asked to be their teacher … Continue reading
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Eco Camp, Part 1
At Eco Camp, volunteers were all asked to lead activities. I asked our students to write and perform a short skit that addressed current environmental issues. These students took the story behind Qixi Festival (or, Chinese Valentine’s Day). In this … Continue reading
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The Last Year in a Snapshot
As you can see above, the most popular word my students learned from me this year was: Jerk. Sometimes we say ZhiYuanJerk (志愿jerk), as a play on ZhiYuanZhe (志愿者), the word for volunteer.
(Almost) A Year
My family is kind of terrible at taking group photos, and I can only think of a handful of photos that include my father, my sister, and me that have been taking in the last decade. Because of this, naturally, … Continue reading
To the farm!
Tomorrow morning I head back to the pig farm for a two day vacation. It’s Dragon Boat Festival here in China, and it’s one of the view Chinese festivals I can claim familiarity with. Fortunately, this year I am not … Continue reading
Questions and Answers
Students are often really curious about my Chinese learning. They usually either over-estimate my abilities or grossly underestimate them (I have gotten exceptionally skilled at not flipping out whenever someone slowly intones “Ni Hao” in my direction). Way less frequent … Continue reading
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So this happened.
About a month ago, I got an e-mail from a woman I had met before I came to China. She works for Peace Corps, specifically with the Master’s International students, and was working on putting a piece together featuring the … Continue reading
Getting Schooled in China 