My honorary daughter came to visit last weekend, a rare occurrence. I can thank the school break for Chinese New Year.
Tag: grade 1
an ewok and questions on the stairs
Nancy is comically short. Grade 1 students are small but Nancy’s proportions place her in a different visual class than her contemporaries. I nicknamed her “The Ewok” out of affection. If she was hairier she could easily be one of George Lucas’ Return of the Jedi characters. I was standing on the stairs between classes….
too-cool rick and a once cold-hearted stevo
Many moons ago, I was a cold-hearted bastard. I once believed children should be seen and not heard. I shared the sentiment present in Victorian England. The noise, the utter chaos caused by the little beasts, used to drive me to the brink of insanity. During my university summers I worked at a children’s summer…
ESL in China: 4 of my 800
Last week was Parents’ Day at my school, a monumental undertaking involving 800+ students, 16 foreign teachers, Chinese staff, and many parents.