My lessons seemed to go quite well today.During the demonstration class in Jinan I had seen the teacher play a different game where the children are invited to come to the front of the class and allowed to touch the flashcard once they have said the word correctly.The teacher moved the card very slightly a few times so the kids had to twist and jump to try to hit it.I tried this with my kids and they loved it!I'm not sure the Chinese teachers in the class liked...

I got up early and text Miss Wang to double check what time I needed to be in school.She said they were not in the school in the morning but I would need to come in the afternoon.I was so annoyed!Not only had I left a decent party last night, I had also forced myself to get up early this morning for work.I asked her what time I should go in but she didn't reply so I went back to sleep.After lunch I text her again and she didn't reply so I didn't go into school ...

I had to work all day; the timetable was equivalent to my usual Monday.Shush text me to say they were going to be drinking at their flat tonight and invited me and Ruth.After work Ruth and I walked into town.It took us quite a while but it was more interesting than going by taxi.We found another Muslim restaurant which was making noodles by hand so we had dinner there and then met Shush so he could show us where to buy some beer. At the apartment, we met Darre...

I still can't get used to the national holiday system in China.I had to go back to school today and would also need to work Saturday and Sunday to make up the days I'd had off during this week, which means working eight consecutive days with no break. It is no fun having to make up the hours AFTER the holiday!I think it would be easier to accept if you worked a few weekends and then had the week off afterwards as a reward for all that work. I don't think I h...

We got up early and walked for about twenty minutes just to get out of the housing yard and find the bus stop.We were supposed to get breakfast but by the time we got off the bus and found Neil in town there was no time.He took us in his car to the school for my training and I was left there with Alyssia.We went into a classroom with a very chirpy Chinese teacher and less than ten children probably about 8 years old.She taught similarly to me, with the flashcar...