Stephen

Ramblings of a seriously bored person in Hainan, China

Same ole same ole..

Well, things in Baisha have been basically the same as the past two workshops. Here is our schedule,

7:00 - wake up

7:30 - 8:00 get read for school

8:00 - 12:00, teach

12:00-:1:00 eat lunch

1:00-3:00 rest

3:00 - 4:40 teach

and for the rest of the time, have supper, get ready for the next day of class, and then, sleep!  boy do we have no life.

(five days a week) and for the weekend, we're too tired to do anything.

 

My students are very good, I believe that most of their Englsih is as good, if not better, then the teacher's all the other american teachers are teaching. Rebekah, the other teacher who came with us to teach kids, isn't so lucky, however. She decided she'd choose the lower level English speaking kids, they are smart, but they are slower. I think she's getting used to it though. So that's good. In a couple of days we're having a pretend wedding for the culture class, and all of her class wanted to have some part.... Tom 2 wanted to be a ringboy, or bellringer, or anything... so at least they are trying to participate.

 

Yesterday I went to play basketball down the road... in the deat heat of the afternoon, they decide it's time to play a full court. OH MY GOSH, was it hot, no joke it must have been over 100, and we're running up and down the court playing full court, it wasn't till about two people decided they were about to faint until we stopped. (i was about to be the 3rd person to faint) ... we are all hoping it will rain sometime to cool it down, because it's getting pretty hot.

well, that's all that's happening for now, literally, i'll write more, probably when we get back from the hot springs this weekend.

 

--stephen

posted by: stephenthegreat at 13:19 | link | comments (4) |

Well well well..

Well, the summer English workshop here in Hainan has finally begun, and today was our first day of classes - me and a friend named Rebekah teach the kids class. It's crazy.  The word bored doesn't describe the way these kids are... they are the least enthused children i've ever seen, we sang if you're happy and you know it clap your hands. they were not happy, and their faces definitely show it!!!!

We have a lady here named Rachel, and from the first moment i met her i just knew she looked SO familiar, I figured it was just somebody i met in the states one day or something.. but then, another teacher that came this summer, Patti, read my mind one day and just blurted out, you look JUST like MARTHA STEWART RACHEL! It just dawned on me that that is EXACTLY who she looks like, and she hasn't had a fun summer ever since. We always give her a hard time, Mrs. Martha er, sorry, rachel, HOW'D YOU LIKE JAIL MARTHA!?! We have fun, and she thinks it is funny too, so it's all good.

yesterday me and rebekah helped a friend carry a wardrobe up to her hotel room. In China, foreigners are already stared at enough, if you didn't already know that, but you could imagine how two foreigners carrying a wardrobe down the middle of downtown would look - complete retards. But we made it, and lucky for us it was a pretty short walk, so that part was good - i guess. We told martha that today when we carry hers it won't hurt her too much to pay a little money for our services, she just laughed, and well, that's it. HA!

Well, it seems to be supper time, so um.. i'm starving, i've been yelling at kids all afternoon, so i'ma gonna go eat. I'll write more bout the workshop soon! and i'll post a picture of MARTHA! =D (with a picture of the real martha just to compare) she really does look scarily like her.

 

--stephen

posted by: stephenthegreat at 19:14 | link | comments |