Yes it's been a long time since I've posted something and I first want to apologize for that.
As you all know I'm in Tianjin, China teaching at Tianjin International School and teaching 3-4 year olds.
I've been here now for 7 months now. Time has flown by. I have 9 wonderful, cute students who brighten my day and bring me joy. I had to see one go. His name was Jason. Jason was the boy that was full of life and just added to the class. It was so hard to see him go, but I'm so thankful that he'll be going to another ISC school in China. I've gotten another student. She's Chinese but has an American passport. Her name is Sadie. She doesn't know any English. But I have two TAs who know Chinese :) My students have really accepted her and even though they don't know any Chinese they still want to help her :) Oh another student I forgot to mention that came before Sadie, his name is Jae-Hun (pronounced: Jay-hoon). He's Korean. The liveliest boy and a very sweet boy too. When Sadie came, he was taking her hand and telling her to sit down in English, but saying it so she would understand, then he would take her hand and show her the motions to the song we were singing. I didn't tell him to do that, he did it on his own. That whole day I could see that he wanted to help her.
Jason-the student who left
Jae-Hun
Each of my students have grown a lot these 7 months I've been here. They don't need any more translation, only when needed. They are understanding more each day. And each day I look forward teaching them. My TAs, Cindy and Sun Hwa are a huge help in the class. Cindy is Chinese and Sun Hwa is Korean. I don't know what I would without them.
Besides teaching I've been enjoying getting to know China, hanging out with people and making friends. During spring break I went to Guilin. It's in the south part of China. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. So green and fresh air. I also have a small fury friend who I come home to every day and just makes living alone a whole lot better. His name is Tramp, from Lady and the Tramp. I found him out near the school. He was alone and shivering so I took him home and gave him food and a home. I gave him the shots . His face looks so much like Tramp from the movie and he was a stray too so I had to give him that name He's a lively one and I love him:)
Tramp
That's just a little up date on me :)
