Developing and teaching the bookmaking class at Guan Ai this past summer was an incredibly rewarding experience for me. I love teaching and took advantage of the summer vacation to develop a short activity class at the school. Though I developed the curriculum, most important to the class was my partnership with Ms. Xie...
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Walking north to the Dawanglu subway station on a Saturday morning I saw something that proved to me the upcoming celebration for 10.1 may well be as “glorious” as all the advertisements and slogans on the sides of the road say it will be....
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I worked amongst a sea of expectant faces trying my damnedest to hook the school’s projector and speakers up to my computer. All three pieces of equipment were balanced on a wooden desk about half a foot too small on all sides, teetering on...
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When I hear the electric hum rattle roll of a trolley train
there’s a rumbling in my soul.
My eye’s look out at the sea of lights,
reds, greens, flashing characters,
struggling to...
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Yesterday as we piled into the school’s white 面包车 to head to play some basketball, 杨效长 excitedly asked me if I was bringing my camera since we were...
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There are several things to get used to living here in Houjiazhuang Village, some more subtle than others. The minute-long stares a foreigner will get from children who don’t...
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