The three words silenced my room: “What the hell?” They weren’t from a junior high student, because the utterance would have been in Chinese. The slip of the tongue was from a second grader. From the same kid who doesn’t know his sight words. I looked at a coworker, who heard it too. While I was thinking about school policies […]
You Care Too Much
Snow Day
Nothing motivates a child more to read than the opportunity to throw a snowball at their teacher.
Flying the Coop
Hash Harriers Fundraiser Red Dress Run
Never Pick a Cool Name
Bilingual book for Chinese children learning English
Marshmallow men
The trip from the USA to China is usually long and filled with bad movies and meals covered in aluminum foil. But during COVID? The 24 hour odyssey turns into twenty one days. That’s enough time to hatch a baby chicken. The route? From DTW to SF to PVG in Shanghai to finally, KMG Kunming, the little quaint village of […]
Crazy China TV
OK. I am half way thru quarantine but my body is still in time zone purgatory, which means I am up all hours of the night. Good thing China has a lot of bad TV. The infomercials put the Sham Wow guy to shame. Here is a quick spin through the channels at one AM.
Can I survive Quarantine?
If you’re heading into quarantine in Shang Hai, bring a Weight Watcher’s Guide.
A new stamp for my collection.
On Christmas morning, while Santa was sliding down chimneys wearing a red Haz-mat suit and mask, I got a present better than a Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle. I found a boarding pass to China in my stocking. It was a complicated gift, full of hoops, forms, the grace of God and nail biting, and hopefully, no returns. The international flight originated in […]
Animal House
Online Projects bring new interest to remote teaching with second grade ELD students in China.