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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life

    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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  • College Life,  Traveling

    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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  • College Life,  Traveling

    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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  • College Life

    New Years Fun

    I was glad to be able to start off the year 2016 with my city team at the Wu’s apartment (Jonathan Wu is our City Director). We had fun playing…

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  • College Life

    Christmas Celebrations 2015

    Christmas this year, even more than other years, felt like I was working double-time. Not only did I teach about Christmas traditions in my classes, but as in past years,…

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  • College Life

    Christmas Decorating

    After all of my travels this fall semester and making up all of my missed classes, I knew that I wouldn’t have enough time to decorate everything for Christmas by…

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