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Sports Meet – Round 3
Every year I always look forward to the annual college sports day (two-days) because it’s a fun time to spend with students outside of class, in an informal atmosphere and…
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ELIC + Yanda’s 30th Year Anniversary
Yanshan University is a high-level university, also in Qinhuangdao. I have many friends and coworkers I visit there on a weekly basis, and this semester I was blessed to have…
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QHD Soccer!
So this year is the first year that I really understood that Qinhuangdao has a soccer team. But not only does it have a soccer team, it has one of…
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Jenny’s Quarter of a Century B-day
Birthdays are a fun way to celebrate and enjoy each others’ company amidst the busyness and work. This year for Jenny’s birthday, we invited some of our students we all…
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May Holiday – Qu Qu to Chengdu
After already visiting Xi’an in early April, then also having wonderful friends visit, we were ready for another great adventure, so a few of my teammates and I planned a…
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A Wonderful Visit by Wonderful Friends
Also this April, some wonderful friends (past teammates, fellow Spanish teachers, and fellow English teachers) came to visit Nandaihe, see our campus, and enjoy some of the excellent Hot Pot…
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Classroom Observations
One aspect of teaching which I do enjoy, yet often don’t do enough, is observing other teachers. Both my organization and the Wheaton program have helped encourage me to observe…
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Quick Trip to Xi’an
This year our school gave us an extra 2-day holiday during the Tomb-sweeping Festival due to high school testing that our campus will be hosting on Thursday and Friday. (I…
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Easter Celebrations 2016
This year I was very thankful and excited to have the opportunity to celebrate Easter with so many different people in China, teaching its history, sharing its religious and cultural…
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Chinese Lantern Festival – Beidaihe Style
This year was the second year that I’ve had to privilege to attend the Chinese Lantern Festival in a park near the imitation Russia section of Beidaihe (a neighboring and…
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Back home to QHD
Since I work with ELIC [English Language Institute/ China] and since they like to use abbreviations, I have also learned to appreciate abbreviations. So, I apologize for the many abbreviations that…
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ATC 2016
ATC stands for, Annual Thailand Conference, which is when all of the teachers in our organization come together to meet, fellowship, and attend some professional development seminars. Like last…
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Wheaton Winter 2016
This winter we had a course on Intercultural Communication. This was my third “semester” in the Wheaton TESOL and Intercultural Studies MA program through ELIC. Every winter in Thailand and…
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Winter Holiday 2016 – Bangkok
This was the first year that I finally visited the city of Bangkok, after two years of just seeing the different airports. It was nice to travel with Iris and…
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Winter Holiday 2016 – Phnom Penh
After Bali, our six-person team slit off into smaller groups. Ben and Elizabeth continued to Hong Kong to meet up with an old college friend and our city teammate, Allister,…
