Today my mom and Aunt Cindy fly into Beijing! I am very excited to see them and show them around. Mrs. Brock was very kind and set up a driver to bring me to the air port to meet them. After they get settled in to their hotel, we are going to go out to eat with one of Cindy's friends who just happens to be in the city. Then to top it off we are going to be going to see the famous Mike Harmon, my very good friend growing up, play at the National Library in his Jazz Band.
Teaching has been very exciting! Since my last post, almost two weeks ago, I have been teaching the science, numeracy, and topic (geography and health) lessons. I have been using the Promethean interactive white board for many of my lessons so I am becoming familiar with it. Now I am trying to add the bells and whistles to make the lessons that much better. The students are very responsive to questions and I do not have to work hard to get the students to participate. They enjoy completing tasks assigned in class and they really enjoy homework. The boys in the class are very competitive and every little assignment is a game to see who can finish first. The girls are more reserved and calculated. They take their time to answer questions to make sure it is correct. They are opening up as the days go by, which helps to keep the boys on their best behavior. The boys are talkative and sometimes drown out the girls voices. The days are going by very quickly and before I know it, I will be at the end of the term. I apologize for the length of time between blogs. Time has been slipping away from me these days.
One thing I do miss about home around this time is the fall weather AND purchasing Sioux hockey tickets. Hopefully my brother Mike was fortunate and was able to buy a set of season tickets this year. I will miss going to the hockey games this semester with my family (Grandpa Brooks, dad, and Mikey). I am planning to watch them over the internet so I will still get my Sioux hockey fix. *Note: I did see a local Chinese man the other day in his mid 20s walking by my apartment in Kelly green shorts AND the logo on them was a Sioux head! Crazy!*
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