19 September, 2011

So I'm a teacher...



So, here’s a quick update:


I’ve been teaching for three weeks now. Or, rather, this is the third week of classes. 

In talking with my friend, I should hopefully have a VPN within the next week or so, which means I should be able to update the blog with some frequency, and upload the backlog of blogs from PST.

I’m teaching sixteen hours this semester. I am teaching two sophomore English Writing classes: one from 8-10 a.m. on Friday, the other immediately following, from 10 a.m. until noon. I am teaching all of the senior English majors (ninety-six) for a class called Audio-Visual; that class meets on Thursdays from 2:30-4:30 p.m. I am teaching two junior Western Culture classes, which both meet from 4:30-6:30 p.m.; one meets on Monday, the other on Tuesday. The last class I teach is another Western Culture class; it meets on Mondays from 2:30-4:30 and Fridays from 4:30-6:30; this class is different because I am teaching it to post-graduate students.

It’s a very crazy, busy time right now, planning lessons and curricula and the like. I’m trying to get it all done; it’s ridiculous.

07 September, 2011

A second podcast

About a month ago, I had another conversation with my friend Zach. He's got it edited and up on his blog, so enjoy another podcast about my time in training.


And, as a quick update, I am finished with training. I have moved to my home for the next two years, at Lanzhou Jiaotong University. I started teaching classes this week.


Unfortunately, I am still trapped behind the Great Firewall of China. I am currently borrowing a friend's VPN to update this.

I wrote quite a bit during training in Chengdu. I would still like to publish what I've written, even if some of it is rather dated.  Thank you for your patience and love.